How Low Can People Go

Pity Party
Welcome to my pity party.  As I sit here typing this article my hands are trembling as a result of Parkinson’s disease. Next week I am going for tests on possible prostate cancer and I’m also on the waiting list for a shoulder operation. On top of this I have been told that my wife and I have to pay a former employee about $30,000 in a personal grievance claim she made against us. My wife and I don’t have that kind of money so my former employee and her solicitors are now looking at selling up our joint family home. We are both now in our 70’s and we are wondering how low they will go.

None of those monetary things really matter to me but what does matter is my credibility
In addition to our former employee taking money from us she has also taken from me the very thing that I treasure the most and that is my credibility.

A Tragedy
It all began over 55 years ago when I accidental shot and killed my young brother. The guilt of the tragedy played on my mind for many years until I eventually had a mental breakdown and nearly took my own life. My mental illness was diagnosed at the time as bipolar disorder caused by the after effects of the rifle accident.

Dismal
I was finally forced to dismiss our employee on the grounds of alleged dishonesty, use of foul language,  violent behaviour in the work place and slander.  In the last few days that our employee was with us she would tell me each day that people around town were telling her that I had was suffering from a mental illness.  I knew that I could not let her continue slandering my name around town so I dismissed her. After I dismissed her she continued tell people that I had a mental health illness known as bipolar disorder. It was part of her evidence that she used at the employment relations hearing and in the employment court hearing. The end result was that my mental state of health became public knowledge through the newspapers and defamed my character.

I publish books for charity and since the announcement of my mental illness being reported in the newspapers people are showing a reluctance to do business with me. The courts and the news media are exempt from the Privacy Act so I have no way of protecting my privacy from people who choose to use it for their own personal gain

Help line
The personal state of your mental health belongs to you and other peron  should be permited to use it for their own personal gain
If you are a person that has had your mental state of health used as evidence against you in a court of law then please reply on this blog

 

 

 

 

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Having Fun with the Animals by Ronnie B

We have been publishing Photo News books for the past 12 months. We have learnt that our most popular books are our children’s animal books. What makes them unique is that there are no sketches or drawings in the books. All the images are photos of real live animals with captions. Our next series of books is called Having Fun with the Animals by Ronnie B

 Photos of Animals Wanted
Do you have a photo of a pet animal, bird, fish or insect. If so then we may like to use in one of our books. We may get images of pets from all around the world which we could publish in a book to be sold all around the world

Let me know if you would be interested in the idea

 

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Photo News Charity Books are a Winner

When I went around the flats where elderly people live at Christmas time I gave them all a gift wrapped present and told them not to open it until Christmas day. For many I knew it would be the only Christmas present they would get. I have since been calling on these people to see how they enjoyed their Photo News book These are some of their comments
A Wonderful book,
Very interesting,
I gave to my daughter,
I gave the childrens book to my Grandchild,
I found it very educational.
I lent it to my neice.
Beautiful pictures,
I gave it to my Grandaughter.
When I told these people that I was funding the books from public donations they all wanted to give me a donation. I gave a copy of our latest book to those who gave me a donation. The book is called.
“The Best Kept Secrets in South Canterbury” This is a book with lots of life stories about local people.

Living alone in a one bedroom flat, I assume would be a very lonely life. To receive a local pictorial book that they can relate to would be a very welcome gift.

The future of Photo News Books
Elderly lonely people and disadvantaged children are 2 groups that appreciate the Photo News Books and I would like to see more of these people enjoy the books
Their distribution is limited only by the donations we receive from the public.
If you would like to make a child or a senior citizen happy then you can buy a book or make a donation on this website.

If Fontera can give away free milk to children then surely education is every bit as important. As individuals our ability to make a difference in peoples lives is limited but by uniting as one we can help more poeple and make this world a better place to live.

 

 

 

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How to handle abusive comments from gutless people

When you have a blog and you leave it open for comments you get some very good feedback

You also get some abuse from people with low self esteem who try and put you down to make themselves good. It is easy to lash back at these people which is the wrong thing to do. You cannot email these people because their email is false so the best thing you can do is ignore them and put any of their comments  in the trash. Once they know you are not going to bite they will go away and pick on someone else.

 

 

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Who’s Who in Timaru

Christchurch has had it share of adverse publicity with its earthquakes.

The late Allan Hubbard has given Timaru their fair share of adverse publicity with his business investments. Mr Hubbard died with 50 fraud charges to his name and his untimely death meant that he never had the chance to prove his innocence.
On the heals of that drama comes another group of Timaru people being charged with 21 charges of fraud. One thing for sure is that we know who Allan Hubbard is but we dont know who the people are who were associated with South Canterbury Finance at the time of the alledged crimes. We know they will be named in time but much damage can be done to the credibility of other innocent people while we wait to see who the guilty people are. Speculation often gets it wrong and its for this reason that I think the accused should come forward and face the music now in fairness to the innocent parties in a small town like Timaru.

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Travellers Guide South Island New Zealand

If you have never been to the South Island of New Zealand before then you are about to have the opportunity see pictures of it in my latest Photo News book. I have travelled from Bluff in the South along State Highway one to Oamaru which on the East coast. I have photographed all historic buildings and other things of interest along the way. I have captured the sites in all the small rural townships to show you the things that you will never see on a postcard or commercial brochure.  All my Photo News books are unique because they show you images of real New Zealand. e.g The front page of Travellers guide has a photograph of the Prime Minister and minister of Tourism riding a pushbike after he had opened a new cycle track in Oamaru. These are special images that you will never see again. Our children’s animal books are also unique in that they consists of photographs of real live New Zealand animals and not sketches like most children’s books.

Our books are also being used for Charity. We gifted a large number of our books as Christmas presents  to children and the elderly who live alone. People who have no family to give them presents have benefited from the books. In the coming weeks you will be able to see a preveiw of our full range of Photo News books

 

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THOSE LESS FORTUNATE

When I sat down at the dining room table on Christmas day I gave thanks to God for giving all our family another day of life.

I then said a prayer for all those less fortunate than ourselves and I asked God to bless them. Donations from the public had given me the opportunity to hand deliver a number of  Photo News books as Christmas gifts to elderly people living in council flats. Many of these people have no family and some are bed ridden.

When I gave them the gift I told them they were not to open it until Christmas day. I got a huge amount of satisfaction from the look on their faces knowing it would be the only present they would receive on Christmas day.

I also gave away some children’s books to the elderly so they could give them to their grandchildren as Christmas presents.

My prayer now is that the public will continue to make donations so that we can continue our charity work of providing free books to people who are less fortunate than ourselves

 

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Welcome to the new look Ronnie’s Blog

I cannot remember how many letters to the Editor the Timaru Herald has rejected of mine

Obviously I have stood on their toes a few times or there is others in Timaru who are pulling their strings. Ronnie’s blog gives me more freedom of speech and a far bigger audience. In 2011 I was busy writing books and have so far published 6 books. The books have been about South Canterbury and now I intend to write books about Southland, Otago and Canterbury.  All my books will be for sale from Ronnie’s Blog.

My articles on Ronnie’s blog will cover a range of topics local, national and international.
I am a former motivational couch and professional public speaker so I am going to share with you some of the personal self development things that I have learnt over the years.

Have a great Christmas and a prosperous new year

Ronnie B

 

 

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Discrimination

John Dorrian
E-mail JayDee@hotmail.com
Comment Ron, I agree with this article. But I think you are not being fair and listening to your own words. I write constantly to your web page but you refuse to post my emails. Why? You are denying me freedom of expression just like the Timaru Herald is denying you. I dont think its because you are discriminating against me, but I cant see any other explanation. Why wont you post my comments? I just want to create debate with my writings. Thanks JDThis is a letter I received from a regular reader to my blog and I would like answer this one from this website and some of them are quit abusive. I would be keen to know what relationship you have with website

http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/195.43.48.140

John perhaps if you were to tell me a bit about yourself and where come from that may help

Regards Ronnie B

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Timaru Herald’s Discrimination Policy

It seems that all the Hierarchy in Timaru have a strict discrimination policy or at least that is the way I have found it to be. Why is it that after 30 years of writing letters to the Timaru Herald they have decided to no longer print my letters and in so doing they now deny me my freedom of speech.

Hydro Grand
In today’s Timaru Herald Stephen Newman wrote another article about Timarus icon where he indicates that all the tourists as well as  himself want to see the Hydro Grand demolished. I have an answer for Mr Newman on this subject but unfortunately the Timaru Heralds discrimination policy prevents me from publicly expressing my opinion so the article is left with no debate

Performance Training Company
In another story the debate continues about the Caroline Bay Gym involving the  Performance Training Company. The Timaru Herald called for comments on this subject but my opinion was ignored by the Herald because I reminded them that the Performance  Company gym also had a strict discrimination policy like their own
(see the article below)

The heavies duck for cover
The chief reporter of the newspaper Paul O’Rourke has twice told me not to send him any more of my emails. The advertising manager of the Timaru Herald  has also told me not to to send him any more of my emails despite the fact that I have just spent of heap of money with him on some advertismening that never worked.

Book Reveiws
Most people who write local books and give them away to charity have the privilege of getting them reviewed by the Timaru Herald.
Everyone of course except those who carry the name of Ron E Bishop

 

 

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