14-04-2024, 11:22 AM
Bit chilly in the Bay this morning - I was supposed to be house sitting for two weeks for my son and DIL but DIL had a brainwave - she knows the motel Mum well - was dental technician at her dentist so we all agreed that asking her and the children to house sit for the holidays was a great idea all round - the house sitting is more animal sitting an old cavoodle a hilarious French bulldog and a sassy old Russian blue cat who are used to sleeping on the kids beds or the adults bed - so when I house sit on my own all three are on my bed each with their own nighttime idiosyncrasies- the pantry and the freezer are full so it will be great for the kids to get out of the motel for the holidays - hope the kids don’t expect junk food my DIL has only healthy - I always pack my suitcase with chocolate etc .We are hoping that if everything goes to plan they won’t be going back to the motel
My Art Deco small house was built in 1942 - on one side we are a metre apart - the otherside a narrow drive way apart - if I am in my kitchen I can hear my close neighbours get up from the table - they have polished wooden floors so the wooden chairs make a unique sound .But I have a big backyard opening out onto a reserve with huge old trees - there are huge trees all around - across the street the sections are wider but they don’t have big backyards - two doors down is the last remaining community house in Napier that was bought by the Helen Clark govt - all along the street it goes 2 bedroom 3 bedroom 4 bedroom - the govt bought the 4 bedroom one and because the neighbours got so involved it has survived - 4 adult residents - receive a lot of assistance from health workers etc and the neighbour group set up and they are brilliant neighbours- don’t have a care in the world
Terrifying the happenings in Bondi - last week the police took 20 repeat offenders from Robies shop to court - 89 charges between them over 4 years - under the new police minister the police are acting on shoplifting - anyway 4 days after these people were in court the facial recognition camera picked up a trespassed shopper had entered the store one of the 20 - the camera only shows from your chin to your hairline not what you are wearing so it’s not instant recognition- by the time the identification procedure had been followed - 3 mins - he had left the store with $649 vacuum packed Wagyu steak - rego was sent to the police who were in the area - his well known vehicle was spotted and stopped - the meat was still in the bag with a sawn off shotgun - thank god security didn’t approach him .From 1st March repeat offenders have been in the shop - with 3 knives - staff threatened twice - a pistol found when the police arrested the 14 year old tucked into his jeans - a machete in a bag kicked away by a customer as the police struggled with the offender on the floor - and now a shot gun .The reason Foodstuffs wanted to introduce facial recognition was to identify before they entered the shop the recidivist offender who had been previously trespassed and was therefore in the system and stop them entering - yes it might identify somebody wrongly but surely the safety of the staff and customers overrides the risk .The security systems in wide spread use like the ones used against Golrig can be sent to whoever but the info on the facial system self destructs - obviously Foodstuffs are not going to be allowed to continue using it - the recent article in the herald from the Commerce commission complaining his friend who left the store with his groceries after his card declined proves that - the store didn’t even have facial recognition- it’s all about the safety of staff and customers -
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/foodstuffs...DZKEWIC7Y/
people shouldn’t be allowed to go shopping with a sawn off shotgun or a machete .The checkout operator who was attacked with a knife late last year is still off work - her freezer jacket saved her -wish Robie would sell the bloody place - he started off stacking yoghurt while he was at Uni was going to be a criminologist- they have both worked so hard it’s simply not worth it
My Art Deco small house was built in 1942 - on one side we are a metre apart - the otherside a narrow drive way apart - if I am in my kitchen I can hear my close neighbours get up from the table - they have polished wooden floors so the wooden chairs make a unique sound .But I have a big backyard opening out onto a reserve with huge old trees - there are huge trees all around - across the street the sections are wider but they don’t have big backyards - two doors down is the last remaining community house in Napier that was bought by the Helen Clark govt - all along the street it goes 2 bedroom 3 bedroom 4 bedroom - the govt bought the 4 bedroom one and because the neighbours got so involved it has survived - 4 adult residents - receive a lot of assistance from health workers etc and the neighbour group set up and they are brilliant neighbours- don’t have a care in the world
Terrifying the happenings in Bondi - last week the police took 20 repeat offenders from Robies shop to court - 89 charges between them over 4 years - under the new police minister the police are acting on shoplifting - anyway 4 days after these people were in court the facial recognition camera picked up a trespassed shopper had entered the store one of the 20 - the camera only shows from your chin to your hairline not what you are wearing so it’s not instant recognition- by the time the identification procedure had been followed - 3 mins - he had left the store with $649 vacuum packed Wagyu steak - rego was sent to the police who were in the area - his well known vehicle was spotted and stopped - the meat was still in the bag with a sawn off shotgun - thank god security didn’t approach him .From 1st March repeat offenders have been in the shop - with 3 knives - staff threatened twice - a pistol found when the police arrested the 14 year old tucked into his jeans - a machete in a bag kicked away by a customer as the police struggled with the offender on the floor - and now a shot gun .The reason Foodstuffs wanted to introduce facial recognition was to identify before they entered the shop the recidivist offender who had been previously trespassed and was therefore in the system and stop them entering - yes it might identify somebody wrongly but surely the safety of the staff and customers overrides the risk .The security systems in wide spread use like the ones used against Golrig can be sent to whoever but the info on the facial system self destructs - obviously Foodstuffs are not going to be allowed to continue using it - the recent article in the herald from the Commerce commission complaining his friend who left the store with his groceries after his card declined proves that - the store didn’t even have facial recognition- it’s all about the safety of staff and customers -
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/foodstuffs...DZKEWIC7Y/
people shouldn’t be allowed to go shopping with a sawn off shotgun or a machete .The checkout operator who was attacked with a knife late last year is still off work - her freezer jacket saved her -wish Robie would sell the bloody place - he started off stacking yoghurt while he was at Uni was going to be a criminologist- they have both worked so hard it’s simply not worth it