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#3464817 25-Feb-2026 17:17

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/587924/medimap-hack-pharmacists-implement-manuel-system-to-maintain-safe-care-levels

MediMap hack: Pharmacists implement manuel system to maintain safe care levels

I wonder how Manuel feels about this?

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#3464819 25-Feb-2026 17:25

SirHumphreyAppleby: Not a NZ example (https://www.boredpanda.com/home-improvement-star-zachery-ty-bryan-handed-jail-sentence-after-arrest/), nor a headline, but how is 0.15 double 0.08? Also, unnecessary censorship. "The 44-year-old pleaded guilty to driving with a blood alc*hol content (BAC) of 0.15 percent or higher, double the .08 percent legal limit."

The charge was 0.15 percent or higher. Snippet does not say what the actual reading was.

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#3464836 25-Feb-2026 19:16

RunningMan:

I wonder how Manuel feels about this?

Que?

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#3464837 25-Feb-2026 19:26

And RNZ have used GZ as their substitute editor and corrected it now 🤣

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#3464842 25-Feb-2026 19:51

eracode:

¿Que?

Fixed that for you.

Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos

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#3464869 25-Feb-2026 22:19

Rikkitic:

eracode:

¿Que?

Fixed that for you.

Thanks. I was actually intending to do that but then forgot to look at my text editor. 😀

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#3465036 26-Feb-2026 07:59

NZ Herald has a good article - or so it seemed. The headline is not a clickbait. But the opinion is empty:

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#3465037 26-Feb-2026 08:00

The opinion must be "because I said so".

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#3465288 26-Feb-2026 22:26

freitasm:

NZ Herald has a good article - or so it seemed. The headline is not a clickbait. But the opinion is empty:

I was under the impression that the mark of a civilised society was returning your supermarket trolleys to a trolley bay, rather than leaving them scattered haphazardly through out the carpark and neighbouring streets..

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#3465310 27-Feb-2026 05:42

There was something in the local paper the other day about how someone found a random street sign in a park so he picked it up with the intention of dropping it into the council. A not-so-good samaritan concluded that he was stealing it and decided the best course of action was to go straight to assault.

That's certainly not a mark of a civilised society.

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#3465313 27-Feb-2026 07:11

Behodar:

There was something in the local paper the other day about how someone found a random street sign in a park so he picked it up with the intention of dropping it into the council. A not-so-good samaritan concluded that he was stealing it and decided the best course of action was to go straight to assault.

That's certainly not a mark of a civilised society.

Certainly not a sign of a civilised society.

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#3465317 27-Feb-2026 07:54

Reversing into parking spaces or not has become a topic of discussion in some places around the country. Traffic is increasing everywhere. Reversing blocks the flow of traffic in some cases not all cases.

The article addresses none of that. It's just an engagement piece. It's overly long for that. "Reversing into a parking space is more environmentally friendly" lol. Engage!

https://www.drivencarguide.co.nz/news/opinion-reversing-into-parking-spaces-is-the-mark-of-a-civilised-society/

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#3465320 27-Feb-2026 08:25

Giving someone reversing into a parallel park the space to do it rather than driving forward into the park yourself is the mark of a civilised society.

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#3465330 27-Feb-2026 09:09

gzt:

The article addresses none of that. It's just an engagement piece. It's overly long for that. "Reversing into a parking space is more environmentally friendly" lol. Engage!

Reversing into, and leaving, a perpendicular space adjacent to a footpath blows exhaust into the faces of pedestrians.

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#3465338 27-Feb-2026 09:44

Reverse parking was a requirement of many of the worksites I went to before I retired, so now reverse parking comes naturally.

It is safer to drive forward out of a carpark as you have a much better view of any approaching vehicles.

Opponents claim that reversing into a park creates a bigger hindrance to other vehicles than driving forward into a park. True, but driving out forwards is safer and causes much less of a hindrance than reversing out blind.

As previously noted, reversing cameras have made reversing into a park much quicker and easier.

Whichever way you park, entering or exiting a park can hinder other vehicles.

I think the biggest problem is the impatience of many drivers. They can't bear to want to wait for a few seconds to let the other guy complete their manoeuvrer.

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