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  #3341112 10-Feb-2025 15:22
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Moonshine Rd (Upper Hutt side, not the hill road) is terrible for this.  Traffic on SH2 has just passed the 100kmh sign and is entering a corner when, invariably, someone will gently exit Moonshine Rd and accelerate glacially to around 50kmh to account for the 75kmh rated corner after the bridge.

 

That forces someone on SH2 to brake hard mid corner from generally between 80 and 100kmh.

 

There is zero merge lane as it's essentially a give way intersection with no ability to speed up before inserting yourself into the traffic flow.





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  #3341126 10-Feb-2025 16:01
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Clifton Rd in Whakatane is also a "fun" one.

 

 

George St and Clifton Rd are both flat, but Hillcrest Rd (as you can probably tell by the name) goes uphill. People will often get up to 50 km/h on Clifton Rd so that they have some "oomph" to get up the hill... and then someone turning right out of George St will decide to trundle out and force them to slow down again.


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  #3341134 10-Feb-2025 16:25
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My neighbors have an above-ground pool. Most of the year it's a large empty depression with a tarp and a few stones.

They fill it once a year, and use it at most 3 times a year.

I see them constantly skimming the water with a tiny net. They don't use any chemicals.

I don't see any leaves. Is it because of mosquito larvae?

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  #3341196 10-Feb-2025 17:16
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kingdragonfly: My neighbors have an above-ground pool. Most of the year it's a large empty depression with a tarp and a few stones.

They fill it once a year, and use it at most 3 times a year.

I see them constantly skimming the water with a tiny net. They don't use any chemicals.

I don't see any leaves. Is it because of mosquito larvae?

 

I'd imagine without any chlorine or similar, they'd have mosquito larvae in there within a week, and frogs/flatworms and all sorts of other stuff within a couple of months.





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  #3341197 10-Feb-2025 17:17
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kingdragonfly:

 

My neighbors have an above-ground pool. Most of the year it's a large empty depression with a tarp and a few stones.

 

An above-ground pool that’s a large empty depression with a tarp?





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  #3341201 10-Feb-2025 17:34
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kingdragonfly: They fill it once a year, and use it at most 3 times a year.

 

So even with a smallish pool of 30,000L that averages to 10,000L water per use.


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  #3341202 10-Feb-2025 17:42
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neb:

 

kingdragonfly: They fill it once a year, and use it at most 3 times a year.

 

So even with a smallish pool of 30,000L that averages to 10,000L water per use.

 

 

What a waste.

 

 





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  #3341228 10-Feb-2025 20:40
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eracode: An above-ground pool that’s a large empty depression with a tarp?



It's one of those assemble-it kits. The walls are stored flat in the winter. I think they dug a small depression to make it level ???

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  #3341353 11-Feb-2025 01:10
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The standard self-congratulatory note in the latest rates notice:

 

 

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  #3341369 11-Feb-2025 08:40
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Opening Feedly and the option "Show only unread" was unchecked for all 100+ feeds I have.

 

Some breaking changes in their application. Annoying.

 

 





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  #3341385 11-Feb-2025 09:41
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Coming off the motorway (where the permanent speed limit is 80km/h) at Cook Street to enter the CBD and immediately having to slow to 30km/h upon turning a fairly sharp corner. 

CBD has many 30 or 40 km/h roads, but to not have an adequate slow-down area and effectively having to slam your brakes on immediately after exiting the motorway is ludicrous. 
The accidents this must cause (nose-to-tail accidents must happen here regularly) surely would outweigh the benefits of an immediate slow-down? 

The area I am talking about (circled in red), with 30km/h limit at approx the purple mark (possibly/probably slightly earlier than marked): 





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  #3341387 11-Feb-2025 09:54
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Handsomedan:

 

Coming off the motorway (where the permanent speed limit is 80km/h) at Cook Street to enter the CBD and immediately having to slow to 30km/h upon turning a fairly sharp corner.

 

 

Why are you doing sharp corners at 80km/h?

 

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  #3341389 11-Feb-2025 09:56
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freitasm:

 

Handsomedan:

 

Coming off the motorway (where the permanent speed limit is 80km/h) at Cook Street to enter the CBD and immediately having to slow to 30km/h upon turning a fairly sharp corner.

 

 

Why are you doing sharp corners at 80km/h?

 

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Because I am the greatest driver to have ever lived...I mean, come on! 

 

 

 

Sharp corner for the speed, I suppose I should have said. Map says it all - corner isn't exactly a hairpin...

 

 





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  #3341393 11-Feb-2025 10:37
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freitasm:

 

Why are you doing sharp corners at 80km/h?

 

 

How else do you get the car up on two wheels? 


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  #3341398 11-Feb-2025 10:46
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neb:

 

freitasm:

 

Why are you doing sharp corners at 80km/h?

 

 

How else do you get the car up on two wheels? 

 

 

Stoppies.  ;-)





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