Recent content by Michelle Sc

in France you pay according to your means , and do not have to try and organise everything when you are elderly

Well it works in France. Had personal esperience with 2 family members not living in the same area, one would be a "pensioner', the other a confortable "self funded retiree", both paying in function of their means. Everyone, including those 2 people think it is fair, but in France the system...

For years now, we have a cyclist light at the intersection of Bexley road and Northcote/Jarrett sts Clemton Park (Sydney. ) Yes I have regularly to wait at the red light and there is no cyclist in sight... I am at that intersection regularly and treat it as any normal red light. True that when...

In this day and age, She probably used the best and quickest way to keep herself and Ally safe. Your advice sound good but it is long, cumbersome and in the worse case scenario may have put both women at risk...btw I am old, very old :ROFLMAO:

My rule...try once... repeat if you like what you bought... ;)

and they have a 5stars hotel and... Aldi :D (I have personal reasons to leave Sydney cold and go to Townsville in winter)

concerning the no change in weight on the plane, I witnessed something similar one bag over weight so she transferred some stuff into the bag of the other woman travelling with her and both passed the second check. However it is true that lifting those bags into the cabin allowed space this...

Had my very first Australian coffee in one of those the day I arrived in Australia. Mug ok though would have preferred a cup, but then the beverage was not real coffee, more brownish coloured water :ROFLMAO: . Looked around coffee shops and located a"n impressive "gleaming red expresso...

yes found a cup warmer (in the shape of a cat ;) ) 2 years ago. Used it for the last 2 winters for coffee, infusions and soup....So I presume the one fromKmart would do the same job

You may not know that in France the eggs are not delivered by a bunny. The church bells stop ringing on Easter Thursday, grow wings and are all flying to Rome to see the Pope and on their way back on Easter Sunday they drop the eggs in gardens. I can assure you that most kids look in the sky to...

Brisbane1968 Having been in Australia for 3 years, had by then visited WA, SA, NT, VIC, so took the plunge and went to Brisbane by train. Found the capital of Qld to be a delightfull small colonial town... been back a few times since, last time in Novembre 2024, it has completely this old...

Yes, cut with water and that never made us alcoholics. On the other hand, went to various public schools and I never had wine with lunch at school.

It is the card surcharge which is appalling. It is cheaper for everyone ie the banks, the business owners, only exception us the mugs at the end of the chain. Cash has always been expensive to handle, I was working in a bank and know that well. Businesses always had to include the cost of cash...