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    Eagle at Karumba, Queensland

    Taken on the waterfront at Karumba.
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    Bank refunds pensioner's scammed money…and then snatches it back?

    Two pieces of advice for making online transactions: Always use PayPal or similar for any transaction with unknown parties or with known organisations which offer that facility, such as Uber. Only give your credit card details to persons and/or companies that you know to be legitimate. Set up...
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    Toll Scam Leaves Pensioner Devastated - Don't Let This Happen to You!

    Anything I buy online I pay for using PayPal as I know from previous experience (at least 4 times) that if the goods don’t arrive or are not as described I will be able to get my money back. Any messages from supposedly legitimate sites telling me I owe money I just ignore. I cannot understand...
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    Retired and loving it.

    Retired and loving it. Retired engineer here, living in the Adelaide suburbs. Used to be in Brisbane but came back to Adelaide about three years ago as all our children live in SA.
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    Hustling For Pocket Money

    I delivered newspapers, but that was in the UK where there were around 8 daily newspapers and you had to remember which one each house had. None of this throwing it over the fence, each paper had to be folded and pushed through the letterbox slit in the front door. There were no papers on...
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    Is ALDI still the budget-friendly retailer it once was? Shopper shares $60 haul and sparks debate

    Why do you see so many photos and videos on the web which have been printed in mirror image? As an engineer I find this particularly annoying in videos of people undoing screws instead of doing them up.
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    Discover the new ‘robot’ ceiling clothesline that homeowners are raving about!

    Our winter washing solution, just like the one my mother had in the kitchen in England - although it’s even more practical with our 10ft ceilings. And it has a ducted A/C outlet above it, so the clothes get dry really quickly.
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    Why shopping at ALDI might not save you as much as you think!

    I really can’t believe that people won’t shop at Aldi because they get tempted by the middle aisles! I love shopping at Aldi, but I usually do my main shopping elsewhere for the 5% pensioner discount one day a week. It’s the specials in the middle which keep me coming back to Aldi: for example...
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