(06-04-2025, 10:03 PM)Jan Wrote:

(05-04-2025, 02:27 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: I've read two of those Jan, loved The art of racing in the rain & bought it for a granddaughter's birthday, & have also read We need to talk about Kevin.

We no longer have a local greengrocer. Or butcher. There were both of those & more,including an electrical shop at one time but the mall put paid to them all. There was also years ago, an excellent opshop & secondhand bookshop both sorely missed.

Perhaps Nicola Willis might address the high food prices instead...but I won't hold my breath.

Lilith anybody who believes Nicola Willis is serious should take a look what happened seven days before her announcement - Duncan Webb objected to a new WW supermarket being fast tracked and guess who ranted and raved about Labour being so shortsighted stopping it being built in a hurry Nicola Willis herself - her hypocrisy is worse than the last lot - she wants to break the duopoly one day but supports fast tracking an additional duopoly owned supermarket .Costco spoke out last week they have run at a loss for two years and arent going ahead with expansion - NZ is the most expensive country they trade in in the world - he said it’s nothing to do with the duopoly - we have the highest fuel tax which makes our transportation costs the highest in the OECD - power costs are high but the cost of supplies to the supermarket are extremely high - one meat processing plant reported 188% increase in profit last year but the supermarkets are blamed for the high cost of meat .Seriously how thick does Nicola think we are they just spent a million dollars trying to get businesses to invest here and now she is going to break up a100 year old kiwi company when all the stats show they are not making excessive profits .The biscuit and Icecream manufacturers are laughing all the way to the bank all their products are smaller but cost more and people don’t complain except to the supermarket staff !

(07-04-2025, 09:12 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: My Auntie Maureen went through several bouts with cancer, starting in her teens, before leukemia finally got her at 72. Most of her trials though were with her reproductive system, and as a very young unmarried woman in the fifties all that went with that must have been incredibly difficult, until as she told me once, she learned 'you leave your dignity with your knickers darling, and put them both back on when its over'.

Valuable advice. She was a stunning woman who married an old fashioned man who never deserved her sadly, but lots of women meet that fate. I learnt a lot from her, especially about courage and personal strength.

(07-04-2025, 12:29 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I use up polystyrene in my bigger pots, instead of terracotta pieces, for drainage and to save potting mix. Otherwise it gets broken up and put into the red top bin as household waste. There should be a way to recycle it, but so far I haven't heard of it...

I filled another bag for the op shops from the wardrobe, looking for one dress that just refused to be found till I pulled everything out. I needed to layer up a very long linen shirt over that dress and leggings to fit in with the slight drop in temperature, and with every hanger I asked myself - did you wear this? And out they went. Now I have space for my winter gear currently squished into one of those oh so useful clear plastic zip bags bedding often comes in, that'll need emptying and shaking out some day soon now that it is downhill into the cool days.

(07-04-2025, 01:44 PM)Jan Wrote: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/trump-familys-cash-registers-ring-as-financial-meltdown-plays-out/6ALWENSOKNCMXH6SHFX7BV2YHA/
Not sure if this will post as it is a premium post - but sure makes the blood boil - a million dollar contribution EACH to play at Trumps golf course - no wonder the US people are marching

(07-04-2025, 03:36 PM)Lilith7 Wrote:

(07-04-2025, 01:44 PM)Jan Wrote: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/trump-familys-cash-registers-ring-as-financial-meltdown-plays-out/6ALWENSOKNCMXH6SHFX7BV2YHA/
Not sure if this will post as it is a premium post - but sure makes the blood boil - a million dollar contribution EACH to play at Trumps golf course - no wonder the US people are marching

Good grief. It makes me want to weep - imagine the good that could be done with that money, the people who could be fed & housed & healed. I think it might take a special kind of evil to just throw it away on a  game of golf.


I'm SO grateful my ancestors came here.

(08-04-2025, 06:49 AM)kiwimade64 Wrote: morning  ladies   It's supposed to rain today, we'll see.

We also saw Judith Collins' announcement on the news last evening.  And while I agree a lot of our military gear is old and needs replacing and updating and we need to do our bit, I do wonder where this money has miraculously appeared from.

Happy crafting

(07-04-2025, 08:32 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Well, considering how many kiwis are over there, she has a point...

(08-04-2025, 09:19 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: We get used to the way our bodies work and the pain levels, we learn to live with it. When that improves suddenly it comes as a lovely surprise. I'm glad you are feeling good km.

Don't get this blasted bug. I am so over it.

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(08-04-2025, 06:49 AM)kiwimade64 Wrote: morning  ladies   It's supposed to rain today, we'll see.

We also saw Judith Collins' announcement on the news last evening.  And while I agree a lot of our military gear is old and needs replacing and updating and we need to do our bit, I do wonder where this money has miraculously appeared from.

Happy crafting

Can't resist...

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