I agree that all the choices seem a bit bleak this year. Usually I'm fairly confident in my choice of which party to vote for and just need to educate myself on my local electorate candidates, but this year I've had to do more research to figure out which party I feel will serve NZ best as we move forward. Haven't voted yet, still need to research my local candidates.
Apondia Feb 28, 2023 at 11:22am In response to "Cyclone"
I had to look up the word cyclone to understand the storm you have been through. I'm glad your family came through it safely. When I was a teenager, a tornado came across the ridge where my aunt and I were in her home. Before it reached her home it jumped off the ridge and sailed into the valley below her house. We actually watched it go through the big window in her front room. It is the kind of devastation you never forget. Your family is blessed.
Now 4 dead and another storm hitting Auckland tonight. Very bad news. Also rained all day here in Taupo. Infrastructure damage is immense all over specially roads.
Much of the problem can be the bad way we designed, or maintained, the infrastructure or even where it was built. Massive storms, earthquakes, etc. have been happening for thousands of years. We're still learning how to build to survive nature. Maybe it's time to learn how to live with it instead.
Hope you and all those down there are safe and get back to being dry and comfortable soon.
Congratulations on retirement!! That's awesome. The pandemic has been difficult for everyone, I think. At least you won't need to be in the workforce for the remainder of it though.
I to am glad to hear your doing better. Out west were into the second day of spring, waiting for a major storm with lots of rain for LA and that area, but the high desert will be lucky if we get 1/2 inch of rain. Take the good with the bad.
So glad you found the real problem and are on the road to recovery. Here in Florida summer is on its way, kicking and screaming. We had a modestly warm February but now March has turned colder, 36 degrees F this morning.
So from 4th April many rules will be lifted. Mandates and vaccine passes will be mostly a thing of the past. It has been a long and hard 2 years and more. It went on too long and now government realises the enormity of consequences of rules. People who could not attend funerals and the like will probable never forgive and nor should they. I feel this period of my life has been a tragedy and I will never trust government again. Our opposition parties have been useless and have basically had a two year holiday. I feel despair.
Well covid blessed our house and went through the family like nine pin bowling. The only one spared was my daughter Caitlin but the rest of us, yours truly included, had to dance with it. Two sons my wife and I. Now I have had far worse flu in the past but this left us sick for a few days and not at top of game. We also had to isolate and try to learn to get on with each other. We are still in one piece so it seems to have worked. Two of the kids are already back at work and last one starts Monday. What else can happen. Took wife for a drive today and we both enjoyed it very much. Simple pleasures these days. What a world we are in. No rain in March yet but a lot of wind. We are approaching drought conditions. Our govt is still not worth discussing. Govt and opposition are just one big party these days and our media have long since lost the right to be called such. Oz tourists are allowed back in April thank God for that at least. So a depressed entry but it is reality. And Ukraine goes on and on.
As we head into Autumn the nights are a little cooler but still lovely warm days here. Typically this weather continues through March and April. Covid still continues to control us or be used as as excuse to. We are known as 'The Hermit Kingdom' as per North Korea and with some justification. We are also the laughing stock of the world. Prices are going up especially with fuel and there are significant empty shelves in the supermarkets. We go from day to day here with a myriad of rules and regulations to control us. I have faith that, in time, it will pass.
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