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These car recharging points are being seen more and more around the country. This is one of a handful seen in Greymouth. The trouble is electric and hybrid cars are not exactly in a friendly price range for the average person. I prefer my economical reliable little car.

We finally have a date for the underfloor insulation of our house which is to be in 2 weeks time, hopefully it will make a difference on the temperature of the floors in cold Winter mornings. Still no snow on the mountains though. I have been busy spreading crass clippings onto my vege garden and around the roots of my citrus trees. The shortest day of the year is coming up soon so I am looking forward to Spring and seeing more colour, until then for the next week we have average temperatures above 6 degrees celsius at night so I can't see the fire being on as much as it has been.

I met with friends last week at one of the local pubs for lunch which was nice but the windchill outside while we were waiting for each other was a bit brutal. Unfortunately I was disappointed by the interior of the building, it seemed that all of the historical period features have been removed over the years and replaced by everything circa 1970s retro - such a shame.

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roentare said…
Electrical cars are a luxury in Oceania.
20 June 2023 at 09:35
William Kendall said…
I can only think of a couple charging stations here, but there would be more.
20 June 2023 at 09:51
NCSue said…
Here in the states we're seeing more EV's but charging stations aren't found easily in some locations. Makes it ticklish for traveling over distances.
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20 June 2023 at 10:08
local alien said…
Electric scooters are a big thing in Greece but I haven't seen any electric cars. I'd stick with a little economic Al ordinary one too
20 June 2023 at 18:26
Tom said…
...a sign of the future.
20 June 2023 at 22:12
magiceye said…
Electric cars still a luxury.
21 June 2023 at 00:28
Iris Flavia said…
Ack, I always try too not think about that day... means our days are getting shorter, buhu.
Oh , I would love to see the 70´s interior!
Good luck all goes well with your insulation.
21 June 2023 at 04:41
Bill said…
We have one electric charging spot here in town and you don't see many people using it.
21 June 2023 at 05:45
Veronica Lee said…
Electric cars are getting popular in our corner of the world.

Happy Wednesday, Amy!
21 June 2023 at 15:11
Pisi Prkl said…
Hello from other side of the world! Summer Solstice, longest day of the year. 🙂

Good that you had your floor insulated for Winter.

Electric Cars and Hybrids are pretty common here. But they do have a hefty prizetag though.
22 June 2023 at 01:57
nic said…
Here we are having the longest day of the year, trying to keep the house cool :D
22 June 2023 at 04:55
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