Posts by andrew llewellyn
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Ah - then you CAN take your scooter across the harbour bridge, as someone above mentioned.
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You have a scooter Rich? Heh. I suppose you mentioned it & I wasn't listening...
You should head over to the SUV thread & have a go at me. :)
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Excellent!
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on the other hand I can imagine that doing it yourself can be cathartic and help you work through the process
Well, it gives you something to keep busy with when all you want to do really is lie on the bed & cry for days.
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Thanks David, I do think it helps to share the grief. My thoughts are with them today.
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It that had been his chin... I shudder to think.
So do I - at age 11 I came off my pushbike on a (quite gentle) hill, couldn't have been doing much in the way of speed.
I remember the tarmac coming up to meet me - 25 stitches to my chin & upper lip, concussion & hospitalised for 2 weeks, I only kept my teeth because the ambulance driver plugged them back in & the healed (he straightened a few up I think) and I was unable to eat solids (open my mouth) for the whole stay.
I still have a noticeable scar (it did fade from the bright red after a few years), and the inside of my mouth is lumpy.
Dunno if a standard bike helmet would have helped me, but full face would have.
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I'm glad to hear that, Bart. I have an elderly but very reliable Legacy that I plan on driving until it rusts or petrol goes to $100/l, whichever happens first.
It'll be forced off the road because of the incandescant headlights.
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The short summary is there is a point at which you are better to continue driving your old car than replacing it with a new(er) more fuel efficient car.
I've been coming to the same conclusion - and after reading the piece in the Listener (Julia Hartley Moore really wasn't mentioned enough) and the used car salesman saying that everyone is trying desperately to trade down, I doubt there'll be much of a market for gas guzzlers & SUVs before too long.
WHat are we all going to do with them? Abandon them someplace? Our SUV might make a pretty cool chicken house I suppose.
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thought the police have their vests now
I don't know if those are bullet proof.
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Shame on NZ Post?
Freighting airmail letters up country - they have to go fast.