Thursday, 19 February 2026

Wine?

 I had to stop at a pedestrian crossing outside a school last week while a cacophony of children crossed, my guess is, on the way to a swimming pool.

I was reminded of this when I saw this headline on the NewstalkZB site:

Teacher poured wine into her drink bottle and drank it while on lunch duty

 The tone of the headline is disapproving and I agree.

 Wine wouldn't cut it. I would need at least a good Scotch blend to put up with that noise - and I'm deaf.


 

 

Chilli - Red

 I picked my first green Wildfire chilli this season on Christmas Day.

Since then I have had a profusion of Wildfire chillies, some up to 8" in length, that were reluctant to change colour.

I have been eating Habanero and Cayenne while I wait.

Today I picked my first red Wildfire of the season, chopped about half (2") of it and added it to cheese, salami and tomato on bread and cooked it in an air-fryer.

It was worth the wait! 

Again

 Example no. 4,386: 

The headline: 

The Teaching Council and the rot at the heart of NZ’s public sector

 Once again they put a sheila in charge instead of the best man for the job.

Once again failure and corruption results. 

Once again the poor bloody taxpayer bears the cost! 

 

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

Sun Strike

 The headline: 

'No way of knowing': Tradie killed in sunstrike crash wouldn't have seen road work signs

Another day, another un-worldly wanna-be judge makes a foolish statement. 

" The coroner recommended that drivers take care when driving at sunrise or sunset, and be extra careful in winter when the sun is lower in the sky, wear sunglasses, keep the windshield clean and if drivers still can’t see, pull over until visibility improves. "

The coroner obviously has never driven a vehicle. She should have consulted her chauffeur.

Sunstrike happens instantly, it is not driving into the sun but being hit, unexpectedly, by very bright light.

Quite literally it blinds. 

Only VERY good, VERY expensive sunglasses can help in such cases, no matter how aware a driver is.

No mention in the report of traffic mis-management that created this dangerous situation by not having sufficient warning devices placed before the sun-danger area hanging from convenient lamp-posts/trees etc.

Shame! 

Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Thursday, 12 February 2026

Bottom

 Maybe this Government isn't as bad as many make out.

Evidence: Today's headline

 Cabinet removes te reo Māori name of school lunches scheme

 That is today's (daily) anti-Government headline and "report".

Suggests to me they're scraping the bottom of the barrel. 

NOTE: No children were unfed due to the production of this comment.

God defend New Zealand! 

Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Sunny Side Down.

 They just won't do it.

Even the supposedly right-leaning media will not ask it.

Why not? 

The question: How are Sunny Kaushal and his mates supposed to increase retail crime now the  Ministerial Advisory Group (The Retail Crime Group) has been disbanded?

Think of it: All those thieves and fraudsters waiting patiently for the FTA to kick in so they can flood New Zealand to follow their calling and now there will be no Govt. Agency to advise them how best to do it.

The disgrace; The shame! 

This is almost as racist as the Treaty of Waitangi before the fraudsters corrected it.