(@lindaosborn)

@lindaosborn

Ōtautahi, Aotearoa Old, retired. Main loves: 3 grown up girl kids, 1 boy cat, woodworking, gardening, fixing stuff. Lefty from way back, unionist, introvert, hates housework.

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lindaosborn@lindaosborn· 10d

If you are feeling you couldn't despise this nasty deceitful government of ours any more, listen to this podcast. And Vote Them Out. #nzpol

Promotion of a podcast showing three strong women not smiling and dressed in black. Text reads
Shortchanged
The Pay Equity Investigation
With Erin Jackson,Angela Meyer and Tania Domett

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· 10d

This TardIs hides a cat litter box. Will be for sale at a Tauranga market soon.

A very accurate but small wooden Tardis made to hold cat litter box.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· 20d

This is my brother's adopted by love son Abdul. My niece Lexie put up the page, they live in Australia. I don't expect anyone who doesn't know them to donate, but if you read his story which is hopefully in the alt text you'll wonder how life could be so cruel.

This guy thought the hardest chapter of his life was fleeing Sri Lanka and being separated from his family for 12 years. He never imagined it would be an aggressive brain cancer diagnosis.

Many of you know Abdul.

As a Tamil, he fled Sri Lanka in 2012, seeking political asylum in Australia after years of persecution and violence during the civil war.

When he was released from immigration detention, he came to live with my parents in Coolum. Thirteen years later, he’s family.

Or maybe you know him from Kebabistan in Pacific Paradise, or from the 7-Eleven in Coolum or Maroochydore. However you met him, you’ll know him as the kind, hardworking man with the big smile.

Despite everything he’d been through, Abdul never lost hope. He worked seven days a week, overcame every hurdle, and achieved his dream of becoming an Australian citizen.

Then, in 2024, after 12 years apart, his wife, Rifka, and their children, Hana and Hamdi, were finally reunited with him in Australia. Life was finally falling into place.

Then came the headaches.

Not long after came the devastating diagnosis: an aggressive, inoperable brain tumour called medulloblastoma.

Abdul has undergone extensive radiation and is now in the middle of gruelling chemotherapy. He can no longer work or drive, and his savings have been exhausted.

We’re asking for your help.

Every donation will help cover rent, everyday living expenses and Abdul’s medical costs, giving his family one less thing to worry about as they navigate the toughest chapter of their lives.

If you’re able to donate or simply share this page, we’d be incredibly grateful.

Thank you for standing with Abdul, Rifka, Hana and Hamdi.
Donate

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· 22d

Could anyone in Ōtautahi do with a free queen sized fleecy fitted electric blanket? Used for one winter and only the cat's side because I realised I didn't like a hot bed. Getting it tested next week and then can be picked up, or I could deliver.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· 24d

It looks a bit sad this time of the year.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· 24d

There are two varieties on the one trunk but I lost the label. One seems to be eating and one cooking. This is the eating side.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Jul 5

What's this??

Luxon and another bloke having a greeting hug. Luxon's trousers have an odd shaped piece on the leg!

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Jun 30

Please listen to and share this podcast, lest we forget. A law changes overnight. Billions of dollars disappear. Thousands of women are left wondering what the hell just happened. Part investigative journalism. Part true-crime parody. 100% about the fight for pay equity in NZ More in alt text...

Join Angela Meyer, Erin Jackson and Tania Domett as they go undercover with Tom Sainsbury and Neill Rea in an unlikely fictional detective squad to follow the clues, question the suspects, go on stake outs, interrogate politicians and uncover the history behind one of the country's biggest workplace battles.
Along the way you'll hear from workers, experts, economists, activists and some very familiar names - including a Deputy Prime Minister in the hot seat and some impressive Dames determined to get answers. Shortchanged follows the money and examines the evidence.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Jun 18

Beryl's Lot

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Jun 3

I had the repair manual, still have for nostalgia as mainly outdated, but was so valuable as a poor solo parent back then. It taught me heaps, especially how to keep the old 2 stroke mower alive. It was bad enough being a solo mother, you couldn't have unkempt lawns as well.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· May 30

Maybe something like this?

Bird feeder - a small narrow wooden structure with a green painted pitched roof with an upside-down wine bottle filled with seed, suspended by two slotted shelves.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· May 22

Wonder if I can get a copy of the invoice. This government gave private providers 10 year contracts. I do feel hypocritical.

A for profit hospital meal: vegetable lasagne on a plate with dark sauce artfully applied, a small bowl with a salad and a bowl with chocolate cheesecake topped with cream and fresh fruit.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· May 6

And a good person made badges! I'll do the alt text later but a man's waiting to give me a new knee!

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Apr 22

I wanted to share this recipe because drumsticks are cheapest at the moment, and it's delicious. I used skin on and overcooked a bit but I think that made it more delicious.

skinless chicken drumsticks
2tbspOlive Oil
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
0.5cupWhite Wine
2cupbutternut squash, peeled, seeded and cubed
14ozdiced tomatoes
1cupchicken broth
0.25cupdried Puy lentils
2tbspparsley, finely chopped
Directions
With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
In a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, brown half of the drumsticks at a time in the oil. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside on a plate.
In same Dutch oven over medium heat, soften onion for 5 minutes or until translucent. Add garlic. Cook 1 minute. Deglaze with wine and let reduce by half. Add chicken, squash, tomatoes, broth and lentils. Bring to a boil. Cover. Transfer to oven. Cook for 1 hour or until meat comes away from the bones.
Sprinkle with parsley. Serve chicken with bread, pasta or rice, if desired.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Apr 11

I was that mother! Probably misguided but I wanted my girls (born 1973 and '75) to not be frilly sissies. I'd say I was 75% successful. The 1987 daughter was born a West Coaster so no worries with her. Oldest and most girly still treasures her tiny bell bottom jeans though.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Mar 26

This story always reminds me there are good people out there. Find the film if you can. The beginning is a bit harrowing.

Rolls-Royce Chilean engine boycott
Date
22 March 1974

On 22 March 1974, Scottish workers in the East Killbride Rolls Royce factory refused to work on engines from planes belonging to right-wing dictatorship of general Augusto Pinochet.

Engineer Bob Fulton, a Christian and a trade unionist, spotted an engine in the factory to be repaired, and noticed it was Chilean. He raised it with his colleague, Stuart Barr. Knowing how Pinochet had seized power in a military coup the previous September, and begun massacring workers and trade union activists, Barr responded “Let’s black [boycott] the fuckers.”

They took a marker and wrote “black” on the components of four engines they could find, which then meant that other workers in the plant, all members of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union, would not touch them.

The refusal would continue for the next four years, as the engines rusted outside, until one day they just disappeared overnight.

Their story is told in the 2018 film, Nae Pasarán.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Mar 19

I love to start the morning with a laugh 🤣 The Press this morning. Apologies if my geriatric sense of humour offends.

A section from the newspaper highlighting a joke in an article about a UK comedy show
"As I went to the cemetery, I saw a bloke get up from behind a gravestone. 'Morning,' I said.
'No, just having a shit'."

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Mar 5

Philandering was the least of my grandfather's crimes and my grandmother was left with three small children. She worked at several jobs & eventually became Chch's first woman taxi driver. She took a paper bag of cash into Blackwell Motors and bought a 1954 Chevrolet.

A wrinkled page of an old newspaper showing a stern looking woman sitting in a car, wearing a beret and a white over shirt. The car is her taxi, and the story is about her.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Mar 1

Don't know if it was the rain or the state of the world but Ruby retreated to his hut for the first time.

A tabby cat' looking out of his pink and white striped beach hut. The yellow sign says 'Ruby's Beach Hut'.
He looks comfortable and warm.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Feb 28

Looking pretty nice today

New Brighton village Green on a sunny day. Big yellow sun umbrella, colorful beach huts, green lawn and lots of people enjoying it.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Feb 26

Calling Auckland cat people 📣

Facebook post from Happy Cat Tree House offering two large and intricate tree house for cats connected by a swing bridge. Has ladders, platforms, walkway, sleeping platforms.
$900 plus setting up fee. InsIde use.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Feb 22

Made by Happy Cat Tree House

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Feb 22

The boys' beach huts are ready but they are cats so will they ever use them?

On a wooden deck a beach hut style house, cat size and painted with pink and white horizontal stripes. A doormat in front .

On a wooden deck a beach hut style house, cat size and painted with blue and white vertical stripes. A doormat in front .

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Feb 21

So I sent wool felting Chic-Cich some photos of my boy Ruby and this arrived today. He's 10cm high and very cute 😍

Facebook page of Needle Felting 'Chic-Chic' showing some cute needle felted animals

My cat tabby Ruby sitting up and staring intently at something (probably food).

A very cute and sweet wool felted Ruby, my tabby cat.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Feb 3

Just what my cat was thinking

Back view of a cat staring out the window to a bleak and wet ground.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Feb 3

Another Ministry of Works memory is having to stop myself typing underpants when I was transcribing notes about Chaneys Underpass. I did do underpants in shorthand though 🤣.

A Christchurch Star 1972 photo of early construction of Chaney Road underpass showing framework and reinforcing.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Jan 15

Can anyone recommend a freight company that could deliver a double unit cat beach house from Auckland to Christchurch please. The picture show two double units. I've googled a couple but they seem to be only for big commercial loads. Thanks.

A row of colourful cat beach type houses one containing a cat. They are painted wIth stripes in bright colours - blue and white, yellow and black, red and white, aqua and cream.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Dec 8

I love my kids 🤣

Screenshot of a Messenger convo with two of my daughters:
Emma: Either of you like these? 4 x mugs and 1 x milk jug
Me: Cool. I'll have if no one else wants. Where did you get them?
Emma: They're from Leonie ( sad emoji)
Me: Jane might like them being Greek and all
Jane: You take them mum but I'll take them after you've "left the room"
Emma: Ffs (laugh emoji)
Jane: "Cashed in your season ticket"
Jane: "Parked up 24/7"
Me: Shuffled off my mortal coil
Jane: "Not answering the phone"
Many laugh emojis throughout

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Dec 5

This was red, the basket was white and Dad put blocks on the pedals so I cold reach them.

Black and white photo (1953 or 4) of small chubby girl (me), sitting on a tricycle.
I'm wearing a dark hand knitted cardigan or jersey over a light coloured dress. And I bet my socks were grey and shoes brown leather.

lindaosborn@lindaosborn· Nov 2

This is my latest acquisition and I love it. Like a mini Skil saw.