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The Sun
Wednesday March 29, 2017
Sun readers have their say... with the WORD on the Street.
Q: What do you think of daylight savings?
Georgia Gapper Blenheim
Michael Boyd Blenheim
Sonia Ewens Blenheim
Yvonne Walker Blenheim
Viviene Hope Blenheim
I love having more daylight in the evenings.
I like the shorter days and longer nights.
I love daylight savings. It gives us longer evenings to get out and about with family and pets.
I really like it for the long summer evenings.
I would like it to end.
Norm Fowke Glass Grape Marc Recycling Plant
Petrol Price Differences
Dear Ed, Proficiat (congratulations) Peter Yealands and son Aaron. Again Yealands is the grape industry’s leader. He does not waffle - his credo is- Yealands has an operating problem, Yealands find the solution and subsequently invests in plant and equipment to solve the problem. No dithering, no vague hopes that the problem might go away by itself. It does not! I sincerely hope the Marlborough District Council will support this recycling project and not bureaucratically kill it by asking too many what-if questions or employing too many wiseguy consultants and above all, leave politics out of it. Facts only. Tony Thiel Blenheim
Dear Ed, Concerning differing petrol prices between Levin and Blenheim (25 cents). There is a local case where prices between Blenheim and Picton (26 kms apart) differ by eight cents. That seems so odd that a cynical person might conclude that there’s collusion between Blenheim service stations. Should we call in ‘Crusher’ Collins to investigate Marlborough’s unusual situation? Petrol-Head Blenheim
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Sharon Hunt Blenheim I’m all good with it, well used to it now.
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Letters to the editor
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The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or withhold letters from publication. Email them to news@blenheimsun.co.nz or send a fax to phone 577 -7863. Please note that your name and street address MUST be provided with emails.
Lost penpal family sought Dear Ed, My Dad (Colin Wright) died a number of years ago. After WW2 he spent quite a bit of time in Blenheim and became very good friends with a lady by the name of Mrs Eyre Walker. Her family took him in after he suffered quite a bit of mental trauma fighting in Borneo with the Australian army. Dad encouraged me to write to her. I was an avid fan of hers. She sent me stamps from all around the world which I still have today and cherish the fond thoughts.
We exchanged letters for a number of years before she passed away herself. She had a daughter by the name of Margaret who married. My parents went to NZ to see them in 1980. I am going to NZ in July with my family and would very much like to see Margaret if she is still alive. I know it is a long shot but if you could help with a contact it would be much appreciated. Thanks heaps. Stuart Wright Queensland swfs2@bigpond.com
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Dear Ed, After I read your article about scam calls in The Sun (March 17) I would like to share my solution to this problem with Sun readers. I bought a phone with an answering machine and a number display. Then I contacted my telephone company and subscribed to their ‘Caller ID’ service which costs about $3 a month. I have found that scam callers invariably withhold their number for obvious reasons. When a call from a scammer is received my phone displays ‘Anonymous’. So when I see ‘Anonymous’ displayed I let
the answer machine take the message. Scammers never talk to answering machines, there is no point, so no message is left. If the call is from a genuine person either their number is displayed or they will leave a message so that I can call them back. Of course I had to buy a telephone with built-in answering machine plus the caller ID service. But the elimination of worry and risk of becoming a victim of fraud make it a very good investment. Evan Robinson Redwoodtown
Water worries Dear Ed, Years ago, when we lived in Hari Hari, a farmer’s cow accidentally fell into a hole headfirst. Somehow, the cow remained upright with its body and hind legs vertical. Some bright spark nailed a sign to a tree, saying ‘this is the cow that jumped over the moon!’. All the loopies would stop and take photos. I’m over the moon but not that far yet. I’ve still got my head! I’m over the moon to see all these young
people on TV saying ‘NO!!!’ to selling off our water. They still have their heads. Ninety-nine per cent of these young people will get real jobs when they leave school. One per cent won’t be able to handle a real job, they will get jobs as government politicians, officials, councillors, and council staff and keep their heads in a hole. Loopies can take photos but not our ONLY CLEAN WATER. Roger McClimont Havelock