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I couldn't believe it when I developed AF. This only happens to old people, and at 77, I didn't consider myself old. It came out of the blue late one afternoon. I couldn't find a pulse that made any sense (I'm a retired nurse) and my blood pressure was varying wildly. I called an ambulance and...

Unfortunately, this salary doesn't surprise me. It disgusts me! The only word to describe an annual remuneration statement like this, is obscene. When I think how hard I worked as an Emergency Ward nurse and the danger faced daily by my husband as a firey with NSW Fire and Rescue, the only...

I’m getting a bit tired of the excuses. Thousands of people suffer much worse trauma and don’t find it necessary to behave this way. To me, this behaviour screams entitlement and arrogance. This is inbred. And if he’s homeless, how can he afford to fly from the Gold Coast to Melbourne and use...

To the man asking 'who looks at a doll's head and wonders what's inside?', I have an answer: I do. Or did. As a small child, I removed the heads off all dolls given to me because I wanted to know if there was anything else to them. I couldn't see the point of a toy that didn't do anything.

I hope all those ‘horrified’ shoppers didn’t touch their trolley handle without disinfecting it. They’re riddled with just about every bug you can think of. I certainly don’t condone the actions of the shopper, but people get far too triggered these days by ultimately trivial things.

Interestingly, I recently read an article in Quora about an American family who took their young son, about 10 years old, to the Emergency Ward with a painful rash on both hands and up both arms to the elbows. Shortly after their arrival, the parents were asked to leave the room, because the...

My husband and I were married in 1968 and didn't have a honeymoon because we couldn't afford it. Whatever happened to the notion that if you can't afford to pay for something, you go without? In your particular case, I'd discuss with my husband an amount of money that you can afford to provide...

As much as I agree with your sentiments on her appointment, I’ll just give you a bit of info about her, if that’s okay. She’s a lawyer who worked in Paul Keating’s office back in the 90s. She’s been on the board of many companies, and currently sits on the boards of Mirvac, Trans Urban, GO...

I'm all for more women being chosen for positions that were once the preserve of men, but not because they espouse the political views of the incumbent government. The Governor General is the representative of the King in Australia, and as such is required to be politically neutral, and in fact...

I once bought a pair of cheap ones just to wear inside. What a disaster! They only lasted a few weeks. We live in Newcastle which is where the Mortel company is. They’re one of the Aussie companies who claim to have first used the name ‘ugg’. Stunning quality and heaps of different styles.

Thank you for your reply. The shoes I wear outside are from the podiatrist, but I still feel unstable in them. Winter will be here soon, and I’ll have cold feet, so the ugg boots will come out of the wardrobe. For some reason, I feel safe in them.

As a retired nurse, I know you’re absolutely right, but I feel unstable with shoes on. I’m seeing my podiatrist the week after next, and I know she won’t be happy with the calluses on my right foot.

I wear shoes as little as possible because I have peripheral neuropathy and with bare feet, I can feel the surface better on which I’m walking. However, I ALWAYS wear shoes outside my home. God knows what’s on the floor in hotels, shops, on cruise ships etc, especially if the area is carpeted...

Being country born and raised, I knew to avoid these horrible things when I was a kid. We spent hours playing in several acres of virgin bush at the end of our street in Wingham when we were kids. This vine had taken over several patches of the bush. The seeds are really sticky, so they're...

Can somebody PLEASE explain why this is front page bloody news?! Apparently, almost everyone photoshops pictures, why can’t the POW do it? If she did. I don’t care. Again: the mainstream media is giving air time to this insignificant nonsense and people are being sucked in so they can’t see the...

At the risk of sounding like an old fogey, which I am, I’d just like to say that I’m fed up to the back teeth with the corporates and their virtue signalling. I could almost guarantee that the vast majority of people who are part of this Club are environmentally responsible, because that’s the...

About a year ago my husband advertised something on Facebook Marketplace. Almost immediately he was contacted by someone who said he would buy the item sight unseen. His 'nephew' worked close to our suburb and would collect it on his way home from work that afternoon. My husband asked for...

I don't see the man's offer to lift down a 20kg bag as sexist. Maybe I'm mixing with the wrong crowd, but every man I know, including my own husband, would extend the offer. Too many young women take offence at real or imagined slights these days. The man wasn't patronising her, he was...

I've been drinking the Dark variety for more than a year now and I love it.