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Post by harrytom on Sept 21, 2024 4:25:53 GMT 12
Whats she going to do if a steel bolt punches tyre,you know.Country rd 11.00pm , no amount of goo going to fix it, funny bit is,in his car a tyre well so now looking for rim/tyre Call a tow truck, same as with any other mechanical break down. But like I say, it doesn't happen. The caveats being we don't live in the country, don't drive on country roads. That is metal roads. I understand those areas, with loose metal and potholes you are far more likely to get punctures. Like last time the Council metalled and graded the Whangaripo Valley Rd. They used sharp metal for some reason, and there was a record number of punctures the following week. Like fairly much every car that went down there. Even made the paper, I think mainly cause Auckland Council actually maintained a North Rodney Rd, not cause they fucked it up... We live in town, and drive around town, on the motorway, or occasionally up and down a state highway. The point is flat tyres are so infrequent now, it does make sense for the weight and space in the car to be used for something else. Given the prevalence of tow truck services and mobile communications these days. Sure, back in the 1950's you had to be 100% self sufficient when driving somewhere. Much like the old Land Rover fraternity, carry 200l of spare petrol, swamp mats, 3 tow ropes, two winches, a couple of jacks, a spare alternator and a full tool box with both metric and imperial sockets, spanners and screwdrivers. If I were doing a trip to darkest Africa, or down the Corico Road from La Paz to the Amazon (Bolivia), then I'd take all that stuff. Going down the Northern Motorway, not so much. Have you tried ringing a tow truck at 10.0pm o a Friday night?? We needed one a couple of yrs ago,rang 3 local companies,explained the iddue,best we can do is 8.00am Saturday as we are busy going police work. For the extra weight of a spare+ jack,weight is minimal. And you are going to the irport then what or marina for xmas cruise with a car load. |
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Post by ComfortZone on Sept 21, 2024 4:29:45 GMT 12
Whats she going to do if a steel bolt punches tyre,you know.Country rd 11.00pm , no amount of goo going to fix it, funny bit is,in his car a tyre well so now looking for rim/tyre Call a tow truck, same as with any other mechanical break down. But like I say, it doesn't happen. The caveats being we don't live in the country, don't drive on country roads. That is metal roads. I understand those areas, with loose metal and potholes you are far more likely to get punctures. Like last time the Council metalled and graded the Whangaripo Valley Rd. They used sharp metal for some reason, and there was a record number of punctures the following week. Like fairly much every car that went down there. Even made the paper, I think mainly cause Auckland Council actually maintained a North Rodney Rd, not cause they fucked it up... We live in town, and drive around town, on the motorway, or occasionally up and down a state highway. The point is flat tyres are so infrequent now, it does make sense for the weight and space in the car to be used for something else. Given the prevalence of tow truck services and mobile communications these days. Sure, back in the 1950's you had to be 100% self sufficient when driving somewhere. Much like the old Land Rover fraternity, carry 200l of spare petrol, swamp mats, 3 tow ropes, two winches, a couple of jacks, a spare alternator and a full tool box with both metric and imperial sockets, spanners and screwdrivers. If I were doing a trip to darkest Africa, or down the Corico Road from La Paz to the Amazon (Bolivia), then I'd take all that stuff. Going down the Northern Motorway, not so much. Have to disagree with you on this on 2 points 1. Biggest risk these days are roads anywhere near a building site, last flats I have had were a roofing Tek screw and a new nail.
2. Murphy is always a passenger in a car, just as he is lurking on board our boats, odds are a flat will happen at the most inconvenient place/time. All 3 of our cars, 2 Camrys and a VW Golf have full size spares, had enough punctures over the years to like having spares. Also much better than German and other cars running those "run flat tyres", whilst you will get to a tyre change place you will be up for at least 1 new tyre at a considerable price (if they have it),if the vehicle is AWD and the tyres are reasonably worn you may need to replace all 4 to prevent transfer case damage - just ask some Jeep Grand Cherokee owners.
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Post by em on Sept 21, 2024 8:22:35 GMT 12
Call a tow truck, same as with any other mechanical break down. But like I say, it doesn't happen. The caveats being we don't live in the country, don't drive on country roads. That is metal roads. I understand those areas, with loose metal and potholes you are far more likely to get punctures. Like last time the Council metalled and graded the Whangaripo Valley Rd. They used sharp metal for some reason, and there was a record number of punctures the following week. Like fairly much every car that went down there. Even made the paper, I think mainly cause Auckland Council actually maintained a North Rodney Rd, not cause they fucked it up... We live in town, and drive around town, on the motorway, or occasionally up and down a state highway. The point is flat tyres are so infrequent now, it does make sense for the weight and space in the car to be used for something else. Given the prevalence of tow truck services and mobile communications these days. Sure, back in the 1950's you had to be 100% self sufficient when driving somewhere. Much like the old Land Rover fraternity, carry 200l of spare petrol, swamp mats, 3 tow ropes, two winches, a couple of jacks, a spare alternator and a full tool box with both metric and imperial sockets, spanners and screwdrivers. If I were doing a trip to darkest Africa, or down the Corico Road from La Paz to the Amazon (Bolivia), then I'd take all that stuff. Going down the Northern Motorway, not so much. Have to disagree with you on this on 2 points 1. Biggest risk these days are roads anywhere near a building site, last flats I have had were a roofing Tek screw and a new nail.
2. Murphy is always a passenger in a car, just as he is lurking on board our boats, odds are a flat will happen at the most inconvenient place/time. All 3 of our cars, 2 Camrys and a VW Golf have full size spares, had enough punctures over the years to like having spares. Also much better than German and other cars running those "run flat tyres", whilst you will get to a tyre change place you will be up for at least 1 new tyre at a considerable price (if they have it),if the vehicle is AWD and the tyres are reasonably worn you may need to replace all 4 to prevent transfer case damage - just ask some Jeep Grand Cherokee owners.
Since my father has retired from building we get a lot less slow leaks from visiting the gramps ! mostly screws from him dropping something out of his wagon in the gravel parking area |
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Post by fish on Sept 21, 2024 9:32:14 GMT 12
Call a tow truck, same as with any other mechanical break down. But like I say, it doesn't happen. The caveats being we don't live in the country, don't drive on country roads. That is metal roads. I understand those areas, with loose metal and potholes you are far more likely to get punctures. Like last time the Council metalled and graded the Whangaripo Valley Rd. They used sharp metal for some reason, and there was a record number of punctures the following week. Like fairly much every car that went down there. Even made the paper, I think mainly cause Auckland Council actually maintained a North Rodney Rd, not cause they fucked it up... We live in town, and drive around town, on the motorway, or occasionally up and down a state highway. The point is flat tyres are so infrequent now, it does make sense for the weight and space in the car to be used for something else. Given the prevalence of tow truck services and mobile communications these days. Sure, back in the 1950's you had to be 100% self sufficient when driving somewhere. Much like the old Land Rover fraternity, carry 200l of spare petrol, swamp mats, 3 tow ropes, two winches, a couple of jacks, a spare alternator and a full tool box with both metric and imperial sockets, spanners and screwdrivers. If I were doing a trip to darkest Africa, or down the Corico Road from La Paz to the Amazon (Bolivia), then I'd take all that stuff. Going down the Northern Motorway, not so much. Have you tried ringing a tow truck at 10.0pm o a Friday night?? We needed one a couple of yrs ago,rang 3 local companies,explained the iddue,best we can do is 8.00am Saturday as we are busy going police work. For the extra weight of a spare+ jack,weight is minimal. And you are going to the irport then what or marina for xmas cruise with a car load. What if your cell phone explodes and blinds you while on the way to the boat? You can get all anxious catering for every possible problem. The fact is I've got a car that doesn't have a spare tyre. I was aware of that before I bought it, it hasn't caused us a problem. Each to their own. |
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Post by fish on Sept 21, 2024 9:40:49 GMT 12
Call a tow truck, same as with any other mechanical break down. But like I say, it doesn't happen. The caveats being we don't live in the country, don't drive on country roads. That is metal roads. I understand those areas, with loose metal and potholes you are far more likely to get punctures. Like last time the Council metalled and graded the Whangaripo Valley Rd. They used sharp metal for some reason, and there was a record number of punctures the following week. Like fairly much every car that went down there. Even made the paper, I think mainly cause Auckland Council actually maintained a North Rodney Rd, not cause they fucked it up... We live in town, and drive around town, on the motorway, or occasionally up and down a state highway. The point is flat tyres are so infrequent now, it does make sense for the weight and space in the car to be used for something else. Given the prevalence of tow truck services and mobile communications these days. Sure, back in the 1950's you had to be 100% self sufficient when driving somewhere. Much like the old Land Rover fraternity, carry 200l of spare petrol, swamp mats, 3 tow ropes, two winches, a couple of jacks, a spare alternator and a full tool box with both metric and imperial sockets, spanners and screwdrivers. If I were doing a trip to darkest Africa, or down the Corico Road from La Paz to the Amazon (Bolivia), then I'd take all that stuff. Going down the Northern Motorway, not so much. Have to disagree with you on this on 2 points 1. Biggest risk these days are roads anywhere near a building site, last flats I have had were a roofing Tek screw and a new nail.
2. Murphy is always a passenger in a car, just as he is lurking on board our boats, odds are a flat will happen at the most inconvenient place/time. All 3 of our cars, 2 Camrys and a VW Golf have full size spares, had enough punctures over the years to like having spares. Also much better than German and other cars running those "run flat tyres", whilst you will get to a tyre change place you will be up for at least 1 new tyre at a considerable price (if they have it),if the vehicle is AWD and the tyres are reasonably worn you may need to replace all 4 to prevent transfer case damage - just ask some Jeep Grand Cherokee owners.
Actually, I have to agree with this. We have had a flat on that car, and it was from a gib screw. But again it wasn't a problem. Swapped cars for a day and got the tyre fixed. It was such a non-event I had forgotten about it. Certainly wasn't stranded in deepest darkest Dargaville in the dead of night with rabbid Greens supporters surrounding us during a climate change driven violent storm with wind and rain etc. Here is the thing, carrying a spare or not is completely a personal choice. For the type of driving we do it is simply not an issue. Noting the car I have that does have a spare has never had a flat, and it's done loads more km's than the other one. But linking back to the thread, I don't think it is important that cops know how to change a spare tyre. They have a fleet support system, and crash so many cars it's not funny. Certainly a cop isn't going to have any issues getting a tow truck, as HT has pointed out, all the towies are working for the cops anyway. When I was in London, the company car provider had a service agreement that if there were any issues with a car, they had to replace it within 2 hrs. I wrote my first car off after 27 hrs and they just brought me a new one. I had 2 safety recalls and blew it up (on a road trip to France for the RWC), and they just come along and replace it. I suspect that NZ Police have a similar arrangement. If a car is off the road for whatever reason, the cops can get picked up straight away and get back to chasing baddies while someone else sorts the car. Surely that is better than having our thing blue line fucking around doing mechanical work and changing tyres? |
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Post by fish on Sept 24, 2024 10:44:02 GMT 12
Cuddles Coster has quit.
But check this out for a trough. He's going to be Chief Executive of the Social Investment Agency...
PS, WTF is a social investment agency? MSD? Te Puna Kuakory? Waiperiera Trust?
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Post by harrytom on Sept 24, 2024 13:53:16 GMT 12
wondering the same,job for the boys?
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Post by ComfortZone on Sept 24, 2024 14:20:24 GMT 12
Cuddles Coster has quit. But check this out for a trough. He's going to be Chief Executive of the Social Investment Agency... PS, WTF is a social investment agency? MSD? Te Puna Kuakory? Waiperiera Trust? A brand new money consuming organisation that will produce heaps of reports and little else
Social Investment Board
The Social Investment Board is a ministerial advisory committee to provide independent advice and assurance to the Minister for Social Investment. It is currently being established.
About the Social Investment Board
The Board is expected to challenge and provide oversight of the Government’s social investment work programme. Social investment involves:
Addressing the drivers of the pervading social issues New Zealanders face through a focus on outcomes
Understanding the unique needs of the persons and/or families and whānau affected by these issues
Using data and evidence to support decision-making across the social system
Encouraging new thinking and approaches, innovation, co-investment and shared responsibility to address New Zealanders’ hardest issues
Driving consistency of data and evidence standards
Empowering communities to deliver for their people
What the Board will do
The Social Investment Board will provide advice and assurance to the Minister for Social Investment, and guidance to the Social Investment Agency on the development and implementation of social investment.
This includes working closely with the Social Investment Agency to support the Minister for Social Investment to implement the Social Investment Work Programme. The Board may meet with the Social Investment Ministers Group and engage with other agencies who are responsible for delivering social investment initiatives.
Board members are expected to act with a high degree of professionalism, including working in an inclusive manner where diverse voices are listened to in an environment of trust and respect. They are expected to attend scheduled meetings and undertaking any required pre-meeting reading to ensure they can engage fully at each meeting.
Recruitment is currently underway for the Board.
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Post by ComfortZone on Sept 26, 2024 13:30:53 GMT 12
Interesting commentary on Coster's golden parachute job....
Jobs for the Boys - why has the Police Commissioner been chosen to head the Social Investment Agency when he doesn't have the required skills?
It has been announced that the Police Commissioner has been chosen to head the Finance Minister Nicola Willis' Social Investment Agency when he steps down in November. So how does the NZ Treasury define social investment?
It is "The use of actuarial techniques to calculate a measure of future fiscal liability - which is then used for evaluation of “success” and for policy purposes. The techniques require the use of large longitudinal datasets to prioritize policy and actions, to help choose who to focus case management on, and which interventions to use".
Yes, it's a no-brainer. That position must be widely advertised to attract the person, either local or from overseas, with the highly sophisticated mathematical and statistical skill set to know how to do such calculations, or at least be able to advise on how they are to be done. The chap with a similar job in the US is called Richard Revesz, who works at the White House Office overseeing cost-benefit calculations. He has a Masters in Civil Engineering from MIT, and then went on to a Doctor of Jurisprudence at Yale.
There is no way a lay-person can head a "Social Investment Agency" without high-level maths and statistics skills, given the nature of that specific method of evaluating projects. So why did Police Minister, Mark Mitchell, say "The Social Investment Agency's got a big role to play and I think that Andy Coster, when you look at his background and experience, he's the perfect fit for the role" when Commissioner Coster doesn't have the background, nor the experience?
Mitchell is a politician. Say no more. But if Finance Minister Willis & Mitchell think they're smart playing the political appointment game in Wellington, then those of us with the background & experience to execute these kinds of "social investment" style approaches are over it. We've already worked out our response.
Here's what "my group" of economists, actuaries, statisticians, computer scientists and mathematicians are doing. We've had a gutsful of the top jobs in Wellington going to people who are well connected yet don't have maths skills. So we no longer have an interest in applying to the lower-down technical positions that prop those folks up. Our students are not being recommended to apply to them. We're no longer going to be the slaves in the engine room who do the difficult work so Wellington bosses who don't know what we've done can take credit for our work.
We're telling our students to go overseas, to Sydney, Silicon Valley, London and New York, to take up more highly valued jobs, both in terms of status & money, rather than go to Wellington to be the poor little girl, or boy, who has studied like a dog only to be patronized by the likes of Nicola Willis, Mark Mitchell, and the non-qualified bosses they've appointed.
We're no longer going to be thrown into the engine room of the Titanic whilst the captain who's chatting to guests steers the ship into an iceberg.
Willis & Mitchell just hastened the brain drain making this appointment. When they advertise for a (non) senior management team low grade Tier 3-style economist, actuary, comp. scientist, or maths person at "Social Investment" to do the hard yards, as they're doing at Seymour's Ministry of Regulation, we're telling our talented graduates, "Don't apply". The world's a different place now. The techs call the shots. Only not in NZ.
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Post by eri on Sept 26, 2024 14:51:10 GMT 12
Social investment (targeted, benchmarked help) was bill English's idea
Unfortunately labour canned it because they preferred untargeted, unbenchmarked spraying of the moneygun
Cuddles is better suited to it than police chief
So if he has willingly left for a job he is better suited to and the gov. can draw a line under his leadership and replace with someone more keeping in tune with their direction
everyone wins
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Post by harrytom on Oct 9, 2024 5:46:04 GMT 12
No idea what was happening in Matamata/Waharoa but 10 cars + armed squad 2.30 this morning.Must of been the entire Hamilton police force.
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Post by eri on Oct 9, 2024 7:04:39 GMT 12
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Post by jim on Oct 9, 2024 8:45:00 GMT 12
Good effort by the cops and customs. a mates daughter strayed into the world of meth - it destroyed her and ultimately the whole family.
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Post by eri on Oct 9, 2024 18:35:21 GMT 12
vancouver, bc, tried legalization
but people are so sick of thieving junkies clogging the city
summary execution of addicts is starting to look appealing
darwin's helping hand
worked for manila
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Post by ComfortZone on Oct 9, 2024 20:21:18 GMT 12
vancouver, bc, tried legalization but people are so sick of thieving junkies clogging the city summary execution of addicts is starting to look appealing darwin's helping handworked for manilaVancouver still has it, we were often just about be knocked over by the fumes on some street corners in downtown. Same story in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, all Democrat run states
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