I don’t even think of Cadbury as chocolate anymore.

Yeah, I’ve been there a few times myself. It looks like some major work is being done on the building though, which is good to see.

I usually ride through Aro valley, but I’ve done a circuit of Mt Vic a few times.

Most of the MTB tracks are new tracks, so I’m not sure what everyone is moaning about.

I suspect his identity was well known, or at least suspected, in the right circles.

Also, tramping attracts some absolute nutters, I’ve met a few over the years.

They’ve always been Torpedo7.

No, they were profitable before the buyout. It’s why Warehouse Group bought them for tens of millions, and sold them for a dollar.

They were a great store, very sharp pricing and quality gear.

I heard a tree come down on the ridgeline at the southern end of Mt Vic on Monday evening, I also saw the tree in the photo, which happened on Fergusson drive.

It’s been interesting driving a van in these conditions.

Yes, you cannot obstruct passage. Although I’m not sure if the road itself is considered private.

ML take if ever I saw one.

There’s really people out there called Weinersmith, huh?

Helicopters can autorotate, meaning fly without power, and the Jetranger from my understanding has quite good autorotation characteristics.

If this was simply a power failure, they should have been able to land just fine.

This was an extremely high hour machine, 13,000 on the airframe and 26,000 on the engine. Not sure if that’s significant, but it’s definitely interesting.

I suspect they’re just seeing big bull deer or a Wapiti.

I think I’ve heard about this dude, he’s basically a benign version of a conspiracy theorist.

I’m very much on the same page, pics or it didn’t happen. If there really was a moose population, there would be prints, poo, antlers, or some other evidence.

Instead, we have a number of sightings, almost always by people from areas where moose live, but no photos.

And I believe the fact it always seems to be Americans or Canadians is significant, perhaps they’re more likely to think moose when they see a shape, rather than a NZer, who would assume it was a deer?

I’m not sure if anything else will be made public.

There might be an incident report, if I have some spare time I’ll go looking for it.