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Meet Bella.....She's quite lazy, as far as employees go, well.....She tends to come and go as she please's and snoozes ALOT on the job! You will find her sitting on our cash register lapping up the sun on most days. Making sure everyone else is pulling their weight! Next time you pop in … View moreMeet Bella.....She's quite lazy, as far as employees go, well.....She tends to come and go as she please's and snoozes ALOT on the job! You will find her sitting on our cash register lapping up the sun on most days. Making sure everyone else is pulling their weight! Next time you pop in feel free to say hi to her. She loves a good ear tickle.....Make sure you don't mistake her for our other staff though. They are not so fond of ear tickles.
Young working couple looking for a house or flat to rent. Very quiet and tidy. Have a dog and a cat. Good references. Please phone Alex 021959033
St Pat's Gala, 24 Riverbend Road. This Saturday from 10am. Great kids activities, BBQ, Hamburgers, clothing, books. plants and white elephant stalls. Traditional Umu, raffles, tombola, hot dogs - fun for every one.
We reckon its the BEST IN THE BAY.....Sorry to everyone who has missed out! But good news!!!! We are restocked!!!
We Kiwis love our backyard. Whether it's our own gardens, parks or our big Kiwi backyard. Because we love it, we want to take care of it. Conservation Week is a great time to show our backyard some love.
There's plenty of ways for you and your family to take part, and we’ll be adding… View moreWe Kiwis love our backyard. Whether it's our own gardens, parks or our big Kiwi backyard. Because we love it, we want to take care of it. Conservation Week is a great time to show our backyard some love.
There's plenty of ways for you and your family to take part, and we’ll be adding more local events soon. For information on backyard activities and events near you, visit: www.conservationweek.org.nz....
Plus, keep an eye out for our photo competition details coming soon!
If you know of other Conservation Week events in your area, you can add them to our list here: www.doc.govt.nz...
Hi Neighbours this weekend we have our Home and Graden show specials at the show and in store. We have a Swim spa and 7 spas on display at the show and 20 Spas and a Swim spa on display in store. Pop in and say hi to us and our little ducks.
What's your fave cake? Mine is pear and rum cake. I am a huge fan of lemon anything, but have yet to find a lemon cake recipe that is moist enough and doesn't over-colour when baked.. one of my life's missions (I lead a sorry little existence hehe)
Here's my recipe for Pear … View moreWhat's your fave cake? Mine is pear and rum cake. I am a huge fan of lemon anything, but have yet to find a lemon cake recipe that is moist enough and doesn't over-colour when baked.. one of my life's missions (I lead a sorry little existence hehe)
Here's my recipe for Pear & Rum cake:
1&1/2c sultanas
1c water
3c peeled and diced pears
1/2c marsala or rum (I’ve only ever used rum or masala – rum you can taste in the cake, marsala not so much)
1&1/2t baking soda
190g butter
1c and 3T sugar
2 large free range eggs
1t vanilla essence
2&1/2c plain white flour
1T baking powder
1t cinnamon
1t ginger
1t mixed spice
1t ground cloves
Bring the sultanas and water to a simmer, let them bubble away for 5 mins. Add the pears, baking soda and booze then turn off the heat, cover and leave to cool.
Cream the butter and sugar before adding the other ingredients.
Gently combine the wet with the dry and bake in a pre-heated 180 deg oven for approx 45 mins til cooked.
I line my baking tin but don’t think it’s critical, greasing it would be tho!
(No idea what size tin I use sorry, it's just "the pear cake tin"!) ;)
Serve dusted with icing sugar and with soft whipped cream as a dessert. Or cold with just the icing sugar dusting.
I have put pecans on the top of this before baking, that was a fab touch.
I have subbed in apples and they're good too!
This recipe never fails and even people who don't like pears or rum will scoff it happily.
PS If you wanted to share your fave recipe, I know I wouldn't complain - I am *that* person who tears a page out of a magazine with a recipe on it (well, not so much now, I tend to take a photo of it but before I had a cell phone you'd see me carefully watching everyone in the room to see if anyone could tell I was nicking off with the page I wanted) :-D
Hi everyone,
I would like to say a big thank you to everyone that has made a comment or suggestion on my post this week. It has been interesting reading all the replies and comments.
An overwhelming theme is that you all think my proposed mail is junk and I agree with that.
Some junk is … View moreHi everyone,
I would like to say a big thank you to everyone that has made a comment or suggestion on my post this week. It has been interesting reading all the replies and comments.
An overwhelming theme is that you all think my proposed mail is junk and I agree with that.
Some junk is not junk, like the community paper or the new world specials as not all people could replace paper with a smart device.
We talked about replacing junk with something else email based and that posed the question about how to opt in initially, but still, doesn't address the issue of those with out a computer. At this time we still need junk mail for our older people not using smart phones or pcs.
This morning I had a coffee meeting with Karl Jager and he was very inspiring to talk to. Karl is studying marketing at EIT. One of the suggestions Karl made I am using right now, an application called Grammarly that he uses. It checks grammar as you type, its free and pretty cool tool to use.
So, the future looks different from here. I promise no unsolicited junk mail in your letter box from me from today forward.
To answer some of my critics I have signed up as a premium business on neighborly. My personal posts will be here and business there.
To add value to the community I have some great ideas that you will see over the next few weeks. I will post on neighborly when and where you can see that offer.
So stay tuned, have a great weekend and if you see junk mail with my name on it, well, it wasn't from me.
Ben
Hi Everyone! Just a reminder our first winner will be drawn tomorrow for our fresh food giveaway! If you are wanting a yummy fruit and vege top up...get in today, so you can go in the draw for the $50 box full of fruit and vegetables! Otherwise the last winner will be drawn on the 30th of … View moreHi Everyone! Just a reminder our first winner will be drawn tomorrow for our fresh food giveaway! If you are wanting a yummy fruit and vege top up...get in today, so you can go in the draw for the $50 box full of fruit and vegetables! Otherwise the last winner will be drawn on the 30th of September!
If wet tomorrow the Free Book Day will be cancelled. BUT each Saturday throughout September from 10am - 3pm outside The Little Book Shop, 51 Latham Street there will be around 30 - 50 boxes of books free for the taking. Each Saturday's books are different from the previous weeks and will be … View moreIf wet tomorrow the Free Book Day will be cancelled. BUT each Saturday throughout September from 10am - 3pm outside The Little Book Shop, 51 Latham Street there will be around 30 - 50 boxes of books free for the taking. Each Saturday's books are different from the previous weeks and will be sorted into fiction, children's and non-fiction books. Enquiries Phone (06) 83 2403. Thank you.
GLENNIS....red 085.....Congratulations to you on winning a $50 box of fruit and vegies! And in case anyone is wondering about the quality of the draw, we had to re-video the draw because the first time we excitedly, accidentally showed your phone number Glennis and we try to respect our customers … View moreGLENNIS....red 085.....Congratulations to you on winning a $50 box of fruit and vegies! And in case anyone is wondering about the quality of the draw, we had to re-video the draw because the first time we excitedly, accidentally showed your phone number Glennis and we try to respect our customers privacy.
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Amended time!!!! 4pm to 6pm!!!!!!!!
Hi All,
What to get out and join a sports team but don't know what to do? Join us at Flaxmere Community Centre on 17th September for our Open Day!!
Come see what we are all about, everyone is welcome and you don't need to bring anything but … View moreAmended time!!!! 4pm to 6pm!!!!!!!!
Hi All,
What to get out and join a sports team but don't know what to do? Join us at Flaxmere Community Centre on 17th September for our Open Day!!
Come see what we are all about, everyone is welcome and you don't need to bring anything but sports shoes.
If you are not free that weekend no worries, we practice every Sunday evening at 4:30 till 5:30 at the centre.
Contact Patrick 021 033 9097 or Liv 022 089 1370 for more info.
Many of you know my aversion to forceful door to door sales people. In fact I got into a little hot water last time I talked about this..... However it has just come to my attention that there are sales people offering free carpet shampoos. The whole campaign is geared to getting into a persons … View moreMany of you know my aversion to forceful door to door sales people. In fact I got into a little hot water last time I talked about this..... However it has just come to my attention that there are sales people offering free carpet shampoos. The whole campaign is geared to getting into a persons home environment to sell a vacuum cleaner. You may well ask, Carol I thought you said this was a carpet shampoo! You would be correct as that is what my contact thought. Lo and behold that was not the intent, they did very badly want to sell a $4000 vacuum cleaner... Yes you read that right, a $4000 vacuum!
My contact is savvy but it still took some time to convince the sales person there was not going to be a sale. Our concern is that there are vulnerable people in our community who may well feel pressured into making a purchase they can ill afford or need. So please be aware and let other people know if there are concerns.
Fundraiser for Sounds of Hawkes Bay Chorus. Large range of goods available - furniture, kitchen electrical, clothes, books, exercise equipment, toys and Much Much More! Saturday 16 September, Park Road Greenmeadows. 8 am.
Hi everyone,
I just posted this on my personal profile so I dont mean to be spamming you all , I just want some advise.
With all the junk mail that comes to your mail box what would you do with this type of flyer that I have attached.
Appreciate your input,
Ben Keehan
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