Ōtaki Repair Café - Come and "use" our skills 🙂
"I'm so happy and thrilled. Steve managed to get the lever fixed and the speed slowed. This gramophone is an heirloom from my grandfather just sitting unused in our living room. Now we can listen and enjoy the old 78's again." One of the many happy stories we hear from the people who come with their broken, blunt and unused items to the Repair Café. They hope that they can be fixed - some of the items have been sitting for years in sheds and garages, or they might have simply become unusable. This is the chance for their second life and your win.
Bring your items that need fixing - Sunday 21 March from 10 to 2pm.
We are at the Memorial Hall, Ōtaki .
Poll: Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?
🎁 Holiday Gift Chat!
Do you ever regift?
What’s your take on asking for a receipt if a gift doesn’t fit?
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79.2% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
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20.8% No. It's the thought and effort that matters
Driven On The Akatarawa Rd Lately?
If so, its good to know you are still alive and reading this.
We have a function to go to over Christmas up that way and having heard a few hairy stories about the road, I went up there on Thursday to check it out. The road's ok, narrow and winding, but not much worse than a Wellington hill suburb. What was pretty scary was the behavior of other drivers. Three vehicles heading the other way at speed would have crashed into me if I hadn't been pulled off the road. I had pulled in to check the address when a truck came flying past, taking up all of the narrow road at speed. There is no way the driver would have been able to stop had they come around the corner immediately in front of me. The other two drivers came hurtling past as I had turned in to turn around and come back down the hill. They were also driving at speed and taking up most of the road. Coming back down I passed another car coming up and estimate that the safe speed to pass another car was about 30-35 kms.p.h. So, now we're thinking, do we go to the function or not.? Feels a bit like we're taking our life in our hands going up there. Drivers appear to be overconfident, and they are courting serious injury.
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