The Daily Blog Open Mic – 19th January 2025
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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The Warehouse management need to keep an eye on their regional franchises or however they run the company.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/539363/mayor-removes-abandoned-double-trailer-himself-since-council-hadn-t
Leaving a truck parked somewhere for 8 months (or one with your firm’s logo on it), is not wise.
There must have been complaints but it is so easy to ignore customers these days. Look at NZ Post deciding to ignore customers wishes over the withdrawing of services re address or private box.
My grizzle is withdrawing the 0900 phone number system used between phone and bank company for ease of donations that keep charities running.
We are living in a sham modernity.
Another thought to the first comment. This is not the first mayor to ginger things up that the system that his so-called staff have been slow to activate. Perhaps we should be looking at how we can cut out the middle man – or cut down on – so that Councillors and MPs are expected to have skill and had performance in, and run their own kit and kaboodle. There would be an official Commissioner, from another area, who would have a regular overview that would be brought forward if correction was needed.
And there would be a number of citizen faction-members who would have input into their area of expertise and would be watched by those who elected, and employed them on part-time wages based on the minimum wage, and they could be removed on fair grounds. Everyone would be interested. Also there would be volunteer groups going round attending to their own chosen task area under scrutiny, and regular evenings out for sausages and mash or biscuits and coffee etc. Making it social and recompensed and acknowledged with gratitude shown. Volunteers who keep at it should be embraced, almost literally. In Nelson we have a seat in Buxton Square with a plaque to one such notable for early morning walks and forays on street litter. .
NZ has wonderful people, let’s face it but we don’t appreciate our country enough when we accept these tainted MPs (out of the frig too long and ‘gone off’, once away from school the money fever takes hold and overwhelms any learning).
So this guy is great. Mr Carson we thank you and your team.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/539361/abseiler-at-work-hanging-from-remote-cliffs-to-keep-highways-open
And the journo will do own proof-reading from now – (year – ear- air). We all make mistakes, Pity that our leaders and pollies don’t recognise this truth about themselves ever.
And lookee here – something else to learn to help face the Big Whatever which could, likely, be coming our way.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018961093/new-study-into-rock-climbers-unique-psychology 23 Oct 2024
…It’s a first-of-its-kind review, from the University of Canterbury.
Kevin Mangan is the lead author on this research and he speaks to Emile Donovan…
A study into the psychology of rock climbers has found they tend to be more conscientious, internally motivated and not driven by ego.
That’s the ticket. That’s what we need – to have a reasonable future, with camaraderie as well as loyalty and commitment, with both some hard work, some jollity.