Sideswipe
Woman in charge brings child back to earth “Our well-travelled 3-year-old grandson was boarding a flight to Spain with his parents,” writes Ray. “In line with previous experience he asked the steward if he could visit the cockpit. The steward said yes and escorted him into the cockpit where he was greeted by a female pilot, to which Oscar promptly asked: ‘Where’s the man?’”
Peacocks just need to see themselves “Many years ago I lived on a lifestyle block in the Bay of Plenty and we had a family of peacocks that used to frequent the property,” writes June Terry. “They would always come up to the house and make a huge mess by the back door. A wise old gent told us to get a piece of mirror and place it well away from the house and the peacocks would be drawn to it as all they were doing was strutting in front of our glass door to see themselves. The mirror worked a treat and you could often see the family down the paddock strutting their stuff in front of the mirror. Perhaps it might work for the folk in Papatoetoe.”
Kudos to surf club Sarah writes: “Thank you so much to Ben (a surfer who put me on his surfboard) and the team at Piha Surf Life Saving Club who helped me out on Monday. I can swim, but they came by to check that I was okay because I had been pulled really far out. Then a few minutes later, when I realised that I was getting really tired and couldn’t get back to the shore, a surfer came over and helped me on to his surfboard, while the Piha SLSC came back to bring me in. All of you are incredible, giving up your time (which could be spent with your friends and family — especially on a public holiday!) to look out for strangers. You guys are amazing!”