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May 6th 2016, 9:32 am
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May 6th 2016, 10:34 am
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They say ankle bracelets are common.
That would explain a lot.......
That would explain a lot.......
Last edited by Snap Shot; May 6th 2016 at 10:36 am. Reason: No I don't
May 7th 2016, 6:55 am
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May 10th 2016, 3:53 pm
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Hmmm...only place in NZ where we saw kids with buckets and sponges aggressively washing car windscreens at traffic lights.
Purely out of good hearted charity, of course......
Purely out of good hearted charity, of course......
May 10th 2016, 11:10 pm
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I would describe them as early twenties rather than genuine kids.
It's been handy the couple of times it's happened as my windscreen needed to be washed and I paid the guy one dollar. That's about 50p. (Same as when it happened to me and I paid one pound in London twenty years ago.)
These car windscreen washers at busy road junctions is a world wide phenomenon.
In Christchurch, NZ the city council has passed a bylaw banning them.
The NZ police have told people not to pay them. I assume that means the whole of NZ.
To bad they are still so 'soft' about beggars. They pay no tax either, and don't even work like the windscreen squeegee merchants do. Just sit there like pavement art.
Wellington city council voted against getting beggars of the street. There still seems to be an implied romance to beggars in NZ. As in 'leave them alone, they've hit hard times.'
Toni Street is a co-presenter of a popular current affairs t.v. show here in NZ. Her stance of 'don't be so hard on beggars' on the t.v. here in NZ last night just about left me speechless. Naïve doesn't begin to cover it. Oh that's right, she's a kiwi.
It's been handy the couple of times it's happened as my windscreen needed to be washed and I paid the guy one dollar. That's about 50p. (Same as when it happened to me and I paid one pound in London twenty years ago.)
These car windscreen washers at busy road junctions is a world wide phenomenon.
In Christchurch, NZ the city council has passed a bylaw banning them.
The NZ police have told people not to pay them. I assume that means the whole of NZ.
To bad they are still so 'soft' about beggars. They pay no tax either, and don't even work like the windscreen squeegee merchants do. Just sit there like pavement art.
Wellington city council voted against getting beggars of the street. There still seems to be an implied romance to beggars in NZ. As in 'leave them alone, they've hit hard times.'
Toni Street is a co-presenter of a popular current affairs t.v. show here in NZ. Her stance of 'don't be so hard on beggars' on the t.v. here in NZ last night just about left me speechless. Naïve doesn't begin to cover it. Oh that's right, she's a kiwi.
Last edited by Snap Shot; May 10th 2016 at 11:19 pm. Reason: That's right love, keep ranting
May 11th 2016, 4:22 am
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Please don't start again....
May 11th 2016, 1:18 pm
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I found that the Maori I talked to had zero sympathy for Maori beggars.
Said that there was no need - the Iwi would take care of them.
Perhaps the beggars tell a different story.
Always a difficult moral question - better to give them money, feed them, or ignore them.
Little different in the UK, except the winters are much harsher on those living on the streets.
There was much more sympathy, I think, around 100 years ago.
See "Burlington Bertie from Bow".
At least, an air of romance about "Gentlemen of the Road" - but then again we didn't have the welfare state then and begging was probably the only means of survival for the down and out.
Said that there was no need - the Iwi would take care of them.
Perhaps the beggars tell a different story.
Always a difficult moral question - better to give them money, feed them, or ignore them.
Little different in the UK, except the winters are much harsher on those living on the streets.
There was much more sympathy, I think, around 100 years ago.
See "Burlington Bertie from Bow".
At least, an air of romance about "Gentlemen of the Road" - but then again we didn't have the welfare state then and begging was probably the only means of survival for the down and out.
