This one is easy, peasy, lemon squeezy. In previous times, people would pay to have all their teeth removed and just wear falsies. It was easier and less painful. Fast forward some decades, and dental practices and technologies have really…
Continue ReadingEven the aviation industry is still doing some preventative maintenance right now. We have a friend who has been a licensed aircraft mechanic for many years. He loves his job. Right now he works two days on and twelve days…
Continue ReadingMy partner loves to go to work. He has been at the same workplace, the family business located 3 kilometers away, for 45 years. And the building is not large. He jokes that, whereas some people work 5 days on…
Continue ReadingWhen organic matter decomposes, it breaks down to those building blocks of life then down to star-like component parts, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and other bits and pieces. Then returns to the earth and the wider universe. Whether you subscribe…
Continue ReadingRecently, I booked a trip back to New Zealand. I was so excited about seeing my parents after such a long time away. The trip was planned within an inch of its life. I would leave work after a nice…
Continue ReadingAunty has two key values – look after yourself first and then treat people as you want to be treated. I’ve heard of people getting offended by close family members. Apparently, someone had committed a perceived misdemeanor then been subject…
Continue ReadingI very much loved my work trip to Thailand. We didn’t go to Phuket or Bangkok. Not us hard-working auditors. No. We got on a connecting flight to Sukhothai which is one of Thailand’s seventy-six provinces lies in lower northern…
Continue ReadingAunty was never much into playing. I remember being around ten years of age, lining all my dolls up and lecturing them as if in a classroom. I would call the roll to make sure there were no slackers then…
Continue ReadingAunty’s mum and dad’s cat of 19 years, (yes, you read that right – Sammy Cat was 19) just passed away and my mum has tidied up all his toys. The cat door has now been removed and Sammy Cat…
Continue ReadingThe one thing that we all have in common is time. It doesn’t matter if you are the wealthiest person in the world or the poorest. You cannot buy more time. So time is the most precious asset we have. …
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