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[Inruin]

this will be a bad one.
the amount of restaurants and cafes they supply is huge.

thank god for bike lanes that you have to ride kilometers on the road to join on this one then back onto the road.
it does nothing but take carparks from businesses.

Wellington cafe closing all three of its stores after 30 years

Bordeaux Bakery is blaming the council's removal of car parks for its demise.

www.nzherald.co.nz

i’m all for public transport and all for people walking and cycling but this whole thorndon quay debacle is a shit show. almost nobody uses it. (don’t let there lime scooter stats they keep saying are cyclists fool you. i run thorndon quay to oriental bay and back 2-3x a week. it’s always dead empty)
it’s a wind tunnel and for those who dont live in wellington, it’s almost unusable for more than half the year due to wind and rain.
and don’t even worry about it all having to be ripped up
again soon anyway….

Council wasn't advised of ageing water mains under Thorndon Quay - business group

Businesses are concerned the cycleway being built will end up being ripped up due to an ageing pipe network underneath.

www.rnz.co.nz

and then who in their right mind do the council expect are going to lease the space on thorndon quay when no one can get to it without walking 15 minutes in sideways rain?

They have done the same to Auckland's CBD IMO.

 

[Damo]

Weird how you don’t see these incidents and then there’s multiple ones. Pretty sure a ferry hit the dock in Picton today too. Then there’s the recent issues with the boats that were to be replaced but now not so. Are the staff onboard competent in your view?

There are plenty over the years that have happened, by male COs also

 

[Worried2Death]

There are plenty over the years that have happened, by male COs also

Do we need to be ready for war by 2027 Damo, I'm getting really worried now

 

[Noitall]

Do we need to be ready for war by 2027 Damo, I'm getting really worried now

We’ll get in there first bro. Next years our year

 

[Worried2Death]

We’ll get in there first bro. Next years our year

Not if the CCP invade the Pacific, I'm getting worried4death mate. This could be the longest offseason ever, in a gulag.

 

[defensivebomb]

Knowing our luck, the warriors will make the grand final and on their way to a maiden premiership, and WW3 will kick off

 

[MrFrankWhite]

We literally have three white male COs of HMNZS Canterbury, Aotearoa and Te Mana.

Physical standards have been lowered for gender yes, they have also been lowered for age for both genders.

Lol... My guy its not a % of captains. We are talking individual specifics here.

How many people enlist? 1%
How many make it through? 1%
How many choose Navy? 30%
How many officers? 30%

You are already at 0.09% chance of any white male making it as naval officer AFTER they choose to enlist. Let alone Captain a boat

 

[Damo]

Lol... My guy its not a % of captains. We are talking individual specifics here.

How many people enlist? 1%
How many make it through? 1%
How many choose Navy? 30%
How many officers? 30%

You are already at 0.09% chance of any white male making it as naval officer AFTER they choose to enlist. Let alone Captain a boat

I'm not sure how this is relevant to what I said initially.

 

[defensivebomb]

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That’s such a weird take. It isn’t the same women having multiple crashes, then finally learning, as a group, how not to have crashes (collectively)

 

[Worried2Death]

Knowing our luck, the warriors will make the grand final and on their way to a maiden premiership, and WW3 will kick off

Then we delay the war, can't they see we're about to make league history?

 

[Funky Ed Koosie]

this will be a bad one.
the amount of restaurants and cafes they supply is huge.

thank god for bike lanes like this that you have to ride kilometers on the road to join on this one then back onto the road anyway.
it does nothing but take away customer access and carparks from businesses.

Wellington cafe closing all three of its stores after 30 years

Bordeaux Bakery is blaming the council's removal of car parks for its demise.

www.nzherald.co.nz

i’m all for public transport and all for people walking and cycling but this whole thorndon quay debacle is a shit show. almost nobody uses it. (don’t let there lime scooter stats they keep saying are cyclists fool you. i run thorndon quay to oriental bay and back 2-3x a week. it’s always dead empty)
it’s a wind tunnel and for those who dont live in wellington, it’s almost unusable for more than half the year due to wind and rain.

oh and nevermind it all having to be ripped up again soon enough anyway….

Council wasn't advised of ageing water mains under Thorndon Quay - business group

Businesses are concerned the cycleway being built will end up being ripped up due to an ageing pipe network underneath.

www.rnz.co.nz

and then who in their right mind do the council expect are going to lease the space on thorndon quay when no one can get to it without walking 15 minutes in sideways rain?

The roadworks started last year, the business was profitable in February and then govt started sounding out mass job cuts to the public sector in Wellington, but yeah yeah its the cycle ways, fuck moi

 

[Noitall]

Not if the CCP invade the Pacific, I'm getting worried4death mate. This could be the longest offseason ever, in a gulag.

China could wage economic war on Taiwan to force surrender, report says

U.S. military officials and analysts have for years warned of possible armed attacks or blockades by China on the self-governed island of Taiwan, but a new report raises a red flag about possible non-military tactics.

apnews.com

They talking about waging an economic war on Taiwan

 

[MrFrankWhite]

I'm not sure how this is relevant to what I said initially.

because you dont understand statistics in this instance.

If all captains are white males (100%) what is the chance that an individual white male makes it to Captain a naval boat. (hint its not 100%)

 

[MrFrankWhite]

That’s such a weird take. It isn’t the same women having multiple crashes, then finally learning, as a group, how not to have crashes (collectively)

Equality of outcome requires mental gymnastics

 

[Damo]

because you dont understand statistics in this instance.

If all captains are white males (100%) what is the chance that an individual white male makes it to Captain a naval boat. (hint its not 100%)

Naval ship*
I'm not talking about the statistics of a demographic making it to be CO of a ship, I'm saying people questioning whether she is competent or not purely due to her gender or sexuality are wrong as she is a highly competent CO and Warfare Officer having worked for her directly and indirectly.

 

[marv.]

The roadworks started last year, the business was profitable in February and then govt started sounding out mass job cuts to the public sector in Wellington, but yeah yeah its the cycle ways, fuck moi

youre an idiot if you think people are walking or cycling that far from parliament on their lunch break.

it’s the unused cycle lanes and no other reason. the dude even said it.

or do you think maybe you understand his business better than he does after 30 years?

let me know where here in wellington you live in comparison to thorndon quay and i’ll happily meet you there for a run and we can count the cyclists not using the cycle lane.

or did you want to talk about the furniture store left with four carparks?
fucking FOUR?
a store the size of a supermarket and they can have a maximum of 4 paying parties at any time on a rainy day.

or maybe their customers can just carry their new sofa 1.2km down a cycle lane to paid parking while they go fuck themselves?

come on MT8.

 

[Worried2Death]

China could wage economic war on Taiwan to force surrender, report says

U.S. military officials and analysts have for years warned of possible armed attacks or blockades by China on the self-governed island of Taiwan, but a new report raises a red flag about possible non-military tactics.

apnews.com

They talking about waging an economic war on Taiwan

Well that's a relief I suppose, they're only destabilising Taiwan’s financial system and running psyops to "incite social unrest as a precursor to invasion,” the report said."

 

[John Nick]

Naval ship*
I'm not talking about the statistics of a demographic making it to be CO of a ship, I'm saying people questioning whether she is competent or not purely due to her gender or sexuality are wrong as she is a highly competent CO and Warfare Officer having worked for her directly and indirectly.

Naval ship * Correct.

 

[Noitall]

Well that's a relief I suppose, they're only destabilising Taiwan’s financial system and running psyops to "incite social unrest as a precursor to invasion,” the report said."

Have to see what the American elections turn up yet

 

[MaybeTop8]

Not necessarily due to a DEI policy.

CDR Gray has 20 years plus experience between the RN and RNZN, was the CO of the Mine Counter Measures Team and was the Fleet Executive Officer of the Maritime Operational Evaluation Team that literally assesses the competency of our fleet. She was and is a highly competent Warfare Officer and had already spent nearly two unblemished years as CO of HMNZS Manawanui before this incident.
To suggest she is not in her current role due to her competency or ahead of others due to gender is incorrect.

Not to mention deliberately stoking the culture war. Nice post Damo.