(10-05-2025, 01:17 PM)Jan Wrote: Funny old day in the Bay today - Mother Nature can’t make up her mind - sun pops out briefly and disappears again behind grey clouds - very heavy rain in the night - perfect day for doing nothing - am struggling with my current project and the dark blue yarn- looking at a magnifying lamp - there are so many with a huge price range - the cheaper ones could be OK - thank goodness for the internet to check out the range - but not sure about customer reviews

Hope Mr K makes a speedy recovery - hopefully he is a good patient

Don’t forget the power rebate that is available - it was supposed to finish this year but has been extended out to 2032 - I have claimed it the last 2 years by sending an email to Meridian - the money is allocated so if it is not claimed will just go back into power company profits- I know that’s 52% to the tax payers

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/126398542/lowuser-electricity-tariffs-will-be-phased-out-over-5-years

Hunni my grandaughter bought the most beautiful calligraphy ink I have seen from Ribbon Rose in Auckland - the colours are absolutely stunning. She is a lawyer - has been based in Auck for the last few years her law firm was latched onto the cash cow Labour hooked them onto sorting out the legal mess the 2020 changes to the pay equity legislation -these 20 or so lawyers won’t be voting National for killing off their cash cow  - in 5 years only 3 cases were fully resolved - the ones in the pipeline that have been halted were years away from resolution -it’s very hard to provide legal argument as to why a librarian should get paid the same as a roading engineer

My son has leased his property in CHB as all the surrounding farms have been purchased for forestry - from 2020 the forestry companies have been allowed to plant pines right to the fence line so much of his land will end up in shade - my DIL has a small milking flock of saanen goats and self shearing sheep so sunshine is vital - they have purchased a property in Waikato a few kms away from Sanctuary Mountain - kakapo was heard booming there - the first time in the NI for over a century so the kids are determined they are going to hear it - they have sent me several videos they have made at night - so many morepork
I think they are going to enjoy living there - none of them are phased about changing schools I would of been very concerned about that

Better get cracking

(10-05-2025, 03:42 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote:

(10-05-2025, 01:17 PM)Jan Wrote: Funny old day in the Bay today - Mother Nature can’t make up her mind - sun pops out briefly and disappears again behind grey clouds - very heavy rain in the night - perfect day for doing nothing - am struggling with my current project and the dark blue yarn- looking at a magnifying lamp - there are so many with a huge price range - the cheaper ones could be OK - thank goodness for the internet to check out the range - but not sure about customer reviews

Hope Mr K makes a speedy recovery - hopefully he is a good patient

Don’t forget the power rebate that is available - it was supposed to finish this year but has been extended out to 2032 - I have claimed it the last 2 years by sending an email to Meridian - the money is allocated so if it is not claimed will just go back into power company profits- I know that’s 52% to the tax payers

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/126398542/lowuser-electricity-tariffs-will-be-phased-out-over-5-years

Hunni my grandaughter bought the most beautiful calligraphy ink I have seen from Ribbon Rose in Auckland - the colours are absolutely stunning. She is a lawyer - has been based in Auck for the last few years her law firm was latched onto the cash cow Labour hooked them onto sorting out the legal mess the 2020 changes to the pay equity legislation -these 20 or so lawyers won’t be voting National for killing off their cash cow  - in 5 years only 3 cases were fully resolved - the ones in the pipeline that have been halted were years away from resolution -it’s very hard to provide legal argument as to why a librarian should get paid the same as a roading engineer

My son has leased his property in CHB as all the surrounding farms have been purchased for forestry - from 2020 the forestry companies have been allowed to plant pines right to the fence line so much of his land will end up in shade - my DIL has a small milking flock of saanen goats and self shearing sheep so sunshine is vital - they have purchased a property in Waikato a few kms away from Sanctuary Mountain - kakapo was heard booming there - the first time in the NI for over a century so the kids are determined they are going to hear it - they have sent me several videos they have made at night - so many morepork
I think they are going to enjoy living there - none of them are phased about changing schools I would of been very concerned about that

Better get cracking

I played with alcohol inks a while back, on silk. Oh those were incredibly beautiful.

As for the pay equity thing, I just have one question... Why all the urgency and secrecy? Makes the whole business pong z bit. But then politics these days carries a certain je ne sais quoi, lol...