Recent content by ChrisTasmania

Unbelievable.... dogs in strollers, dogs in carts, dogs everywhere.... it's a hardware store... one day my husband and I went to get some renovation supplies, but the exit was blocked by 2 ladies yakking away with their dogs also checking each other out.... when my husband asked them to move out...

Agree..... my quandary is why do people struggle to stay alive when clearly they are over living.

Now a 68 and 74, in our younger years Superannuation wasn't a thing and then being overseas for many years it also wasn't a thing. Fortunately, otherwise, we've been frugal with our money and at this stage life a modest, mortgage free life together. Elaine's comment of ‘I'm not important in...

Another attempt of changing the abnormal into normal by changing the language used.

This may be new to some, but it's really a very old practice.... My ex-MIL worked at a very well known and trusted department store in Brisbane area and told me that when "sales" were on the prices were often marked up by 1 cent or so to appear different.... that was more than 45 years ago.

When my husband and I went to the Centrelink office in Nambucca Heads, NSW, we were told clearly that "the old age pension has absolutely nothing to do with the taxes you've paid during your working life" ..... I am grateful, however, that the Australian Government, despite whoever is in office...

And where, may I ask, are these jobs that seniors can be accepted for to earn extra money, apart from turning some hobby into a money-making venture? This looks nice on paper, but in reality how many businesses/companies/organisations are going to rush to get us ol' farts with decades of...

Many times I have sat at the boarding gate and hoped that the obese people also sitting there were not going to be in a seat next to me, because feeling someone's hot, fatty body rubbing up against mine makes a long journey even more uncomfortable. If you need a seat belt extension and an extra...

Sadly, I am not in a position, either geographically or space-wise. I would think that any earnings made would be declared to Centrelink, but the amount earned may not impact the pension as recent press said that pensioners could earn a bit more.

When I was teaching in China, I found that I learned so much more than I taught. Two weeks is very short, admittedly, but hopefully all 3 of you will benefit from the experience.

If I had the space and my husband wasn't sick, I would jump at the chance of having Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean or Japanese students in my home. I am not excluding other Asian nations, it's just that I have first hand experience with these four. They are respectful, honour their seniors and in...

Before I qualified for the old age pension, I believed that I was a valuable employee capable of any task given to me and the ability to learn new tasks quickly. I was chronically employable from the age of 16, with never a period of unemployment. However, when I returned to Australia at age...

Too many things to limit it to one................ 1.Stop the "which gender am I question?' and let kids be kids for the short time they are. 2. Address the root causes of domestic violence and increasing street knife crimes. If there were training...

Agree, in part. Many people find volunteering valuable and rewarding. I do not, in my experience, it was only ever free labour.