I’ve always found that the simple approach is best so I’ve got a couple of ideas you might be interested in.
I’d like to share them with you.
So the government is planning to try something called Social Bonds with people who suffer from mental illness? Of course you can go through the motions and ask them if they consent but don’t be too worried if they say no. They probably don’t understand, given their condition, that this is a trial, hadn’t been done before, no-one knows whether it will work or not, so they should seize the opportunity with both hands. And look at it this way – they’ll be heroes because this is one experiment that doesn’t involve four-legged animals. It’s a act of mercy really. Someone just needs to sit down and talk to them, man to man. ‘Look we’ve got this idea, not sure it’ll work, but y’know, that old Number 8 mentality? Well, might as well give it a go. What do you reckon, mate? You on?’
Another thing – people are bleating on and on about the housing problem but there’s no problem. Plenty of room for everyone. There are hundreds of garages sitting idle that could be utilised. You could get the Resource Consent wallahs on your side, cut the land around the garage away from the rest of the section, so there’s a bit of grass around the edges for the kids and if you want to look at trees and gardens you can just about see mine over the high fence I’ve put in for privacy.
Think about it – you could pour a path with some quick set cement, stick a couple of power points in the garage, get a hose and run it from the outside tap of the house on the rest of the section to the garage, divide the garage into rooms, say two bedrooms and a sitting/dining/kitchen area, stick a little lean-to on the side for the washing machine and the shower, and Bob’s your uncle. They could be sold for a hundred and fifty thou, or even two hundred and fifty if there’s a window with a view of the sea. Think of the empty garages up and down this country just begging to be used. Problem solved.
Just need to think outside the square.
