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    AIBU 02.09.2024

    Definitely not unreasonable.
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    Save Money Without Sacrificing Taste: Discover Why Cheaper Peanut Butter Wins in Australian Taste Test!

    Considering Peanut Butter is or should be made with 100% Peanut Butter. And hopefully Australian grown. Thats what I look for. No additives.
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    Ask Joy: I think someone I know needs a little help.

    The Government need to look into that. Depriving you of care, saving them money, so you don`t have to go into a Nursing Home. Heaven forbid. (so many I wouldn`t put a dog in). Unfortunately there are so many pop up Providers, untrained staff, ripping off the system, that...
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    Ask Joy: I think someone I know needs a little help.

    You certainly are eligible for a package. If you are in an area where Feros Care works in, they maybe able to help. I worked for them for many years, in the Clarence (NSW) area, and there are still Clients who started 20+ years ago. (now retired)
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    Lamb Shanks in Red Wine Sauce

    My Husband would also use stout
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    Transform your home bar with ALDI’s revolutionary multi-purpose item

    that system has been around for years. Just more expensive.
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    Easy bananas brownies

    I prefer dark chocolate. White chocolate is too sweet, and to my personal taste, is not chocolate. But will certainly try them with normal chocolate.
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    Surging aged care prices create unexpected living costs—find out why!

    Unfortunately, so true. It seems that the People who have worked and saved, also who paid for the unemployable, through taxes, now have to keep paying for them and extra for ones self.
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    Fake accommodation listings on sites are dupping travellers: 600% increase in just one year

    I do look on different sites, but when I see accommodation that is where I am heading, I then look up the place and either ring, or book through the accommodations site. Sometimes the price is close to what is advertised on Wotif etc
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    Eating unwashed apples? Here’s what a shocking new study reveals about this common habit!

    The pesticides on fruit is full of chemicals and unfortunately America and Australia, has the highest incident of pesticides and GM foods in the world.
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    'I wouldn't mind living on an island for a while': Aussie retiree reveals his dream lifestyle worth $18,000 a year

    I thought the same, as many years ago I knew a couple who lived in Thailand, but received an Australian Pension. They would come back every 3 months for a week, then head back. That way they would still receive the pension.
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    The truth about supermarket meat that will make you want farm-to-plate today!

    I don`t eat meat, but when my Husband was alive we always bought meat from the local butchers. Also if I am cooking for Family, local butchers are were I buy any meat. As we come from a Farming Family, I know how important it is for them to get a decent payment not only for their...
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    Autumn at Hill End

    Thanks, will go and have a look. Going to Orange to house and dog sit, but also have a Friend in a Bathurst Nursing Home who I will visit. So will definitely go and explore.
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    Autumn at Hill End

    Lovely old building, but where is Hill End
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    Chinese chicken salad refreshing and yum

    Can also substitute tofu or tined legumes for chicken.
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    Cash-ing in on savings: Supermarket’s discount sparks return to paper money

    In Mackay, the bulk Health food shop offers discount for cash. I have also noticed that a few Cafe`s, and the markets are as well.
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    An Aussie's 25-cent gesture completely confuses McDonald's employee — Find out why!

    I like to use cash, one, we pay cash for Tai Chi, and also small business`s have to charge a surcharge for Credit cards. Also, I have 2 money boxes. Silver goes into my Great Granddaughters, and gold into mine. We are heading to NZ for Christmas, for a Family time at my...
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    Warning about using bank cards to top up gocards

    That happened to me many years ago. I went straight into the Bank, lucky it was a week day, and told them. They did inform me that it would take a few weeks to get sorted, which it was. Now I either get cash out at a supermarket, or the Bank, only on a working day.
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