Recent content by Michelle Sc

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    Bride demands divorce just 24 hours after wedding—the shocking reason will leave you speechless!

    She was right. It was a red flag: he showed her who was the boss and he was rough, and her wishes were irrelevant. Did not augur well for the relationship in other respects
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    Shocking behaviour: See what this postie did to an unsuspecting man's lawn!

    Not so bad now that they use electric bicycles, were a shocker when they had motorcycles that left deep marks on the kerb lawn
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    Old laundry troughs

    did the same in the 60's, beautiful planters, though never used them as tubs
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    Old laundry troughs

    Those tubs were in the outside laundry when we bought the house in the 60's. Never used them, however got them put in the garden, painted them green, and use them as planters to this day (was told to dump them...even then I was in recycling). A couple of years earlier on renting a flat, was...
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    Drink coffee and still sleep like a baby? Discover how to avoid those nasty jitters with expert tips now!

    Apparently it was all in my head I was refusing coffee after 2pm. Well one evening I could not sleep "as if I had a coffee"... My better half advised: of course you had caffein at 5pm...My first glass of... Coca-Cola, I had no idea....My last glass too as I did not like the taste and could not...
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    Forgot your shopping bags? Shop stress-free with this handy tip!

    yes mine also reside in the car and dont take them out of the boot. I empty trolley at the car. At home they also go back into the car when emptied.
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    Forgot your shopping bags? Shop stress-free with this handy tip!

    I never take bags out of the car boot and keep on refusing to buy some at the check out. I sort and fill them from the trolley. If shopping without the car I always have a folded bag with me. I cannot see the point of having untrained checkout people shoving things willy nilly in my bags
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    Remember being paid by cash?

    I started work in 1962 and never ever had my salary paid in cash, always to a bank account, including when arriving from France in Sydney in1965. But my husband working for Australians had a "pay packet" , it amused us no end that he was not allowed to have his salary transferred to a bank...
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    Shoppers wonder why ALDI refuses to take a bite of the Apple Isle

    well they just turned up in North Queensland Townsville, a couple of months ago. i dont need to bring stuff up north. I used to send a picture and most of the time answer was yes. I\ I understand those people in Tasmania (particularly ex-mainland who know what they are missing)
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    ‘Natural Ozempic’? This simple eating trick could be the key to curbing hunger

    We always did that when I was a child, our main meal at luchtime : - in summer a salad (tomatoes, cucumber etc) - in winter a vegetable soup = then main vegetables plus pasta or potatoes or rice - then meat, - then cheese, - then some green salad - to finish the meal a fruit not everything...
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    Discover the Secret Grease Hotspot in Your Kitchen That Might Be Older Than Your Appliances!

    my new kitchen has floor to ceiling cupboards...could not stand the tops of the previous one
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    Self checkout!

    And you make us queue at them as well... I had one net of avocadoes and went to the cashier, no queue!!!! ...skipping the self check out queue.... (yes people were directed to them)
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    AIBU 22.03.2024

    She checked because she did not trust him, I would not have bothered to check and would have trusted myself: there were too many red flags, and that means I would leave him promptly
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    AIBU 15.03.2024

    I would go as far as helping him to find something:)a bit of prompting is required, it is too cosy. Our daughter moved back in with her boyfriend and stayed one year until they had saved enough for a deposit and there was no problem. I know a lot of "kids" that moved back with their parents for...
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