14-06-2024, 03:27 PM
Grey drizzly day in the Bay but have had a fantastic morning - my motel Mum has shifted into her house - her late husbands Uni/rugby mates have done all the landscaping including a trampoline and garden sheds with new bikes - all their stuff had to be sold to qualify for emergency housing - so those kids are over the moon - she knows she can go to the social supermarket whenever she needs to .Her in-laws are not happy she used his KiwiSaver to enable her to buy the house - he wanted her to keep it to pay for the girls weddings - too bad
When my son was offered his dream job in Oz getting a fully computerised sawmill running - he did a sawmill apprenticeship then a computer degree - his father told him to do the apprenticeship first as it was no good just doing the job on a computer screen which turned out to be bang on -I was initially devastated but never let on - the salary was eye watering but more importantly it was his dream job .We had built a beautiful house overlooking the lake at Acacia Bay which turned out to be a leaky home - we decided to cut our losses sell it for enough to cover the mortgage and go to Oz he could earn big money and I took my QS job with me - with hindsight was a brilliant decision as the treatment for his disease was way ahead over there - the population is so huge it was quite a common disease .We all came home as his disease progressed except one grandaughter who had already established a physio clinic - when kiwi Uni lecturers decided to remain online lecturing after Covid abated two more of them went back to Oz to complete their degrees - the third one stayed as she had a brilliant part time job working for a cleaning contractor who cleaned Jacinda’s official residence .We all chuckle when the media bring up Luxon claiming an allowance rather than living in the official residence - my grandaughter was one of 10 Uni students working for the contractor doing various duties - she was a housemaid earned 42k a year - the contractor must have been being paid a million a year -but she had a lot of family living there so at times my grandaughter was very busy - she reckoned she was underpaid after Clarke had a party .I am sure she will go as soon as she qualifies .My other sons children not sure - the son is at uni the daughter still at school - all you can hope is that they are happy.Just hope they all stay in Sydney - Perth is so much more expensive
I had a lot of leeks given to me so last night didn’t have a clue what I fancied - so made a quick green curry - curry paste and coconut milk - thinly sliced a pile of leeks - steamed a piece of fish I found in the freezer - dumped it all in the curry sauce - I used to love my Mums leeks in white sauce - wish she had been here to try my concoction last night she would have been impressed
The shoplifting is dropping right off -instead of 10 a day it’s now 10 a week - the facial recognition camera identifies the trespassed offender entering the store - police are immediately informed as it is an offence to go into the store - the security camera follows the offender - it takes them about 4 mins to gather up $1000 meat - they leave the store if the police haven’t made it to catch them on site they use the rego to go to the home address - last week they followed one shoplifter home - his house was full of stolen stuff from all over town plus firearms including a replica machine gun PLUS 2.5 million dollars worth of meth .
It will be interesting to see if the privacy commissioner stops the use of the cameras.
Off to make a coffee - fancy a big fat cream filled something or other - oh well will have to make do with my ginger nut
When my son was offered his dream job in Oz getting a fully computerised sawmill running - he did a sawmill apprenticeship then a computer degree - his father told him to do the apprenticeship first as it was no good just doing the job on a computer screen which turned out to be bang on -I was initially devastated but never let on - the salary was eye watering but more importantly it was his dream job .We had built a beautiful house overlooking the lake at Acacia Bay which turned out to be a leaky home - we decided to cut our losses sell it for enough to cover the mortgage and go to Oz he could earn big money and I took my QS job with me - with hindsight was a brilliant decision as the treatment for his disease was way ahead over there - the population is so huge it was quite a common disease .We all came home as his disease progressed except one grandaughter who had already established a physio clinic - when kiwi Uni lecturers decided to remain online lecturing after Covid abated two more of them went back to Oz to complete their degrees - the third one stayed as she had a brilliant part time job working for a cleaning contractor who cleaned Jacinda’s official residence .We all chuckle when the media bring up Luxon claiming an allowance rather than living in the official residence - my grandaughter was one of 10 Uni students working for the contractor doing various duties - she was a housemaid earned 42k a year - the contractor must have been being paid a million a year -but she had a lot of family living there so at times my grandaughter was very busy - she reckoned she was underpaid after Clarke had a party .I am sure she will go as soon as she qualifies .My other sons children not sure - the son is at uni the daughter still at school - all you can hope is that they are happy.Just hope they all stay in Sydney - Perth is so much more expensive
I had a lot of leeks given to me so last night didn’t have a clue what I fancied - so made a quick green curry - curry paste and coconut milk - thinly sliced a pile of leeks - steamed a piece of fish I found in the freezer - dumped it all in the curry sauce - I used to love my Mums leeks in white sauce - wish she had been here to try my concoction last night she would have been impressed
The shoplifting is dropping right off -instead of 10 a day it’s now 10 a week - the facial recognition camera identifies the trespassed offender entering the store - police are immediately informed as it is an offence to go into the store - the security camera follows the offender - it takes them about 4 mins to gather up $1000 meat - they leave the store if the police haven’t made it to catch them on site they use the rego to go to the home address - last week they followed one shoplifter home - his house was full of stolen stuff from all over town plus firearms including a replica machine gun PLUS 2.5 million dollars worth of meth .
It will be interesting to see if the privacy commissioner stops the use of the cameras.
Off to make a coffee - fancy a big fat cream filled something or other - oh well will have to make do with my ginger nut