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#2480699 10-May-2020 17:27

My neighbour putting their recycling in my bin. I wouldn't normally have a problem with that, except they put quite a bit in and it's nearly full now. There's still a week to go before it gets emptied.

I'm highly tempted to be passive aggressive and not bother putting it out for collection. It'll be full for the next two weeks and they'll have to make do with their bin. I'll get by.

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#2480702 10-May-2020 17:41

Journeyman:

My neighbour putting their recycling in my bin. I wouldn't normally have a problem with that, except they put quite a bit in and it's nearly full now. There's still a week to go before it gets emptied.

I'm highly tempted to be passive aggressive and not bother putting it out for collection. It'll be full for the next two weeks and they'll have to make do with their bin. I'll get by.

Was this meant for the something small that annoys you thread?

I'd take it out and put it by their door.

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#2480858 10-May-2020 23:31

SirHumphreyAppleby:

Journeyman:

My neighbour putting their recycling in my bin. I wouldn't normally have a problem with that, except they put quite a bit in and it's nearly full now. There's still a week to go before it gets emptied.

I'm highly tempted to be passive aggressive and not bother putting it out for collection. It'll be full for the next two weeks and they'll have to make do with their bin. I'll get by.

Was this meant for the something small that annoys you thread?

Yeah. How annoying.

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#2488675 21-May-2020 12:46

Headline: Coronavirus: 29 countries stop sending post to NZ
Article text: About 29 countries have stopped sending post to New Zealand completely due to them having no way of getting things here, a spokesperson for NZ Post said.

So is it 29 or not? And which countries?! ...strewth.

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#2488703 21-May-2020 13:31

Zigg:

Headline: Coronavirus: 29 countries stop sending post to NZ
Article text: About 29 countries have stopped sending post to New Zealand completely due to them having no way of getting things here, a spokesperson for NZ Post said.

So is it 29 or not? And which countries?! ...strewth.

Also " ...Some countries have resorted to seafreight"
Some? How many? Which ones?

A fine example of the "Trustworthy, accurate and reliable news stories" that Stuff brings us

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#2488714 21-May-2020 13:45

Page last updated May 20:

https://www.nzpost.co.nz/contact-support/international-delivery-updates

intl inbound link there last updated April is:

https://www.nzpost.co.nz/sites/nz/files/uploads/shared/covid-updates/Covid-19-international-network-inbound-23042020_v2.pdf

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#2488721 21-May-2020 13:50

PolicyGuy: A fine example of the "Trustworthy, accurate and reliable news stories" that Stuff brings us

It's not inaccurate at all. It is not specific, which is annoying. All it really provides is an indication there are 3rd party problems with intl inbound and intl delivery. The reader is left to their own devices to find specific info on intl senders and intl destinations affected.

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#2488774 21-May-2020 15:23

It’s just the difference between journalism and reporting.

Journalism; Get a press release, do some digging, get more information, decipher what would be useful or of interest,

Reporting; Get press release, cut and paste.

“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. Carl Sagan 1996

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#2490859 25-May-2020 08:44

NZ last in vaccine queue [stuff.co.nz]

There's no vaccine yet, and certainly no queuing for something that doesn't exist; and yet apparently we *WILL* be last, no questions asked.

Surely we can do without rampant scaremongering?

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#2490863 25-May-2020 08:55

jamesrt:

NZ last in vaccine queue [stuff.co.nz]

There's no vaccine yet, and certainly no queuing for something that doesn't exist; and yet apparently we *WILL* be last, no questions asked.

Surely we can do without rampant scaremongering?

The other way to read this is - we really would like some more funding for our university / research departments and this whole covid thing is front of mind.