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Recently Laurie Lester, KartSport New Zealand Life Member (appointed 1984), past National President, past National Steward and competitor retired from his Race Official Grade 1 position.
Thank you Laurie and Jean (KartSport New Zealand Life Member appointed 1992) for your outstanding service to our sport over many many years!
The following is Laurie's karting story in his own words.
From my early days in Christchurch growing up I was always interested in sport. Firstly, participating in hockey and cricket and spectating at motor racing via the Aranui speedway every Saturday night, Lady Wigram GP meetings, and the Cust motorcycling classics.
On being transferred to Hawkes Bay in January 1960 it wasn't long before we located a go kart track with high wheelers and dirt tracks. This did nothing to excite me.
Then in 1967 during a lunchtime walk around town I saw a low wheeled kart in the local motor bike shop and on closer inspection I was hooked. Although advertising in the Hawkes Bay and Palmerston North newspapers I didn't get any replies.
At Christmas time that year we went to Christchurch for our annual holidays and was lucky enough to procure a McCulloch 45 with twin carbs and a Dart copy frame made by Ohau Engineering from long time Christchurch stalwart Robin Wilkinson. The holiday was cut short and we returned home to build up the kart.
Ready for my first day karting with son Michael as chief mechanic.
We were lucky that the Hawkes Bay Kart Club had decided to upgrade their limestone track to a purpose-built tar sealed circuit and this was the first day it was available for use. Many happy hours have been spent there since.
In 1971 I competed in my first National Sprint Championship meeting and was lucky enough to compete in another 17. My best placing was at the infamous Bridgestone nationals in Christchurch in 1978 where I was placed 4th, and the first kart on the non sticky tyres. Many North Island Champs, Gold Star, and of course our own Blossom Festival meetings where I am the only person to have been present at all 52 of them were all supported. Club days at the Hawkes Bay and Waipawa tracks filled a very busy calendar where I enjoyed my fair share of success.
After several terms on school committees, I was elected to the H.B. management in 1972 and in '73
The origins of the WPKA Gold Star Series
Attended my first Conference of Clubs held at Logan Park hotel in Auckland under the President Len Harris. Very successful outcomes for H.B. as we were awarded the Nationals for 1975. The only condition was that I had to be the Convenor.
Late 1974 and early 1975 were frantic times preparing for the Nationals and the presentation cabaret to follow. These were times before texts and faxes so every communication was done by letter and carbon paper was the order of the day. There were 219 entries spread over 17 classes and everything went smoothly. At Conference that year I was elected as Vice President of the then NZ Kart Federation Inc.
These were dark days for karting administration. Firstly, the Executive was equally divided between Christchurch and Auckland representatives and neither party would support the others' ideas. Secondly it was revealed that the previous treasurer had absconded with the bank balance so members had to fund their own transport to Executive meetings and Conference. This also meant that there was a reluctance of nominations for Executive positions.
Chairing the 1985 NZKF Conference of Clubs
In 1977 I decided that things had to change and so gathered some willing supporters around me and stood, and was elected as National President. This began an 11-year unopposed term in the position. These years are best told by Ian Love's presentation to Conference on my retiring from the position. CLICK HERE
The ensuing years passed quite peacefully without the onerous responsibility of the Presidency. I was able to source and restore two NZ made Dart copy vintage karts with 91a McCulloch motors for Jean and I to use at vintage demonstrations, support the families' racing activities, and even had time to assist National President Bob Cunningham and John Lennox review and update the judicial system. Along the way there were numerous requests from clubs around the country for assistance with Race Official duties in running their meetings which I very willingly filled.
Laurie being presented with Life Membership by NZKF Patron, Norma Triplow.
Although involved with vintage karting much earlier it did not look like it was going anywhere positive so I sold our karts. Then a resurgence took place and so I restored my Kevin Nairn built laydown kart and we began participation again. Unfortunately, it was quite hit and miss and it was great when Mark Jenkinson formed the group Vintage Karting New Zealand and went about joining and being accepted by KartSport. This move ensured that the rules were safely held by KartSport with a specific procedure for changing them, and driving and meeting procedures were standardized. With this in place son Brendon joined, followed by granddaughter Sarah, then her partner Hayden, then grandsons Matt and Brook all with karts originally found and restored by me. It has developed into a very social experience (until Covid). and much like Karting was when I first started in 1968.
Jean and Laurie at a recent Vintage karting event.
None of the above would have been possible without the tremendous support of my family. Jean has been a tower of strength, but even in her own right has served KartSport as the licence secretary for 10 years in the time of manual licence renewal. For this she has been rewarded with Life membership of KartSport New Zealand. Still not content with this she has served KartSport Hawkes Bay as chief lap scorer over many years during the time of manual lap scoring and karts with 3-digit numbers, magazine editor, and treasurer as well as many other duties. Again, a well-deserved Life Membership was awarded here. Daughter Carolyn willingly assisted by typing all the National Presidents correspondence and reports, and at local level running the ever popular 'lolly shop' and sons Michael and Brendon became machine examiners to help out.
I have never regretted any time or effort that I expended in the name of Karting, as I have met some wonderful people enjoyed some great occasions, and made some sincere friends along the way.
1978 NZKF President Laurie Lester with Denny Hulme at the opening of Wellington Kart Club's Kaitoke track.
1978 NZKF President Laurie Lester with Denny Hulme at the openning of Wellington Kart Club's Kaitoke track.
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Is Alberta's approach to addiction truly behind the declining number of drug-poisoning deaths?
While the Alberta government and federal Conservative party claim the province's recovery-oriented care model is the reason that fatal drug poisonings have decreased by almost 50 per cent over a year, the statistic doesn't show the full picture, cumulative data analysis shows.
Alberta's recovery-oriented approach includes residential addiction treatment, narcotic transition services to help people reduce opioid-narcotic reliance; and opioid-agonist therapy, which involves using drugs like methadone to minimize withdrawal symptoms.
The province also distributes Naloxone, offers a mobile phone app that sends medical assistance to people who become unresponsive while taking drugs, and operates seven supervised consumption sites.
According to Alberta's United Conservative Party and Conservative Party of Canada, the approach is responsible for overdose deaths falling by 50 per cent between November 2021's record-breaking high and August's much lower number.
Recently in Parliament, Pierre Poilievre, Opposition and federal Conservative leader, applauded Alberta's policy.
"You know the result of that approach?" he questioned, "They have cut overdoses in half. They are saving lives, proving there is always hope."
Poilievre echoed those sentiments in a recent five-minute video posted to social media titled "Everything feels broken," where he also says drug addiction is the "result of a failed experiment" of regulated drug supply programs.
"This is a deliberate policy by woke Liberal and NDP governments to provide tax-funded drugs to flood our streets with easy access to these poisons," Poilievre said in the video.
The alternative, he says, is Alberta's successful recovery-oriented care model.
"In Alberta today, they've managed to cut overdose deaths by almost half by getting people into recovery."
Caroyln Bennett, federal mental health and addictions minister, responded to Poilievre's video on social media to refute his claims that "there is no safe supply of these drugs."
"This is not true," Bennett tweeted. "The evidence is clear on this. Safe supply saves lives. We cannot afford to return to damaging, unscientific ideology at the expense of people's lives."
And, while addressing the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 18, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith also used the statistic to assure the room of Calgarians that the UCP government's recovery-based care model was working.
"The approach we are taking has reduced opioid deaths 51 per cent year over year. We've reduced hospitalizations by 33 per cent. We have reduced the number of ambulance visits by 39 per cent and we're going to continue doing it," she said.
Opioid-related deaths in Alberta have been trending down throughout 2022. February had a high of 168 deaths, while March through May sat around 120 per month. June through August stayed below the 100-death mark.
But when comparing the highest number of opioid-related deaths in Alberta history last November (174) to the most recent month of data available from August of this year (94), there is a 46 per cent decrease – not 51 per cent as the UCP and Poilievre have advertised.
If factoring in all drug-related deaths – not just those involving opioids – there is a 47-per cent decrease.
There's actually a 0.7 per cent increase if the number of opioid-related deaths that occurred in the first eight months of 2021 (969) is compared to the same period of 2022 (976). The monthly averages based on the first eight months of data are also nearly identical.
More than 120 Albertans died from opioid-related drug poisonings in August of 2021 compared to 2022's 94, marking a 25-per cent decrease. An average of 76 people died from opioid-related overdoses in the month of August in the years 2016 to 2022, meaning that although this year had fewer opioid-related deaths than both 2021 and 2020, the number is still above the seven-year average.
When asked why the Alberta government most commonly uses November 2021 – the month with the highest number of deaths on record – as the benchmark, a spokesperson justified the comparison.
"Opioid-related deaths in August are down 46 per cent from their peak in November of 2021. August also marks the third month in a row opioid-related fatalities remain below 100 in the province, and these three months are the lowest on record since the start of the pandemic," said Colin Aitchison, press secretary to the minister of mental health and addiction, in a statement.
"This is a significant decrease in opioid-related fatalities and we are cautiously optimistic that this trend will continue."
The decline in overdose deaths in Calgary may have something to do with a lower level of drug toxicity, believes Euan Thomson, the executive director of EACH+EVERY, a coalition of businesses that are in favour of harm-reduction strategies.
Thomson has years of experience working in both Alberta and British Columbia.
He has compared the number of reversed overdoses at Safeworks, a supervised consumption site in Calgary, toxicity levels in drugs seized and tested in Alberta, and the number of poisoning deaths in the city to see how they might impact one another. He uses data from this particular site because it is accessible to the public dating back to 2017.
"At Safeworks, we hit a peak of eight per cent of people walking through those doors experiencing an overdose back in December of 2021, which also coincided with the peak of our drug toxicity deaths in Calgary," he told CTV News Edmonton.
"Since that point, we've dropped down below three per cent and even lower than that now in terms of the overdose rate at Safeworks."
He says that the number of reversed overdoses at the supervised consumption site fell alongside the number of drug-poisoning deaths throughout the year.
A family doctor who practices in Edmonton's core and cares for people who use drugs says there are many possible reasons why drug-poisoning deaths are decreasing, including seasonal fluctuations and stabilization in drug supply.
"There may just have come a point where a lot more people of risk aren't around, so that's certainly a possibility, as well," said Dr. Ginetta Salvalaggio.
Salvalaggio says that it would be premature to credit a decrease in deaths to the Alberta government's recovery-oriented care model.
"They haven't subjected that (claim) to rigorous study. No one's released any data to demonstrate that," she said. "Before we go making pronouncements like that, we better have evidence. I don't see it."
If the drop in deaths really is attributable to Alberta's strategy, Salvalaggio would like to know why Alberta's trends are mirroring those of other provinces with different policies.
According to data available by the Public Health Agency of Canada, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario have seen opioid-related deaths trend similarly for the last six years, including most recently when all three provinces saw a drop in deaths in the first quarter of 2022.
Aitchison did not respond to CTV News Edmonton asking for data to prove that the decline in fatalities in Alberta was a direct result of the government's approach.
Instead, he provided a list of steps the government is taking, saying in part, "this includes work over the past three years to establish 8,000 new spaces, remove user fees, launch the Digital Overdose Response System (DORS), and offer same-day treatment with the award-winning Virtual Opioid Dependency Program (VODP)."
Thomson would like to see the provincial government include drug toxicity data to decide how to most effectively address the crisis.
"This is the sort of data we should be basing policy on, but instead, we've chosen a policy and now we're trying to fit the data to justify that policy," he commented.
Thomson says what's needed most is a low-barrier, regulated supply.
"Worry about all the other interventions after," he suggested. "Let's first focus on keeping people alive with regulated versions of the drugs they're using anyway."
Dr. Salvalaggio says her patients, too, tell her that they are concerned about the level of toxicity in the drug supply, the lack of a regulated alternative, as well as the lack of access to community-based support.
"The social stability needed to access these services, the complete and utter lack of attention to housing, the disruption of encampments and so on," she said. "You can't be asking people to insert themselves into a pathway of care that was prescribed to them if you're not providing them with any of the supports, even if they want that treatment."
The number of drug-poisoning deaths in Alberta for September and October have yet to be released by the provincial government.
With files from CTV News Parliamentary Bureau Writer Spencer Van Dyk
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Multi Jet Fusion ( MJF ) and Selective Laser Sintering ( SLS ) are 3D printing processes respectively used in black and white nylon. Both two methods belong to the powder bed-based 3D printing process.
The initial material used is powder tiled on the printing platform and made into parts by layer-by-layer hot melting or sintering of powder particles.
The main difference is the hot source. SLS uses a laser as the heat source, while MJF uses an ink that absorbs infrared light to spray on the powder bed, and then scans the printing platform through the infrared heat source to fuse the ink area.
Some Differences in the Properties of the Two Nylons
3D Printing Processes
SLS: A thin layer of powder is first spread evenly over a platform where it is heated to a temperature close to sintering.
Then each cross-section is scanned by a laser in a predetermined path to sinter the powder.
The platform will move down a layer and repeat it until all is complete. After printing, the entire silo must be cooled before the parts can be removed from the powder.
MJF: A thin layer of powder is first spread evenly over a platform where it is heated to a temperature close to sintering.
The slide with an inkjet nozzle is slid through the powder bed and a fusing agent is sprayed on the powder. At the same time, a detailing agent is sprayed near the edge of the part to prevent powder sintering, and then a high-power infrared heat source irradiates the powder bed and sinters the area where the flux is sprayed, while the remaining powder remains unchanged.
Repeat the process until all parts are constructed.
Similar to SLS, MJF-printed parts are encapsulated in the powder and need to be cooled down before they can be removed.
Dimensional Accuracy
Both MJF and SLS offer industrial-grade 3D printing with high dimensional accuracy.
MJF is slightly outperforming in dimensional accuracy, mainly because the MJF printhead prints at 1200 DPI ( or about 1 dot per 0.022mm ), while the typical laser spot diameter of the SLS system is about 0.3-0.4mm.
In addition, the detail agent used in MJF helps print fine features and sharp edges.
Appearance and Surface Quality
As dark materials absorb heat radiation more efficiently, the fusion agent currently used in MJF is black, which gives a light grey appearance to MJF parts. A uniform black finish can be achieved by subsequent steps.
SLS parts are usually white and can be dyed in any color. So to some degree, its application range is wider.
The parts printed by both methods have granular surfaces, but both can be post-processed to achieve a high standards.
Material Properties
The main material used in both processes is PA 12 ( nylon ). The SLS parts are slightly weaker in the print direction Z, whereas the MJF parts have excellent strength and flexibility and more even mechanical properties.
Cost and Delivery time
Black nylon is slightly superior in performance and slightly more expensive
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Car seat CONTACT dermatitis! (from New Graco Argos 70 3 in 1)
We just bought our daughter a new car seat....with in a day or 2 she broke out in rashes...so bad and itchy that we brought her to the doctor, positive that she had chicken pox!!!
This has been going on for about 2 weeks, and we never made the connection at all. We know she is sensitive to some laundry detergents and also we newly found out that she is allergic to flame retardants (give her itchy skin and eczema) from FR pajamas! We had to switch her to all cotton.
Anyway, we just could not figure it out. Her back, arms and legs, looked like poison ivy, we brought her to the doctor and she was diagnosed with Molluscum Contagiosum-which scared the crap out of me, because that can last for 3 years. Then he wanted an update, and it is NOT in the classic spots for that virus. (not in her elbows, armpits, groin, and not skin colored, and no one else is catching it-given the name is is supposed to spread like wildfire) He said the only other thing it looked like was contact dermatitis. Well, I was just bound to find out WHAT was causing this and was not going to stop until I did (she has had to have benadryl to sleep that past 2 nights!)
Sorry this is long....finally I emptied my purse and noticed that date on the new carseat was just about when this started happeneing. And in keeping a log of when she was most itchy, it was about 20min to 1hour after we went some where (in the car). SO I googled it, and there are several cases of car seat contact dermatitis! Plus most car seats are loaded with flame retardents (which she is allergic to) and the car seat is the ONLY other new thing. We are returning it today. Does anyone have suggestions of what to buy? According to this article (I will go back and grab the link) there are several car seats that contain lead, bromine, and chlorine ( I think that was a factor that PVC was used) . It said the MYride65 had the least amount of all 3, and that was the car seat she had before-did great with it, but it just went to her little sister.
I would just purchase another myride 65, however it is SO large, that having 2 in the car will allow NO room for anyone else to ride with us in the back. (They will NOT fit next to each other in a car) But if it's my only choice, I will do it, I mean her back is bloody with scrathcing!
The other article stated that the car seat type of fabric with the worst cases were materials that were shiney-like nylon material (the smooth tightly woven feeling stuff) It is exactly what she has now. Her old car seat felt more like felt-soft and longer fibers maybe micorfiber like?) I don't know if it was what type of water resistant spray or FR's on it, or something else. I don't know what TYPE of chemicals she is allergic to! Just that she is allergic to chemicals.
If anyone has suggestions of what I should do....I know there is a Orbit baby completely free of chemicals and retardants, but we don't have the means to buy a 400+ dollar car seat. We would like to try to stay under the $200 range. She is 3.5, and over 30lbs. The other one that was rated very safe was the Graco Comfort Sport, but that only goes up to 40lbs, and I am not getting something she will grow out of by the end of the year.
(The reason I typed all that other stuff out, is that if anyone is having skin rashes and just can NOT figure it out....don't disgard the car seat, I would have never known they were toxic and full of chemicals and dangerous fuming foams and heavy metals like lead!)
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- mMomba Mamma · Original PosterPosted 3/15/13
(oh, and I don't want to just TRY to wash it and see if that helps. I know after several to 50 washes you can get most of the flame retardents/chemicals out, bt it will void my return, so I just want to get a new one, in case that doesn't help at all, the car seat was $200 and I don't want to be out of the money!)
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Have you washed the cover? That helps get rid of some of the excess chemical in the fabric let over from spraying.
- mMomba Mamma · Original PosterPosted 3/15/13
This was only a review of 2011 car seat, and some companies have pledged since then to stop using some chemicals since then...not sure about FR's and other stuff.Advertisement | page continues below
- Expensive, but i think the Clek Foonf is fairly free of most chemicals.
- SpotDog86InactivePosted 3/15/13Isn't the Radian GXT supposed to be fairly clear of flame retardants?
- Posted 3/15/13
I know the orbit seats have friendly covers. The orbit toddler seat will last about as long as the nautilus in booster mode. (18 inch top slots.) The foonf's top slots are 17.5 inches. I would call graco and ask if they have any covers that are known to be more friendly to skin. I'm glad you found th cause of the rash, but on the otherhand, it is hard to find the right one!
- Posted 9/23/13
My son got this from his Chicco Keyfit. It took me a couple of months to figure out what was going on. The peditrician diagnosed him with eczema, but it kept on getting worse and worse, until he had giant raw sores on the back of his head and legs. :( One afternoon he took a nap in his car seat wearing just a diaper, and when I took him out, his whole body was red. I finally connected the dots and got him a new car seat, and it cleared up right away. It's crazy to think about what kind of toxic crap must be in carseats to produce that kind of reaction.
There have been a lot if reports of contact dermatitis from car seats made from that shiny, waterproof type of fabric.
- corbinatorInactivePosted 9/23/13
Just wanted to say I have no suggestions on seats...but having a skin reaction is no joke. I never had one in my life until last month when I tried a different brand/scent of fabric softener after not having used any for a few months. Everywhere there was tight clothing (waist band, bra strap, feet, crotch, underarms) I was scratching till blood came out. A few clear water washes of my entire wardrobe got it out, but I know you said you aren't interested in washing... sorry! I know it's terrible. Reach out to Graco and see what they say. I know exactly what kind of fabric you mean. Our former Argos in Crest had the shiny stuff, which I loathe. That's not the reason we got rid of it, we had a strap problem, but I much prefer the microfiber and velvety fabrics. GL!
- Posted 9/23/13
Is there anyway you could switch the carseats with your dds to see if it doesnt bother ydd?
- corbinatorInactivePosted 9/23/13
^^ Argos is a FFing only seat- I assume OP does not wish to FF her 1 yo?


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The antecedents and consequences of burnout, work engagement and workaholism
Metin, Ümit Baran
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The purpose of the present study is to find the relationship between characteristics of working life such as job demands (e.g. workload), and job resources (e.g. colleague support) and job attachments of employees, such as burnout, work engagement, and workaholism. Moreover, the effects of work characteristics on physical health, organizational commitment and work-family balance are investigated. Additionally, the relationship between three major employee attachment styles to work, namely, burnout, workaholism and work engagement was examined. Psychometric qualities of the main study scales were established through a pilot study. Data for the main study were collected from 266 Turkish hotel and health care service employees. The results of regression analyses showed that job demands have effect on burnout and work engagement; whereas job resources are related to increased workaholism and decreased burnout. Work engagement predicted physical well-being, increased organizational commitment, and work-family harmony whereas burnout had a negative effect on these outcomes. Workaholism was related only to organizational commitment. Mediation analyses showed that burnout mediated between job demands, and resources and perceived health, organizational commitment and work-family harmony, whereas work engagement mediated only between job resources and the above consequences. A proposed job stress framework was tested through Job Demand and Resources (JD-R) Model. Structural Equation Modeling results exhibited good fit to the model, thus providing support for employee well-being aspect of JD-R Model. The analyses also showed that burnout, workaholism and work engagement are different constructs. Implications for managers, limitations of the study and suggestions for future studies were presented.
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A Comparison of telecommuting and workplace employees in terms of situational strength, personality, work attitudes and performance
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The purpose of the present study is to examine the personality, work attitudes, and performance differences of employees working in different work arrangements, (home and office-based work contexts). The variables used were situational strength (clarity, consistency, and constraints), and personality (conscientiousness and extraversion). Job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions, and job performance were the work outcome variables. 359 employees working at offices, and 261 employe...
The effect of proactive and preventive coping styles on personal and organizational outcomes: Be proactive if you want good outcomes
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The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between proactive and preventive coping styles and some individual and organizational outcomes, namely, job satisfaction, task performance, and organizational citizenship behavior. Psychometric qualities of the scales were established through a pilot study by collecting data from 90 employees selected from different sectors. More data were collected from additional 125 employees. Altogether, 215 employees participated in the present study. Of t...
The Effect of coping strategies: mediating role of work attachment styles on the relation between coping and personal and organizational outcome perception
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This study aims to investigate the mediation effects of organizational commitment with its all components and job satisfaction on the relationship between workplace incivility and turnover intention. In order to test the hypotheses proposed, data were collected from 254 white-collar employees of a public institution located in Ankara and analyzed by using quantitative methods. According to the test results, while workplace incivility had significant associations with turnover intention, job satisfaction and...
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The aim of the present study is to examine the relationship between antecedents namely job demands and job resources and mobbing and the consequences which are individual's general health, job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment. Moreover, for antecedents part moderating role of negative affectivity between job demands, job resources and targets' reports of mobbing was investigated and for consequences part, burnout was considered as a mediating variable between targets' reports of mobbing,...
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Contract fraud analysis
In terms of the form and content of the contract in the crime of contract fraud, there are two situations: (1) a contract signed under a false pretence. False appearance means that the name and identity of the actor, the contract signed, the official seal used and the letter of introduction are false. The false appearance will inevitably lead to the falsehood of the contract content, that is, the content of the contract can not be performed objectively. When the actor signs such a contract with another person, the intent of fraud is obvious. As long as the property of the deceived person is in hand, it can be deemed that the contract fraud has been completed.
(2) A contract signed in its true colors. The true face means that the name and identity of the actor, the contract signed, the official seal used and the letter of introduction are all true, that is, there is actually this unit or individual. The content of a contract signed in its true face may be true or false, and there are also three situations:
The first is a contract with true content, that is, a contract signed by the actor on the premise of having the actual ability to perform. The signing of such a contract at least shows that the actor has a real intention to conduct economic exchanges through the contract at the time of signing, not to defraud money. According to the spirit of the relevant judicial interpretation, even if the contract is not fully performed after signing, it is not a crime of fraud. However, it should be noted that some actors sign contracts with others that greatly exceed this performance capacity with limited performance capacity, such as contracts for the supply of 100 tons of coal, but contracts for the supply of 100 tons of coal have been signed with multiple customers one after another. If after signing, the actors actively identify the source of goods and try to perform the contract, although they ultimately fail to perform the contract completely, it is not recognized as a crime of fraud. However, if the actor does not try to perform the contract after signing multiple contracts, his intent of fraud is obvious, and he should be treated as a contract fraud crime.
Second, contracts with half truths. That is to say, the actor has initially contacted the source of goods, but the source of goods has not been completely determined or has not been completely obtained. The content of the contract signed under such circumstances is half true. This kind of contract objectively has the possibility of partial performance, and whether the actor makes efforts to perform the contract subjectively and in actual behavior becomes the key to determine the nature of his behavior. If the actor has the intention to perform the contract and objectively makes positive efforts to perform the contract, and finally fails to perform the contract for various objective reasons, it can not be identified as a crime of fraud. On the contrary, if the actor has no intention to perform the contract subjectively after receiving the advance payment or deposit from others despite the possibility of performance objectively, this is actually a fraud in the name of partial performance capacity, and of course it should be punished as a crime of contract fraud.
The third is the contract with false content, that is, the actor signed the contract without the ability to perform the contract. The actor subjectively intends to possess others' money without compensation and has no intention to return it. Objectively, he uses the cheated money for squandering or other purposes, which should be punished as the crime of contract fraud. If the perpetrator illegally occupies other people's money objectively, but subjectively does not want to occupy it for a long time, but wants to temporarily obtain the possession, use, or even income right of the property, and return it after the business is successful. This is actually an act of using other people's funds, and it is generally not suitable to be punished as a crime of fraud.
The main targets of economic contract fraud are:
(1) Signing false purchase and sales contracts to defraud goods. Some forged certificates and contracts to sign contracts with the other party; Some forged letters of guarantee from banks or other departments and signed contracts with the other party in their legal capacity; Some forged bank bills, stole blank cheques of units, and lured the other party to sign contracts by using invalid cheques or empty cheques; Some signed contracts with the other party on the grounds of negotiating business, placing orders, and helping others to promote their products. Most of the actors conceal their true identity when they cheat, and take advantage of the other party's eagerness to promote their own products to defraud the goods on the grounds of taking delivery of the goods first and paying later. Then sell the goods at a low price, embezzle the money, or use the goods for debt repayment and mortgage.
(2) Fictitious sources of goods, signing short contracts and defrauding loans. Some forged fake approval documents from superior competent departments as sources of goods; Some use forged bills of lading as the source of goods; Some seize the other party's psychology that they are in urgent need of certain materials and commodities, and verbally fabricate the source of goods; Some deliberately let the other party see that they do not belong to themselves but falsely claim that they are their own goods, or that there is no goods to see at all, so as to deceive the other party; Some use forged sales contracts as sources of goods; wait.
(3) Forging identity and signing false contracts to defraud others of advance payment or deposit. The perpetrator who uses this method to cheat has two kinds of Psychology: one is that as long as he swindles the advance payment or deposit, he will be successful; the other is that he swindles the advance payment or deposit first, and then continues to swindle the payment if possible, and then walks away if impossible.
(4) Use bait to open the way and cheat others of money and property. In order to achieve the purpose of defrauding the other party of huge amounts of property, some criminals use the payment of part of the advance payment as the bait, and once the other party's money and property are placed under the control of Bai Ji, they run away. Others use the means of partially performing the contract to cheat the other party's trust, induce the other party to further deliver property according to the contract, and use the fraudulent means of taking a long line and fishing for big fish to cheat money and goods.
(5) Signing fake contracts to defraud others of their activity fees, benefit fees or commission fees, etc. the real purpose of these people signing contracts with the other party is not to defraud goods and loans, nor to defraud deposits or prepayments, but to defraud all kinds of nominal expenses in one go. As long as they get this property, they will fly away. Generally, these people forge their identities and certificates, claim to be able to buy urgently needed and in short supply, or use the bait of helping the other party to sell their products, and write that the other party has signed a false sales contract. (6) Signing contracts with others in the name of joint business, investment and cooperation to defraud. When using this method to defraud, the perpetrator often forges the business license and registered capital in the name of a company, Jianchang, etc., under the cover of legal identity, to deceive others into signing a joint operation agreement with it, and defraud others of money.


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Bobby Hemmitt - It's Deeper than Racism
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Brother Bobby Hemmitt is a scholar of esoteric & occult knowledge who has been captivation us for over 30+ years he is the teacher of many occult students like Brother Panic, Travis Magus,Sevan Bomar, Brother Rich, Love Lift Life and many more, He is a Colleague of other Master Teachers such as Phil Valentine and Dr. Delbert Blair.
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It is time to get serious about fire danger. Our summers are getting longer, hotter, and drier and the number and severity of wildfires are increasing. We urgently need to decrease the risk from wildfires. The question is how to most effectively use the limited money and resources available.
The most critical risk is that our major roads are not safe for rapid evacuation of people and rapid access of fire trucks when there is a big fire. Many of our major roads will be impassable during a large fire. A few burning trees or branches on most roads will close the roads and doom anyone who depends on the roads for rapid escape. A minimum of twenty to thirty feet of clearance on both sides of major roads is necessary to provide safe passage if there is a major fire.
I recommend we first spend our money and resources on clearing major egress and ingress routes before we work on anything else. Clearing little used roads or relatively small patches of land is a waste of time and resources.
Please contact your city, county and state officials and ask them to immediately allocate serious funds to clear the areas surrounding our major roads.
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Gifts are poor substitutes for the things that are best expressed by the heart.
–TD Dierker
I am the youngest of the eight children in my family and there is a span of eighteen years between my eldest sibling and me. Both sets of my grandparents married later in life; additionally, my mother and father were the youngest in their families. That said, by the time I came on to the scene, both of my grandfathers had passed. Sadly, I never experienced the joy of being with either of these special and devoted men. As a young boy, I remember being jealous of my older brothers and sisters because they were able to experience the sturdiness and dependability of my grandfathers, particularly my grandpa Dierker. Regardless, I do have strong mental images of these special men due, in part, to decades of listening to my older siblings tell and re-tell stories that they remember from their childhood.
To this day, what stands out as the common denominators from each of my siblings experiences are the quantity and quality of time that they spent with Grandpa. The man had to have been a genius when it came to raising grandchildren.
To my recollection, I have never once heard mention in any of their accounts that he bought anything for them: nor have they shared anything about an expensive trip that they took or some other material extravagance. Amazingly though, I can recite almost word for word their stories of Saturday afternoon trips to the local hardware store during which they raced from tractor to tractor and pretended to be farmers. Or how hand in hand with Grandpa they would meander to the end of his street where there was a small farm. While there they would feed the chickens and casually spend entire mornings doing mostly nothing. Truly special grandparents have been at it long enough to grasp two important beliefs: 1) time is the most precious thing that they have to give and 2) they recognize that things never endure and are poor substitutes for time spent.
My own experiences as a father are reinforcing these beliefs.
A few years ago, my wife and I took our family to Walt Disney World. After requesting the single-day park passes and nearing the end of the transaction, I was certain that the clerk had mistakenly charged me for eight multi-day passes. She seemed surprised that I was surprised by the $1,050 charge for just one day at the theme park. With the benefit of hindsight and if I had been thinking clearly, I probably would have asked her to cancel the charge. After a day of store bought extravagance, what my kids remember the most about our trip was playing in the resort's 2 swimming pools and the flights to and from Orlando.
At Christmas time I have watched as our younger children spent hours playing with boxes and bubble wrap while the gifts that had served as their payload moments beforehand were already nudged out of mind.
During the summer, we enjoy going to Cincinnati Reds baseball games. Taking four or six members of our family to the ball park is neither simple nor is it inexpensive. Believe it or not, what my children love the most about major league adventures is the $1 bus rides across the river going to and coming from the ball park.
I am grateful that my family has the example that was set by my grandfather and has since been echoed to me by my siblings. My children are the most obvious beneficiaries of his inspiration to forge simple, lasting traditions. Our time spent takes residence in their hearts and while they may forget what we did…they will never forget how our experiences made them feel. I am stupefied when trying to make sense of how humanity has allowed the culture of "acquiring more stuff" hijack the indelible aspects of being parents or grandparents.
When it comes to making memories if more, better, bigger, faster, more expensive or more complex is the answer, then it is likely that I am asking the wrong question.
More stuff is not the answer; things don't deliver happiness. To the contrary things break, rot, lose value, need insurance, require technical support and service, demand upgrades and lead to the need for newer models. In my past, acquiring things has bred competition, disappointment and often leads to resentment. I have found that in most instances, the bigger ticket items like cars, motorcycles, and boats require such vigilance and policing that they can become major "fun-extinguishers" and unwittingly rob us of our joy.
Establishing and maintaining better balance and focus leads me to possess more of me, so that I can freely give to my loved ones what they want more than anything else…easy-going and carefree time spent with me and with one another.


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Transport in Paphos. Buses: routes and tickets
Bus transport in Paphos has a strong network of suburban and urban routes, making it easy and convenient to get around. Prices, routes and types of tickets – all the main information about buses in Paphos.
Buses in Paphos depart from two bus stations – Karavella Bus Station in the city center on Andrea Geroudi Street, which offers suburban and intercity buses (Limassol, Nicosia) and the Harbor Bus Station in Kato Paphos, which offers buses for tourist destinations. The bus station connects the route no. 618 Kato Paphos – City Center (Karavella).
Travelling by bus in Paphos costs 1,5 euros, but there are also other fares (you can see them in the cabin of the bus, next to the driver): daily ticket, that is a pass for the whole day, passes for a week, a month and a year. Tickets are purchased upon boarding directly from the bus driver.
Daily ticket is often bought by tourists to see the main city or close to the city attractions. A ticket for one day costs 5 euros and is valid from the time of purchase until 23:00 of the same day. After 11 p.m. the passenger will have to buy a night ticket, which costs 2.5 euros, even if he has a pass for the week. Night routes are from 23:00 to 6:00.
The pass for the week costs 15 euros and applies only to day routes (from 6:00 to 23:00). A monthly pass for buses in Paphos costs €40 and an annual pass costs €400 (covers both day and night routes).
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The most popular transport routes in Paphos
- #615 Kato Paphos – Coral Bay
- No. 610 Kato Paphos – Center (Market)
- #631 Kato Paphos – Aphrodite's Stone
- No. 611 Kato Paphos – Geroskipou Promenade
Paphos Bus 615: Kato Paphos Harbour – Coral Bay
Coral Bay is one of the most popular beaches in Paphos and therefore the bus runs frequently – every 10 to 15 minutes. The bus runs between the harbour and the beach from 6.30am to midnight. Experienced people are advised to get not to the stop Coral Bay, and to the terminal – there and fewer people, and showers and toilets are free. The bus departs from Harbor station and the fare is 1.5 Euros. It also takes you to the Tombs of the Kings, which are just a stop away from Kings Avenue Mall.
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Paphos Bus 610: Kato Paphos (Harbour) – Municipal Market
The route connects the harbor with the city center, where the covered market is located. Tourists come here in search of souvenirs, jewelry and other gifts from Paphos. There is also a small fruit and vegetable market and several cafes and restaurants outside the market. Transportation is available every 10 minutes.
Paphos Bus 631 Kato Paphos – Aphrodite's Stone (Petra tou Romiou) / Paphos Bus 631: Kato Paphos – Petra tou Romiou
The stone of Aphrodite is a must for many tourists, because according to legend, this is where Aphrodite emerged from the foam of the sea. The bus goes to this extraordinary place strictly according to the schedule. You can also get to Aphrodite Hills by this route. In the cabin hangs a sign with an appeal not to enter in wet swimsuits and without outerwear, to which, however, few people pay attention. At the terminus, you have to walk through the underpass, which will take you to the Aphrodite Stone. At the stop there is a cafe, free toilets and showers (though, paid – 1 or 2 euros).
Route 631 schedule:
Route 631, Kato Paphos – Petra tou Romiou Route: Harbour (Main Station), Ledas, Alkminis, Poseidonos Av., Danaes Av., Aphrodite's Av., Spyrou Kyprianou Av., Gianni Kontou, Ippokratous, Makariou Av., Paphos-Limassol old Road,Petra tou Romiou.
From Kato Paphos station to Petra tou Romiou From December to March Mon-Sat: 07:25, 09:10, 10:40, 14:10, 16:00, 18:40, 22:30 Fri: 06:30, 9:10, 10:40, 14:10, 16:00, 18:40, 22:30 Fri-Nov. Fri: 07:25, 09:10, 10:40, 14:10, 14:30, 15:40, 16:00, 17:30, 18:40, 22:30 Fri: 06:30, 9:10, 10:40, 14:10, 14:30, 15:40, 16:00, 17:30, 18:40, 22:30
From Petra tou Romiou to Kato Paphos station From December till March Mon-Fri: 08:15, 10:05, 11:35, 15:05, 16:55, 19:30, 0:00 From April till November Mon-Fri: 08:15, 10:05, 11:35, 15:05, 15:25, 16:35, 16:55, 18:20, 19:30, 0:00 Transit time: about 45 minutes
Paphos Bus 611 Kato Paphos – Geroskipou Beach (Waterpark)
The bus travels along the coast and connects the harbor with the hotels along the beach. The interval between services is 10 minutes.
For bus timetables in Paphos and Polis and detailed routes click here:
There are also red double-decker tourist buses – Paphos Red Bus Sightseeing – running around Paphos. The buses let you see the main sights of Paphos and listen to the history of the place (in English). The ticket for such a bus around Paphos is valid for 24 hours (it costs 12,5 euros for adults and 5 euros for children). More information is available here.
Car and bike hire in Paphos
Tourists often rent a car for travelling around Paphos and you'll see car hire shops everywhere, usually under the signs Rent a car or Car hire. It's convenient because you won't be able to visit Akamas or Troodos by bus. The only disadvantage is left-hand traffic. If you easily adapt, then feel free to take a rental car – so you can fully enjoy the beauty of Cyprus. The cost of renting a car depends on the brand and mileage of the car. In addition to cars in Paphos you can rent quads, buggies, scooters, bikes and so on.
Transport in Cyprus: buses, cabs, car rentals
In the country there is an extensive network of buses. To travel around Paphos you can use the website pafosbuses.com, where you can quickly see the number of buses of your route and the cost of a ticket (the site is in Greek and English). There you can also check the bus timetable, which depends on the season and the day of the week.
- A single trip to Paphos costs 94 RUB = 1.5 EUR
- Night trip from 9 p.m. costs 156 RUB = 2.5 EUR
- If you intend to use the bus more than three times, the day-ticket costs 312 RUB = 5. EUR
- Children up to 5 years of age ride free of charge
- Students and children under 12 years old get a 50% discount.
- A weekly pass costs 1,249 RUB = 20. EUR
The photo shows the numbers of buses with visits to major attractions of the city and its surroundings.
Tickets are purchased from the driver, passes at the stations. At the main bus stops there are toilets. Here you can buy a pass for the whole day or a week.
Paphos bus maps
How to get to Paphos Airport
There are buses 612 and 613 to Pafos Airport, and only in the summer the 649 bus from Polis.
Cab fares in Paphos
- From Paphos airport to Paphos town 1,561 – 1,749 RUB = 25 – 28 EUR for 4 people
- From Larnaca airport to Paphos 6 245 RUB = 100 EUR per car for 4 people
Intercity buses in Cyprus
Intercity buses between major cities of Cyprus:
- From Nicosia to Limassol the bus goes several times a day, the duration is 1h 45 min, the fare is 312 RUB = 5. EUR ticket for the day 562 RUB = 9 EUR
- From Nicosia to Paphos the bus runs for 2 hours and costs 437 RUR = 7. EUR Day ticket 812 RUB = 13 EUR
- From Nicosia to Larnaca bus takes 1h 15 min and costs 250 RUR = 4. EUR per day 437 RUR = 7.
You can also travel by bus to the further parts of the island but if so you might not have to change in several hours and given the low frequency of services it might take you 6 hours for example from Pafos to Pomos by bus compared to one and a half hours by car.
In the case of visiting the mountainous and remote corners of the island, it is recommended to rent a car.
Rent a car in Cyprus
In the airports of the island there are the main European offices of car rental. The price level depends on the season (there are three of them: low from November to March, high from mid July to mid October and medium). The price dynamics also depends on the lease term and class of the car.
Tips on renting a car
Of course before you arrive you should study the prices on the website of the companies as they may differ by 2 times. The main car fleet consists of the city compact cars. A peculiarity of renting a car is that the client is tricked into taking out full insurance and reducing the deposit amount (which is 56,205 rubles = 900 EUR) and tricked into covering any previous damage (before your renting) which you did not notice during the car examination. Always look not only at the body of the car, the condition of the windows and tires, but it is also recommended to look under the car, especially in the areas of wheel arches and the bottom near them.
Greece and Cyprus are on the list of countries where rental companies frame the customer with dents made before you. It is recommended to take a detailed video of the car at the pickup. Such a detailed inspection is very unnerving for the staff, but strain and ignore it.
There is also a possibility to rent a car in the city from local agencies, the cost for the economy variant 1 062 – 1 749 RUB = 17 – 28 EUR in high season, the insurance and GPS are paid additionally.
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This is just toooooo sweet! You gave those ladies something very valuable. Little old ladies and sherry, huh? The men at my dad's veterans home would just come out in droves when it was beer day. t
I was a very young Mum when I got a job for six weeks working with the night nurse at an old folks home. There were two of us and not very much to do, so the other nurse delightfully, arrived each night with her blanket and her pillow, set up the drugs trolley, changed any dressings, helped me with anything heavy, collected the laundry, folded it in front of TV, then stretched out full length on one of the couches in the day room, and went to sleep until the first rounds at 6.00 am.
I did not mind really, I had 32 old ladies and gentlemen all to myself. I had a full house every night. So I would push my evening trolley around, and doled out cups of hot cocoa from enormous stainless steel jugs and the sleeping pills or a glass of sherry. I turned off lights, said good nights and tweaked blankets as I went around.
None of these people were sick you understand, they were just old. In my book old is not an illness. Some of them were a little surprised when I made the offer of a sherry or a sedative (never both). I always checked and noted the charts as to who was allowed sherry and who was not. Any unused pills were charted as untaken and returned to the bottles. And one or two ladies did look surprised, proceeded to hide their surprise and then said yes please, the sherry dear and don't be mean with the pouring.
Now a sedative will knock you out for the whole night, and then leaves you groggy for hours upon waking, sometimes you will need toileting and turning in the night if you are sedated and not everyone really needs a sedative. And these old people had worked hard all their lives, held all manner of jobs, raised children, worked on farms and survived through wars. They were used to being independent and getting up EARLY. A sedative will stop that. And as my sherries spread in popularity and the snores from the nurse in the front room got deeper, I began to get early morning visitors. Really early morning.
After settling the oldies, I would do the cleaning then between my corridor walks I would work my way through Cooks List. Prepping all the vegetables for lunch the next day, starting the soups for the dinner, baking, peeling apples for apple sauce, defrosting the meat, writing up the order book, all that kind of thing. It was a large kitchen, warm not cavernous like some of the older ones I had worked in, it felt like a regular kitchen. It had windows above the counters, two ovens, huge mixers and herbs on the sill, lots of counter space, and a really big walk in chiller.
It started as a bell, at 4 in the morning. Instead of buzzers all the residents had been given little tinkly bells, some were china, some were brass, cows bells, they all had a bell. Buzzers were for emergencies. Could I have a cup of tea sweetheart. And I began to toddle back and forth with trays of tea. Soon as they became more confident, they would appear at the kitchen door and not wanting to bother me, could they make their own cup of tea? Seeing as how I was so busy and sorry dear but you always make it too weak, though we do appreciate you trying dear. I would hear the 'we' then look past the smiling blue blue eyes, it was usually Mrs Lilac (I have changed the names so that no-one gets in trouble) and see two or three other even older sherry ladies lurking out in the corridor. After a few nights of this I reorganised a space on one of the counters with all the makings for a cup of tea. So they could just pop in and out.
Then they began to loiter, drinking their tea in the kitchen watching me work. Then the tea pots were too big and they were not familiar with these T baggie thingies dear so I began to bring my own silver tea pot from home that was just the right size. (I am sure you remember the tea pot story ). They loved to hear that story, they got to own the story of the day I melted my mothers silver tea pot and the ensuing drama. As each new lady joined the circle of night visitors they would tell it all over again. They were thrilled to pour their tea out of my mothers heat dented silver tea pot with its legs melted off and its collapsed lid. Then a tea cosy appeared to cover it. Then a tea caddy with good strong tea leaves in it appeared each night in the tea corner. Then they were bringing their own cups: I hope you don't mind dear but your cups are just so fat dear. I love a good cup.
I worked five nights a week, for six weeks and a little routine developed. Once everyone was settled in for the night (meaning Nursey with the blanket) I would drag a table and chairs out of the gloomy dining room and set them up outside the double kitchen doors. There would be a few midnight visitors and in the early morning my other ladies would begin to whisper out of their rooms, like tall shadows leaking out of the darkened corridors, touching their fingers along the walls for comfort. They would sit around their table with another pot of tea, watching for the sunrise through the kitchen windows. They began to raid my cookies as they came out of the oven. Those are for afternoon tea Mrs Lilac. I would say. I know dear, yes I do know. I will let them cool a little. Her lovely long hands lined with raised veins and bruises and fragile nails, rings running loose and twinkly around her fingers, reaching for hot cookies.
Soon it was: I hope you don't mind Cecilia dear, but we thought maybe we could just whip up a quick batch of cookies ourselves. Would that be alright? I mean yours are good but Miss Jo was a cooking teacher for fifty odd years dear and she does make lovely oatmeal cookies. So they are taking turns making cookies and then cakes in the night. Getting up earlier and earlier. Jostling and laughing in the softest voices, their reflections moving about in the dark night windows. Pouring and sifting and stirring. You go and check if nurse is still asleep dear we are fine. We will have some dishes for you soon. Oh Cecilia, I might just help you with this stock for the soup dear. Taking the spoon: watch now dear.
Well you all better be back in bed by 6.00 and pretending to be fast asleep. I would say. Oh we will dear, don't you worry, I just wanted to make that chocolate cake that my old Alfred, god rest his soul, used to be so partial too. And those dear little club sandwiches, we will wrap them in wet towels and they will be perfect for morning tea. And you know how Myrtle worries in the night about getting the mutton done for the shearers, a little sandwich in the night settles her dear. She is just a wee bit confused sometimes. We will just sneak one out for her with a cup of tea, why don't you take that down to her dear and oh I might just sneak one for myself. Do you want a club sandwich Dorothy. It is the bread dear. You have to have the thinnest bread.
You understand now don't you, it took me a while. It was the kitchen they were visiting, not me. Their own kitchens had been their own kingdoms for all those years. Then they had lost their kitchens. So very gently and very cleverly I was moved aside and they took over mine.
One night, as I sat at the table in the corridor peeling apples and watching my bright group of old women, their hair in plaits or curlers, their nighties and cardigans and worn dressing gowns in layers, the bows of their aprons tied firmly into the small of their backs. Bony bare ankles peeping out from worn slippers, hands kneading and whisking and slamming the stove door. Necks stretched to see. You know you are going to get me into trouble, I said to the ladies showing me how to peel apples. I have children to feed you know. We know dear and I am sure they are such dear wee children too.
I hear a squeak of wheels coming down the dark corridor and there is Old Miss Poppy who usually walks very slowly with a cane, being pushed in a wheelchair by The Elder Miss Mabel. In Miss Poppy's lap she holds a package wrapped in brown paper. She has The Tongue! Elder Miss Mabel announced and Old Miss Poppy smiled and bobbed her head as she was blithely wheeled past me and into my crowded kitchen at some ridiculously early hour of the morning. Tongue? what tongue?I choked. Why dear a cows tongue Mrs Lilac said and smiled. I do miss tongue, called back Miss Poppy.
The next morning, when all the furniture had been put away. The cookies were all in jars, the apple sauce steaming in its crock and the oatmeal soaking in warm water. The windows were pushed open to invite in the cool early sunshine and all my ladies were safely back in their beds. I told Cook, as she took off her jacket, hung it on a hook and reached for her kitchen shoes, that there was a large cow's tongue, cooked, peeled and cooling in the walk-in chiller. I waited apprehensively. She looked at me and smiled as she struggled to tie her apron about her Rubenesque girth.
Oh, Lovely. Holding my eyes for just a shade too long. Then smiled. Good. She nodded. Well, you know dear, she said. You have a week left of nights, don't you? You see I am taking a month off in a fortnight. Now, Matron is quite impressed with all the cooking, those soups are so good and your cakes dear. Very good. Her eyelid fluttered into what looked suspiciously like a wink. I think Matron is going to ask you to fill in as Cook for the month I am away. I know the residents will be pleased.
But you do go through rather a lot of aprons dear, you need to think of the laundry…
This was such a charming story. I was smiling the whole way through!
Your story made me cry too. When Kane and I visited Boogie at the home, to say goodbye really, I played guitar to him, because conversation was difficult. We were in a common room and several of the residents tottered up to thank me for the music. They were lovely and gentle, just grateful for any simple pleasure. Your writing is amazing.
What an absolutely, lovely, precious, sweet story. Thank you for sharing. The detail in your writing and the emotion you have incorporated into this story make this a fine, fine piece of writing.
This story has made my day. It has put a huge smile on my face and tears in my eyes. Thank you for sharing.
Vividly and touchingly told story 🙂
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