Recent content by Catlady

My query is: how old does your phone have to be to be classified as an "old phone" ? one year, 2 years three years or older?

All this talk of a cashless society is very concerning. I think people have already experienced what happens when electricity is lost for just a few hours. How do you pay for things then? Has anyone considered what happens if something happens to your credit/debit card; if it gets stolen or...

Shortly after I retired and went on the aged pension, I did some casual work at my previous employment. I had to report my income to Centrelink each fortnight which was difficult because my payday was 2-3 days after my reporting date. So I rang and told them the hours I'd worked but couldn't...

Hi, I mainly do crochet, but also enjoy doing needle arts like counted cross stitch, tapestries and candlewicking. I attend a craft group twice a week which is what keeps me relatively sane. Without those groups, I would be pretty socially isolated as I'm not very mobile. I make all sorts of...

I'm a believer. I was in my early 20's and had moved to Melbourne to live in a share house. The only space available was a converted garage so I made it my own. About a week after I moved in, I was woken up at about 1am by something heavy sitting on my legs. Whatever it was, was moving, so I...

I must admit that I was not a fan of the 3 stooges. I didn't find their slapstick humour funny even as a child.

Wow! This is what is called "a first world problem" and anyone who calls it "gross" is being a very precious princess. Really? Where do they think their fruit and vegies come from originally?

I remember the steam trains (which is all we had). The seats were in compartments (similar to what you saw in the movie "The lady vanishes") and yes, there were toilets and a place to get water to drink. Where I lived, there were 2 gates blocking the rail from the road. You walked across the...

Where I live, we get quite a few thunderstorms and blackouts are not unusual. When I first moved here, it was early winter and quite cold and I was living in an all electric house. We had a thunderstorm that knocked out the electricity and we had none for around 8 hours or so. Not only...

I would definitely shop around if the cheaper shops were any where close by. But where I live, the nearest discount shop is between 30-40 minutes drive away; not exactly convenient to get to.