HOW are those New Year resolutions going?
It's a month into 2021 and according to the experts (a scientific term apparently) 94 percent of us have either issued a yellow card or the dreaded red card to our resolutions.
The same experts reckon the top 10 resolutions at the start of every year are:
Exercise more
Lose weight
Get organised
Learn a new skill or hobby
Live life to the fullest
Save more money - spend less money (LOL)
Quit smoking (I assume this refers to tobacco)
Spend more time with family and friends
Travel more (Don't leave town until you've seen the country)
Read more
To be fair five out of 10 is reasonable.
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A LICENCE is mandatory in order to drive. While it's questionable - given what I've witnessed during the summer - how some drivers got their licence the fact is that you need one to legally operate on our roads whether that be a car, van, motor-bike, truck, bus, steamroller, whatever.
So why don't you need to a licence to operate a boat (I'm not talking cruise liners, cargo ships or super yachts) but rather the Haines Hunter types.
Why don't owners have a test to go through? Questions along the lines of : Should swimmers be terrorised close to the shore; why is it acceptable to ignore ski lanes or, perhaps, whether life-jackets are a fashion accessory or a necessity?
Jet skiers - the motor bike riders on water - could also be subjected to a test before they're licensed. Perhaps something like - how much mayhem is acceptable when dodging swimmers (especially children) five metres offshore.
Answers on a post card please.
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THE Matariki public holiday is unique to Aotearoa. It has more relevance than, for example, the annual Queens Birthday public holiday.
Matariki should always be celebrated here.
(Note: Matariki is both the name of the star cluster and also of the season of its first risingin late June or early July. This is a marker of the beginning of the new year.)
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MEMO all millennial sportspeople: When you are asked as to which team you are playing on a particular weekend please refrain from using the word "versing."
You are playing against A, B or C not "versing" A, B or C.
(It's a losing battle but I thought I'd try.)
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IT'S been a long time between drinks but, despite the tumultuous challenges, of 2020 it is an appropriate time to kick-start the blog.
I'll do my best to keep it going weekly.
Shoot through any tips or suggestions you may have.
I reckon the cartoon sums it up.
