Christchurch Earthquake

[Spigalau]

what is a pogfish Spig?

think swamp donkey.

Ham Beast

[Pyromanik]

Swamp Donkeys in the news!

[Spigalau]

gross. sounds like the morning after on a UC geology field trip!

UC Geology Lecture

[Ngati_Grim]

i wasn't being serious.

pacefalm :/

Me neither.

[Pyromanik]

Now that looks like the source of a tremor or two!

[Spigalau]

Yes, the State should cover everything. Infact, lets abolish insurance all together so citizens don't need to take any responsibility for themselves.

Why should the workers have to in effect pay themselves for the downtime due to the earthquake because some companies elected to not take out the appropriate cover?

Because it's an 'Act of God', so trundle down the road to the Cathedral and lay a class action against him/her.

You will find that the businesses will have insurance policies that cover them for acts of god for stock, fixtures, fittings etc - but unless you have income protection insurance (ask Xt) you are pretty fuxored.

[Emrico1]

Plural

Christchurch Earthquake

Swamp donkeys

[Ngati_Grim]

UC Geology Lecture

Think not the lecturers, but the students and you wouldn't be too far off...well, not all of them, but hell

[Pyromanik]

Yeh, kids these days with their greasy high fat no vege diets

[Ngati_Grim]

         PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT

               GNS SCIENCE
             GeoNet Data Centre
            Lower Hutt, New Zealand
            http://www.geonet.org.nz


    The following earthquake has been recorded by GNS Science:

    Reference number:    3367873/G
    Universal Time:     6 September 2010 at 17:17
    NZ Standard Time:    Tuesday, 7 September 2010 at 5:17 am
    Latitude, Longitude:   43.42°S, 172.14°E
    Location:        10 km north of Darfield
    Focal depth:       5 km
    Richter magnitude:    3.3

    Web page: http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3367873g.html

Felt in Oamaru

Felt in Oamaru!

Sounds like they're advertising the Craft Store down there :/

[420fairy]

Yes, the State should cover everything. Infact, lets abolish insurance all together so citizens don't need to take any responsibility for themselves.

wow dude, i'd agree with this stance if the financial difficulties these guys are facing were self inflicted but they weren't. Employers will get their insurance cover etc so in retrospect they will be fine - their employees however are going to get screwed on top of the hefty clean up bill each household faces.

DESPITE insurance or lack of, this isnt the time to be shaking ones finger to say fuck ya you get zip because you werent insured. its going to take weeks even months for this city to get back on its feet - do we really really want to add a bigger burden to those affected by taking such a harsh stance?

god forbid something happens to you buddy that isnt covered by insurance. i really do hope you wouldnt have to deal with people who share your current mentality - then again that may be a good thing, humility and empathy can and do go long a way


while i see your reasoning and your stance, i dont agree with it -obviously - it isnt about the $$$ its about getting 100,000 homes and families back up on their feet.

[Pyromanik]

Use two sticks to make it in the nate-cha

Spoiler :

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[Spigalau]

@fairy - for pretty much same $$ as you chuck in to Kiw-Shaver, you could have your own personal income protection insurance in place.

You hold the keys to your future, your choices, your decisions.

[Emrico1]

what a champ

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[Menial]

@fairy - for pretty much same $$ as you chuck in to Kiw-Shaver, you could have your own personal income protection insurance in place.

You hold the keys to your future, your choices, your decisions.

Some people can't afford choices :/

[Retardobot]

LOL. Ignorant, rude reporter.

"What have you got.....show us". I would of told her take a hike.

[Dr Woomanchu]

Nah I'd be like "you show me yours first"

[Pyromanik]

I like the last question pretty much "why didn't you get to a doorway when you woke up?"


Bitch please. Shit flying everywhere, more safe to stay put close to a wall.

[Speakman]

just paid a visit to work. Got off very lightly. Manager said building was moving like crazy during a 4.0 aftershock. Wages definately covered by insurance so my leave will get reimbursed

[420fairy]

@fairy - for pretty much same $$ as you chuck in to Kiw-Shaver, you could have your own personal income protection insurance in place.

You hold the keys to your future, your choices, your decisions.

ok Spig I understand - trust me I understand. and agree to a certain extent.

here at work, we had a meeting about our staff in CHCH. Our employer obviously has insurance but due to the size of the disaster, it will take time to sort out, our office is closed for a couple of weeks.

we have all banded here and staff in auckland and wellington have all agreed to forfeit this months coming bonus to donate to our 5 staff down in christchurch WHO ALL HAVE FUCKING INSURANCE BUT WILL HAVE TO WAIT THE LENGTH OF TIME FOR INSURANCE TO AGREE TO THE CLAIMS LODGED AND PAYOUT.

my boss and my colleagues didnt have to do any of this - the office was insured, staff property was insured but we had enough sense to realise that all of these claims, re-building etc will take time to get sorted.

so 50 of us are forgoing our $600 (thats my holiday moolah for my trip to CHCH in Oct)bonus $30k to cover 5 people for a maximum period of 8 weeks which is how long we estimate for them to have some normality return in their lives - hurts us but not as much as our CHCH staff are.

[Growler]

send yours to me fairy, I will buy bacon!

[420fairy]

you have to save some for me - that bonus was my "spending" money for my holiday down there next month. but all g, gonna bunk with some of the [A] lads and Blobby if i can get hold of him.

[Pyromanik]

Blobby is in one of the worst hit areas.

[Retardobot]

Nah I'd be like "you show me yours first"

I actually did type that out and thought "on second thoughts, I would be a bit shaken up by the...shake, I wouldn't want to have a brain explosion due to the possibility of the reporter being a wet sock doppelganger."

[420fairy]

Blobby is in one of the worst hit areas.

ive been asking around for weeks now if anyone has heard from the blobby, his birthdays just been too. he promised me a bed of ganja for me to sleep on when i came down for my visit. and selucid promised me lapdances. one of you SOA boys needs to fulfill their promises