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    New Chinese-backed shopping platform Temu set to rival Amazon and eBay in Australia – find out why it's causing a stir!

    I have had one order delivered and I'm thrilled with my purchases. It was promised on April 18 and I got it that day. All the items were of a quality above or what I was expecting. I had previously purchased a crystal sun catcher for $27 and bought the same one on Temu for $2.98. I was not...
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    Is ALDI still the budget-friendly retailer it once was? Shopper shares $60 haul and sparks debate

    You are lucky you have the choice of shopping at Aldi. Every time I walk into Woolies for a "few things"it costs $60.
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    This shopping method could save you hundreds on your grocery bills!

    No Aldi in Tassie unfortunately. We are at the mercy of Woolies sand Coles
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    Pension up $2.68 a day. What can that even pay for?

    $27.59 p/m has gone already on health insurance rises. Grocery prices will take care of the rest.
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    Woolworths introduces MAJOR CHANGE to reusable shopping bags - Here’s what you need to know

    Are they made in Australia? I have never bought a bag since I made my own back in 2003 - even before this ban on plastic bags.
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    Movies and TV series recommendation

    I laugh when they call MAFS "experts" They get it so wrong MOST of the time.
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    Remember Your Childhood Corner Shop? Take A Look At How They Transformed Our Lives

    Waaaaay back when I was a kid we had a corner store where mum could buy the basics. We only had one car which dad took to work so it was a grocery shop fortnightly? or a bus to town. If we needed anything more than basic there was another shop a far greater walk away. The carrot for me was an...
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    Want to have a spotless bathroom? Here's how a professional cleaner achieves the perfect clean!

    Where's the mystery in this cleaning routine? Its what any person would do - nothing special.
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    Experts push for food-labelling changes to spur healthier choices among Australians

    Seriously, the only way, in my thoughts, that would help in any way would be to make healthy food cheaper and junk food more expensive. At the moment it is the other way around. The "no added sugar", "less fat", organic etc are for the rich not the pensioners.
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    Woolworths Faces Criticism Over 'Invasive' Store Surveillance as AI Self-Checkout Trial Widens

    No problem for me. I don't use self checkouts for one, and for two, they can watch me as much as they like.
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    Heads up, shoppers! Woolworths is scrapping 15c reusable plastic bags in two more states

    If people haven't caught on by now that they need to bring their own bags - this might help them to "remember"
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    Coles set to slash prices on dozens of items this month

    I really wish the supermarkets would reduce the healthy food and not mostly junk.
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    Do budget supermarkets even exist anymore? Expert compares Woolies, ALDI prices

    I miss Aldi sooooo much! Pleeease come to Tassie!!
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    10 emojis that give away your age - and what they really mean

    OMG! I must be so rude! I use the thumbs up emoji all the time to signify I am in agreement with what's been said.
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    Fashion Fail or New Trend? Shopper's Bizarre T-Shirt Purchase Has Social Media in Stitches!

    Its no different to those stupid dresses/tops that women wear with a sleeve and sleeveless on the side.
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    Did you cop the cane or the ruler at school?

    Only the boys got the cane but the girls had to stay in and write 500 lines eg "I must not talk in class" It didn't work either.
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    Your Bucket List

    The top of my bucket list and unless I win a major prize on lotto I will never do - is go to America and be at a finals game of NBA and not sit up in the rafters! My previous top was to see snow and then to see snow falling - now I live in Tasmania that one is ticked!
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    Your Bucket List

    That was on my list too. We came for 6 months and 3 years later we are still here! Try really, really hard to make it over here, you won't regret it!
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