Comments for GRASSROOTS Renee4tkc http://renee4tkc.wordpress.com My Life and Times Sun, 18 May 2008 08:00:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Hello world! by renee4tkc http://renee4tkc.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/hello-world/#comment-15 renee4tkc Sun, 18 May 2008 08:00:08 +0000 #comment-15 That's great, Kurt. Hope to catch up with you next month in TK - we'll be starting to get out and about meeting people from June onward. I have a Facebook page too you may want to check out. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1117131088 Keep in touch. Let me know if you have any issues or questions - I'd be happy to try to find the answers for you. Keep on keeping left, Cheers, Renee That’s great, Kurt. Hope to catch up with you next month in TK – we’ll be starting to get out and about meeting people from June onward.
I have a Facebook page too you may want to check out.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1117131088
Keep in touch.
Let me know if you have any issues or questions – I’d be happy to try to find the answers for you.
Keep on keeping left,
Cheers,
Renee

]]> Comment on Hello world! by Kurt http://renee4tkc.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/hello-world/#comment-14 Kurt Sun, 18 May 2008 03:43:53 +0000 #comment-14 Hi there Renee. I am a Labour voting constiuent of Taranaki - King Country. (From Te Kuiti). Was very interested to learn more about you, so thank you for getting online and setting up a blog. I was looking out for you at congress this year, but no luck. Best wishes for the campaign. Kurt. Hi there Renee.

I am a Labour voting constiuent of Taranaki – King Country. (From Te Kuiti). Was very interested to learn more about you, so thank you for getting online and setting up a blog. I was looking out for you at congress this year, but no luck. Best wishes for the campaign.

Kurt.

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]]> Comment on Hello world! by East Coast Sympathisers http://renee4tkc.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/hello-world/#comment-5 East Coast Sympathisers Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:30:57 +0000 #comment-5 Hello there Renee It's astounding that someone would qualify for WFF and yet not take advantage of what effectively is a tax cut! Yet, we would surmise that they would be the first to squeal for a tax cut and vote against the Govt on the premise that the Govt does nothing for them!!! The drought here has broken but it was pretty arid here a fortnight ago. Being only lifestylers (playing at farming), our mixed menagerie of animals came through very well because we treat them as humans, however it's easy to sympathise with farmers who want to do the best for their stock when the weather is against them and feed is short. We were lucky to be able to buy hay locally at a reasonable cost. No dramas with the animals this week...all going according to "their" plan! Cheers Hello there Renee
It’s astounding that someone would qualify for WFF and yet not take advantage of what effectively is a tax cut! Yet, we would surmise that they would be the first to squeal for a tax cut and vote against the Govt on the premise that the Govt does nothing for them!!!
The drought here has broken but it was pretty arid here a fortnight ago.
Being only lifestylers (playing at farming), our mixed menagerie of animals came through very well because we treat them as humans, however it’s easy to sympathise with farmers who want to do the best for their stock when the weather is against them and feed is short.
We were lucky to be able to buy hay locally at a reasonable cost.
No dramas with the animals this week…all going according to “their” plan!
Cheers

]]> Comment on Hello world! by renee4tkc http://renee4tkc.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/hello-world/#comment-4 renee4tkc Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:49:24 +0000 #comment-4 Hi ECS, how exciting to have a response to my blogging. (I'm calling what I do Boggling actually, it's all v. high tech to me.) I have a facebook page too - if you're interested - you could be my friend? I'd be honoured! At work, last week, I got a phone call from a sheep and beef farmer, over here in Taranaki, in tears over the drought and the difficulty getting stock away to the works and the miserably low prices being paid for stock despite the high costs of meat in the supermarkets. I was horrified to hear how desperate she was. And they had kids. When I asked if Working for Families was helping she said her husband won't let the family apply!! Why would you not want your tax rebate for having kids and helping your country meet its future work force needs? Go figure! Is it very bad where you are ECS? How are stock prices? What's the feed supply like? And how are you holding up? The only murderous animals I've had to deal with was 1. a neighbour's steer that bowled me and kicked the glasses off my face! I wasn't hurt - dunno how not - and I reached supersonic speeds heading in zigzags for the nearest fence. Given I couldn't see a thing I reckon I did well to find the fence before the steer hunted me down and finished me off. And 2. one of our own Simmentaal cows, Agnes, who bitterly resented having her calves taken off her. She even tried to climb onto the back of the ute with me and the dogs when we were taking her new calf to a safer place than where she calved down. Mad as maggots! Hi ECS, how exciting to have a response to my blogging. (I’m calling what I do Boggling actually, it’s all v. high tech to me.) I have a facebook page too – if you’re interested – you could be my friend? I’d be honoured!
At work, last week, I got a phone call from a sheep and beef farmer, over here in Taranaki, in tears over the drought and the difficulty getting stock away to the works and the miserably low prices being paid for stock despite the high costs of meat in the supermarkets.
I was horrified to hear how desperate she was. And they had kids. When I asked if Working for Families was helping she said her husband won’t let the family apply!! Why would you not want your tax rebate for having kids and helping your country meet its future work force needs? Go figure!
Is it very bad where you are ECS? How are stock prices? What’s the feed supply like? And how are you holding up?
The only murderous animals I’ve had to deal with was 1. a neighbour’s steer that bowled me and kicked the glasses off my face! I wasn’t hurt – dunno how not – and I reached supersonic speeds heading in zigzags for the nearest fence. Given I couldn’t see a thing I reckon I did well to find the fence before the steer hunted me down and finished me off.
And 2. one of our own Simmentaal cows, Agnes, who bitterly resented having her calves taken off her. She even tried to climb onto the back of the ute with me and the dogs when we were taking her new calf to a safer place than where she calved down. Mad as maggots!

]]> Comment on Hello world! by East Coast Sympathisers http://renee4tkc.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/hello-world/#comment-3 East Coast Sympathisers Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:36:57 +0000 #comment-3 Tena Koe Renee Where were you when we moved here in similar circumstances to yours? With your varied range of skills and experiences you could have been very helpful to us. (Have you also done gibstopping,plastering and tiling by any chance?). Aren't animals totally uncooperative when you're trying to do something for their own good?! Cows that won't stand still for pour on, a phsycopathic buck goat with murderous tendencies that the benefits of drench are completely wasted on! We too bought a derelict house that has the ability to soak up money like a sponge and give nothing back when squeezed, however the whole new roof looks nice glinting in the moonlight covered in dew which is the only moisture we have as we are now in the grips of a drought. All next winter's hay has been fed in the summer. Now we'll have to pay double the going rate to keep them going through. Ahhhh, the joys of small block ownership! Looking forward to the next instalment.... Tena Koe Renee
Where were you when we moved here in similar circumstances to yours?
With your varied range of skills and experiences you could have been very helpful to us. (Have you also done gibstopping,plastering and tiling by any chance?).
Aren’t animals totally uncooperative when you’re trying to do something for their own good?!
Cows that won’t stand still for pour on, a phsycopathic buck goat with murderous tendencies that the benefits of drench are completely wasted on!
We too bought a derelict house that has the ability to soak up money like a sponge and give nothing back when squeezed, however the whole new roof looks nice glinting in the moonlight covered in dew which is the only moisture we have as we are now in the grips of a drought.
All next winter’s hay has been fed in the summer. Now we’ll have to pay double the going rate to keep them going through.
Ahhhh, the joys of small block ownership!
Looking forward to the next instalment….

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