The official "Why?" thread 2016

[Grumph]

Quite a relief in this particular case im thinking.

AFAIK, nothings planned for Tauranga, but the short distance between the Mount and White Island could be a worry....Bolt those bikes down.

[Grumph]

They're saying, "let them know my pain and they might see things slightly differenterer.". Or similar variant of I would imagine.

They're saying - put a quake where they can't ignore it and have to be seen to be doing something to fix people's lives.

I've said from day one that rebuilding the city center - where few now want to work anyway - was the wrong priority. Housing should have come first.
They should have simply fenced off the central city and left it for 2 or 3 years till housing was sorted.

[rambaldi]

Resurfacing out this way has ended up using a mixture of flour and water then pouring some gravel on top. Road that was completely dug up and redone before xmas has just had a new surface covering (so lasted 3 months) and in 2 days there is a couple of smooth tracks where wheels have been. Dangerous on the bike.....

And as for a "Why", why are indicators Amber and not green or blue ??? Could google it but more fun hearing the theories....

I saw a red rear indicator today on my ride in. Was on the back of a Mustang or some such wide American car. I guess they have special dispensation for it. Initially I thought it might have been a single blinking brake light but later on saw the shape they use for those.

[mashman]

They're saying - put a quake where they can't ignore it and have to be seen to be doing something to fix people's lives.

I've said from day one that rebuilding the city center - where few now want to work anyway - was the wrong priority. Housing should have come first.
They should have simply fenced off the central city and left it for 2 or 3 years till housing was sorted.

Met a guy from the States recently. New Orleans is still a mess, Flint is being poisoned and Haiti is still a cluster fuck.

Absolutely agree. However, we get the solution we can afford and unfortunately, that's classed as an acceptable result. Money only pays for so much.

[mashman]

WHY do birds suddenly appear, everytime you are near?

[TheDemonLord]

I saw a red rear indicator today on my ride in. Was on the back of a Mustang or some such wide American car. I guess they have special dispensation for it. Initially I thought it might have been a single blinking brake light but later on saw the shape they use for those.

I myself can't stand those style of indicator and really wish they weren't allowed.

[Katman]

I saw a red rear indicator today on my ride in. Was on the back of a Mustang or some such wide American car. I guess they have special dispensation for it. Initially I thought it might have been a single blinking brake light but later on saw the shape they use for those.

The WOF regulations allow for white or amber indicators at the front and red or amber at the rear.

[Moi]

WHY do birds suddenly appear, everytime you are near?

In this household you're a black and white cat who rushes up the tree scaring all the sparrows out of it...


then you sit up the top of it, swaying about on a thin branch...

[Akzle]

i know several people here who pray daily for a major quake in Auckland or Wellington.

i'm more of a tidal waves kinda guy.
..But i do wanna see the ground give way. I wanna watch it all go right in

[Kage]

In this household you're a black and white cat who rushes up the tree scaring all the sparrows out of it...


then you sit up the top of it, swaying about on a thin branch...

Cat in this household has discovered that if you sit out in the open you can wind up a pair of minor birds..... Even better if you are on a roof. Couple hours of this at a time can really get annoying

[mashman]

In this household you're a black and white cat who rushes up the tree scaring all the sparrows out of it...


then you sit up the top of it, swaying about on a thin branch...

heh heh heh... must be a crackin view.

[admenk]

WHY do birds suddenly appear, everytime you are near?

They long to be close to you ..........Birds usually run a mile when I appear

[Kage]

They long to be close to you ..........Birds usually run a mile when I appear

Depends on what you are driving, bet if you turn up in a Porsche or Ferrari there won't be much running Mind you, you would have to put up with all the short skirts

[jasonu]

pot holes will be with us forever.

Hopefully you will fall into a really deep one, preferably bottomless.

[Moi]

I saw a red rear indicator today on my ride in. Was on the back of a Mustang or some such wide American car. I guess they have special dispensation for it. Initially I thought it might have been a single blinking brake light but later on saw the shape they use for those.

US manufactured vehicles have had red rear-indicator lights for years... some British cars, particularly Fords, had red rear-indicators around the mid-1950s.