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June 22, 2008

A little more unease...

Random, but connected musings...

We don't buy any of the big newspapers in the this house and the TV isn't on during the day until after 8pm (aside from when the kids want to watch a DVD) so I don't see any news items.

A few months back though I changed my home page to a NZ news website just to keep in touch with what's going on in NZ and the world.

So aside from reading our little local paper a few times a week I really wasn't getting exposure to any 'bigger' issues out there unless I spotted a discussion on one of the 3-4 message boards I browse (which has actually kept me plenty in touch).

However, in the past few weeks our little local paper has become a source of the odd doom and gloom articles...local real estate companies merging or shutting shop, local builders no longer getting new house buiding business (but moving more into renovations), local petrol stations closing down, freighting companies not able to pass on the cost of the rises to their customers who were refusing to pay...

At my transition towns meeting the other night we were given a list of 3 questions to discuss with someone we didn't know. As we chatted, the guy I was talking to was telling me how the roads are getting quieter during his car commute into town as people take the trains, this coincided with spotting an article earlier that week in the local paper about train commuter numbers having increased dramatically where train carriages are stretched to maximum capapcity and now ticket prices are rising.

The news website I have been reading has many stories of shopping centres and large businesses up for sale and friends I was speaking to yesterday who own a car mechanical shop have been very quiet in the past 3wks (perhaps in line with the leap to petrol going over $2 a litre?)...

So what do I do??

I jump online and spend $100 on non-hybrid seeds.

4 comments:

gary said...

Ahh, not too many better ways to spend $100.

Regards, Gary

Gypsy said...

I agree with Gary - can't think of a better thing to do. I think turning off from the media can only make for a happier life ... whenever I catch up on the news I feel very sad. I actually used to work for a news media organisation, with CNN on little TVs in every corner of the building ... its too easy to become a news junkie and become immune to it all. Now I watch so little that when I do I just want to cry!

Nik said...

Yes, funny how seeds seem to hold a lot of value for me now! I really understand what my organic course tutor meant by them being a highly valued item back in the day and you gave seeds as a gift and they were very welcome!

Gypsy, yeah, I wonder if I should remove my home page again and just go back to how things were. A bit less anxiety would be nice.

Anonymous said...

I'm not a huge TV watcher. I tend to like lifestyle programmes that inspire me. I agree about the news. I often feel really blessed but somewhat inadequate about some of the things I see or hear. I like to hear Radio NZ news at 12pm when I can and that is more than enough.