Talk of the week

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Diabetes device

Until you have an arm fracture that you realize the necessity of two available arms to carry out the task. Even the administration of insulin is tricky with only one arm/hand!

I am a strong advocate for this device to be made available as basic equipment for all diabetics of any age.

The cost is quite prohibitive especially for superannuitants at $105 per unit which only gives 14 days of convenience for testing blood sugar levels.

Diabetes, unfortunately, seems to be the poor cousin of many ailments and grossly overlooked by our powers-that-be in New Zealand.

Kiwifruit

Can anyone explain why we are unable to have NZ grown kiwifruit in our supermarkets?

Italian kiwifruit are there but certainly not the standard of ours.

I realise it is in our trade interests to sell produce from other countries but we should not be denied NZ kiwifruit. Surely we can keep some of ours for us!

Service??

Terrible service from a cafe in Havelock. I work with a group of people who do an outing once a week for coffee in different locations.

After 4 of us ordered coffees they said they couldn’t do any more hot drinks as they didn’t have enough milk - at 11am - and could only do one bowl of fries. I ordered an ice chocolate and the lady at the coffee machine let out a very large sigh.

Those who had already ordered stayed and the rest of the group went to a lovely cafe just down the road who were friendly and accommodating.

Thanks to all the cafes around Marlborough who have been awesome, guess we have had a good run so far with our weekly coffee outings.

Agree with txt talk person Blenheim needs more postal shops. Whatever happened to the one promised years ago for Redwoodtown locals?

Marlborough Lines

Just a word of acknowledgement and thanks to the team from Marlborough Lines who worked until midnight last night to restore power to parts of Waikawa affected by the broken pole.

You may think it is just “part of the job” but to some of us it means so much more. Sincerely, thank you so much.

Time for change

This quote is attributed to American computer scientist Grace Hopper.

“The most dangerous phrase in our language is “We’ve always done it this way”.

Over the last weekend, in a place that was touted by the MDC as a haven”, (when selling the Taylor Pass Road sub-division), has been anything but a haven.

We have been subjected to a barrage of noise, with Omaka pilot’s flight paths directly over the Taylor Pass Road housing community. This represents a complete lack of consideration for others.

Simply moving the flight path away from the housing area would make things less unpleasant for many people. Changing a mindset can’t be terribly difficult.

Unripe

Of COURSE strawberries ripen off the branch, the same as pears, apples and other fruits do.

Common courtesy

Medlab Maxwell Road... Common courtesy costs nothing when serving members of the community. Please and thank you go a long way.

Re eggs

I’m not complaining about lack of eggs, as a free range egg makes me ill. Apart from dry egg powder what will be my alternative.

You obviously do not feel that sorry for the battery hens! Its cruel how they live and get treated to give people eggs. Learn to live without them for now or forever.

Thank you

A huge thank you to the generosity of Marlborough for helping fundraise to contribute to the amazing work that Orphans Aid International do both here in New Zealand and also with the abandoned children of the world.

At the moment we are especially helping to shelter and care for Ukrainian children as they arrive in Romania having left behind all they have ever known.

Drownings

Yet another drowning in New Zealand. Why do people swim in places with no lifeguards and especially when conditions are rough? No-one can beat the sea, very rarely.

Between the flags

Swim between the flags. How hard is it? Don’t risk your life as the sea can’t always be your friend.

Wasting money

Why are the foyer lights of the Clubs of Marlborough going 24/7. Aren’t they out of money?

Re Well done

Why Not Cafe in Kaikoura is my absolute favourite when I pass thru.

I would like to thank Morgan Plumbing for attending to my hot water cylinder, and Mint Air for attending to my heat pump, during the Christmas holiday period. Both companies, went out of their way to help, and provided a fantastic service, very grateful.

Rude

As a customer of the hospital, for a staff person to tell me by talking to me, it’s keeping them away from other clients there, for putting them behind their work, wow, rude.

I felt sorry for the elderly people waiting to give blood because if they got the same staff member as me it would be a rude miserable outing for them. It takes more muscles to look grumpy than it does to smile.

Their breakfasts are a real treat. And if they have increased coffee by $1, I would happily double or treble that to keep them in business. And I’m happy to pay their surcharge for nice friendly staff.

Keep looking at the seals for free. Sounds like you want everything for free!!

If people remember, several years ago, Blenheim and Picton had turn about each year. In Blenheim, the lights would be sent off at midnight from the Hutcheson St Bridge, so why can’t the organization and council do that again.

Lights over Picton Eggs

This is a good thing the govt have done. Inconvenient? Yes maybe, but this has had to be addressed. And I say hoorah !!

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Uncalled for

Why do the Jehovah’s witnesses do their preaching outside businesses? I think it is uncalled for. Move on, you are upsetting the public as well!

Honest company

Chaos last week - plastic top broke off my ignition key with all the clever stuff inside it. Called at Gary Ching lock smiths and surprise surprise fixed in five minutes. And at a price I still can’t believe $50 - well done CHINGS an honest company.