I'm in Whakatane, so only two hours as the crow flies but double that once you have to follow those pesky roads! As much as I'd like an A3020 I think I'll pass; an eight-hour round trip is a bit much for a machine that may not work (if it still has the original battery then it may have leaked all over the motherboard; a common issue with those machines). Thanks for the offer though.

Annoying: Clicking on a topic in the unread list and not getting what you expected - I was supposed to be reading about Bikes and Towbars but got a picture of a skylight and a window. I was mightily confused until I worked out it was user error on my part. 

I should probably be doing my job anyway...

how the Australians say Manuka as in Manuka Oval in Canberra, it annoys me as much as Americans calling Kiwifruit  Kiwi.

martyyn: The miserable people in the Politics threads.

I've been in the UK the last two weeks and every person I've met has said they are astounded with what Ardern has dealt with the last 4/5 years and amazed with how well she's dealt with all of it.

We don't know how lucky we are.

That thread has been a dumpster fire for a while.

martyyn: I've stayed away from it for some time now but curisoty got the better of me.

Won't make that mistake again.

martyyn: Car rental companies, "or equivalent" my arse. Give me the car you advertise and the car I ordered.

People in hotels who let the door slam at 5am and again at 5.05 when they've forgotten something slamming it when they go in and out.

The rental car one is interesting...the equivalent is never that - We hired a medium SUV in Aussie a few years ago. Got there and they only had a Holden Trax for us...that's a Barina (micro-car) based vehicle. 

We only just got our luggage and the kids in it, but as it turned out, it was a good option when not hauling luggage around. 

The inconsiderate souls in hotels are also the same ones that slam doors and shout in hallways in apartment blocks around the world. 

vexxxboy:

 

how the Australians say Manuka as in Manuka Oval in Canberra, it annoys me as much as Americans calling Kiwifruit  Kiwi.

 

Fun fact: Canberra has suburbs and ovals named after the state flower or tree for every state of Australia, and a road named after the state's capital leads to it from Parliament House. Manuka is named after the tree of the State of New Zealand, and the road leading up to it was intended to be called Wellington Ave, before a last minute rename to Canberra Ave.

Which also means that despite it being a suburb of an Australian city, it is objectively wrong not to pronounce it as New Zealanders do.

Kyanar:

 

Fun fact: Canberra has suburbs and ovals named after the state flower or tree for every state of Australia, and a road named after the state's capital leads to it from Parliament House. Manuka is named after the tree of the State of New Zealand, and the road leading up to it was intended to be called Wellington Ave, before a last minute rename to Canberra Ave.

 

Which also means that despite it being a suburb of an Australian city, it is objectively wrong not to pronounce it as New Zealanders do.

 

Given the way that Australians pronounce Mount Kosciuszko, I wouldn't be holding my breath getting them to change.

People pronounce place names as in their own language - for example, no one seriously expects us, here in NZ, to pronounce Munich as München (or even more pedantly, Minga in Bavarian).

Gurezaemon:

Given the way that Australians pronounce Mount Kosciuszko, I wouldn't be holding my breath getting them to change.

Gurezaemon:

 

People pronounce place names as in their own language - for example, no one seriously expects us, here in NZ, to pronounce Munich as München (or even more pedantly, Minga in Bavarian).

 

They do if you are wearing lederhosen.

Handle9:

martyyn: The miserable people in the Politics threads.

I've been in the UK the last two weeks and every person I've met has said they are astounded with what Ardern has dealt with the last 4/5 years and amazed with how well she's dealt with all of it.

We don't know how lucky we are.

That thread has been a dumpster fire for a while.