Letters: Rubbish collection a roaring success

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The rubbish collection thing is a roaring success! At least in our street ... the best thing is that the truck goes so slowly that even if you forget to put your bin out, when you hear the truck passing you can still get out of bed and put your bathrobe on and rush down the drive and make it.

I guess in our street the truck goes up the other side first, so it takes a few minutes before it comes back.

The old system had two dudes who worked like the clappers to get around and home as soon as they could, which was admirable, but it did mean you didn't have a snowball's chance of catching them, if you forgot.

I feel a bit sorry for the one dude now though, who goes around all by himself, sorting all the recycling by hand and driving the truck, too.

As a voter, I'd rather see two dudes (or dudettes, should any woman want to apply) doing the rubbish. Who cares about the cost?

GJ PHILIP
Rotorua

Ryan Gray (Letters, March 18) seems to have missed the whole point of my letter (March 16) ie that the embryo and developing baby if not a part of the mother's body, but a genetically separate being which the mother has no right to kill.

Sure, I agree, the mother should exercise autonomy over her own body, but not that of her embryo offspring. Let her exercise that autonomy before becoming pregnant.

Relevant to this is my own story. I would like to honour my own single, godly mother who, as a result of a moral lapse became pregnant in an age (1930s) when single motherhood was a disgrace.

Instead of taking the easy way out she chose not to abort me, or accept an offer of adoption. Instead, despite very meagre circumstances she chose to raise, love and cherish me all the days of her life.

DAVID PREEST
Rotorua