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#2818725 24-Nov-2021 19:37

neb: Sometimes a BDFL is better than having consensus.

If only the country had a figure that would hold power when needed. Something like the Primary Minister or something similar...

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#2818803 24-Nov-2021 20:48

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neb: Sometimes a BDFL is better than having consensus.

If only the country had a figure that would hold power when needed. Something like the Primary Minister or something similar...

I thought we were supposed to have one of those. 😎

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#2818831 24-Nov-2021 21:45

They’ll need to have a conversation about moving forward to consult affected groups before they can model likely outcomes as they impact all of the stakeholders.

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#2818832 24-Nov-2021 21:49

Dingbatt:
They’ll need to have a conversation about moving forward to consult affected groups before they can model likely outcomes as they impact all of the stakeholders.

Well as long as they leverage the synergy of the cloud they should be fine.

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#2818904 24-Nov-2021 22:50

Dingbatt:

They’ll need to have a conversation about moving forward to consult affected groups before they can model likely outcomes as they impact all of the stakeholders.

Is that a bit like scheduling a meeting about a meeting to discuss and announcement about an announcement?

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#2818907 24-Nov-2021 23:00

Technofreak:

Dingbatt:

They’ll need to have a conversation about moving forward to consult affected groups before they can model likely outcomes as they impact all of the stakeholders.

Is that a bit like scheduling a meeting about a meeting to discuss and announcement about an announcement?

No it's so the affected stakeholders can understand the difference between an international travel document and a domestic one.

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#2819353 25-Nov-2021 20:05

I guess there's at least one benefit(?) to our gonzo-format Covid pass, it's so useless as a general-purpose vaccination proof that even the scammers aren't bothering with it....

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#2819388 25-Nov-2021 20:53

I need some timber to re-roof my garage but the Bunnings people pretty much laughed at me when I tried to buy some yesterday. There ain't none, they said.

But from my office I can see a literal shipload of logs waiting to go off shore.

How the hell did this ballsup of a situation happen?

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#2819393 25-Nov-2021 21:01

elpenguino:
I need some timber to re-roof my garage but the Bunnings people pretty much laughed at me when I tried to buy some yesterday. There ain't none, they said.

But from my office I can see a literal shipload of logs waiting to go off shore.

How the hell did this ballsup of a situation happen?

Yup - there are three trains a day that go past home, absolutely chokka with logs, not to mention the stream of trucks making their way back and forth over the hill taking logs into Wellington. But Jan / Feb for the fence posts I wanted from RD1 yesterday...

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#2819402 25-Nov-2021 21:12

elpenguino:
I need some timber to re-roof my garage but the Bunnings people pretty much laughed at me when I tried to buy some yesterday. There ain't none, they said.

But from my office I can see a literal shipload of logs waiting to go off shore.

How the hell did this ballsup of a situation happen?

It's a natural consequence of the price obtainable overseas being vastly higher than the price obtainable in NZ. And there's no obvious solution, even if the gummint were to set local-sales quotas for suppliers, so reserve a certain percentage for NZ use, apart from forcing the Crown Law Office to run 24/7 shifts to deal with the fallout the most it'd do is cause back-channel exports by middlemen who bought locally and then exported for profit themselves.

Edited to add: More for the DIY forums, but there's bound to be plenty of people on here who have small stocks of assorted timber lying around from builds and projects, maybe we could set up a trade & exchange.

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#2819403 25-Nov-2021 21:13

You can buy it back once it’s been transformed into something in China.

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#2819406 25-Nov-2021 21:15

Dingbatt:
You can buy it back once it’s been transformed into something in China.

Typically the transformation is from untreated pine to genuine African mahogany.

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#2819473 26-Nov-2021 03:28

neb: More for the DIY forums, but there's bound to be plenty of people on here who have small stocks of assorted timber lying around from builds and projects, maybe we could set up a trade & exchange.

It already exists:

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=77

Good luck with the logistics.

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#2819557 26-Nov-2021 09:52

Netflix calling a price rise an update. Please just call it what it is

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#2819639 26-Nov-2021 11:01

The fact that Book My Vaccine offers me zero locations closer than 65 km from my house even though there are a number within 20km!

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