instant karma
This morning around 10 I was dawdling up the pathway adjacent to the expressway with my friends 15 year old miniature schnauzer, when an incredible scene of instant karma unfolded. A group of three bicycle riders were coming down the pathway at a high speed they saw me and the dog and then one of the riders shouted something, I’m not quite sure what he said but the tone was very unpleasant.
He then hit the old dog (which went down with an ear piercing scream) and the impact caused him to then swerve. He went over the side of the path still at high speed and landed upside down amongst some nasty spiky stuff. Me and another rider had to assist him from his upside down position, his wife the third rider and who saw the incident did not stop or return to the scene. Once we had extracted him from the bushes he became verbally aggressive, just hurling obscenities at me and making disgusting hand gestures that I have not seen since the primary school playground around 60 years ago.
His riding buddy I think called him Rick. Rick is a very big middle age guy said he weighed 200kg as we were trying to rescue him. His friend apologised for him and simply said “That’s the way Rick is”
All three of them showed zero interest in the dogs welfare which is quite sad.
There are signs requesting riders to slow down use a bell and share the pathway and thankfully the vast majority do.
Rick, you ran over a slow moving old dog at high speed on a shared pathway, you saw me and that dog from a long way off.
Poll: Could we live without public bins?
Many public rubbish bins are being removed by councils due to the large costs of regularly emptying them. Do you think we can adapt and live without them?
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11.9% Yes
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87.6% No
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Water Media & Card Makers groups exhibition and sale of work
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192 Matai Road, Raumati Beach
Thursday 18 April - Sunday 12 May 2024
Hours: Thursday to Sunday 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
A dozen art and craft groups meet regularly in our Raumati Beach workrooms – weekly, fortnightly or monthly, to suit participants. Our Gallery displays members’ work in exhibitions that change each month, and we often feature guest artists,.
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