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I find it's more fun to answer the phone and string them along for a couple of minutes before yelling into the phone that they're bloody scammers. Yesterday I got a phone call supposedly from Bendigo Bank to advise me of two transactions on my Bendigo Bank credit card, one for $140 and one for...

Oh, the poor thing! If she can close the seatbelt, great - she has no cause for whingeing! If she can't, she needs to request and extender. Sometimes I can close the seatbelt, other times I have to ask for an extender.

Read it again! The backyard chicken farmer found the egg among other eggs laid by his chooks!

Yeah, so? It happes and it isn't the end of the world.

To start with, this is an old hat and pensioners would have already received their once only payment. This article is for people who do not currently receive discounts on their energy bills, such as holders of Senior Health Care Cars in NSW and ACT. I fall into this category and for the past...

I am not a fan of those back to base alarms and was rather annoyed when my partner had his old one replaced in his house. Of course, I only visit on weekends, so it isn't a huge problem for me, if we were living together, I would veto the use of those darn things as I cannot and have absolutely...

All these people trying to prove a point on social media are only proving their own stupidity! Yes, life has moved forward and things are more expensive. This is nothing new, the only difference is than now we have idiots posting their stupidity on tiktok for all the world to see. I have no...

I close my curtains in the family room and kitchen when I leave home as well as bedroom curtains. Google has been set to turn on two smart globes in the family room and the smart globe in what used to be my son's room before he left home when it gets dark - I change the times throughout the...

Early this year my oldest son told me that he had been diagnosed with sleep apnea and I expected that would have to be attached to one of those machines for the rest of his life. A couple of months later, he saw his GP because he was having dificulty breathing. It rurned out that he needed to...

It is extremely rare that I throw out milk. That is not because I use it all before the expiry date, but because I use to look/smell/taste test. This is what all of us used before the "use by" dates appeared on packaging and the people lost basic common sense. Besides, the date means very...

‘We've known for a while that if you go to a really big fruit and [vegetable] market, you can buy your fruit and veg for about a 50 per cent discount compared to the supermarkets.’ In Fyshwick (Canberra) you can't!

Australia Post has announced that their intention to increase the price of postage stamps subject to the ACCC "approval". This should not affect members of SDC, given that all holders of a Concession card can purchase concession stamps costing just 60 cents each - they come in booklets of 5 for...

Since when does Aldi sell fuel???? I think you might be confusing Aldi with Costco?

Self funded retirees are entitled to the Senior Health Care Card if their income is below $90,000 for singles and $144,000 for couples! https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/income-test-for-commonwealth-seniors-health-card?context=21966 As a self funded retiree, I am aware that this card offers...

I doubt that the fine is because she carried a rose, but rather that she did not DECLARE that she had a rose!

Not only is there Aldi Nord and Süd, but if you visit Austria, you will find that Aldi is called Hofer there. https://ohmyvienna.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hofer-Austria-sign.jpg

Shortly after my daughter moved into her brand new house in Perth she found a scorpion in her living room! My younger daugher lives on a farm in NSW and during the floods last year, she found a brown snake in her house. She and her youngest son were the only ones in the house, so she used her...

Just googled to see which countries/cities Vietjet flies to. I am looking at Europe, so this airline is no good for me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_VietJet_Air_destinations

Online shopping saves "precious gas money"???? Since when do we call fuel "gas"?

I don't have any of those problems! I go to the supermarket and do my own shopping using my own bags. And I used to do that decades ago when my 3 kids were pre-schoolers. No tantrums in shops either.