Hardcore Biker
Dontcha wish the cops would turn up with the long batons?Originally Posted by LilSel
'Trade unionists and community activists will picket outside Mercury Energy';s headquarters this afternoon, following Mrs Muliaga's case. '
Oh great... I guess that means we're on lockdown again... No ciggie breaks for me today!!
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Hey this reminds of when I was with Progressive a few years ago n protesters turned nasty n we had to lock the store up...
"World famous since ages ago"
Psyclepath
It passed me by yesterday that this Sheehan fella is a bloody trade unionist, making political capital out of your own family's misfortunte'Trade unionists and community activists will picket outside Mercury Energy';s headquarters this afternoon, following Mrs Muliaga's case. '
Oh great... I guess that means we're on lockdown again... No ciggie breaks for me today!!
Oh well, you'll be able to practice for when Harawira's promised bill makes the sale of tobacco illegal...
Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.
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?????? lol... practice for what exactly? protest?... pfft... I dont have time for that kinda stuff
"World famous since ages ago"
Psyclepath
No, just practice not smoking...
Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.
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Oh gotcha lol...
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Forum whore
People die of stupidity every day!
In the riders seat
Yes they do, however it is "always someone elses fault" don't forget personal responsibility for your actions seems to be a thing of the past
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Forum whore
Yup! There were so many chances to save this persons life it seems. Funny how no excuse is good enough for the power companies actions but the weak excuses the family are making are fine. She was too heavy to be carried (um she was walking around earlier or how about running a bloody extension cord in from next door ffs), none of the boys knew CPR (um - she was a very sick unit, didn't they have ANY action plan or social responsibility?), Dad always relied on her to pay the bills (time to man up mate) etc etc....
Sorry - I'm a softy and I feel for their loss but there has been massive amounts of $$ spent getting the message about the dangers of obesity across to a certain sector and if they choose to do nothing, well its a bit like the repeat drink drivers isn't it... Yeah sure - lets HAVE a law for corporate manslaughter and lets also have a law where we the people can ask for compensation when people deliberately ignore sound advice and cost us all a fortune...
Paul N
jeepers - can't believe I'm getting worked up about this....
For whom the bell tolls
Thanks to the NZ media, and the stupidity of a number of NZer's electrical power supply contractors all over the country are getting shit about killing people...
I have heard numerous stories today from our emergency dispatch office about death threats, abusive phone calls and people causing trouble with workers operating on the lines.
It has got to the point that the contracting company that was responsible for actually disconnecting the power has had to remove the sign-writing from their vehicles to protect its workers. FFS they were just doing their job.
Even the guys at the company i work for (which is in no way connected to this event) have been getting shit all day today.
When are people going to wake up and understand not to make assumptions until you know the full story.
KiwiBitcher
where opinion holds more weight than fact.
It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.
Hardcore Biker
Let me clarify my comment about being a burden on the health system and being overweight.
Irrespective of what race, immigrant or not, relative of mine or not, I object to anyone expecting others to pay to fix their long term self inflicted health problems when they wont take any steps to help themselves. I have no sympathy for long term heavy smokers dying of lung cancer or obese people suffering from diabetes and all the other consequences of obesity, that eventually will end their life prematurely.
You could try the argument that if a biker crashes then ACC & hospitals come to our aid. That's an accident and not the same. And we are levied more rego to cover the costs by the way. We don't ride knowing it will absolutely, without a doubt, end in a crash. If I knew that going for a ride tomorrow was certain to end in a crash I wouldn't ride would I, or I would take steps to avoid the crash.
Let me take a look in the mirror. Blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass - spot on so the Doc says. Non smoker, low to moderate drinker (these days), plenty of exercise all my life with private health insurance. Yep I'm a real burden on the system I am.
I see more relatives were on the telly tonight. This family excel at obesity. Are they oblivious to the harm they are doing to themselves?
What really annoyed me was the Samoan Govt demanding an explanation (TV1 News). I've a question for them. What the hell sort of health care were they offering these people when they lived in Samoa? Besides a plane ticket to NZ. Sweet bugger all I bet but that's acceptable because their economy can't provided expensive breathing machines in homes. But don't insult us with arrogant demands when we DO provide such a machine here and something goes wrong in one instance.
If I picked on a fat whitey smoker would you object...Who's the racist then.
Happiness is a means of travel, not a destination
Whip it, whip it good!
Dont feel bad about that mate!! Getting worked up I mean.
I will join you in the, I feel sad for their loss sentiment, but I am really starting to get worked up too. Not to do with the obesity thing, not the unpaid power bill thing, not the turned off power thing, not the they said/we said thing, not the family sat in the dark thing after this woman died thing, not the ... anything really.
What has got me so worked up is the fact that surely no hospital would send someone home, totally reliant (read, will die if it is turned off) on a machine to provide oxygen, that required power 24/7 without a back up power source available, last I heard there was a thing called batteries available at a pinch, or if there was a fault an emergency number to ring, failing that 111. Shit I pay my bills and we suffered a couple of candle lighting power outs this week, I lost a really good post on KB as a result too...
I think that this poor family has lost their Mom, their wife, their everything..........and they are angry. Perhaps ignorant of the systems that are in place to help them out, and too proud to admit that the Mom they lost understood things a bit better than they did.
The contractor was doing his job, the authority would have come via a fax or phone call, "disconnect the power at this address".
The power company would have issued the appropriate notices to the customer?
The customer would have known the power was about to be disconnected.
The family knew that Mom needed that power supply, if in fact the oxygen machine relied on it....
The whole thing gets me wored up!
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Its all true... It has cascaded into... a... mess...
I work for MRP-Mercury Energy...The last few days have been VERY hard on all of us.... There has been abuse... threats...
It is frightening!
TAKE A LOOK @ THE PIC IN THIS POST....(from the herald) TAKENOUTSIDE MY WORK TONIGHT.... not cool!!
(couldnt save pic so had to hypersnap it..)
Going home after an honest days hard work... to encounter this?...
"World famous since ages ago"
Fair weather rider
I'm with ya there.
I think she drafted that bill to stop people from doing that.
"Now you've got it. If you owned a Honda then your opinion would matter. You would then know the Ducati you don't own runs like crap." - howie (DML)
Cyborg Biker
I still want to know why the ambulance wasn't called.... i doesn't take 3hrs to ring 111... does it
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