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  1. Trudi

    What is this shopping site asking customers to do that’s causing outrage?

    You are looking at women's clothing or just the models?
  2. Trudi

    What is this shopping site asking customers to do that’s causing outrage?

    Not really. Having said that, it is customary to leave some small change as a tip, for example, if your coffee costs 4.50 Euro (I don't know current prices), you round it up to 5 Euro if paying by cash. If, however, I have to go to a cash register on the way out to pay for my coffee, I hand...
  3. Trudi

    Big banks battle for borrowers: NAB removes tiers, Westpac offers lower fixed rates

    Very importnt information for most members of this site! Everybody will now rush out to apply for a home loan.
  4. Trudi

    Are your everyday tech devices secretly 'spying' on you?

    I have a Google Nest Hub in my kitchen and Google Nest Minis in each bedroom and the lounge room. I also have several smart plugs to control appliances and I have sensors on my external doors. Apart from the more mundane functions, such as telling Google to turn lights on and off, ask it what...
  5. Trudi

    Why is everyone raving about ALDI's El Tora brand?

    "7. Set it all on the dinner table, and viola!!" VIOLA???? I wish people wouldn't use foreign language words if they don't know how to spell them! VOILA is a French word, meaning there it is or there you are.
  6. Trudi

    Landlord finds rental property destroyed by tenants: ‘Driving me nuts’

    In order to blacklist a tenant, they have to owe money after they vacate a rental property and a listing must be removed after 3 years! By that time they have already moved into another rental property using fake references and if you have two or more people applying for tenancy, they will...
  7. Trudi

    Are supermarkets charging you more than needed? Reserve Bank of Australia report suggests it’s likely

    When you run a business, regardless of whether it is a large supermarket or a small corner store, you need to invest money before the business earns you money. There are rental, power, security, supply, staff, etc; costs that need to be covered from sales before any profits can be made. It may...
  8. Trudi

    Could your patient data be at risk? Bunnings and Kmart's owner is getting into the prescriptions business

    I doubt that you would find any WA farmer who would agree with you that Wesfarmers should have remained a co-op. My ex-BIL was issued with $80,000 worth of shares as a wheat farmer when the company was registered on the ASX. Also, the company has gone from strength to strength since then, my...
  9. Trudi

    Could your patient data be at risk? Bunnings and Kmart's owner is getting into the prescriptions business

    Why not? You can already have your eyes and ears checked at Costco and be fitted with hearing aids and glasses.
  10. Trudi

    Could your patient data be at risk? Bunnings and Kmart's owner is getting into the prescriptions business

    Nothing stopping you from buying a medical surgery, providing reception and nursing staff and leasing it to doctors.
  11. Trudi

    Could your patient data be at risk? Bunnings and Kmart's owner is getting into the prescriptions business

    There is nothing stopping you from going to a different doctor every time you need a script. I have seen three different doctors at different surgeries in the last three years, two in order to get that stupid form for my drivers licence filled in and the third following my argument with a...
  12. Trudi

    Could your patient data be at risk? Bunnings and Kmart's owner is getting into the prescriptions business

    What a load of codswallop! Wesfarmers has been in the pharmacy business for a couple of years now, having purchased Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (API), which is the parent company of Priceline and Soul Patterson chemists back in 2021. Having an online prescription service...
  13. Trudi

    Are supermarkets charging you more than needed? Reserve Bank of Australia report suggests it’s likely

    The base cost never changes? Right! The cost of seed potatoes, etc does not increase in you mind? What about the cost of fertilizer? Or the cost of fuel to run tractors and other vehicles on the farm? What about the cost of purchasing a farm? What about the cost of wages? As for buying at the...
  14. Trudi

    Financial relief is coming: Centrelink announces cost-of-living increase for JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, and Partnered Parenting Payment

    For your information, I am 76 years old and I retired ten years ago at the age of 66! As I stated in my earlier post, I arrived in Australia as a migrant with my not quite 3 yo son in 1969 when I was 22 years old. I worked until I married and we lived at a mining site. Two years later we moved...
  15. Trudi

    Loneliness and isolation could lead to brain shrinkage, study finds

    Like you, I do not seek the company of people! I live in Canberra, two of my children live in Perth, one lives on a farm at Hillston NSW (about 5 hours from where I live) and one lives in Melbourne. I don't see them very often, although we keep in touch by phone and texting. I never feel...
  16. Trudi

    Even in a housing crisis, Australians can’t get enough of renovation stories on TV. Why?

    I don't watch The Block, one of the dumbest shows on TV . I also don't watch any of the stupid cooking shows. I do, however, enjoy watching the US renovation shows for ideas, regardless of theopinions of other members. Obviously, any renovations in Australia must meet the building code of the...
  17. Trudi

    Here's why you might be paying more at Woolworths with this online shopping app!

    People have the option of going to the store themselves!
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