Brilliant project, Its going to be interesting seeing it come together. How far can you go?
Hi Dawn, great to see things progressing well.
Man I'm getting hungry looking at the picture just thinking about the wedges!
You really have bad quite an ordeal. I hope the progress continues on, and it is good to hear normality is returning to life.
Mate that place is great,steak sammy is great(if they have it still) the atmosphere brilliant,had several owners since the first 2(original owner sold and started Breakers)next ones for 6 or so years.Had a few more since but service is good,as for pizza we made a "kiwi pizza"comprised steak,eggs and onions(kid you not)on regular base,bloody great,but the recipe stayed with 2nd owners or chef lol. Hawera is/has several good eateries and imho rivals many other gourmet places.Always good to venture back to the home town and enjoy the bars in summer and outside is great.
Glad to hear your shoulder is continuing to improve and not hampering your riding. Take care and keep on mending.
Beven Hanlon January 26 at 11:19pm Mate here is an example of what will happen if they privatise HB prison. It is simply not cheaper in fact it was $7000 per prisoner per year more expensive. Also should overseas companies be making money from people. This used to be called slave labour? Mate, In terms of HB prison we currently have 325 Corrections officers.* The average salary is $52,000 a year.** this is a total of $16,900,000 a year going into the HB community as salary alone. Private prisons will reduce the staffing by 30% and then the 227 staff that are left will have a further 30% reduction in salary making it $36,400 this is a total of $8,262,800 a year going to the HB Community a reduction of $8,637,200 a year. A lot of staff have already said they will look to go across to Australia to work. Western Australia are back in NZ in February doing a recruitment drive. They pay 30% more than the NZ public system. There will be an increase in violence at HB prison. We will see an increase of up to 60% in prisoner on prisoner violence and 49% staff on prisoner violence.*** The injuries sustained in these attacks will be treated at HB Hospital. This means that money that should be used to treat honest taxpaying HB citizens will be treating injuries of prisoners that would not have got injured in a publically run prison. I don’t know how many babies or old people miss out on treatment because of the hundreds of thousands of dollars treating these prisoners. * Figures obtained from Cornet. Department of Corrections Website ** Figures obtained from Department of Corrections *** 2001 US Department of Justice Report
Thats all good but working for a private prison that takes profit out of NZ. Puts money over staff safety. Can end up costing more per prisoner (ACRP cost $5,000 more per prisoner each year). Wants more prisoners=$$$. I'm all for giving value for tax payer money. But staff are not collateral damage to save money. Can we compete with private prisons (Yes) If we privatize prisons We end up with prisoners over crowded locked and unlocked longer look up times Shorter visit times Not replacing sick staff staff had from 1staff to 60 prisoners At ACRP (Private at the time) Staff getting stressed and bashed Prisoners rioting (Staff getting hurt) Sending lots of NZ cash (Profit) to another country. (WHY) Its the same story as the ACC Can we save money by privatizing? Do we care about people or profit?
ummm... what are the issues? Why shoudl I be against jails being sold? Profiteering that results in costy cutting measures that actually mean the criminals suffer would be about the best kind of profiteering I can think of.
I'm really sory to read that stony. keep strong.
wow, lucky you.
Originally Posted by Crisis management Sounds a good idea....and here's a few suggestions! Do this via a thread in the adventure biking forum, you will get a better response. Nominate a day and rough route so people know when and what to expect (you might want to clarify what you mean by off road). You will get some responses, some will just turn up on the day, I have found the best way to do this is to just go ahead and see what happens...it's allways a goood outcome. Normally on a ride from say papakura to Raglan / Kawhia we will get between 5 and 15 bikes, so you are guaranteed of an outcome. I will keep an eye on what you decide and will attend if I can but it's subject to whether an off road event is on, I'm out of town or the boss says I can't come out to play, I'll let you now when I see a date. Cheers Iain Thanks for that will get to work on the details
Sounds a good idea....and here's a few suggestions! Do this via a thread in the adventure biking forum, you will get a better response. Nominate a day and rough route so people know when and what to expect (you might want to clarify what you mean by off road). You will get some responses, some will just turn up on the day, I have found the best way to do this is to just go ahead and see what happens...it's allways a goood outcome. Normally on a ride from say papakura to Raglan / Kawhia we will get between 5 and 15 bikes, so you are guaranteed of an outcome. I will keep an eye on what you decide and will attend if I can but it's subject to whether an off road event is on, I'm out of town or the boss says I can't come out to play, I'll let you now when I see a date. Cheers Iain
This sounds like a plan. I could be keen.
Whops some how i double commented, so i changed this one to!.... Well i guess it sorta proves my first comment.
Sense is not as common as they make out
Good point. Although I think the sound is all the proof you need that it's not a 4 cylinder anymore. But for people that want to know how it's done that pic will be a beaut.
heh heh bruises! you are just unstoppable when you set your mind on a goal! awesome to spend a few days with you! take care out there. stu
Thought about using either an SU or a remote floatbowl Amal but this is going to be rideable on a daily basis , & to avoid dramas fighting a worn out old carb have decided on either a 26mm Keihin or more likely a 26mm Dellorto, as Ive got a pile of jets etc for it
Thats a good photo of the inj rail/ cyl vent. You might need a copy at the track to show scrutineers/competitors, otherwise you'll be pulling the tank off/on several times a meeting.
