Recent content by Giannidifirenze

Somehow I don’t think the lower threshold of $3M is static. Once implemented that figure will eventually include all Super. At the other end of the scale, once we become a ‘cashless’ society all transactions become transparent and taxable…’cash-in-hand’ payments for work will not exist. Another...

Is there an over representation of single men in the blue zones? If so, was there a correlation to the longevity in their ages.

‘We’ve got a mandate for that change,’ Treasurer Jim Chalmers said.… I hardly think 34% of the primary vote is a ‘mandate’ for such wide changes. Meanwhile, the Liberal Party gathers pace as it rushs toward the cliffs edge. The old saying ‘the Government is only as good as the opposition’ rings...

‘As long as he "flies low"’… you can’t get any lower than Albo’s elbow

Bill Shorten will know.

My cardiologist said to me last time I saw him ‘any alcohol is a toxin that directly affects the heart muscle’… and I enjoyed beer, wine, whisky & gin. I had an Ejection Fraction of 26% with a defibrillator fitted and cardiac rehab it has increased to 46% (normal is 55%- 60%…. Have one for me!

I remember years ago on the first day of school at a Catholic Primary school in Bridge Rd in Mackay a little one being hit by a bus and killed… tragic enough. But the very next day at the same school another on a bike as he left the school. If the speed limit says 20kmph that’s a maximum not a...

It should be mandatory that schools across Australia have 2/2h (or equivalent) English Learning classes per week for adults and non -English speaking migrants after normal school hours. A set course with a course workbook for week by week completion by students.

It’s disgusting that cat fur is being imported into Australia in garments when we have 100000’s of feral cats destroying our native fauna that could be caught and processed here.

I don’t know why overseas workers are relying on tips when the cost of the meals are exorbitant compared to Australia. Eg the great equaliser when comparing prices in any country is the Big Mac… in London typically £5 in Aust around $5… twice the price in London. I think the unions there are not...

Was in the Savoy Hotel in Rockhampton years ago having a beer with a mate when a stripper started walking along the top of the bar dripping hot candle wax onto her breasts. She would squat down and pull blokes faces into the candle wax. She got to me, I leaned back so she couldn’t get my face...

I’ve tipped on at least 3 occasions before ordering a meal to ensure excellent service particularly if the place is packed. On one occasion at the Intercontinental in Sydney when all meals and and drinks had been included in the price ($1500 a plate) the moment I sat down I called the drinks...

In Fiesole near Florence the tips (gratuities) were already calculated into the total including add ons for the plastic table cloth + tiny vase with plastic flower… what I’d calculated to be €32 for a pizza and two drinks at an outside table soon became €54… thought there was a mistake but there...

Yeah there were little tick the boxes next to each percentage that he used a stylus to add on.

Sometimes I tip but very rarely in Australia, although I have tipped a waiter when ordering a meal on two occasions when the restaurant was packed with people. Service was excellent. Had taken family to the ‘Drumming Snipe’ for dinner near Guildford in England and after a ‘mouth-watering’ meal...