Butcher, the baker and the candlestick WELL Fish n chip shop
In the 1950s...the good old days, the butcher would wrap mums meat order in brown paper and tied it with a string...often waited for his finger to fall off as he looped the string round it and yanked to break the string.
THEN at the corner shop...they HAD NOT yet invented supermarkets -the grocer, would hand mum her loaf of bread NO Wrapping and she would put that in her basket but usually with a cloth serviette wrapped round it...occasionally I was 'allowed' to go buy the bread and eat some of the middle out before I got home.
Things like jelly was purchased in a triangle box, a flavour bud inside.
Biscuits were in a huge lidded tin at the front of lower ledge counter, and he put the moneys worth in a brown paper bag.
Fish n Chips were tipped from the hot fat, to a slice of grease proof paper which was laying on a couple of sheets of NEWSPAPER...one shilling for 2 fish and scoop chips.....tear the corner of the wrapped meal...O M G.
Milk was delivered to the door in glass bottles recyclable.
Fizzy drinks also came in recyclable bottles and we made pocket money taking back a dozen or so at the time.
Fish man and the baker drove vans up and down the street, and you rushed out on YOUR delivery day with a plate or basket and selected.
Fruit and veges actually grew in the back yard, and dad would bring in the spuds and silverbeet, carrots etc about 40 minutes before dinner.
THE GOOD OLD days when we actually spoke to the neighbours and played outside until hunger took hold.
AND guess what we survived.
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Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? π»π¨π
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
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37.1% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
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62.9% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, weβre a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature β and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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