Nigel Ramsay

@winstonpeters But would 16 and 17 year olds get to vote in the referendum?

It has been reported that Labour has silently tabled legislation to lower the voting age for local elections down to 16. No press statement. No media. No announcement. Why? They are clearly wanting to force this change through before the election without kiwis knowledge. This is the start of a Labour Party agenda to have all election voting ages lowered. There should be a binding referendum on this issue - not have it decided by temporarily empowered politicians who are arrogant enough to think they know better than you.

@AlecTang_ With the right wet weather clothing, days like this are the most convenient on a bike.

@williamson_nz We've had support for macrons for over a year on @AddressFinder. People can search with or without the macron, and we'll return the right address every time. Here's our original blog post explaining how easy it is addressfinder.nz/blog/address-d…

What a nightmare the government is causing to IT projects by insisting we add little diacritics above ō ó ò and è é ê ē and à á â ā etc. It has made it near on impossible for computers to search for specific character strings unless all the sloping diacritics are exact.

We are selling our Nissan Leaf 40 kWh if anyone is interested... trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/…

@nikz The hot water cylinder is good for 4 “regular” showers. We have it on timer to sync with solar generation or cheap overnight power. But you could just have it on 24x7 if that’s an issue.

@nigelramsay Have you ever run out of hot water? I imagine it can’t heat instantly like the gas ones?

One way to remove your dependence on oil and gas (Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc) is to switch to electric based heating. Here’s an NZ review of switching from gas central heating to “hot water heat pump”. nigel.ramsay.org.nz/blog/mitsubush…

@nikz Yes, but that is actually a positive thing when you have teenagers :-)

@JoshForde Brown gold!

confused we still don't have brown sugar. it's been months - I guess I'll put it on the next list for Moore Wilson's

@kennedyt Haha WC uniform FTW

@kennedyt I wear woollen socks all year. Nice and breathable.

@TimHaines I think boys just like mullets

Seeing a lot of mullets among the under-12 boys in Wanaka. Is there some YouTuber responsible for this?

@aotearoa_ben Here’s the link to our local weather station in Karori live.harvest.com/?hsn=12489

@hiro_asari Tu español es muy bien. Tendre que ver la pelicula alguna vez.

@nikz Get in the sea Nick! Along with the rest of Wellington! It’s lovely and warm

It’s about 25 degrees ☀️ in Welly right now, which means I’m caught somewhere between “wow, I should go out and enjoy the rare good weather” and “omg, it’s too hot to _think_ let alone venture outdoors!”

@JoshForde It does look rather average :-(

@nigelramsay Tararuas. Peak is called Baldy then South King

Weather forecast fucked me... That and too christnas dinner

@nickmalcolm @nzkoz And it appears that Skinny do not support missed call forwarding, so you are unable to use third party voicemail apps. That said, I get very few voicemails.

@nzkoz @nigelramsay I looked for that with Skinny and it seems they only have old-school 18¢ voicemail or no voicemail at all. 🤷🏻‍♂️

So many scam calls from “normal” (027/021/022) numbers lately. Did something change which made those numbers more accessible to scammers?

@nzkoz @nickmalcolm They do voicemail transcription?

@nickmalcolm @nigelramsay The spark voicemail transcription is kinda trash, but it’s good enough to distinguish “get rich” from “I am a genuine person”

@robholmesnz Was a crazy ride!

Genuinely challenging bike home this evening. Got blown backwards at the lights with both brakes on.