Matisyahu's Blog

Got in contact with mechanic working on my scooter – looks like it is almost ready except the battery needs to be replaced so they were waiting on me to give it the go ahead where they will order it on an overnight courier down from Auckland. I’m not surprised that the battery needs to be replaced given that I’ve been dependent on the kick start although on occasionally the ignition will work at random times for no obvious reason. Another good piece of news is the arrival of my vehicle licence, I paid for a 6 month vehicle licence but once that is up I’ll go for a 12 month licence.

One thing to alway remember, one may get frustrated with a piece of software and/or service then look longingly at the alternatives out there, those platforms too had their downsides, there is no perfect platform. I had a quick Google and it appears that the issue ‘Something went wrong on our end. Please try again.’ isn’t something new, there are quite a few people experiencing this issue which gives me hope that maybe it’ll put a rocket up Google’s backside. If you are wondering ‘how can I avoid this issue’, when you uninstall the app don’t delete it from the Play Store, it appears that if you delete it from your Play Store account a certain number of times then then the error ‘Something went wrong on our end. Please try again.’ will appear.

I’ve been keeping quiet regarding the recent politics in New Zealand because having warned what would happen I am now sitting back and watching it all unfold. As much as many New Zealanders like to crow about how we’re ‘not like those Americans’ it appears that we too have short memories and will have to learn the hard way as it appears, based on recent poll numbers, that the American voter will have to learn the hard way too. Unfortunately I am not optimistic that the lessons learnt will translate to a long lasting change in how people vote so at this point it I’ve decided to sit on the sidelines.

Just to round it up, got pay day this week so I’m looking forward to picking up some stuff at the supermarket on special – Pepsi Max 1.5L for NZ$1.99 so I’ll pick up a couple of boxes and put them aside. At the moment I’m looking at getting a bike trailer similar to this (link) which would enable me to have a big shopping trip once a fortnight rather than either balancing it on my bike or get a friend/family member to help out. I’ll have a chat with the guy at the local motorcycle repair place to see whether they are aware of something suitable for a 50cc because it would be a huge improvement over the current situation.