Posts by Allan Moyle
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Like the screen res. comparison of how you feel you've been seeing the world.
I'm not sure if the your optometrist has mentioned what they think issue is yet, but I have a much greater respect for them after having a pituatary tumour the size of a squash ball picked up by a retail outlet optometrist.
She puzzled in the first session (45 mins) , said I should come back for a 2nd which lasted 5 mins at which point she said they were referring me to an opthalmologist, who confirmed her diagnosis.
Fortunately benign, and 9 days later it (and my pituitary) were removed, with no lasting effects to my sight.
Comforting to know that the training is thorough. -
Excellent Service, abounds in all sort of places it seems, including....Baci Newmarket.
I read a review for "Nightworkings" in the SST at about 4.30 pm on Sunday, jumped online to find of all the online bookshops in NZ, Baci had 1 copy on hand, registered, purchased and thought that'll be here later in the week. Monday dawns, sick child...my turn to pull the stay home day...doorbell at 8.40 am and lo and behold "Nightworkings" from Baci.
Beautiful day curled up on sofa in sun reading for the day...bliss. -
The Dickensian violence of a mid to late 20th century NZ school education. It was not just high school.... I can't say I did not deserve to be disciplined at times, but having my open palm "bladed" with a metre rule at age 8 opening the skin on my thumb joint and left to bleed for an hour certainly stands out. After that I really did have an issue with any teachers who chose corporal punishment as the consequence. A Form 1 teacher who on the last day strapped 4 of us, causing one boy to lose bladder control, and finally snapping, when I deigned to move my hand out of the the way for the 3rd of three to make him miss and thrash me all over in a rage.
Fortunately High School was much better, teachers with a passion for their subjects and a willingness to engage set me on a path of loving learning, improving results right through to achieving a Master of Science, with only a few dinosaurs in the system still intent on thrashing you with the cane. -
Second kids are always different ....maybe partly because of the reduced parental attention. We found with our 2 girls (26 months apart) that the
regulatory framework
was often usurped due the observation time the second child had of the first child's experiences and interactions that meant sometimes the opposite approach had to be taken...is this cunning ?.
Take time outs, with our first daughter the few times we needed to, we used the neutral space of the entranceway our home had. She would immediately start sobbing her apology and beg to be let out. When it came to No2 she would sit there quietly smiling as the door closed and wait until we came back as she had seen and be let out for the following hug and discussion. To make the point for her, we determined we had to go into our bedroom and close the door. She had the run of the house...but couldn't have us.. queue sobbing apologies and then hugs all round.