while motor vehicle claims had an approval rate of 98.7 per cent for males and 98.4 per cent for females.That means women are almost 20 per cent more likely than men to have a vehicle-related claim turned down.Dont you just love how you can use statistics and the English language to turn 0.3% in to 20%?
The part of the article that struck a chord with me, was .......He has a particular world view, its white, old and hopefully nearing its use-by date ... That really sums it up.Correct, it really does sum it up. The author of THIS article is racist because she is dismissing Don Brashs views because of his race.
Probably because at least half of the names theyre being changed to were not original Maori names. Do you seriously think that 100,000 - 200,000 pre-colonisation Maori that did not even have horses or written maps, could possibly traverse so much of the country that they had names for every landmark? A lot of the Colonial names probably pre-date the Maori names theyre being changed to.
The car didnt hit another innocent car, it hit a tree, so the police didnt put the public in danger. The only one responsible for deaths is the driver.
Someone should just buy a house next to Helen Clark and then demand that she move because apparently you can do that even if the other person was there first.
Addendum to the Rushing the baggage carousel: Rushing out of your seats to get your hand baggage out and then standing in the Aisles when youre just going to be waiting at the baggage carousel anyway.
Breaks at least four laws, corner suggests another law would have stopped him.... mmmmk.p.s. all the statistics show teenagers are drinking less now than they were before the drinking age was lowered. Down vote me all you want but thats a cold hard fact.
Do you crack down on cars to combat problem driving? No, you address the problem driving.It could also look at reducing off-licensed operating hours and late-night transport options.Seriously??? Just when you think wowsers couldnt get any more illogical one of them suggests reducing late night transport options to REDUCE alcohol harm.... Wow, just wow.
This is a perfect illustration of how the traffic jams start in Auckland. If youre driving at the start of rush hour quite happily at 100km/h you will inevitably come across some oblivious/inconsiderate driver doing 80km/h or slower in the right hand lane with no-one at all in front of them and suddenly this exact effect happens with cars all starting to backup behind them with a ripple effect that gets worse and worse. The police need to do a better job of policing slow drivers, it would solve so many of our traffic problems.
leaving us with a postal service that increasingly discourages postingI for one am glad that my tax dollars arent being wasted on propping up an increasingly irrelevant service.
Certainly a lot of Authoritarian Socialists in charge at NZ Universities at the moment, where are all the Liberals and Libertarians that wouldve stood up to them in days gone past?
If the media are going to keep giving NIMBYs moaning about trivial things a public soapbox the least they could do is also point them to the comments section so they can see how ridiculous everyone thinks theyre being.
Wowsers and their simplistic logic permeate bureaucracies in all facets of society. Their black and white brains are drawn to them like moths to a flame.
I highly doubt people that were already breaking a liquor ban at night would suddenly respect the ban because its now 24/7. Either something else also changed or theres some cognitive bias from the residents especially given their admission that theres still the odd incident.
but they fall short of hate speech, unless that definition has widened to merely include offence or outdated ideas.Its been widened to anything those on the left dont agree with by the autocrats hiding behind a facade of liberalism within their ranks. It really is a shame our political system groups liberals with autocrats and libertarians with conservatives.
Oh come on, every team has a bad game every now and then and we were well overdue. We barely lost and wouldve won easily if Beaudie had his radar going. Also credit to the Boks for putting that many points on us.
Driving at the very start of rush hour is eye opening, plenty of people from the Traffic Enforcement Unit driving at 80 or even slower in the right hand lane with no-one in front of them and traffic building up behind them and/or undertaking them. Presumably because they think thats just the speed you should do in rush hour.
Advocating for tyranny of the majority? Would you like a time machine to go back to the 50s when all minorities were treated like 2nd class citizens? Suppose that is where most religious people seem to wish to be...
Half the reason NBA stars are paid so much is there are fewer players on a basketball team than all the other major team sports, they get a bigger share of the pie.
Theres a massive difference between someone using a chemical in very large quantities every day to occasional exposure of very small amounts for the general public.
The biggest problem drinkers are always the one that were sheltered from it until the day they turned 18 (or 20), we all know this, weve all seen it, it cant be denied. This fresh evidence has no doubt been dug up by wowsers like Dr Wills looking only for evidence to reaffirm their beliefs while theyve ignored any evidence to the contrary. Objective science it is not.
We also have some of the highest alcohol excise taxes in the world but it hasnt exactly led to us having one of the lowest alcohol consumption rates in the world has it?
Says the person who listens to people who recommend alternatives toothpastes that make them money... Last time I checked alternative toothpastes werent free either.
Im surprised hes not doing more shows, given how long its been since he was here I wouldve thought you could add sold out Auckland and Wellington shows to that easily. The Mission Estate will sell out in seconds.
Has it improved? I tried using it a few years ago and most wines I tried werent in their database. Didnt seem to have enough users like Untappd for beer.
Ridiculous idea.Most negative reviews would be one of 3 things: - People that think they know better than their doctor because they googled their symptoms- People blaming their doctor for diagnosing a major health problem- People upset they were prescribed conventional medicine/therapy and not some alternative medicine/therapy
Imagine if two people were given the same amount of money to do what they liked with. One person worked hard, invested in an education and studied, sacrificed their social life had respectful habits in not drinking or smoking or over eating and was rewarded with a high paying job that they pay lots of tax on.The other person invested that money in a property portfolio that theyve continuously leveraged as the market has increased and they are now have the same wealth as the person with a high paying job but theyve paid no tax.Yep thats fair.
The main causes of alcohol-related deaths in this age group were tuberculosis, road injuries, and self-harm.So in other words: If you dont live in a 3rd world country, dont drink and drive and arent depressed then alcohol probably isnt going to kill you as wowsers quoting this study will try and suggest.
Haha yep especially when they try to use that the results tally with what hes told by frontline workers. as proof that its accurate. Frontline sallies dont visit those who arent struggling. Its like saying absolutely everyone shops at my shop because thats what a survey of my customers said.
No it doesnt because those policies dont work. If they did work West Auckland would be held up as a shining light for restricting alcohol, but West Auckland is clearly not a reduced alcohol harm utopia is it?
Very generous for Kata, his errors led to the first 3 Panthers tries, and harsh for Johnson who still tried hard and committed no errors unlike the rest of the team.Jazz Tevaga: Massive effort from Mannerings presumed successor LOLWUT?
Folks, New Zealand has a drinking problem that is not prevalent in other parts of the world.Myth. Check the stats.Were 31st in per capita alcohol consumption, even South Koreans drink more than we do.Australia has even harsher liquor laws than we do yet they consume 10% more than us.
The theory goes that they dont want to tax EVs until there is more of an uptake in them to encourage people to buy them. The flip side of that is that were basically giving tax breaks to the rich who are the main buyers of EVs at this early stage in their life cycle.
Only because overseas tax systems are mostly far more complicated than ours due to political compromises. If we implemented a simple CGT much like our simple GST it would not be difficult to implement at all. The only problem being that Labour are the only major political party that seem to be entertaining the idea at the moment but theyre also the party that is most likely to implement it with all sorts of ridiculous bureaucratic loopholes and exemptions.
I dont know this road but it looks like from the photos you should easily be able to see when the lane is blocked before you are allowed to use the T2 lane. Sounds to me like theyre just trying to justify using the T2 lane earlier when they knew they werent going to turn down Library Lane.
Over the years I read studies showing even just one beer would hinder tissue recovery after a workout at the gym.Yep, because everyone that drinks has a beer immediately after a gym session.
And what percentage of Kiwis drink? If 25% of Kiwis are drinking on a Friday night then youd expect 25% of patients in an A&E on a Friday night to have alcohol in their system. Thats how statistics work and thats why you have to say related to alcohol consumption instead of caused by alcohol consumption in your attempts to exaggerate the negative effects of alcohol.
I live closer to Mt Smart than Eden Park and still prefer the location of Eden Park as it closer to a train station than Mt Smart and also close to quite a few bars in Kingsland, Dominion Rd and Mt Eden. Closest half decent bars to Mt Smart are in Onehunga or at Sylvia Park, only walking distance for the well and truly committed.
Neither mainstream Aussie party will fully give in to the Greens demands so theyve ended up with what were eventually going to get: Both parties proposing reasonable progressive mainstream policies that theyll oppose if the other party proposed and both shot down by the Greens for not being progressive enough
Correlation does not equal causation does it? I drink and dont drink and drive and have never self harmed which is the same for the vast majority of drinkers, therefore drinking does not CAUSE drink driving or self harm. I can sense your rebuttal: every drink driver has consumed alcohol. But guess what? every drink driver also owns a car so if drinking causes drink driving then owning a car also causes drink driving.
The type where Id slow down to try to force them to back off, and theyd slow down and stay exactly as close as before. So Id slow down again, and they still wouldnt back off. So Id do it again ... and again ... eventually its just the two of us crawling along being outstripped by passing grannies.That right there is why you were being tailgated, not your choice of car, youre clearly a driver that does not move out of the right-hand lane. The only reason people dont tailgate you in an SUV is because they cant see past you to see that the lane in front of you is clear.
A lot of it would come down to the size that supermarkets sell ingredients in being far more cost efficient for large families, a lot of the time shopping for two you have to buy ingredients that would be enough for four or more and when there are appropriate sizes theyre often more expensive per quantity.
People are also getting increasingly annoyed at being told we cant do things we enjoy that are very marginally bad for our health. Oh noes, my risk of cancer is 0.0001% higher, better stop doing that.I do not want to live in a Demolition Man style dystopia which is where were heading.
Except theres zero correlation between the sharp increase in deaths and serious accidents in recent years with zero changes to the speed limit. Your statement that speed is the reason is demonstrably 0.Â
You do realise half of downtown Auckland is built in to the seabed with basements well below sea-level? They dont leak. The original shore-line went back to Fort St.
Oh, the random spike out of nowhere at the exact same time as the limit got lowered was coincidence was it?We suddenly got sped more after 2014?We suddenly got more distracted after 2014?We suddenly cared less about other road users after 2014?There was only one thing that changed.Besides, do you have any proof other than correlation about those things causing an increase in the road toll? A study perhaps? Like the one quoted above...
Its 1 that big cities elsewhere in the world have imposed very low speed limits. But the majority are town centres with narrow roads and challenging layouts, because they pre-date the invention of cars.Shhhh the cycle zealots dont want it known that you cant compare Auckland to flat and compact European cities.
Exactly John Northcott, wowsers dont understand the difference between need and want. I dont need to watch TV but I want to, am I addicted because I watch it everyday Im at home? I dont think so. I dont need to listen to music but I certainly want to listen to music,
The flight shaming movement needs to be halted in its tracks immediately. People will fast become insular nationalists when none of the population is exposed to other cultures and countries first hand and that will lead to much, much worse outcomes for the global environment. World War 3 will be started by a green movement of some description.
also, FYI, there are more All Blacks that drink than dont. So athletes in training seeking top performance shouldnt drink at all.you forgot to add immediately after they work out. Because it has no effect after your muscles have recovered which happens in hours not eternity as you claim.
Others have stated it below but you do realise alcohol is actually present in many everyday items that you yourself probably consume? Hope you dont drive.
Heres a few downtown Auckland buildings that start below sea level and past the original shore-line: Britomart Train Station, the Old Ferry Building, the PWC building, the AMP building, the Vero building, the HSBC building, the new Commercial Bay development.
There may be adverse community reactions to, or low engagement with, projects such as speed limit reductions, speed-calming measures and removing parking.Theyre already wasting heaps of money on speed-calming measures but its clearly not working is it! Whats actually needed is enforcement to stop bad driving behaviour, how about spending a fraction of that money on actually getting the few red-light cameras we have working again and then actually increase their number?I suppose we shouldnt really expect any more from politicians whose answer to abuse of anything is to restrict access and use instead of directly combating the abuse.
More cyclists will also live if they use the cycle lane on Tamaki Drive too. Oh, they might have to go slower on that cycle lane than the road? They could just slow down like youre asking motorists to do but we dont dare inconvenience the lycra brigade do we?
NZ First: dont we have more urgent items to address then supporiting the over-consumption of alcohol in New Zealand?A more urgent item like lowering our road toll? Which this will do as its clearly demonstrated above that lowering the limit has unintentionally increased our road toll.As with every anti-alcohol law that punishes the majority instead of targeting the problems it has backfired spectacularly.
Super is going to be completely unaffordable for the country very soon as it is now, if it hadnt been cut back 30 years ago it would be being cut back now or wed be bankrupt. Speaking of those 30 years, did you not think to start saving back then or since?
"ACC pays out $1b less to women and is more likely to reject their claims",
while motor vehicle claims had an approval rate of 98.7 per cent for males and 98.4 per cent for females.That means women are almost 20 per cent more likely than men to have a vehicle-related claim turned down.Dont you just love how you can use statistics and the English language to turn 0.3% in to 20%?
When a person with extreme views defends free speech someone gets hurt
The part of the article that struck a chord with me, was .......He has a particular world view, its white, old and hopefully nearing its use-by date ... That really sums it up.Correct, it really does sum it up. The author of THIS article is racist because she is dismissing Don Brashs views because of his race.
Complaints of churchgoers' cars obstructing Auckland cycle path
So religion doesnt teach people good morals after all? Whodathunkit.
Cape Kidnappers has a new name: Te Kauwae-a-MÄui
Probably because at least half of the names theyre being changed to were not original Maori names. Do you seriously think that 100,000 - 200,000 pre-colonisation Maori that did not even have horses or written maps, could possibly traverse so much of the country that they had names for every landmark? A lot of the Colonial names probably pre-date the Maori names theyre being changed to.
Environmental group taking council and winery to High Court over Te Mata Peak track
Can you imagine the outcry if the Tongariro Crossing was being built in todays environment?If roads were being built up Mt Eden or One Tree Hill?
Police officer was driving dangerously during fatal pursuit, says IPCA
The car didnt hit another innocent car, it hit a tree, so the police didnt put the public in danger. The only one responsible for deaths is the driver.
Eden Park: Stadium of the future or housing site?
Someone should just buy a house next to Helen Clark and then demand that she move because apparently you can do that even if the other person was there first.
Small school won't sell beer and wine at fundraiser after 'bullying' from DHB
Dr Wills stance is very much like an abstinence only stance and we know how terribly those work out for teenage pregnancy rates.
Meghan Markle's 2013 rom-com resurfaces, makes difficult viewing in #MeToo age
Ugh, just another puritan trying to hijack the #MeToo movement, nothing to see here.
"Bad tourist behaviour: 12 things travellers need to stop doing",
Addendum to the Rushing the baggage carousel: Rushing out of your seats to get your hand baggage out and then standing in the Aisles when youre just going to be waiting at the baggage carousel anyway.
Coroner calls for increase of alcohol purchasing age following death of drink-driving teen
Breaks at least four laws, corner suggests another law would have stopped him.... mmmmk.p.s. all the statistics show teenagers are drinking less now than they were before the drinking age was lowered. Down vote me all you want but thats a cold hard fact.
Alcohol-related harm the dark side of Wellington no one wants to talk about - councillor
Do you crack down on cars to combat problem driving? No, you address the problem driving.It could also look at reducing off-licensed operating hours and late-night transport options.Seriously??? Just when you think wowsers couldnt get any more illogical one of them suggests reducing late night transport options to REDUCE alcohol harm.... Wow, just wow.
Private prosecution pending against University of Otago's bong-taking proctor
Sorry sir, youre under arrest for dangerously stoned operation of a house?
The solution to Aucklands traffic problems is already here
This is a perfect illustration of how the traffic jams start in Auckland. If youre driving at the start of rush hour quite happily at 100km/h you will inevitably come across some oblivious/inconsiderate driver doing 80km/h or slower in the right hand lane with no-one at all in front of them and suddenly this exact effect happens with cars all starting to backup behind them with a ripple effect that gets worse and worse. The police need to do a better job of policing slow drivers, it would solve so many of our traffic problems.
"Roundup foes driven by hatred for Monsanto",
Because that would be ridiculous. Prove potatoes are safe, go on, do it, its easy.
Karl Tu'inukuafe chose Blues over Chiefs and Highlanders after fairytale season
Ermahgerd, an Aucklander choosing to leave another franchise to come to The Blues, more please.
Matt Lauer row: We've sold off our slice of paradise
leaving us with a postal service that increasingly discourages postingI for one am glad that my tax dollars arent being wasted on propping up an increasingly irrelevant service.
Private prosecution pending against University of Otago's bong-taking proctor
Certainly a lot of Authoritarian Socialists in charge at NZ Universities at the moment, where are all the Liberals and Libertarians that wouldve stood up to them in days gone past?
Couple building dream home discover large power transformer in front of their main window
If the media are going to keep giving NIMBYs moaning about trivial things a public soapbox the least they could do is also point them to the comments section so they can see how ridiculous everyone thinks theyre being.
Vince Whare is barred from his sport for a decade, because he smoked dope
Wowsers and their simplistic logic permeate bureaucracies in all facets of society. Their black and white brains are drawn to them like moths to a flame.
Residents' 'living hell' over thanks to 24/7 liquor ban on beachfront Auckland street
I highly doubt people that were already breaking a liquor ban at night would suddenly respect the ban because its now 24/7. Either something else also changed or theres some cognitive bias from the residents especially given their admission that theres still the odd incident.
Massey University's suppression of free speech can't go uncontested
but they fall short of hate speech, unless that definition has widened to merely include offence or outdated ideas.Its been widened to anything those on the left dont agree with by the autocrats hiding behind a facade of liberalism within their ranks. It really is a shame our political system groups liberals with autocrats and libertarians with conservatives.
Alcohol-related harm the dark side of Wellington no one wants to talk about - councillor
Name one country/city where alcohol regulation has actually worked.
Phil Gifford: Treating the ball as a potential weapon is also fraught with danger
Oh come on, every team has a bad game every now and then and we were well overdue. We barely lost and wouldve won easily if Beaudie had his radar going. Also credit to the Boks for putting that many points on us.
Silly car question #32: is it okay to swap lanes all the time on the motorway?
Driving at the very start of rush hour is eye opening, plenty of people from the Traffic Enforcement Unit driving at 80 or even slower in the right hand lane with no-one in front of them and traffic building up behind them and/or undertaking them. Presumably because they think thats just the speed you should do in rush hour.
The Block NZ contestant appropriates Native American culture in first episode
All clothing is cultural appropriation from somewhere, best go au naturel.
Alcohol-related harm the dark side of Wellington no one wants to talk about - councillor
I know someone that was hurt in a car crash but I dont go round trying to stop everyone driving now.
Bible lessons provoke one mother's wrath and she is not alone
Advocating for tyranny of the majority? Would you like a time machine to go back to the 50s when all minorities were treated like 2nd class citizens? Suppose that is where most religious people seem to wish to be...
Kiwi star Steven Adams cracks Forbes rich-list - but where are the female athletes?
Half the reason NBA stars are paid so much is there are fewer players on a basketball team than all the other major team sports, they get a bigger share of the pie.
Sage to ask EPA to look at Roundup after jury award
Theres a massive difference between someone using a chemical in very large quantities every day to occasional exposure of very small amounts for the general public.
Small school won't sell beer and wine at fundraiser after 'bullying' from DHB
The biggest problem drinkers are always the one that were sheltered from it until the day they turned 18 (or 20), we all know this, weve all seen it, it cant be denied. This fresh evidence has no doubt been dug up by wowsers like Dr Wills looking only for evidence to reaffirm their beliefs while theyve ignored any evidence to the contrary. Objective science it is not.
Live: MPs address sin taxes and business confidence
We also have some of the highest alcohol excise taxes in the world but it hasnt exactly led to us having one of the lowest alcohol consumption rates in the world has it?
Natural toothpaste will lead to epidemic of dental decay: dentists
Says the person who listens to people who recommend alternatives toothpastes that make them money... Last time I checked alternative toothpastes werent free either.
Mayor Phil Goff announces Auckland homelessness census in effort to stop ballooning vagrancy problem
The problem with surveying the CBD during the day is youll count the large number of beggars that commute in to the city that arent actually homeless.
Phil Collins to bring his Not Dead Yet tour down under
Im surprised hes not doing more shows, given how long its been since he was here I wouldve thought you could add sold out Auckland and Wellington shows to that easily. The Mission Estate will sell out in seconds.
Outsourcing Government: The $55m cost of reviews
We could change the flag twice for that amount. Or is that amount of money suddenly inconsequential now that Labour are in power?
Alcohol-related harm the dark side of Wellington no one wants to talk about - councillor
Because Canada is free of alcohol harm. Oh no wait, its not.
Natural toothpaste will lead to epidemic of dental decay: dentists
Natural selection in process, nothing to worry about.
Natural toothpaste will lead to epidemic of dental decay: dentists
Do humans live in the ocean? I rest my case your honour.
Award stickers can make you think the wine tastes better
Has it improved? I tried using it a few years ago and most wines I tried werent in their database. Didnt seem to have enough users like Untappd for beer.
Rate your doctor website 'completely inappropriate'
Ridiculous idea.Most negative reviews would be one of 3 things: - People that think they know better than their doctor because they googled their symptoms- People blaming their doctor for diagnosing a major health problem- People upset they were prescribed conventional medicine/therapy and not some alternative medicine/therapy
Eden Park: Stadium of the future or housing site?
Did you even read the article? She now wants it gone completely.
Capital gains tax punishes hard work
Imagine if two people were given the same amount of money to do what they liked with. One person worked hard, invested in an education and studied, sacrificed their social life had respectful habits in not drinking or smoking or over eating and was rewarded with a high paying job that they pay lots of tax on.The other person invested that money in a property portfolio that theyve continuously leveraged as the market has increased and they are now have the same wealth as the person with a high paying job but theyve paid no tax.Yep thats fair.
Experts conclude there's no 'safe' level of alcohol consumption after global study
The main causes of alcohol-related deaths in this age group were tuberculosis, road injuries, and self-harm.So in other words: If you dont live in a 3rd world country, dont drink and drive and arent depressed then alcohol probably isnt going to kill you as wowsers quoting this study will try and suggest.
Auckland flanker Dalton Papalii the bolter in All Blacks' northern tour squad
Papalii certainly outplayed Hunt yesterday.
Vince Whare is barred from his sport for a decade, because he smoked dope
It was once against the rules for african-americans to sit at the front of a bus and for women to vote. Rules are rules people crack me up.
Alcohol-related harm the dark side of Wellington no one wants to talk about - councillor
West Auckland is also controlled through a licencing trust but theres not less alcohol harm there than the rest of Auckland.
Matt Lauer row: We've sold off our slice of paradise
Haha yep especially when they try to use that the results tally with what hes told by frontline workers. as proof that its accurate. Frontline sallies dont visit those who arent struggling. Its like saying absolutely everyone shops at my shop because thats what a survey of my customers said.
Experts conclude there's no 'safe' level of alcohol consumption after global study
No it doesnt because those policies dont work. If they did work West Auckland would be held up as a shining light for restricting alcohol, but West Auckland is clearly not a reduced alcohol harm utopia is it?
Warriors player ratings in season-ending NRL loss to Penrith
Very generous for Kata, his errors led to the first 3 Panthers tries, and harsh for Johnson who still tried hard and committed no errors unlike the rest of the team.Jazz Tevaga: Massive effort from Mannerings presumed successor LOLWUT?
NZ First calls for repeal of lower drink-driving limits
Folks, New Zealand has a drinking problem that is not prevalent in other parts of the world.Myth. Check the stats.Were 31st in per capita alcohol consumption, even South Koreans drink more than we do.Australia has even harsher liquor laws than we do yet they consume 10% more than us.
The Auckland fuel tax always looked doomed, just not quite this quickly
The theory goes that they dont want to tax EVs until there is more of an uptake in them to encourage people to buy them. The flip side of that is that were basically giving tax breaks to the rich who are the main buyers of EVs at this early stage in their life cycle.
Capital gains tax punishes hard work
Only because overseas tax systems are mostly far more complicated than ours due to political compromises. If we implemented a simple CGT much like our simple GST it would not be difficult to implement at all. The only problem being that Labour are the only major political party that seem to be entertaining the idea at the moment but theyre also the party that is most likely to implement it with all sorts of ridiculous bureaucratic loopholes and exemptions.
"Roundup foes driven by hatred for Monsanto",
I remember the arsenic hysteria despite the fact you had to eat an entire length of 2x4 to even remotely be affected.
Alcohol-related harm the dark side of Wellington no one wants to talk about - councillor
FYI, teenagers are actually drinking less now than before the age was lowered. Just check out any of the official stats.
Natural toothpaste will lead to epidemic of dental decay: dentists
One can only hope the next fad is keyboards made from a substance that is naturally soluble from skin oils.
Experts conclude there's no 'safe' level of alcohol consumption after global study
Agree with your sentiment but its actually 0.977%
Drivers still getting pinged on T2, even though it's not their fault, they say
I dont know this road but it looks like from the photos you should easily be able to see when the lane is blocked before you are allowed to use the T2 lane. Sounds to me like theyre just trying to justify using the T2 lane earlier when they knew they werent going to turn down Library Lane.
Experts conclude there's no 'safe' level of alcohol consumption after global study
Over the years I read studies showing even just one beer would hinder tissue recovery after a workout at the gym.Yep, because everyone that drinks has a beer immediately after a gym session.
Small school won't sell beer and wine at fundraiser after 'bullying' from DHB
And what percentage of Kiwis drink? If 25% of Kiwis are drinking on a Friday night then youd expect 25% of patients in an A&E on a Friday night to have alcohol in their system. Thats how statistics work and thats why you have to say related to alcohol consumption instead of caused by alcohol consumption in your attempts to exaggerate the negative effects of alcohol.
Eden Park: Stadium of the future or housing site?
I live closer to Mt Smart than Eden Park and still prefer the location of Eden Park as it closer to a train station than Mt Smart and also close to quite a few bars in Kingsland, Dominion Rd and Mt Eden. Closest half decent bars to Mt Smart are in Onehunga or at Sylvia Park, only walking distance for the well and truly committed.
Pointless: Australian democracy is now an even bigger laughing stock
Neither mainstream Aussie party will fully give in to the Greens demands so theyve ended up with what were eventually going to get: Both parties proposing reasonable progressive mainstream policies that theyll oppose if the other party proposed and both shot down by the Greens for not being progressive enough
Experts conclude there's no 'safe' level of alcohol consumption after global study
Correlation does not equal causation does it? I drink and dont drink and drive and have never self harmed which is the same for the vast majority of drinkers, therefore drinking does not CAUSE drink driving or self harm. I can sense your rebuttal: every drink driver has consumed alcohol. But guess what? every drink driver also owns a car so if drinking causes drink driving then owning a car also causes drink driving.
Natural toothpaste will lead to epidemic of dental decay: dentists
3 minutes??? Who brushes their teeth for that long, that is an eternity to stand there doing that
"Maybe it's not my girly car that makes me a tailgate target, maybe it's that I'm a girl",
The type where Id slow down to try to force them to back off, and theyd slow down and stay exactly as close as before. So Id slow down again, and they still wouldnt back off. So Id do it again ... and again ... eventually its just the two of us crawling along being outstripped by passing grannies.That right there is why you were being tailgated, not your choice of car, youre clearly a driver that does not move out of the right-hand lane. The only reason people dont tailgate you in an SUV is because they cant see past you to see that the lane in front of you is clear.
My Food Bag shifts focus from organic, free-range to add cut price product
A lot of it would come down to the size that supermarkets sell ingredients in being far more cost efficient for large families, a lot of the time shopping for two you have to buy ingredients that would be enough for four or more and when there are appropriate sizes theyre often more expensive per quantity.
Coroner calls for increase of alcohol purchasing age following death of drink-driving teen
Its not for sale in supermarkets in west Auckland yet theyve got the highest percentage of alcohol related crashes in Auckland... go figure.
Ozzy Osbourne announces New Zealand dates for farewell tour
They dont want concerts in Wellington because it might encourage people to consume alcohol.
NZ First calls for repeal of lower drink-driving limits
Negligible does not equal zero does it? If youre going to advocate a negligible limit, not a zero limit, you need to define negligible.
Why do vegans have such bad reputations?
People are also getting increasingly annoyed at being told we cant do things we enjoy that are very marginally bad for our health. Oh noes, my risk of cancer is 0.0001% higher, better stop doing that.I do not want to live in a Demolition Man style dystopia which is where were heading.
The problem with a 30kmh speed limit for cars is... pedestrians
No, it is about safety. Entitled cyclists being able to run red lights in a slightly safer environment that is.
Private fireworks display causes anguish to local Waitoki residents
Sounds like its resident, singular.
Experts conclude there's no 'safe' level of alcohol consumption after global study
No SteveW, they all start with domestic violence, which also happens without alcohol. If you got angry dont blame it on the casual drinkers.
Matt Lauer row: We've sold off our slice of paradise
If its irrelevant then why was it in the article?Association fallacy, a strawman and a 0 dichotomy, want to go for a few more for the Heptathlon?
The problem with a 30kmh speed limit for cars is... pedestrians
Except theres zero correlation between the sharp increase in deaths and serious accidents in recent years with zero changes to the speed limit. Your statement that speed is the reason is demonstrably 0.Â
NZ First calls for repeal of lower drink-driving limits
I thought 31st was self explanatory and didnt need to list all 30....
"Plans for $1.8 billion Auckland waterfront stadium unveiled",
You do realise half of downtown Auckland is built in to the seabed with basements well below sea-level? They dont leak. The original shore-line went back to Fort St.
NZ First calls for repeal of lower drink-driving limits
Oh, the random spike out of nowhere at the exact same time as the limit got lowered was coincidence was it?We suddenly got sped more after 2014?We suddenly got more distracted after 2014?We suddenly cared less about other road users after 2014?There was only one thing that changed.Besides, do you have any proof other than correlation about those things causing an increase in the road toll? A study perhaps? Like the one quoted above...
The problem with a 30kmh speed limit for cars is... pedestrians
Its 1 that big cities elsewhere in the world have imposed very low speed limits. But the majority are town centres with narrow roads and challenging layouts, because they pre-date the invention of cars.Shhhh the cycle zealots dont want it known that you cant compare Auckland to flat and compact European cities.
Experts conclude there's no 'safe' level of alcohol consumption after global study
Exactly John Northcott, wowsers dont understand the difference between need and want. I dont need to watch TV but I want to, am I addicted because I watch it everyday Im at home? I dont think so. I dont need to listen to music but I certainly want to listen to music,
Is it time to scrap frequent flyer programmes like Airpoints to combat the climate crisis?
The flight shaming movement needs to be halted in its tracks immediately. People will fast become insular nationalists when none of the population is exposed to other cultures and countries first hand and that will lead to much, much worse outcomes for the global environment. World War 3 will be started by a green movement of some description.
Experts conclude there's no 'safe' level of alcohol consumption after global study
also, FYI, there are more All Blacks that drink than dont. So athletes in training seeking top performance shouldnt drink at all.you forgot to add immediately after they work out. Because it has no effect after your muscles have recovered which happens in hours not eternity as you claim.
NZ First calls for repeal of lower drink-driving limits
Others have stated it below but you do realise alcohol is actually present in many everyday items that you yourself probably consume? Hope you dont drive.
Natural toothpaste will lead to epidemic of dental decay: dentists
Theres water in a glass of water but one glass of water isnt going to be adequate for your daily needs...
Experts conclude there's no 'safe' level of alcohol consumption after global study
SteveW, we dont all commit domestic violence and then blame booze mmmmk.
"Plans for $1.8 billion Auckland waterfront stadium unveiled",
Heres a few downtown Auckland buildings that start below sea level and past the original shore-line: Britomart Train Station, the Old Ferry Building, the PWC building, the AMP building, the Vero building, the HSBC building, the new Commercial Bay development.
Speed limit cuts would be a 'band aid', says husband of Auckland road crash victim
There may be adverse community reactions to, or low engagement with, projects such as speed limit reductions, speed-calming measures and removing parking.Theyre already wasting heaps of money on speed-calming measures but its clearly not working is it! Whats actually needed is enforcement to stop bad driving behaviour, how about spending a fraction of that money on actually getting the few red-light cameras we have working again and then actually increase their number?I suppose we shouldnt really expect any more from politicians whose answer to abuse of anything is to restrict access and use instead of directly combating the abuse.
"Plans for $1.8 billion Auckland waterfront stadium unveiled",
Not a problem for Britomart train station
Speed limit cuts would be a 'band aid', says husband of Auckland road crash victim
More cyclists will also live if they use the cycle lane on Tamaki Drive too. Oh, they might have to go slower on that cycle lane than the road? They could just slow down like youre asking motorists to do but we dont dare inconvenience the lycra brigade do we?
How the All Blacks players rated against the Wallabies in Bledisloe III in Yokohama
Man you Cantabs seem to double down with your eyepatch when it comes to SBW. What offloads and turnovers? Jeebus.
Matt Lauer row: We've sold off our slice of paradise
PB1111, you should enter the Fallacy Olympics because thats a record breaking leap of logic.
NZ First calls for repeal of lower drink-driving limits
NZ First: dont we have more urgent items to address then supporiting the over-consumption of alcohol in New Zealand?A more urgent item like lowering our road toll? Which this will do as its clearly demonstrated above that lowering the limit has unintentionally increased our road toll.As with every anti-alcohol law that punishes the majority instead of targeting the problems it has backfired spectacularly.
Matt Lauer row: We've sold off our slice of paradise
Shes using spurious arguments to exaggerate the problem.
Phil Gifford: Treating the ball as a potential weapon is also fraught with danger
still played better than Richie last week
Pensioners just want a fair deal
Super is going to be completely unaffordable for the country very soon as it is now, if it hadnt been cut back 30 years ago it would be being cut back now or wed be bankrupt. Speaking of those 30 years, did you not think to start saving back then or since?
How the All Blacks players rated against the Wallabies in Bledisloe III in Yokohama
p.s. Matt Todd < Sam Cane
How Mount Maunganui turned from paradise to prison
Typical Kiwi attitude, dont want to share at all, its all yours and yours alone.
The amount allocated to Treaty of Waitangi settlements is tiny, compared with other Government spending
We couldve also changed the flag 81 times for that amount of money and once was supposedly too much money so.....