neb: Snip...every day was either a carless day ...

My you ARE old too 😀.

neb:

msukiwi:

 

(I used to rent, it was $88 per week for the WHOLE 4 bedroom (Nice) flat in Christchurch in the mid 80's.)

 

Sure, but you were also expected to send your children to work at mill for landlord, for a 14 hour day, week in week out for 6 cents a month. And they had to walk uphill both ways because every day was either a carless day or the transport workers were on strike.

Don't forget it was walking in the snow that was on top of the lava

Jase2985:

 

given all these new subdivisions with townhouses have double and single garages but the house designs have little in the way of storage in them, it seems most resort to having their garage as a storage room with the cars parked outside.

 

Could well be. We live next door to a younger couple who have two little kids. They have four bedrooms (to our three) yet the double garage is a rumpus room. So who knows.

In the context of a small group event where the organiser's assume we all have social, so communicate all updates via that. Even worse they use whatsapp which you can't login via web without installing app! PITA.

outdoorsnz:

 

In the context of a small group event where the organiser's assume we all have social, so communicate all updates via that. Even worse they use whatsapp which you can't login via web without installing app! PITA.

 

A couple of our groups of friends and neighbours communicate a bit via WhatsApp. As a matter of principle I do not wish to use anything associated with Facebook and Meta. They sometimes nag me to install WhatsApp but I refuse as part of my personal campaign against the developers. Probably miss out on bits of news and goss but that’s the price I’m prepared to pay.

martyyn: The lack of a requirement to have car insurance to register and drive a car.

My M5 has just been rear ended.

The repairs will cost several times more than any 3rd party insurance.

That's a uniquely Kiwi thing that defies logic.  Compulsory insurance would also by default add a lot of control around who drives what sort of vehicles, and would in my opinion do a lot more to reduce road toll than fancy adverts or stupidly low speed limits.  But NZ seems to have a logical blindspot to this 

eracode:

 

outdoorsnz:

 

In the context of a small group event where the organiser's assume we all have social, so communicate all updates via that. Even worse they use whatsapp which you can't login via web without installing app! PITA.

 

 

A couple of our groups of friends and neighbours communicate a bit via WhatsApp. As a matter of principle I do not wish to use anything associated with Facebook and Meta. They sometimes nag me to install WhatsApp but I refuse as part of my personal campaign against the developers. Probably miss out on bits of news and goss but that’s the price I’m prepared to pay.

 

Our small group of friends moved to Signal.

martyyn: The repairs will cost several times more than any 3rd party insurance.

But will it cost THEM anything....

neb:

Although Deco Mesh, EasyMesh, OneMesh™ and Omada Mesh all support mesh networks, they are different mesh technologies. Deco Mesh, Omada Mesh and EasyMesh or OneMesh™ are supported by different TP-Link products, so they cannot build a mesh network together.

What a meshmash! Totally meshugge. A meesa meshee af TP-Link.

It's great to see a bit of Yiddish occasionally, I miss it, such a descriptive language....

eracode:

They sometimes nag me to install WhatsApp but I refuse as part of my personal campaign against the developers. Probably miss out on bits of news and goss but that’s the price I’m prepared to pay.

People who gun it at 70km/hr in a 60km/hr zone around a corner to make sure they can be in front of you, then promptly reduce speed to 43km/hr.

neb:

eracode:

 

They sometimes nag me to install WhatsApp but I refuse as part of my personal campaign against the developers. Probably miss out on bits of news and goss but that’s the price I’m prepared to pay.

 

What you're missing out on is an endless stream of recycled Internet memes, cat pictures, mom jokes, urban legends and conspiracy theories that someone saw on Facebook, and your religious aunt's nonstop Jesusing. That's the main incentive not to use WhatsApp.

Not really in this case. They just use it in groups for legit communication within the group - but that’s not sufficient for me to want to adopt it.

neb:

eracode:

 

They sometimes nag me to install WhatsApp but I refuse as part of my personal campaign against the developers. Probably miss out on bits of news and goss but that’s the price I’m prepared to pay.

 

What you're missing out on is an endless stream of recycled Internet memes, cat pictures, mom jokes, urban legends and conspiracy theories that someone saw on Facebook, and your religious aunt's nonstop Jesusing. That's the main incentive not to use WhatsApp.

Bugger! And those who will remain nameless endless updates on their lives. Yeah nah no thanks.

eracode:

outdoorsnz:

In the context of a small group event where the organiser's assume we all have social, so communicate all updates via that. Even worse they use whatsapp which you can't login via web without installing app! PITA.

A couple of our groups of friends and neighbours communicate a bit via WhatsApp. As a matter of principle I do not wish to use anything associated with Facebook and Meta. They sometimes nag me to install WhatsApp but I refuse as part of my personal campaign against the developers. Probably miss out on bits of news and goss but that’s the price I’m prepared to pay.