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    Quote Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat View Post
    We've been through the Symonds St issues before. I'll restate it again.

    First of all, theft is out of the equation. You're quite right. Public parking has no responsibility to protect your bike from theft, I'm sorry.

    However Symonds St is bad. It's dangerous -- you may not have heard of anybody being hit, but I tell you now, it is only a matter of time before some guy gets squashed backing into a park, or turning right up towards Newton. Compared to Alfred St or Princes St it is stupid.

    But most importantly there's the problem of capacity. Since Alfred St was closed, we have substantially less parking. Extra parks on Symonds St were opened, but they have not even come close to covering what was lost, and as summer rolls out and people get back onto their bikes, there's going to be a massive crisis in terms of parking availability. Already in winter we had many times where Symonds St was at capacity.
    Good point! We really should do something before any of our feller rider being hit by the busy traffic on Symonds st. We should raise our voice before any bad thing happen to one of us. Using "happened accident" to convince the stupid people is really not worth it! Any one got any suggestion?

    I will say state the issue in formal writing with every uni riders' support (by signing it) and send it to uni and council regularly (I seriously doubt 1 formal complains is enough for those people to really looking into the problem)

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    bloody lettuce eaters,, you want everything don't ya??? and for free!

    move to bloody Dunedin if you don't like city life and be grateful you have free parking in central city....


    harden up ya bunch of bloody lesbians


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    i like lesbians.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Squiggles View Post
    i like lesbians.
    me too.. but like everything they have there place;

    Students should stop sucking on the tit of society and eat meat!


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    Quote Originally Posted by boomer View Post
    Students should stop sucking tit and eat meat!
    Riiiiiiight....







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    I, for one, do not want to stop sucking the lesbian's tit.

    Boomer, you can stick to eating man-meat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by boomer View Post
    me too.. but like everything they have there place;

    Students should stop sucking on the tit of society and eat meat!
    Nyeh! let me put it this way -

    Would you really like all those precious tax-payer dollars you've put into my head and spent on surgeries in the public health system wasted because some blind retarded muppet with extra digits and chromosomes mows me down while I'm parking?

    The traffic volumes in Dunnos are hardly comparable, but there's fark all bike parking around Otago university as I recall - as for going there, I did for a year or two, and it's a better university all-round than Auckland - but Auckland is its equal for teaching quality.

    The issue is that both the council and Auckland University are very short sighted re planning and provision for bikes and scooters in the city - daft seeing as they'd both benefit from lessened congestion in the Auckland CBD...

    (Oh, hang on, I forgot that the council likes to rape cars in town and especially round university with parking fines...damn...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by boomer View Post

    Students should stop sucking on the tit of society and eat meat!
    excuse me? who do you think will end up paying the most in taxes once they're sitting in the higher tax brackets?

    who's going to supply everyone else with jobs?

    and if wasn't for engineers, you wouldn't even have that bike, nor this forum.

    then of course, by subsidising fees the govt makes it easier for people to pay for uni. that way we can all get a fair shot at it, and when we start working we don't have to charge you as much to cover our student loan.
    now i'm not saying uni should be free again, cause then you get timewasters, but atleast providing safe parking for those who aren't contributing to auckland's chronic conjestion. actually, it might pay to note that they did infact supply that parking - they just took it from us for no real reason.


    seriously, think about it. there's a reason the govt pays alot of our fees. it's called return on investment.


    if your parking was stripped from you and you were forced to park in a dangerous place and manner, provided you can find a park, and then get a $200 ticket for not having a wof you have clearly displayed, i bet you'd be complaining too!

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    Quote Originally Posted by motorbyclist View Post
    excuse me? who do you think will end up paying the most in taxes once they're sitting in the higher tax brackets?

    who's going to supply everyone else with jobs?

    and if wasn't for engineers, you wouldn't even have that bike, nor this forum.
    do what.. you need to be a full time lettuce eater to become a qualified engineer or pay higher taxes..?? pllllleeeeeeeeeease. and the decently educated people who attend Uni go overseas to work...

    anyhows, stop ya whinning and htf up... i never ate lettuce and i a) pay faaaar too much tax's b) never went to Uni and C) was that engineer you talk about... so no.. you don't have to have salad to eat ya cake



    Quote Originally Posted by motorbyclist View Post
    if your parking was stripped from you and you were forced to park in a dangerous place and manner, provided you can find a park, and then get a $200 ticket for not having a wof you have clearly displayed, i bet you'd be complaining too!

    No.. i'd find another job; pointless wahahing. Want something.. then do something about it.. complainingg is for vegetarians and tree huggers


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    Quote Originally Posted by boomer View Post
    do what.. you need to be a full time lettuce eater to become a qualified engineer or pay higher taxes..?? pllllleeeeeeeeeease. and the decently educated people who attend Uni go overseas to work...

    anyhows, stop ya whinning and htf up... i never ate lettuce and i a) pay faaaar too much tax's b) never went to Uni and C) was that engineer you talk about... so no.. you don't have to have salad to eat ya cake
    A:we all pay far to much taxes, but things like police, education and health are things worth paying for. "cultural enrichment" is a bit more arguable, along with generations of families on the dole

    B: i can tell

    C: beleive it or not, without qualified engineers, and other professions, the world would not be where it is today. as fun as serfdom was back before industrialisation, i think education is a good thing.

    Quote Originally Posted by boomer View Post
    No.. i'd find another job; pointless wahahing. Want something.. then do something about it.. complainingg is for vegetarians and tree huggers
    and what if you enjoyed your job, what if finding another would mean moving to some hole down south (or the hole up north in your case) and getting paid less?
    we are doing something about it

    when is that bronz meeting with the council anyway?


    and what the hell do you mean by "lettuce eater"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by boomer View Post
    anyhows, stop ya whinning and htf up... i never ate lettuce and i a) pay faaaar too much tax's b) never went to Uni and C) was that engineer you talk about... so no.. you don't have to have salad to eat ya cake
    well said mate, well said

    "htf up"...lets examine that for a second....so you are telling us to "htf up" about being stopped perpendicular to traffic while trying to manoveur our bikes backwards into slots that are just big enough....my advice is..stay in dunedin and be glad you dont have to put up with the shit we do up here....you have no idea what traffic is friend so "stf up"

    your lack of university education is prevalent in your argument, which seems to be based on the three points that you have stated.

    firstly, everyone thinks they pay "faaaar too much tax's" but the fact remains that the one's who are likely to go on to provide extensive returns by way of taxes to this country's pitiful economy are us, students. so it would be in their best interests to keep us safe, ensure that we finish our studies and hopefully retain our skills.

    secondly, you never went to uni.....boo-fucking-hoo, then you have no right to comment mate as you have no idea about the stresses involved in being a student. it's not all "party party party". the blue-collar worker is a diminishing species and it is us, studied and cognitively-able persons that are the future of this country, nay this world.

    thirdly, you are not the engineer that motorbycyclist speaks of. the last (and probably only) thing you produced was probably brown and was flushed down the toilet.

    stay down south mate. we'll make sure the human race advances and you can complain and be an anchor for the rest of your life.

    cheers.

    oh and some of the greatest people in history would probably be considered by your standards to be "tree-huggers" and "lettuce-eaters" (whatever the hell the latter means). puts things in perspective huh?

    EDIT: You must be short lil fucker too if you never ate your vegies obviously you've never heard of the nutrients that are provided by nature's own
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    hook line and sinker...


    and for the record I'm a qualified Radio Engineer, have managed specialists in the field and can proudly say that more than likely the radio Network you and the other blood sucking students text continuously on was built and managed by this 'southerner' and if you ever travel to england the same can be said there..

    ps.. something No kiwi can/could manage.. hence my specialist Visa


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    Quote Originally Posted by boomer View Post
    hook line and sinker...


    and for the record I'm a qualified Radio Engineer, have managed specialists in the field and can proudly say that more than likely the radio Network you and the other blood sucking students text continuously on was built and managed by this 'southerner' and if you ever travel to england the same can be said there..

    ps.. something No kiwi can/could manage.. hence my specialist Visa
    lol so you're replacing all the young talent leaving this country?? i agree that's pretty cool, surprised you moved to this country of all places tho....

    still, im sticking to my guns. there are over 300 bikers at uni who are at risk of having their bike stolen or worse, getting taken out while trying to park their bikes, each of whom have untold potential. chances are some will end up in a specialist position in a decent company in just a few years, much the same as you.....the only way to preserve this is to ensure their safety.

    p.s. you think too highly of yourself mate....who discovered the atom?? who opposed the world's superbike producers and hand-built a bike from scratch?? who founded McLaren, one of the most successful formula 1 teams in history?? who's gonna win the rugby world cup this year?? .........well not so much the last one but the rest all point toward the kiwis
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    Quote Originally Posted by boomer View Post
    hook line and sinker...


    and for the record I'm a qualified Radio Engineer, have managed specialists in the field and can proudly say that more than likely the radio Network you and the other blood sucking students text continuously on was built and managed by this 'southerner' and if you ever travel to england the same can be said there..

    ps.. something No kiwi can/could manage.. hence my specialist Visa
    Certainly was hook line and sinker! Funny how these kids assume you have no education. Seems a silly conclusion for someone who purports to be educated aye.

    With all these interest free loans these kids get (which we pay for) I am sure they can afford to hire a park.

    I had to pay my own way through Uni and flatting and pay back the loan with interest. They have no idea how generous they get it now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toaster View Post
    Certainly was hook line and sinker! Funny how these kids assume you have no education. Seems a silly conclusion for someone who purports to be educated aye.

    With all these interest free loans these kids get (which we pay for) I am sure they can afford to hire a park.

    I had to pay my own way through Uni and flatting and pay back the loan with interest. They have no idea how generous they get it now.
    and its funny how these adults assume that us students with our "interest free loans" get by without TAX-PAYING jobs.....what you think our bank balance gets topped up by our parents every week??

    and the loan isnt a gift. once we're outta uni, we do have to pay it back WITH interest (doubt that piece of legislation is gonna last very long once government changes)

    and i didnt assume anything. he said he never went to uni which, due to societal norms, means he is less-educated than me or any other uni-student. experience and age count for a lot and i NEVER said i was smarter or more knowledgable, just more educated.

    its funny you say that we have it easier coz the way i see it, society now demands that we hold a degree of some sort to be eligible to even APPLY for a half-decent position and be taken seriously. this wasnt a requirement even 20 years ago....somehow, i dont think adding an extra 3 years of compulsory study just for a shitty entry-level job is making things any easier.....
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