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  1. Wayne Potgieter
    I wonder if Costco will have a grocery division?
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    Yep, Ill organise one for you. Which hotel are you going to? Commodore?
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    Nothing. When you land, go to one of the many cellphone providers at the airport and simply buy one. There is no serious paperwork as such. Data is ridiculously cheap here compared to RSA. I recommend Spark as I was on Vodafone but struggled with patchy signal.
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    Im in.
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    I was blown away at these vehicles when watching the "Long Way Up" tv show with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman. They rode electric Herley's supported with Rivians from southern tip of argentina to LA.
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    Reddit
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    Hi Matt. I appreciate the need to update and modernise. I can also appreciate that its impossible to please everyone. But from my personal perspective, lack of Tapatalk and the obvious intention to remove/eradicate the off topic sections from being part of the standard view are a serious oversight for me. For this reason, I find the site more trouble then its worth, to be honest, and have cancelled my Bike Hub Plus premium membership. Sort of no point supporting a site that clearly does not value the very areas that are important to me. I truly hope you can change your view on the Off Topic section. Where that to happen, I would gladly renew.
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    Why has the Off Topic section been removed as a default option on the new site?
  9. Wayne Potgieter
    Any tips for a pinch callous under the big toe? Like this pic...no, these are not my toes (this person needs to cut their toe nails)
  10. Wayne Potgieter
    What a great cause. Donation Made!
  11. Wayne Potgieter
    @Jewbacca What a great story. Well done. It was fantastic to read and you have a talent for putting mind over matter as well as writing. Thank you for sharing.
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    I recently switched from my Nike Zoom Fly 3's to the Saucony Endorphin and if this trail shoe is anywhere near as good as its road cousin, it will be very good. One day, when I am a PROPER runner, I will upgrade to MR P Maxed shoes. In New Zealand, those will be "exotic".
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    Seems of the 8 runners still taking part, runners 4 through 7 (4 runners in total) are all at 151.4km at a checkpoint in Pilgrims Rest. 42 hours in and around halfway. Our guy is part of this group. I hope everyone continues on....
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    Peter Purchase has Withdrawn and Ruan back in front. Leading with 25km+ buffer. Our guy just passed 138km! Thats insane....
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    Peter Purchase has snuck past Ruan. who knew watching dots was so much fun! I am truly mesmerized by the effort.
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    WOWZERS!!!! Thats amazing.
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    Wait, whats happening?
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    Got my first organised trail race this weekend. Nothing huge, just a local 16km jaunt around a regional park. Managed to convince the wife and kiddos to do a 6km run/walk as well. The kids were understandably nervous about it so we went for a little route recce hike there last Sunday, here are some photos.
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    Actually its pretty close to Rotorua. I was on the fence about 2 different events. One in Rotorua and one in Taupo. The Taupo one is taking place in October and the Rotorua one in February. I will likely do both. That part of the country is gorgeous. There is something truly magical about running/biking through the redwoods forest.
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    I realise its nowhere near as impressive as some of the feats featured by some of you, but I am sort of proud of it. This weekend I took on one of the more technical and hilly trail runs in my area and managed to win the FKT for the run. I have been on a structured running plan overseen by a coach as I get ready for my first ultra in October, so it was good to get some sort of external validation of progress. I am a little less nervous than before.
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    you are 100% correct. I also think some organisations are using it as a convenient excuse as well.
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    Whilst this is terrible, the private sector is not much better - both suck! 12 months ago, I requested an increase. I had been with the company for 24 months, and made a career change to get there, so I was undervalued at the time of hire as I was high risk. I completely understood that and was grateful for the chance to change my career. Fast forward and I am now more experienced, have demonstrated success and a few people have been hired (and subsequently left) and I was used as the internal benchmark for success. So I started a conversation to relook at my salary structure. 12 months has past and I am still having that conversation. I love EVERYTHING else about my job, so leaving is not something I really want to consider, but I am interested in increasing my earnings to (at the very least) keep up with the increasing cost of living. At some point, the value balance will change and I will no doubt seek greener pastures, but for now, I am happy to be patient. But the point is that increases are also rare/non existent in the private sector. It seems the easiest way to increase salary is to move jobs, I suppose that easier in the private sector than the public sector...
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    its all brand new. They recently redid everything.
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    The last line of the article is the only important one... "The bach sits on 966 square meters" Its the land that costs. Its a different mindset here. In RSA, the house is what sells and thats where the value sits, here its the land. That being said, the market is ridiculous and this is one of the most expensive places in the world for home ownership and the property market is a real problem that needs to be looked at.
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    I have a client in Christchurch that makes super expensive designer furniture. The kind of stuff you see in magazines and are not allowed to put your feet on. I went to go see him straight after lockdown ended and he said the me that his biggest competitor has been tourism. Folks spend heaps on lavish overseas trips, but now that they cant fly anywhere, they are investing in their homes. He was rubbing his hands like Scrooge McDuck.
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