Recent content by starrysnan

Nice to "meet" you Skipton - thanks for giving us more humour in the world and less sad things. Keep on joking!

Titanic with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. For a series Outlander is hard to beat

We loved the Pizza Hut restaurants - always a good place to take children for a meal and Mum and Dad could have a glass of wine too.

Apart from looking after my 6 year old brother after school and in school holidays (I was 13), my first real job was working in the mail room at a firm in Sydney who retailed car and truck spare parts. I also had to catch the bus into the city and deliver documents to offices such as the...

I think the bank book was a great visual record of your savings prior to the digital age. It was also the time of many bank tellers and lots more branches everywhere. Nowadays there are just two tellers at the local NAB branch and customers are intercepted to see why they are there and can...

Hi Mikeyboy - hoping you are recovering well and the future is looking brighter. It's a hell of a battle that tests the patient intensely. I found my family to be the most amazing support and even my little dog would not leave me and sat glued to me all the time during my recovery. Happy to...

Thank you for your kind wishes - and love and support to all those who have any type of chronic illness - its a daily battle as we know but we just have to keep fighting. You have to look for the best things in your life and I know my two little granddaughters are at the top of my list. What a...

When I was a child there were no large hardware chain stores like now. I can remember going in to our local store and Dad could purchase however many nails or screws he needed and not having to buy huge packets that he didn't really want.

I totally agree with the member who said you know your own body and when something is not right. How often do we see Mums having to fight with doctors who insist there is nothing wrong with their child but later find something quite serious. I was diagnosed with a non Hodgkins lymphoma of the...

There are advocacy services (look under Aged Care) in the websites or directory. At present the changes to the aged care system are very vague but am expecting reduction in services/money for services and equipment. We have a marvellous cleaner who comes in weekly and assists me as I have back...

As it often said politicians are completely out of touch to the real cost of living on a low income be it wages or pensions. They don't have to worry if they will have enough money for mortgage payments or rent, food medicine, petrol or fares etc. They only look at the total cost of an...