Christchurch Treehouse of Awesome-Where everyone knows your name

[Spork]

Hey Jonty could you please quote this post! I just got married and it would really make my life so much better if someone whom I don't even know makes a post about it on the internet!

[Speakman]

/ignored, im famous

[Retardobot]

Seriously?

Damn that is hick.

Jonty, how goes it on the job front?

[nick247]

Im quoting this so that everyone I know knows you lold

He is also subtly saying how cool he is that he follows codex and that he can quote codex (personally i would aim a little higher, but each to their own)

[vedds]

so anyway, Im moving to chch in 6 weeks, looking for somehwere to live (dont want to kick out the tenant - hes a mate and good at paying rent) what do i need to know before looking for a house?

Was planning to buy another place but quite keen to hold off for a year or so to see whether things settle down, not sure whether to flat for 12 months or just get a pad to myself. Thinking somewhere in the pap/stalbans area. should i reconsider? I just kind of get the feeling there are probably lots of indicators of a bad spot that will stick out like dogs balls to someone that been down there over the last 8 months that ill miss and dont want to get caught out...

[Emrico1]

Isnt twitter pretty much what we already do here but vastly more brainless.

Arent reposts pretty much the quote function with an implied smiley underneath?

Nah, you can follow game devs, sports people, movie makers and people that are interesting, often offering links. My old man froths on the Formula One updates while watching the race.
I use twitter, it's not really social networking at all for me more rss. Problem is, people use and think it is social networking...

[TofuEater]

Christchurch Earthquake, Auckland Tornado........... need i go on?

[Codex]

so anyway, Im moving to chch in 6 weeks, looking for somehwere to live (dont want to kick out the tenant - hes a mate and good at paying rent) what do i need to know before looking for a house?

Was planning to buy another place but quite keen to hold off for a year or so to see whether things settle down, not sure whether to flat for 12 months or just get a pad to myself. Thinking somewhere in the pap/stalbans area. should i reconsider? I just kind of get the feeling there are probably lots of indicators of a bad spot that will stick out like dogs balls to someone that been down there over the last 8 months that ill miss and dont want to get caught out...

 
If it's anything like us you'll be looking for a while lol

[Pyromanik]

HEY. blue steel is a legitimate way to bring back the firmness to your suffering member!

Blue steel.
Sounds like an ointment for the purple thunderstick.

[Pyromanik]

Christchurch Earthquake, Auckland Tornado........... need i go on?

Please do.

[bitchimom]

Was planning to buy another place but quite keen to hold off for a year or so to see whether things settle down, not sure whether to flat for 12 months or just get a pad to myself. Thinking somewhere in the pap/stalbans area. should i reconsider? I just kind of get the feeling there are probably lots of indicators of a bad spot that will stick out like dogs balls to someone that been down there over the last 8 months that ill miss and dont want to get caught out...

Pap/St Albans area is not generally munted... not like Avonside, Bexley, Heathcote...
You will struggle to find something that isn't damaged in some way, and getting insurance won't be easy for a while yet. Not sure if the insurance companies are writing many new policies, altho if you're an existing customer it may be fine.

Finding nice/habitable rentals is also difficult, there are many people looking and not so many places to choose from. Undamaged properties are a bit like hen's teeth. However most of us locals are now instant geotech experts/building inspectors, and can tell a munted house from a slightly dodgy one with a cursory glance

my advice would be to wait a while before purchasing... but on the other hand, you might find a bargain... a doer-upper with great indoor/outdoor flow :p

[Pyromanik]

Finding nice/habitable rentals is also difficult, there are many people looking and not so many places to choose from

Not in my experiecnce.
Well, then again I don't know how many people there are looking for flats inside previous areas of the cordon...

[camy205]

damn it is raining hard! driving home from work at 7am was dangerous!

[TofuEater]

Please do.

It was a reply to why Twitter is useful. I forgot to quote. I should have put in the Operation against Osama as well - that was Twitter gold!

[Spork]

damn it is raining hard! driving home from work at 7am was dangerous!

Damn I hate that, A few years back I was driving my ex to one of her Volleyball games, and it was absolutely fucketing down, and this was only just after I'd bought my new car, so I didn't know how to get the cold air onto the windscreen, so I was trying to figure it out while playing around with the knobs, and trying to see through this shit arse weather, and drove straight through an intersection on red lights.... Was quite a busy intersection (small but lots of cars pass through it), but luckily in just those few seconds no cars had even entered the intersection.

Then there's just the times when there's so much rain that you can't see where the lane markings are so it turns into 'follow the person driving in front of you!'

[Dr Woomanchu]

I was off work for a few months last year with a disc prolapse that required surgery. Now I've popped the fucker again with a re-prolapse and will be off work for a while until its fixed.

ACC again, and the next month or 2 at least on codeine and hurting.

Apologies in advance if I am even grumpier than usual.

*&*^&*)&^)*^&*)&

/end rant

[Retardobot]

Stop taking it in the ass then.

[Growler]

Oh mate, that fucking sucks!

If you need man power for shifting/lifting just yell.

[Kopfjaeger]

I was off work for a few months last year with a disc prolapse that required surgery. Now I've popped the fucker again with a re-prolapse and will be off work for a while until its fixed.

feel your pain, i ruptured L5/L6 back on 03', put up with it for a year before going under the knife.  hang on to that glorious feeling when you wake from surgery and the 'shank' has been pulled from your leg.  btw who is your surgeon ?

[SteddieEddie]

that sucks woohoo, hope it isn't as bad as the last time.

You might want to change your avatar, she might do her back in also

[Pitchey]

She's fitted with counter-weights though.

Sry to hear that Woohoo, hope the morphine I've sent helps!

[Tandoori]

Finished up my job at Thrifty on Wednesday, went into Windscreen place today to hand in my contract and then it's 'soz, national boss has limited our staffing budget, no job for you kthx'.

That's life,
Riding high in April,
Shot down in May.

[zolteg]

Finished up my job at Thrifty on Wednesday, went into Windscreen place today to hand in my contract and then it's 'soz, national boss has limited our staffing budget, no job for you kthx'.

That's life,
Riding high in April,
Shot down in May.

Hmm.  Hello Mr Employment Lawyer.  Whaddya think of this story.....

[Emrico1]

Hmm.  Hello Mr Employment Lawyer.  Whaddya think of this story.....

Good point! Do it man, that's bullshit treatment.

[Growler]

yay, subaru is back in my hands!