Posts by Jon Briggs
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I used to be a mad super rugby fan.
I lost interest after we finally won the WC. After the release of anxiety and stress built up over 20 years, who can care about a game of super rugby?
[the answer, obviously, is loads of people just not me]
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Hard News: A call from Curia, in reply to tussock,
+1. Never thought about this before, but polling a few days out from the election must be bogus.
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Hard News: Dotcom: Further news of the unlikely, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
I too am finding it difficult to identify a rat I am prepared to swallow
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We put in solar hot water as part of our house extension a few years back. No idea if it has worked out as value for money considering the initial outlay, but it certainly slashes the power bill in summertime. However, it does turn something simple that never requires thought into something complex that requires maintenance. We have had technicians out to look at our system a few times and not had hot water when we needed it 4 or so times (when people are staying with us or at the end of the summer when settings need adjusting) with the new system.
The system does achieve what I believe to be its true purpose though: raise the enviro-status of our household (I hope my wife is not reading this!!!). We will have to park a Prius out front next ;)
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Pt Chev Primary - Pasadena Int. - Western Springs. My three schools. Wish I could afford to live in these zones so my kids could go there.
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Hard News: Schools: can we get a plan up…, in reply to Russell Brown,
RE Countdown: a good thing 'cos the existing one feels like shopping in Poland in the 70's.
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Hard News: Lowering the Stakes, in reply to Sacha,
Actually, not relevant. I rode home along Stanely St tonight and the road has been recently surfaced and is flat. The end of Beach Rd heading into Stanely St on the other hand is a mess.
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No idea whether it is anything to do with the recent death, but all the trucks that accerate up to motorway speeds on Stanely St have left a ridge in the road about where a bike would normally be. As a result you have to ride slightly further left than on a flat road. If you do go up onto the ridge you will quickly come down off it without control over what side you go. This could easily throw you under a truck.
This section is indeed one of the more white knuckle sections of Auckland's roads to cycle.
I continue to cycle to work almost every day. As has been said above, with experience you can ride defensively and be (I believe) safe. I haven't come off my bike since the 90's (touch wood) and those falls were mostly my own fault. Inexperienced cyclists probably are in some danger though.
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Ditto. A most enjoyable read.
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John Minto was my Physics teacher at high school and he is one of the nicest people I have ever met. Of course this contributes nothing to the question of whether he could effectively run Auckland City.