Posts by Sacha
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
Herald Editorial
Credulous numpties.
If the service is making available to users the impressions, observations and experiences of previous passengers, these would be a far more searching and reliable measure of safety than the routine checks of departmental registers.
Not much help assessing new drivers though, is it.
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to goforit,
lets level the playing field by removing all regulations
or babyface can just go live in Somalia and save the rest of us from his nasty fantasies.
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Hard News: "Meth contamination": the…, in reply to Moz,
houses like ours where the tenants have almost complete control over the mould
I'm about to move out of a home whose mould I cannot have controlled because the only ventilation is windows that open into the prevailing (and frequent, being Auckland) rain.
Thankfully, a heat pump is about to be installed for the next tenant. Mould for this sodden residence was written into the tenancy agreement, which I wish I had paid more attention to. Landlords were good people, though, which often counts for more.
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I nominate #fecklessshitgibbon as WOTY
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Taking a health organisation to court for their role would be interesting. The Ministry's lawyers have previously argued that they have no duty of care, but I'm not sure how low DHBs would stoop.
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Seymour clip from RNZ Morning Report.
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After recent news about the Terry Teo remake, another NZ drama goes to a tv broadcaster's on-demand digital platform rather than on-air.
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Hard News: "Meth contamination": the…, in reply to Moz,
there's apparently no requirement that "the property" not be contaminated by lead, DDT, radioactive material etc etc.
Someone on Twitter pointed out this govt are quite comfortable with state houses containing deadly mould.
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Hard News: "Meth contamination": the…, in reply to Matthew Poole,
HNZ has become completely devoid of any cognisance of its role as a crucial part of the social safety net.
The government that NZ has re-elected twice deliberately removed that role from HNZ.
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to Brent Jackson,
or not. Is Simple Simon having a buck each way?
Simon Bridges said he wouldn't be shutting the company down, but urged the Transport Agency to step up its crackdown on the drivers.
..." .. and we're also looking at some other legal options, like what can be done in relation to Uber as a company."
Mr Bridges said Uber was clearly mocking New Zealand laws.