Posts by Sofie Bribiesca
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Speaker: The problem of “horror tenants”…, in reply to Matthew Poole,
To be a little flippant, it’s much easier to find a fire than a burglar :P
lol
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Capture: Lost, in reply to Chris Waugh,
And I did go back to the high speed rail line, but timed it brilliantly so I could hear the train go past as I was directly underneath.
lol.
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Speaker: The problem of “horror tenants”…, in reply to Lucy Telfar Barnard,
Yes it is DIY but its his design unique to our house. We make just about everything in this house, from furniture, design and heating and renovation, so now we are moving to solar and a heating plenum chamber from the sun and a log burner, we have moved on from the old one he designed years ago.but this house does stay dry, warm and free of condensation. To eliminate those things helps the house right there. Plus the new house has been designed to collect and move warm air around the rooms upstairs and down (and back up again). He gets a buzz out of making things work positively and this idea he's workin' on has already started to work without it being complete yet.
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Oh lucy, sorry , forgot, the heating we have transfers from the roof via fan into rooms when temp gets to a certain tempo adjustable and on timer and with readout in hall. I'll ask him to explain when I see him later
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Speaker: The problem of “horror tenants”…, in reply to Lucy Telfar Barnard,
*Is Barnzy a brand, or a South Islandism I’m not familiar with?
No its his name . :) I have seen what this girls mum is renting up North. She is a Solo Mother with 4 children at home at the mo. Her eldest is returning to work in Auckland . She cannot afford to take on the new responsibility to get a car for work travel and live and survive adequately. I have the space for her to live in comfort without feeling as inadequate as she was starting to feel before she had to return north temporarily. Our help will help not only her but her Mother who is a dam hard worker (when it comes seasonally) I figure if I can live in this house, she should feel very lucky .
That's it really, We will help her no matter what any rules are. -
Speaker: The problem of “horror tenants”…, in reply to Hebe,
Thanks Lilith. I would have been rude.
It's always interesting when others tell you about your "own" personal experiences. ;)
Must say though ,because we decided to take this house off the market for now, I'm fascinated to think that we should get the chimney swept (after not using it for several years now) if we rent it out to a friends daughter.Although other has put in a pump that sends roof heating through walls into living room and bathroom, it is not a branded heat pump, it's a Barnzy heatpump. The plan was, she wants to move to Aux after a couple of things get sorted and her job is waiting. We thought, give her the spare car, leave in washing machine and drier ,leave the gas heater (which frankly ,heats our house completely, small house, fully insulated). leave fully furnished except for a bed in Master room and Fridge and Art. Is asking $100.00 too much for an 18 year old? We figured having some responsibility was healthy for her and bills are only gas and power and water so she could pay those. Might have to have a rethink if that's not good enough. Maybe a WOF for the people involved and not the house? -
Capture: Lost, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Guess I should’ve checked the train timetable before I went.
Guess you gotta go back now ;)
Here in NZ we have the beginnings of electrification
and here we have a bygone era that fortunately didn’t have a bit more electrification. -
Up Front: Dropping the A-Bomb, in reply to william blake,
Is abortion acceptable for gender selection, if that’s what the mother wants?
Yes. If it shows an imbalance then it should be examined. If it's practical, why not let the woman decide what happens to her health, her existence and her respect.
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Up Front: Dropping the A-Bomb, in reply to Bart Janssen,
This must be a decision for the mother. It is her body that is being used, she will be responsible for the child for at least the next couple of decades. And every time society has interfered with that bad things happen.
Thanks Bart. My situations were granted relatively easily. I expressed my horror at the thought of being a Mother and I had occassion to admit a partner otherwise preoccupied at Her Majesty's request. That will tick the box pretty quickly, and admitting partaking in drugs is another. But I still hold firm that it was my choice to have an abortion and whatever it took was going to happen so it was inevitable that they agreed with me. It wasn't easy and consequences for ones actions should not always be, so I was ok with working with what was available. I don't begrudge any chance I have to use the state to help my quality of life but equality of the sexes could actually change perceptions and make these situations less stressfull.
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There is …
Still life in the backyard
Still life in the frontyard
And...
still life at Taipa Beach
