When I was a teen only gang members and sailors had them. Now, because its trendy, loads do it, and most DO actually look awful. Idiots, not like changing your flares or mini for this years fashions....
We tried when there, recommended by one of the HR people too. Passed drug tests etc....but no. Everyone told us it was very who you knew, and families hiring others. And we were too old as well at age over 50. That was 10 years ago.
yet people on low incomes are supposed to survive, beneficiaries survive, and they get the smartass comments. $100K? What is your problem? We live on a pension with a mortgage and survive. Not well, but we dont starve. Too many toys on tick, cars on tick, flash clothes and pure living beyond your means. Live on what you actually earn instead.
Right, and the lawn mowing? Gardening? Car maintenance, house repairs, decorating etc? Isnt that called life and chores? (I am a woman) Husband just helped to spring clean the bedrooms, I did walls and dusting while he vacuumed and moved furniture around. Oh gee, unpaid....
Miele turbo foot nz $145. Overseas $50NZ with shipping. Safety boots (brand) $80NZ, overseas $48 inc shipping. De Walt battery $120nz, overseas $40 inc shipping. Sorry its not GST. Its NZ retailers ripping us off.
Diseases right....they were old and still well. Until the Bird Harassment squad turned up. This is what kills a lot of them, stressing them. Leave them alone, at people places and in the wild, such as it is.
Sure, and too bad about those unable to work due to health issues, YOU try living on the dole.How about not paying it to the working and the well off instead? That you is it?
Aw. My son got a payrise. No WFF, no accommodations supplements. But his child support increased and he is $8 worse off.We are on pension. No WFF, but we have a mortgage.Welcome to the real world.You have $50 more. And you need to save for a holiday? Hardly a necessary expense.
Life isnt about sex and fun all the time.You want to divorce at 42? Think of the financial situation, then when youve gone through the new men, youll realise theyre not much different.
You are superficial. Keep plucking, youll be bald soon.Beer bellies, caused by beer or not are a fact. My husband of 40 years has a small one, and he is 54kg, the rest of him skin and bone. We all age. But he is a lovely person, caring and helpful - round the house too....far better than a narcissistic model type.
People whine about the nanny state but then they want the govt to fix stuff like this. Im poor, but I have never and never will go near a loan shark. Its common sense, if you are broke, how do you afford the repayments?
What news does she read? Today Ive read a bout a 2yr old murdered, a young guy, murdered by another. Crashes and the endless poverty stories. The rates, petrol, whatever going up yet again, landlords moaning, people unable to rent, no-one able to afford to buy, and our shocking health system. No not the nurses crying poor, the mistakes and cover ups the DHBs do all the time.
I had a hard to spell, hard to pronounce surname. I took husbands common as dirt surname before I even married him and was relieved to do so.Personal choice.....
Totally 1, the ones over back of me know they can do what they like. It seems neighbours are doubted, questioned all the time, despite catching them in the act, and even cops turning up make no difference at all to HNZ. 8 years of it and counting.......
Neither the police or Western Union are at fault. The people who willingly handed their money over are. Why should another organisation bail them out? These scams are well publicised even if you have zero common sense.
My granddaughter is a too fat. Not really fat but more than she should be. It is the last thing Id nag her about. I do tell her, how great the strawberries, mushrooms, kumara, broccoli, corn, coleslaw etc is when she chooses these as ingredients. I tell her pies are OK too, they are, in moderation. I tell her we all need various vitamins etc but it is best from food, not bottles, and it doesnt matter which fruit and veg, we all have preferences, and dislikes. I tell her she is too pretty for makeup and its for old ladies like me to hide the ravaged bits. She now agrees and doesnt wear much. The novelty wore off, I didnt nag when it was the craze. Dont let them see you do food nonsense, or body image nonsense. They learn more by example.
My son earns over $100K. Not a Uni degree career....We are poor. he will buy our mortgage, we will move in with a relative, so he and grandchild will be far better off than we ever were. Yes housing is expensive, but I remember paying 20something % interest on the first place we bought, on one income for 5 years....we had no furniture, no TV, no washing machine, the ones these days have all the toys and cars on tick...they expect it all immediately.
A levy of rubbish tips, instead of setting up - like in the UK - ways to use that rubbish. Thats why I never vote for them, good theory, bad ideas what to do about it all.
So it drinks 5l and you milk the rest. That kills the justification to remove the calf. In fact the Hari Krishnas up West Auckland do exactly that, the calf is not removed and they milk. The real reason to remove the calf is profits, you get less milk if the calf gets some. You think we are all stupid?
$250 a month is not that high, my son had bills of $500 once, partner and her 3 heaters. It IS the bill payers fault, because you dont receive a paper bill is not a reason to think you now have free power and thus not be careful with your usage. Why didnt she ring them?
$465,700, but the 2016 capital valuation CV is $200,000. latest rating bill is only $2,776, haha. If I sold here in Auckland at its market value of $560,000 (3 bdrm), and paid mortgage back I could not afford that house. And my rates here have just increased to $1637. Who are they kidding?
Heat pumps, yes. We are moving later, to a place with a heat pump, the first thing I am doing is opening up the fireplace again and installing an inbuilt woodburner.Crippled though they are these days, it beats electricity for heating.
Are you aware many of the chemicals used to make it are in your garage? Paint, solvents, cleaners?And P, is made from cold medication.....better clean out your medicine cabinet too then.
Lifestyle?? Thats the problem. My mum can live on her single pension, pay the bills, grocery shop to excess and still save. She has no rent and no mortgage of course. If you dont pay for your house, whats the issue? Too many toys on tick? Too many overseas holidays? Lifestyle is right.
Just watching docos in the UK. Their coal fired power station, they add limestone to the chimney emissions (before it is emitted). Thus no acid rain and the byproduct is gypsum. That goes to the gib board factory round the corner. And the rubbish ti, the recycling they do there, themselves, not overseas. And the rest, the nappies etc they cant recycle? Into a furnace, again no emissions and they use it to power the local township....why cant we do these things in NZ? We are a joke really....
Husband used to use it in his garden. Then he stopped bothering, just using home made compost. There was no difference.You dont need loads of nitrates and superphosphates, Farmers used to use cow poo and seaweed.
My dad had experience with hospitals from when young. When he found he had cancer, he chose to keep it to himself and the GP. He died in hospital, a cruel thing to do to him in hindsight but my mum didnt know, but he was only subject to them for a week.best to have pallative care and spend the time at home with loved ones.Id left instructions to ensure that when its my turn.
Come on, rake thin models - complain. Obese models - complain. Attractive fine looking models - still complain? Should they just pick random people off the street, get over it. Tell you what, do what I did, put a no junk mail sticker on your letterbox.
My brothers is a simple off the pole to house. He has had 3 separate appointments (scope done) for build and they have not yet turned up at all. No explanation.Mine was a drawn out disaster. One of those crude staple to fence efforts. We ended up running conduit ourselves, cutting across drive ourselves, patching after ourselves. That is the short version of the drama. Rubbish from Chorus always. Yes worth it in the end but Chorus need to up their game.
Because shes an extremist. Using a filthy jar doesnt prevent the plastic cups filling landfills. reusable condoms? uhuh, hygiene springs to mind there....and how perishable the material then becomes. But not breeding in the first place? Less humans on the planet? Oh no.Getting manufacturers to stop making everything out of plastic in the first lace? Lets see her not buy anything plastic - like her phone, her laptop, her TV, her car, her artificial material house, the list is endless. Instead of fussing about jars and such.
Cats are not stupid. And they give you exactly as much attention as you give them. Treat it like a lawn ornament and of course it will ignore you. Give them attention and they respond accordingly. Mine waited at the door and jumped up tp greet me on returning home from work. They follow us about. As for birds, my friend had pet birds, the dogs killed all of them. Her cats didnt.
Fizzy at countdown is 99c a 1.5l bottle. Lazy??? Compare that to milk.You just assume. I dont know any poor living on coke anyway...I live on tea. 200 teabags at $3.99 a pack.
Considering most people cant even budget their household, its little wonder they have no idea about business or govt. On the one hand they want nice roads, on the other the money apparently has to come out of thin air? Dont cut other govt funding to make it up - teachers, health etc...think people, the money has to come from somewhere, we dont sell much to the world other than milk, logs and sheep.
You dont need 300sqm back yard, if you have a playground thats within100m walk of your house. Uhuh.Where do you put the roses, the freesias, the vege garden? What if you dont want a playground jammed with other people, you want to sunbathe in private, your want the kids in view outside while you cook.Glad were living this rat cage hole of a place.
I dont want to live in a nasty rat cage apartment anywhere, never mind an earthquake zone.I think people like the South Island because they can usually have big houses on big plots. And with people still waiting for rebuild, she is surprised??? It took 2 yrs for Napier and Hastings back in the 30s. 7 years on now and what?
I dont have a problem with them. Ive had it before, in fact its saved our bacon on occasion, waiting for a payment to clear and knowing it will let me.Sure $10, but you look at the fees on the arranged overdrafts.Budgeting helps you not incur it in the first place.
Why? If you choose to not have insurance, why rely on others to pay out?Its not expensive, my contents is $51 a month, and the sum insured is quite high.
Google them, powerswitch has a ranking by customer service as well as price. Globug are the pits.pay weekly a set amount, build up your credit over summer, thus avoiding the high in winter, low in summer problem. Work out the average first, I do this with ALL the bills, rates, water, power, ph.
If my mum can live on a single pension, why cant you? She has no mortgage, but pays rates,power, phones, net, insurance, 3rd party rubbish collection, vehicle expenses, and grocery shops a lot...not being careful with food spending. And saves $100 a fortnight. Perhaps you just want toys, and flash cars on tick and overseas holidays.Grow up. If you didnt save for the toys, live with it, its more than enough....way more than the dole or supported living payments, and those people have to pay housing costs too.
They lied. They practiced new drills and such on the kids. They gave fillings where none where needed. I was told I needed certain fillings and refused, never went back and 45 years later, those dodgy teeth are still fine and filling free.
True, my sons is slightly less, esp power. Internet is $75 a month. No car payments. You forgot insurance, $230 a month, house, contents and one car.People buy too much junk, have stuff on tick, live beyond their means.
townies are working in their clean, sanitised office jobs that would not even exist if not for farming,Oh jealous huh? What would you claim if the world was totally vegan then? Everyone would immediately be unemployed?
Minimise air moisture by doing your laundry during the day, with the windows open. Why? Washing machine doesnt fill the house with water, driers do. Mines in the garage, and anyway, i=f fine I hang it out.Bubble wrap----no VENTILATE. If you have none at all, you get mould.Keep the doors shut, the curtains shut too when heating. Thats all you need to do.
Aucklanders? The worst I saw was way down SOuth, as far SOuth as you can get. People put everything in bins, coal, garden waste. That is, when they werent dumping, back of the school was popular.
And when they are? My mum went after my dad died, showed her statements and bills, went along with my disabled brother who lived with them and still does. My brother on their books as a Supported Living beneficiary. They told her various incorrect things and unknown to her, over paid her pension. 3 years later she went back - against my advice - to ask for help getting the house painted. They told her she did not tell them she was sharing and thus needed to repay $3000 in pension overpayment. My brother, who went with her, sitting there with his blind cane etc...was asked if he drove my mum there. Toxic culture and no acceptance of mistakes by themselves. She now repays this mistake by WINZ. Told it is policy.
Certain people - rich men. Not the poor men, not slaves and not women. Are you serious?Many have forgotten suffrage was about being able to own property, not have the man who abandoned you, come back, help himself to any assets and money you may have scraped together and run again. It meant being able to ride a bike, which was banned before, wear knickerbockers under a skirt, abandon corsets and study at uni if they wished. Thats what it was about.
I just checked that. Nonsense, in fact coverage there is quite poor.In NZ, we have some mountainous difficult terrain, not a lack of caring about the very few in live in them.
Doors, clothes and a wrecked chair.Uhuh.I got rid of lounge suite, outdoor furniture, 1/2 the kitchen ware inc appliances, side table, china cabinet, 2 single beds, double bed, couch bed, 1 bookshelf, numerous paintings and ornaments, several power tools, (duplicates), a entire working, 2 yr old PC, desk, oak wardrobe, 2 free standing cupboards, set of drawers, freezer, and some misc items.
What is a girly car? Ive owned a Austin A30, Austin A60, Toyotas - Corolla, Sprinter, A Rover P5 (Straight 6) and currently own a Toyota Rush mini SUV.And I am female.
The problem is plastic. Go back to glass, tins, paper bags, pottery. Banning one or two products does nothing to stop the waste mountains, the marine pollution nor the effects on people as they slowly find....
Its not the supermarket bags (which are free in the north island btw). Its the manufacturers packaging. Look at a packet of biscuits, or milk bottles, or any thing at all you buy. Your phone, TV, carpet, the lsit of plastic goes on and on.Takeaway coffee? Never bought it in my 55 yrs.
being older had nothing to do with it.I know young people that stupid. And old people - as in late 80s and early 90s who would never even let them in the door, let along buy such a thing.
Flat? Yes. No heels. Not comfortable? They were far, far more comfortable than the horrible school shoes of the day. I loved them and wore them to death.
If NZ had no immigrants there would only be maori here (and moriori). First came the pakeha, then came the Pacific Islanders then came the ones from Yugoslavia and related countries, now they come from lots more places. And the descendants of the first immigrants whine? Laughable.
WINZ payments are made on the basis of paperwork you take them. keep the receipts and take them with you. Of course it is retrospective. They will not accept my rates increase because despite it being online, they say it must be a bill with my name on it. So 1st July means wait till August 31. Likewise Watercare, I average out the bills and pay the same each month, to stop the low in winter high in summer (because of the vege, fruit and herb gardens) bills. But no, I must show them the bills, never mind I calculated it based on my usual usage and the new costs, and Watercare confirmed it in writing, so a year from now, they will accept it, but of course, Wtarecare will have done the next increase by then. They do it on purpose actually, in the hope you give up and go away.
Rheumatoid arthritis is the inflammatory one. Osteo, just worn out cartilage. Do what you like, chase quack treatments, youll learn nothing fixes it. The keep moving advice is f=good, dont push it, but yes, move as much as you can. It helps stop you seizing up.
been there have you? Hamilton does not snow, Dunedin does. Friend had income of $52,000, no deposit but got gifted it by parent, bought $410,000 house in Hamilton. 3 bdrm, sleepout, stand alone section. Too much nonsense about buyers in the news, these are just the ones that expect a mansion as first home. Or have too much consumer debt.
Survival kit, lol. If its big enough youll be down the crack in the ground. Then if you are not, you will then wait at least 7 years for the lame EQC/govt to get their act together and sort out houses, roading and the like. Just move now.
Worried well syndrome. Why do pets live long and healthy lives, yet humans are perceived to need endless maintenance?The BS of preventative medicine which mostly does more harm than good.
Its already on labels, so many grams per serving etc...I always read them.Jarrah for instance, which my son was going to buy: 10% coffee, 7% cocoa and 8 grams sugar per serve. Then it says add sugar , lol....so mostly its oil and powder with a bit of flavour and a heap of sugar.
Tinker Bell's wings clipped by Air New Zealand
When I was a teen only gang members and sailors had them. Now, because its trendy, loads do it, and most DO actually look awful. Idiots, not like changing your flares or mini for this years fashions....
Rates bill jumps $1000 after council reviews status of granny flat
Own drive, own bathroom, separate building. Its a flat, therefore council is right.
Alliance move to import 100 overseas workers for Southland plants
We tried when there, recommended by one of the HR people too. Passed drug tests etc....but no. Everyone told us it was very who you knew, and families hiring others. And we were too old as well at age over 50. That was 10 years ago.
Hospital questions child on pregnancy status
My granddaughter got asked, she thought it was funny....
Mrs Salisbury: I finally told my wife I like to wear women's underwear
he is nuts? Why would he think that would impress her?
Verity Johnson: Why going to a male strip club is a feminist experience
Women behaving like piggish men and thinking men being treated like objects is feminism shows she has no idea what feminism really means.
Joel Maxwell: The business world doesn't really know any better than the rest of us
personal choice, if you want to learn it, fine. Dont force it on anyone.
BNZ customers demand compensation; some might even get it
get over it, a total meltdown over a short outage?Really? OMG cant spend, spend, spend for 5 minutes.
Teachers with 40 years' experience stuck on $59,600 because of pay 'inequality'
The most I ever earned in IT desktop support was $45K. With years of experience.Moaning bunch of whiners.
High-paid families feeling the squeeze
yet people on low incomes are supposed to survive, beneficiaries survive, and they get the smartass comments. $100K? What is your problem? We live on a pension with a mortgage and survive. Not well, but we dont starve. Too many toys on tick, cars on tick, flash clothes and pure living beyond your means. Live on what you actually earn instead.
What's hot for kitchens?
When will they learn? Todays trendy is tomorrows dated and what were they thinking?!.Dark, gloomy and like a factory floor.No thanks.
"Women's unpaid work is worth billions of dollars: study",
Right, and the lawn mowing? Gardening? Car maintenance, house repairs, decorating etc? Isnt that called life and chores? (I am a woman) Husband just helped to spring clean the bedrooms, I did walls and dusting while he vacuumed and moved furniture around. Oh gee, unpaid....
"Tax-free internet shopping to end next October",
Miele turbo foot nz $145. Overseas $50NZ with shipping. Safety boots (brand) $80NZ, overseas $48 inc shipping. De Walt battery $120nz, overseas $40 inc shipping. Sorry its not GST. Its NZ retailers ripping us off.
Long-lived kea die after visit from DOC, long-term carers blame the department for their death
Diseases right....they were old and still well. Until the Bird Harassment squad turned up. This is what kills a lot of them, stressing them. Leave them alone, at people places and in the wild, such as it is.
Why not be a world leader on cannabis reform, instead of a follower?
Too late, the US and Canada have a head start. WE couldnt even do it with painkillers, Aussie produces them, we STILL dont.
Raise the pension age regardless of future Super affordability
Sure, and too bad about those unable to work due to health issues, YOU try living on the dole.How about not paying it to the working and the well off instead? That you is it?
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff risks job half-done if he decides against re-election bid
I did not vote for him and wont again.I knew he would be a bad choice, so many get sucked in to voting for those with fame or personality.
What's hot for summer? Bold colours, separates and 'shackets'
Must have, yeah right. I will continue to wear the clothes I have, not toss them for whatever stupid fashion and make someone else rich.
When a $16k payrise only gives you $50 a week extra in hand after credits reduced
Aw. My son got a payrise. No WFF, no accommodations supplements. But his child support increased and he is $8 worse off.We are on pension. No WFF, but we have a mortgage.Welcome to the real world.You have $50 more. And you need to save for a holiday? Hardly a necessary expense.
Manufacturers' 24-month warranties are too short, Kiwis say
They know the CGA alright, they just make it as hard as possible for you, in the hope you give up and go away.I experienced this recently.
Dear Jennifer: I'm married to a good guy but I'm bored
Life isnt about sex and fun all the time.You want to divorce at 42? Think of the financial situation, then when youve gone through the new men, youll realise theyre not much different.
Head scratching in Marlborough as spare jobs spark survey
Heard that before. We did move somewhere crying no workers, trouble was I was too old at 50+ and also a jaffa. Moved back....
Blow the residents - let's just make the whole street a school drop-off zone
Yes, fat legless children everywhere, and they might melt if it rains too.
Syn city: NZ's deadly designer drugs crisis
1)Stop calling it cannabis. Synthetic it is, cannabis it is not.2)Decriminalise cannabis.
Why should I settle for men with beer bellies and man boobs?
You are superficial. Keep plucking, youll be bald soon.Beer bellies, caused by beer or not are a fact. My husband of 40 years has a small one, and he is 54kg, the rest of him skin and bone. We all age. But he is a lovely person, caring and helpful - round the house too....far better than a narcissistic model type.
'Easy money to get, very expensive to pay back': loan victim speaks out
People whine about the nanny state but then they want the govt to fix stuff like this. Im poor, but I have never and never will go near a loan shark. Its common sense, if you are broke, how do you afford the repayments?
Moving to NZ "the most humbling experience" of her life, migrant says
What news does she read? Today Ive read a bout a 2yr old murdered, a young guy, murdered by another. Crashes and the endless poverty stories. The rates, petrol, whatever going up yet again, landlords moaning, people unable to rent, no-one able to afford to buy, and our shocking health system. No not the nurses crying poor, the mistakes and cover ups the DHBs do all the time.
Switching surnames: Why a happily married woman went back to her maiden name
I had a hard to spell, hard to pronounce surname. I took husbands common as dirt surname before I even married him and was relieved to do so.Personal choice.....
"Troublesome social housing tenants frustrate image-conscious neighbours
Totally 1, the ones over back of me know they can do what they like. It seems neighbours are doubted, questioned all the time, despite catching them in the act, and even cops turning up make no difference at all to HNZ. 8 years of it and counting.......
Charity couldn't get NZ Police to 'come to the table' to help scam victims
Neither the police or Western Union are at fault. The people who willingly handed their money over are. Why should another organisation bail them out? These scams are well publicised even if you have zero common sense.
She was 11, with an eating disorder that no-one could diagnose
My granddaughter is a too fat. Not really fat but more than she should be. It is the last thing Id nag her about. I do tell her, how great the strawberries, mushrooms, kumara, broccoli, corn, coleslaw etc is when she chooses these as ingredients. I tell her pies are OK too, they are, in moderation. I tell her we all need various vitamins etc but it is best from food, not bottles, and it doesnt matter which fruit and veg, we all have preferences, and dislikes. I tell her she is too pretty for makeup and its for old ladies like me to hide the ravaged bits. She now agrees and doesnt wear much. The novelty wore off, I didnt nag when it was the craze. Dont let them see you do food nonsense, or body image nonsense. They learn more by example.
Young people 'expect to end up poorer' but it's not all gloom
My son earns over $100K. Not a Uni degree career....We are poor. he will buy our mortgage, we will move in with a relative, so he and grandchild will be far better off than we ever were. Yes housing is expensive, but I remember paying 20something % interest on the first place we bought, on one income for 5 years....we had no furniture, no TV, no washing machine, the ones these days have all the toys and cars on tick...they expect it all immediately.
"Bye bye Kiwi BBQ, hello smokey US-style cooking",
Sorry we have cooked over ti-tree for 40 years and never burnt a thing. You cook over coals, not flame. Simple. Thats all there is to it.
Bruised Green Party go back to basics at annual conference
A levy of rubbish tips, instead of setting up - like in the UK - ways to use that rubbish. Thats why I never vote for them, good theory, bad ideas what to do about it all.
Five-year-old nearly hit by car during school gate pick up chaos
Park in bus stop is her answer??!!! Walk! Like they all used to. Like a few still do.They have legs, most are so fat too. Walk.
As many as one in five house buyers in NZ may be foreign
Restrictions on foreigners buying New Zealand property will depress pricesIsnt that the point??!
Milking it: Taking calves from their mothers keeps the dairy industry going
So it drinks 5l and you milk the rest. That kills the justification to remove the calf. In fact the Hari Krishnas up West Auckland do exactly that, the calf is not removed and they milk. The real reason to remove the calf is profits, you get less milk if the calf gets some. You think we are all stupid?
'Why was Mum allowed to rack up a $12,000 bill?'
$250 a month is not that high, my son had bills of $500 once, partner and her 3 heaters. It IS the bill payers fault, because you dont receive a paper bill is not a reason to think you now have free power and thus not be careful with your usage. Why didnt she ring them?
Our power bill is $70 - and we don't go without
All that and its $70?! Neighbour cooks on gas, showers every day (all 3 of them) and their bill is $80. No vege gardens either.
Why has this house been listed on Trade Me for the longest period?
$465,700, but the 2016 capital valuation CV is $200,000. latest rating bill is only $2,776, haha. If I sold here in Auckland at its market value of $560,000 (3 bdrm), and paid mortgage back I could not afford that house. And my rates here have just increased to $1637. Who are they kidding?
Spike in electricity use coincides with ice snaps
Heat pumps, yes. We are moving later, to a place with a heat pump, the first thing I am doing is opening up the fireplace again and installing an inbuilt woodburner.Crippled though they are these days, it beats electricity for heating.
Auckland woman's 'apartment on wheels' costs only $1500 per month
Tell me where $3 night.Everywhere I look its a minimum of $16. Doc charges $21.
DIY dentistry: industry booming in Australia but experts warn of dangers
Hmm. After being quoted a small fortune to remove a tooth I DIYed it....very successful too and free.
The meth house is a myth: Theres no risk from drug smoking residue, Govt report finds
Are you aware many of the chemicals used to make it are in your garage? Paint, solvents, cleaners?And P, is made from cold medication.....better clean out your medicine cabinet too then.
NZ Super isn't enough for 'no frills' lifestyle, but Kiwis are bridging the gap
Lifestyle?? Thats the problem. My mum can live on her single pension, pay the bills, grocery shop to excess and still save. She has no rent and no mortgage of course. If you dont pay for your house, whats the issue? Too many toys on tick? Too many overseas holidays? Lifestyle is right.
We're banning bags, but what about all the other single-use plastic?
Just watching docos in the UK. Their coal fired power station, they add limestone to the chimney emissions (before it is emitted). Thus no acid rain and the byproduct is gypsum. That goes to the gib board factory round the corner. And the rubbish ti, the recycling they do there, themselves, not overseas. And the rest, the nappies etc they cant recycle? Into a furnace, again no emissions and they use it to power the local township....why cant we do these things in NZ? We are a joke really....
Precious rock New Zealand is accused of stealing from the Sahara
Husband used to use it in his garden. Then he stopped bothering, just using home made compost. There was no difference.You dont need loads of nitrates and superphosphates, Farmers used to use cow poo and seaweed.
Treaty of Waitangi: What was lost
And now we are selling it all off to overseas people. What goes around comes around.
Dad deserved better than his painful, terrified death
My dad had experience with hospitals from when young. When he found he had cancer, he chose to keep it to himself and the GP. He died in hospital, a cruel thing to do to him in hindsight but my mum didnt know, but he was only subject to them for a week.best to have pallative care and spend the time at home with loved ones.Id left instructions to ensure that when its my turn.
Marriage means taking risks – no wonder 'generation sensible' isn't doing it
I met husband at age 14, married at age 19. Just had our 36th anniversary....
"Dear Farmers, please get new bra ads
Come on, rake thin models - complain. Obese models - complain. Attractive fine looking models - still complain? Should they just pick random people off the street, get over it. Tell you what, do what I did, put a no junk mail sticker on your letterbox.
How to get fibre installed
My brothers is a simple off the pole to house. He has had 3 separate appointments (scope done) for build and they have not yet turned up at all. No explanation.Mine was a drawn out disaster. One of those crude staple to fence efforts. We ended up running conduit ourselves, cutting across drive ourselves, patching after ourselves. That is the short version of the drama. Rubbish from Chorus always. Yes worth it in the end but Chorus need to up their game.
'Scum' and 'scabs' sprayed on emergency housing lawn in weedkiller
Most of them comment on stuff about how these people are at fault and spend all their money on alcohol and smokes too.Perceptions.....
Reusable condoms, home-made mascara and the art of refusing freebies
Because shes an extremist. Using a filthy jar doesnt prevent the plastic cups filling landfills. reusable condoms? uhuh, hygiene springs to mind there....and how perishable the material then becomes. But not breeding in the first place? Less humans on the planet? Oh no.Getting manufacturers to stop making everything out of plastic in the first lace? Lets see her not buy anything plastic - like her phone, her laptop, her TV, her car, her artificial material house, the list is endless. Instead of fussing about jars and such.
It's a dog eat cat world. Get used to it
Cats are not stupid. And they give you exactly as much attention as you give them. Treat it like a lawn ornament and of course it will ignore you. Give them attention and they respond accordingly. Mine waited at the door and jumped up tp greet me on returning home from work. They follow us about. As for birds, my friend had pet birds, the dogs killed all of them. Her cats didnt.
Michelle Duff: Malnourished kids are our responsibility
Fizzy at countdown is 99c a 1.5l bottle. Lazy??? Compare that to milk.You just assume. I dont know any poor living on coke anyway...I live on tea. 200 teabags at $3.99 a pack.
NZ and overseas companies asked to ramp up prefab ops for Kiwibuild
We have enough cheap material junk shacks now. Build properly.
"Small-town garages put 'service' in service station, amid NZ petrol price frenzy",
Considering most people cant even budget their household, its little wonder they have no idea about business or govt. On the one hand they want nice roads, on the other the money apparently has to come out of thin air? Dont cut other govt funding to make it up - teachers, health etc...think people, the money has to come from somewhere, we dont sell much to the world other than milk, logs and sheep.
Why Kiwis pay so much for beef and lamb
Tell that to Steve Jobs....decade longer, lol.
Fletcher Living house built in a day at Hobsonville Point
You dont need 300sqm back yard, if you have a playground thats within100m walk of your house. Uhuh.Where do you put the roses, the freesias, the vege garden? What if you dont want a playground jammed with other people, you want to sunbathe in private, your want the kids in view outside while you cook.Glad were living this rat cage hole of a place.
Project 8011 plans to repopulate central Christchurch
I dont want to live in a nasty rat cage apartment anywhere, never mind an earthquake zone.I think people like the South Island because they can usually have big houses on big plots. And with people still waiting for rebuild, she is surprised??? It took 2 yrs for Napier and Hastings back in the 30s. 7 years on now and what?
Plan to ban vaping in bars, restaurants, schools and workplaces in New Zealand
Really. Bugger it then, might as well light up
Budget Buster: Overdrawn and out of luck
I dont have a problem with them. Ive had it before, in fact its saved our bacon on occasion, waiting for a payment to clear and knowing it will let me.Sure $10, but you look at the fees on the arranged overdrafts.Budgeting helps you not incur it in the first place.
Mother and young sons lose all possessions in Muriwai house fire
Why? If you choose to not have insurance, why rely on others to pay out?Its not expensive, my contents is $51 a month, and the sum insured is quite high.
Hospital car parking slammed as unfair, as woman pays up to $200 a week
Park over the road at the shops, we have.
Father's power struggle after meter switch mix-up
Google them, powerswitch has a ranking by customer service as well as price. Globug are the pits.pay weekly a set amount, build up your credit over summer, thus avoiding the high in winter, low in summer problem. Work out the average first, I do this with ALL the bills, rates, water, power, ph.
Here's how to bridge the pension gap
If my mum can live on a single pension, why cant you? She has no mortgage, but pays rates,power, phones, net, insurance, 3rd party rubbish collection, vehicle expenses, and grocery shops a lot...not being careful with food spending. And saves $100 a fortnight. Perhaps you just want toys, and flash cars on tick and overseas holidays.Grow up. If you didnt save for the toys, live with it, its more than enough....way more than the dole or supported living payments, and those people have to pay housing costs too.
Armstrong: If dental professionals, hardly fringe radicals, are calling for a tax on sugar we should at least listen
They lied. They practiced new drills and such on the kids. They gave fillings where none where needed. I was told I needed certain fillings and refused, never went back and 45 years later, those dodgy teeth are still fine and filling free.
Expert tips on how to style a bed
Sorry no. No satin or silk. Ick. No throws or other unnecessary clutter. No millions of cushions and pillows.Just tidy and what you need only.
Money stress still a problem for higher-earning households
True, my sons is slightly less, esp power. Internet is $75 a month. No car payments. You forgot insurance, $230 a month, house, contents and one car.People buy too much junk, have stuff on tick, live beyond their means.
"$120,000 boat stolen in the Bay of Islands",
A building. Secure. Right, Stupid not insuring it. Other things can happen actually, fire? Sinking in the water, storms.
Four-day week is for townies, not farmers
townies are working in their clean, sanitised office jobs that would not even exist if not for farming,Oh jealous huh? What would you claim if the world was totally vegan then? Everyone would immediately be unemployed?
The home heating mistakes you may be making (and how to fix them)
Minimise air moisture by doing your laundry during the day, with the windows open. Why? Washing machine doesnt fill the house with water, driers do. Mines in the garage, and anyway, i=f fine I hang it out.Bubble wrap----no VENTILATE. If you have none at all, you get mould.Keep the doors shut, the curtains shut too when heating. Thats all you need to do.
Larger landfill levy and Aucklanders laziness in sights of Govt recycling taskforce
Aucklanders? The worst I saw was way down SOuth, as far SOuth as you can get. People put everything in bins, coal, garden waste. That is, when they werent dumping, back of the school was popular.
Dog owners prepare for tighter restraint laws on utes
Ive seen it, dog flying through windscreen. have you?
The E word: when, if ever, is it acceptable to call someone elderly?
So what are we then? Young? Middle aged? Of course we are elderly. Sheesh, what a stupid article.
Winter motoring: is it okay to warm up your car before driving?
I know people who do this summer and winter. Because they have no clue how the engine works, you cant tell them.....
"Low-income people turning to loan sharks because 'they're nicer'",
And when they are? My mum went after my dad died, showed her statements and bills, went along with my disabled brother who lived with them and still does. My brother on their books as a Supported Living beneficiary. They told her various incorrect things and unknown to her, over paid her pension. 3 years later she went back - against my advice - to ask for help getting the house painted. They told her she did not tell them she was sharing and thus needed to repay $3000 in pension overpayment. My brother, who went with her, sitting there with his blind cane etc...was asked if he drove my mum there. Toxic culture and no acceptance of mistakes by themselves. She now repays this mistake by WINZ. Told it is policy.
The day NZ's 'shrieking sisterhood' forced the vote on 'womenly women'
Certain people - rich men. Not the poor men, not slaves and not women. Are you serious?Many have forgotten suffrage was about being able to own property, not have the man who abandoned you, come back, help himself to any assets and money you may have scraped together and run again. It meant being able to ride a bike, which was banned before, wear knickerbockers under a skirt, abandon corsets and study at uni if they wished. Thats what it was about.
Nelson pensioner fights the power to keep his bills to less than $50 a month
Mines $140 a month. But I keep the cylinder on, silly to have it reheat and germy.We have 4 here.
Disconnected: the 1 per cent who might never get internet
I just checked that. Nonsense, in fact coverage there is quite poor.In NZ, we have some mountainous difficult terrain, not a lack of caring about the very few in live in them.
Auckland couple gets rid of 900 items in 30 days
Doors, clothes and a wrecked chair.Uhuh.I got rid of lounge suite, outdoor furniture, 1/2 the kitchen ware inc appliances, side table, china cabinet, 2 single beds, double bed, couch bed, 1 bookshelf, numerous paintings and ornaments, several power tools, (duplicates), a entire working, 2 yr old PC, desk, oak wardrobe, 2 free standing cupboards, set of drawers, freezer, and some misc items.
"Maybe it's not my girly car that makes me a tailgate target, maybe it's that I'm a girl",
What is a girly car? Ive owned a Austin A30, Austin A60, Toyotas - Corolla, Sprinter, A Rover P5 (Straight 6) and currently own a Toyota Rush mini SUV.And I am female.
Title of cheapest fuel in New Zealand goes to tiny hydro power community Atiamuri
So? It is what it is. Most of us cant drive 140km to a cheap station to fill up, it doesnt make sense.
NZ Post's main business returns to red as letter volumes continue to plunge
Youd think theyd up their game on parcels, but no, they remain the worst courier of the lot.
The 'safe' plastic you're microwaving could be just as bad as BPA
The problem is plastic. Go back to glass, tins, paper bags, pottery. Banning one or two products does nothing to stop the waste mountains, the marine pollution nor the effects on people as they slowly find....
Green Thinking: Christchurch mum says living green will save you money
Its not the supermarket bags (which are free in the north island btw). Its the manufacturers packaging. Look at a packet of biscuits, or milk bottles, or any thing at all you buy. Your phone, TV, carpet, the lsit of plastic goes on and on.Takeaway coffee? Never bought it in my 55 yrs.
Ombudsman rescues 'Betty' from outrageous $3290 vacuum deal
being older had nothing to do with it.I know young people that stupid. And old people - as in late 80s and early 90s who would never even let them in the door, let along buy such a thing.
Share market aversion leaves New Zealand investors out of pocket
Its a form of gambling.We had shares once. Goldcorp. Brierly....All the recommended by these guys,at the time....right.
What does ‘modern’ actually mean? An interior design glossary for dummies
Or Op SHop: An electic mix, based totally on budget.
They were flat, they were ugly – and nostalgia demands a reboot of the 1980s schoolyard favourite Nomad shoes
Flat? Yes. No heels. Not comfortable? They were far, far more comfortable than the horrible school shoes of the day. I loved them and wore them to death.
Five ways NZ has changed beyond recognition – and changed for the better
If NZ had no immigrants there would only be maori here (and moriori). First came the pakeha, then came the Pacific Islanders then came the ones from Yugoslavia and related countries, now they come from lots more places. And the descendants of the first immigrants whine? Laughable.
My reality: Sick, poor and unable to work
WINZ payments are made on the basis of paperwork you take them. keep the receipts and take them with you. Of course it is retrospective. They will not accept my rates increase because despite it being online, they say it must be a bill with my name on it. So 1st July means wait till August 31. Likewise Watercare, I average out the bills and pay the same each month, to stop the low in winter high in summer (because of the vege, fruit and herb gardens) bills. But no, I must show them the bills, never mind I calculated it based on my usual usage and the new costs, and Watercare confirmed it in writing, so a year from now, they will accept it, but of course, Wtarecare will have done the next increase by then. They do it on purpose actually, in the hope you give up and go away.
Dr Cathy Stephenson: The incredibly common disease making everyday life painful
Rheumatoid arthritis is the inflammatory one. Osteo, just worn out cartilage. Do what you like, chase quack treatments, youll learn nothing fixes it. The keep moving advice is f=good, dont push it, but yes, move as much as you can. It helps stop you seizing up.
First-home buyers - and investors - look to Dunedin
been there have you? Hamilton does not snow, Dunedin does. Friend had income of $52,000, no deposit but got gifted it by parent, bought $410,000 house in Hamilton. 3 bdrm, sleepout, stand alone section. Too much nonsense about buyers in the news, these are just the ones that expect a mansion as first home. Or have too much consumer debt.
Alpine Fault quake: It will 'likely happen in the lifetime of many Kiwis'
Survival kit, lol. If its big enough youll be down the crack in the ground. Then if you are not, you will then wait at least 7 years for the lame EQC/govt to get their act together and sort out houses, roading and the like. Just move now.
Dr Cathy Stephenson: When to visit the doctor for a 'check up'
Worried well syndrome. Why do pets live long and healthy lives, yet humans are perceived to need endless maintenance?The BS of preventative medicine which mostly does more harm than good.
Sugar labelling may help, but won't solve obesity epidemic alone
Its already on labels, so many grams per serving etc...I always read them.Jarrah for instance, which my son was going to buy: 10% coffee, 7% cocoa and 8 grams sugar per serve. Then it says add sugar , lol....so mostly its oil and powder with a bit of flavour and a heap of sugar.
Buying in the off-season an easy way to save hundreds
Xmas sales? Theyre mostly nonsense. Pricepsy and Priceme rule, all year.
Winning Auckland bathrooms celebrate bold use of colour
Oh right, not having changed it from its original navy and white colour scheme in the first place, its now trendy again.