My mother-in-law has Alzheimers, and because of this, she has forgotten how to do most of the little things we take for granted, like switching on the TV and her music player, and because of this, she misses out on the several little things that may make her life just a little more bearable.
Now modern things, TV, radio, phones, etc, have become very, very complicated, so much so that I gave up on them years ago, my mother-in-law however, happens to love to listen to 'her' music, Jim Reeves, Lena Martel, etc, but she cannot work the knobs on her player.
Now my moan is this, why does not some bright spark make a very simple machine that one may put a disc into (she manages that) and all you have to do is switch it on - nothing else, just a simple on/off switch. Now you may think that is simple, go out and buy one! No, no one makes one.
I know for a fact that many people suffer from Alzheimer's, so there must be a good market for such a device. Anyone listening?
JIM ADAMS
Rotorua
The second amendment was drafted in 1791 when the weapons of choice were swords or single shot muskets that had to be manually loaded with powder and ball for each shot.
Now there is easy access in the United States to semi automatic assault weapons that spray 50-60 high calibre bullets per minute which can simply be modified to provide fully automatic operation. Pure madness, these idiots that run amok amongst society ruin it for law abiding legitimate firearms owners.
Wellington in the1960s, and I presume in the rest of the country, the police (govt) arranged an amnesty for anyone that wanted to hand in, with impunity, any unwanted and illegal firearms. There were a lot of ex WWII souvenirs handed in, possibly by widows of returned servicemen. The rare and unique stuff was kept for the police museum and the rest cut up and dumped in the harbour. Perhaps it is time for New Zealand to have another amnesty.
A WATSON
Ngongotaha
