Recent content by Mika in the van

just look at so many clothing ads. Most of the models are a perfect 8-10. Evens a women’s magazine aimed at average age of 45 and up use Hollywood actresses as their models.

Never bought from country road as the prices were always way too dear. My mother worked in a clothing factory many years ago. They had one rack for Target, another for Myer. Exactly the same dress!

I worked in a huge pharma manufacturing plant. The costs to run it were unbelievable. The power and gas bills just kept going up and up. When you have huge machinery and sterile rooms such high power demands it becomes a very expensive place to run. Staffing costs, uniforms, laundering, sterile...

because they can’t afford to manufacture in Australia with the gas and electricity costs, wages, superannuation, paid leave, work care insurance, etc etc

100%. We have no choice as there are no gas bottle suppliers in our rural town. We are fortunate to have access to our caravan for cooking and hot showers with all the power outages!

Not with an induction. We have no choice, no gas bottle suppliers in our rural town.

Buy some curtains from Kmart and put them up yourself. You just have to patch up the holes when you leave. Or he might even let you leave the curtain Rods.

I can’t believe how many stupid readers are comparing a mobility aid to a car. Get real people. One is high enough for the dog to run under the wheels for a start.

Two that ally different modes of transport. One is low to the ground with little tyres and slow, the other is high enough for the dogs to run under and can go very quickly.

Dogs can run under cars, they can’t run under gophers or mobility scooters. There is no comparison.

Can a dog run under a gopher?

But a horse can’t run under the car can it?

My brother was dying of cancer, his wife had to care for him and drive him to radiation every day and chemo regularly. The treatments made him feel worse than the cancer. She was refused carers pension as he “wasn’t sick enough’.

When we moved to SA the house had solar. (Never had it before). We rang around and chose a company. They suggested the best plan for us with 10c feed in tarrif. Our plan expired a few months ago so were given a full detailed report on our usage and they suggested a new plan. We studied their...

This stinks. Our small annuity is low interest (2.5%) but if they deem it to be 5% that will kill us. We only get half of a couples pension. Very few jobs in our little part of rural Australia. Especially if you’re 65.