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    You’ve queued at post offices for decades—now they’re finally listening to your feedback

    I would have preferred that they resumed daily postal delivery.
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    Surprise health diagnosis fuels fresh questions about Donald Trump's future plans

    I’d agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong.
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    Surprise health diagnosis fuels fresh questions about Donald Trump's future plans

    "Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a condition where the veins in your legs don't efficiently pump blood back to your heart." The real problem is Don the Con doesn't have a heart so the blood can't find it.
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    This cheese wins prestigious award as the best in Australia!

    Sorry, I don't get the relevance of this response.
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    This cheese wins prestigious award as the best in Australia!

    Well, in this instance, isn't that exactly where their taste needs to be?
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    This cheese wins prestigious award as the best in Australia!

    Chris Vogel is a friend of my daughter's, so we have had the opportunity to sample his cheeses many times. They really are the best!
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    Woman dies on the spot before Qantas flight take-off

    Immigrants and people on visas such as student visas are screened for this as a visa requirement. However, there are ways of getting around this in foreign countries.
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    Woman dies on the spot before Qantas flight take-off

    Thankfully, tuberculosis is not highly contagious and you usually only get it from repeated exposure to an infected person. Typically it occurs when people live in overcrowded housing conditions. The fellow passengers should be okay as their exposure was brief and a "one-off" encounter. It is...
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    Woman dies on the spot before Qantas flight take-off

    Tuberculosis has never been "stamped out". Only two diseases have ever been eradicated - smallpox (in humans) and rinderpest (in cattle), and that's because of vaccination. The reduced incidence of tuberculosis and many other diseases is also because of vaccination.
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    'I am never serving them again!': Shocking act leads waitress to make a drastic vow

    Be aware that it is not just waiters/waitresses who require tips. It is customary to tip a variety of people - hotel porters, hotel maids, bartenders, car valets, beauticians, manicurists, hairdressers AND the hairdressing apprentice who washes your hair, delivery people, taxi drivers, Uber...
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    'I am never serving them again!': Shocking act leads waitress to make a drastic vow

    The problem is not with tourists. The problem is with the government of that country. In the case of Canada, there is no federally mandated minimum wage requirement. It is left up to the provinces so they are all different. Average is $15. Canada and the USA need to require restaurants and...
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    Dog groomer faces $7500 fine after shocking treatment to customer’s pet

    Stories like this are useless (and annoying) if the offending business is not identified. How do we know where NOT to take our pets?
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    Bunnings employee exposes mistreatment of workers by sexist customers

    Not just customers but male staff as well. As a woman, I have been patronised by Bunnings male staff on many occasions. Like the time I happened to be standing in the kitchen section (waiting for my husband) when a male staff member approached me and asked what I was interested in. When I...
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    Discover this shopper’s shocking revelation about Woolworths 'low price' items: 'How am I supposed to live laugh love?'

    The whole premise is faulty. You can't compare salmon with Mexican food to imply that it is cheaper to eat out than cook at home. The true comparison would be to work out how much does buying the salmon in the supermarket cost (and how many meals would it make, or how many people would it...
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