New Tui ad!!!!!!!!!

[ratusratus]

Boy I wish I lived in Auckland....Yea Right:nya:

[chanceyy]

Boy I wish I lived in Auckland....Yea Right:nya:


Damn good one ... laffing ...

[DirtMad]

more people in aucks ... but seems the ppl down south have alot more to worry about with the snow storm and some having no power / heat over night :gob:

[Madness]

With love, from Wellington.

[Genesismatrix]

At least there is no power crisis down here. If we get short of power we will cut the cable and the north island will go dark

[chanceyy]

more people in aucks ... but seems the ppl down south have alot more to worry about with the snow storm and some having no power / heat over night :gob:

the south islanders are used to this ... so they are generally more prepared for no power .. and heating .. thats what fires are for..

the no power situation in aucks .. is a force majure .. a major storm event .. no one can predict this

also with aucks exploding growth the network system had never been updated, happens every storm event. Problem is most of the ppl in aucks rely on power to run everything in the home... where as ppl down south just use it mostly for the basics

[Madness]

Problem is most of the ppl in aucks rely on power to run everything in the home... where as ppl down south just use it mostly for the basics

The real problem is the disproportionate number of espresso machines per square kilomtere in central Auckland. Just think about how much power it takes to froth up yer next latté. Entire South Island towns have been flooded in power projects just so Finn & Co. can have their daily frothy fix.

P/T

[chanceyy]

The real problem is the disproportionate number of espresso machines per square kilomtere in central Auckland. Just think about how much power it takes to froth up yer next latté. Entire South Island towns have been flooded in power projects just so Finn & Co. can have their daily frothy fix.

P/T

grins espresso machines .. houses that are lit up like xmas, underfloor heating, heat pumps, every gadet known to man, water heating (south islanders have wetback systems) you name it .. aucklanders run it on electricity ..

then its a sheer numbers game ... original post says it all for me ... will never live there ever

[MSTRS]

Boy I wish I lived in Auckland....Yea Right:nya:
Bwahahaha....careful, *some* Orklanders are a might touchy when their ....city is criticized...

[Scorpygirl]

No problem for a coffee, we just went to South Auckland not passed the Bombays, and got a lovely coffee and a feed!!!!! :doobey: :blip:

[Qkchk]

Here's the lastest one from Christchurch:

I'll ride the bike to work today, YEAH RIGHT........ :cold:

[Kickaha]

Here's the lastest one from Christchurch:

I'll ride the bike to work today, YEAH RIGHT........ :cold:

Saw at least one guy this morning riding to work

[Qkchk]

Saw at least one guy this morning riding to work
With studded tyres too?

[paturoa]

Yeah it was shit cold in ork today, 17?

[Madness]

Yeah it was shit cold in ork today, 17?

Good thing the thermometer isn't mains powered aye??

Anyone see the still pictures on TV1 news tonight? There was a cat sitting on a fence with a good 2cm of snow on it, funny cat.

[Edbear]

With love, from Wellington.



"You must spread some reputation around before giving it to MAXIMUSDEMETRIUS again":wait:

[Big Dave]

I though it was going to say:

'Party in Palmerston North.'

[Qkchk]

I though it was going to say:

'Party in Palmerston North.'
:rofl::lol::rofl:

[Flyingpony]

Saw at least one guy this morning riding to work
That was me :first:

[cowpoos]

Boy I wish I lived in Auckland....Yea Right:nya:

here ya go sir......

[Sparky Bills]

I though it was going to say:

'Party in Palmerston North.'


Pamly is a great place to party!

[Big Dave]

Pamly is a great place to party!

Yeah - there is a RAT raid coming up - will be a good pahtay like the last one down there.

You know - that's where people ride into town and have a pahtay - cause there is far call else going on :zzzz: :blah: :nya:

[Big Dave]

here ya go sir......


As a graphic artist you are a great rider.

[scumdog]

If Jantar would draft the super-powerful water through his dams then you guys might get more betterer elctrickery:doobey:

I guess a little power 'outage' (WTF, it's a 'failure') is a small price to pay for living in a city with so many other positives.

One day I'll think of one of them.

[cowpoos]

As a graphic artist you are a great rider.
its a interface for tui pub promotions...people arn't ment to know where to find it....shhh!!...check your rep.

[Big Dave]

its a interface for tui pub promotions...people arn't ment to know where to find it....shhh!!...check your rep.


Can you put in a line return so it stays on the black bit?

[cowpoos]

Can you put in a line return so it stays on the black bit?
I don't know how!...ask a html nerd...

[Big Dave]

I don't know how!...ask a html nerd...

Funnily enough I just tried ringing bugjuice but he's on message.

[cowpoos]

Funnily enough I just tried ringing bugjuice but he's on message.
pm sniper...he has a couple of nerdie like talents

[Edbear]

I guess a little power 'outage' (WTF, it's a 'failure') is a small price to pay for living in a city with so many other positives.

One day I'll think of one of them.



The secret is to live just out of the city by a beautiful beach with about 10 other beautiful beaches within a half hour if one's own 3km long beach is getting boring... Or right on a large, sheltered harbour with many beautiful islands to visit and great fishing... Not to mention it's warm all year round, just a bit wet sometimes... Shall I go on...?:nya:

[Sniper]

Jesus its funny to watch these city folks cry cause they didnt have power.

[chanceyy]

Jesus its funny to watch these city folks cry cause they didnt have power.

^5 Sniper .. it is pretty funny .. watching the news .. ppl down south still just getting on with it. The whole Geraldine still has no power .. aucklanders in newmarket crying over their lattes for being last to have their power restored yesterday

[Big Dave]

^5 Sniper .. it is pretty funny .. watching the news .. ppl down south still just getting on with it. The whole Geraldine still has no power .. aucklanders in newmarket crying over their lattes for being last to have their power restored yesterday


Of course the 40 people who they interviewed and said - 'yeah whatever' didn't make the news - the one or two dicks who were out of shape about it get the headlines.

Sniper - yeah whatever. I know how much my property values have escalated in the past 5 years - how's whoop-whoop doing?:nya: :nya: :nya:

[Phurrball]

Plenty of power out in deepest Westieland!

My La Pavoni was still extracting beaut espresso, so I was able to proceed into the CBD caffeinated. Driving (In cage due to feral wind) was disturbingly easy with the traffic lights out! 'Twas good exercise getting up to the 16th floor of work...only to go and lurk at Motohaus when I was sent away an hour later. Butane powered soldering irons and the usual hand tools meant a few things were getting done there.

Apparently mobile espresso vans were doing a roaring trade in town :yes:

And BTW, almost all of Auckland's power comes from the Huntly thermal plant...so as much as the southerners would like to cut the cable, it wouldn't do much to Orcland. :nya: (I understand the sentiment being a southerner myself...so sorry to shatter the myth!)

[Jonny Rotten]

was there a power cut ????

[ratusratus]

property prices?? oh my god what have those fuckers done to you

[Big Dave]

property prices?? oh my god what have those fuckers done to you

+$200,000 so far :rockon:

[Lou Girardin]

+$200,000 so far :rockon:

It's gone up by 30% in Palmy too, that makes about $500.00 capital gain.

[Jantar]

And BTW, almost all of Auckland's power comes from the Huntly thermal plant...so as much as the southerners would like to cut the cable, it wouldn't do much to Orcland. :nya: (I understand the sentiment being a southerner myself...so sorry to shatter the myth!)
Nice thought, but not quite correct. New Zealand's power supply is all interconnected by a grid system. Hamilton, Auckland and the far North use around a third, the rest of the North Island use a third, and the South Island is around a third. At present the peak demand is over 6000 MW, Huntly Otahuhu and Southdown supply almost 1500 MW, but that still leaves the northern region short by 500 MW.

Not only is the region short for its physical demand, but where does its reserve come from? For the least amount of security of supply there must be sufficient spinning reserve to cover the loss of any single unit. That means that the norther region needs 380 MW of spinning reserve. It can only get that amount by the addition of 380 MW of hydro plant, or another 1140 MW of traditional thermal plant. There isn't 380 MW of hydro river available up there, so the Northern region is short by at least 1640 MW from covering its own load.

[Big Dave]

It's gone up by 30% in Palmy too, that makes about $500.00 capital gain.


Don't be too hard on 'em - I'm going down for the RAT raid in a few weeks - they might spike my lattes.