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    Commonwealth Bank’s bold new crackdown could protect your money

    The lady supposedly ringing from Telstra spoke very good English not like people you get when you ring them and you have to ask 3 times “ what did you say “ . She called me by my name and was telling me how I had been such a good customer for x amount of years and was quoting places I had lived...
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    This was her reward after years of hard work... now, it's becoming a responsibility that's driving her crazy.

    Definetly NOT unreasonable . As you have worked and saved for your car will they throw in for repairs if it breaks down ?. Stand firm and ask for money for petrol when it’s just shopping and errands they want to use you for . Fair enough if it’s emergency to hospital or doctors . I admire you...
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    Commonwealth Bank’s bold new crackdown could protect your money

    Telstra has been the one i have been closest to being scammed with in the early days . Offering me a new and better plan on my internet . The only thing that stopped me was when they asked for my password . That is like waving a red rag in front of a bull to me . I give my passwords to NO ONE
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    He once exposed paedophiles on TV—now he’s facing charges of his own

    Whatever happens in the minds of these people . I feel sick reading it. The fact that he has reporter stories like this ???? Thank goodness he has been caught now before it went further . The mind BOGGLES . Can a person like this ever be rehabilitated. ? what kind of upbringing do these people...
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    So…do Aussies dress too casually these days? Join the debate on dressing down

    My mother always brought us up to have HOME clothes and GOING OUT clothes . We were certainly NOT well off . When we came home from school we had to change out of school clothes before we were allowed outside . When we went out we changed into our Going out clothes even if only for visit to...
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    FAST AND CHEAP: Will this retail addiction in Australia bite back hard soon?

    I went to technical school and learnt to draft my own patterns ,learnt tailoring also .Even to make a man’s suit. That was before my eyesight vanished now I can’t even thread a needle , Shops used to sell material by the metre . I have a large box of beautiful materials that can be made in to...
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    Worker defies rude customer and wins internet support: 'I'm done'

    Colette 3799 I love your answer good comeback How could they not pass that offer up liked to have heard their reaction to that .My home carer ( bit of a joker)took me shopping to Aldi one day and I bought a packet of their toilet paper called confidence . The chap at checkout said “ do you...
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    Should my daughter pay for breaking something that’s already being replaced?

    My biggest question is WHAT !!?. Was she doing in his room in the first place . Sounds like she wants a BIG lesson in RESPECT . 1 Respect other peoples privacy 2respect other peoples belongings . Has she ever been stay with other family members whom just wander in and go thru her belongings...
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    Magpie nuisance

    Rob Plumber will definitely need new door after that unless you just intend waving it at them . LOL I’m curios to why they would be pecking at screen .? We have quite a few where I live but they just fly down for food . Is there some insect delicacy they fancy on the door . Sorry I don’t have...
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    Major checkout change quietly rolls out across supermarkets

    Julio you are correct . I am legally blind and have someone take me shopping . Have my home care plan level 3 If I am not well enough to go i have to give the carer CASH not allowed to take card ,(which bank doesn’t give me anyway because i am blind and not safe with one) . Carer has to take...
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    Tap-and-Go Nation: Inside Australia’s $160 Billion Cashless Boom

    Very good replies . People don’t know what it’s like to live in outback areas when storms hit ..trees over power lines and houses ,roads closed etcThousands of homes without power for a week and longer . Plus no internet or phone connection either. Perhaps the next suggestion we could have...
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    Thinking of escaping the city? The shocking truth about small-town life every Aussie needs to know before they move

    I hear everything you say in this story . You never become a LOCAL until you have lived there 20 years ,if you last that long . The drinking , don’t even think about moving there if you don’t intend to frequent the Local hotels 1 or 2 . The biggest No No is DO NOT say a bad word about anyone...
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    Bulk billing boost: New report says seeing the doctor is about to get cheaper

    The GP clinic in Qld has always bulk billed pensioners for the past 10 years , However I was referred to Heart Specialist a month ago . They rang me to give me time of appointment oh and please bring $ 500 with you . I didn’t complain trying to remember the old saying What you lose on the...
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    You could be making this mistake on the road—Why did a horse rider confront a driver?

    Da Freddy ,obviously you have never lived or worked on a farm or you would know farms can be separated on both sides of the road . As for the truck driver that blasted you with his horn that is what this is all about inconsiderate drivers. Pity you didn’t sit there and make him wait longer . I...
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