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    Can winning the lottery make your life worse? This pensioner's story will shock you

    Ahhhhh the deeming rate....which does not balance out at all!!!
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    What are those ‘vacuum sucky things’ in Woolworths stores?

    When I first started work in the bank quite a few years ago the Ledger Department was upstairs because of lack of floor space. All the cheque books and deposit books were in big metal trays up there as well. When a customer came in and wanted just a cheque book or deposit book the order chit...
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    What are those ‘vacuum sucky things’ in Woolworths stores?

    Exactly!! They have been around since Adam was a boy
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    Nostalgia hits Kmart shoppers with a throwback photo from 1987: 'Thanks for the trip down memory lane'

    Ahhhhh I remember the days when Kmart had a cafe....was a cheap option to take the kids to when shopping in the school holidays. Our cafe was at the back of the store right next to the gun section.
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    'Feeling Rejected': Grandparents Left Out of Intimate Wedding Celebration

    recently my son got married. He asked me for the email addresses of all my brothers and sisters so he could invite them. None of my close friends got a mention...didn't really bother me a great deal was their wedding to ask who they wanted to ask. Then my friend ( neighbour of 35 years turned...
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    Why are grandparents now called 'grandfriends' at school events? Here's the controversial reason behind the new name

    I use to attend my grand daughters school for everything even an opening of an envelope. When they changed it to grand friends day I no longer attended. I AM A GRAND PARENT!!! OTHERS WELCOME BUT PLEASE LEAVE US GRAND PARENTS THERE.
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    Money-Saving Tip: Make an At-Home Mending Kit

    I remember when my mum use to bring out the orange button tin to sew a new button onto one of my brothers shirts. The tin was about 18 inches tall and had a diameter of and was well over half full of buttons of all shapes sizes and colours. When she would bring that tin out I would spend hours...
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    Former ALDI worker reveals the real reason why staff scan your groceries so quickly

    I love shopping at Aldi because they are quick at the checkouts. As they scan an item I am no longer interested in packing it straight away into the bags as I use to try and do I just put the items into different parts of the trolley as to how I will pack them at the nearby counter. The only way...
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    Hot Chips in Crisis: Potato shortage forces Coles to impose purchase limits

    This is weird....Have been seeing for weeks now how there is a shortage of potatoes, this doesn't seem to have affected the south Coast of NSW. Just spent a week down there and anything that came with chips still came with chips and more than you could eat.
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    ALERT: This Aussie unknowingly lost $150,000 in a cruel scam using Kochie's picture

    Feel bad for this woman but it all boils down to if it sounds too good to be true then it's a scam also I can't stand koshie so wouldn't trust anything that has his picture on it either
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    Rescuers save koala using an IGA bag contraption on busy road

    We have just driven back from the south coast via Brown Mountain. Quite a few times we had to stop to let a wallaby or kangaroo go on its' way across the road, there was so much road kill on that stretch of road and fresh as well it brought tears to my eyes.
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    Score Over $600 in Christmas Treats from Woolworths for Just 15 Cents! - Here's How

    I use to work for woolies and loved accumulating the points as well. Every time I shopped I presented my card and got a 5% staff discount and added points. When I left their employ I still shopped there but then my hubby decided we needed to give Aldi a go. I didn't really want to as I wouldn't...
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    Internet divided after shopper's bizarre produce aisle act

    Ohh My to me that is the best part. Whilst I am breaking up the florets at home I have peeled the stalk and am eating it....raw, same as I do with cauliflower. To me that is the best part and tasty too.
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    Score Over $600 in Christmas Treats from Woolworths for Just 15 Cents! - Here's How

    Good on her but I am not sure I could waste that much money on lollies and chocolates
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    These unusual Christmas Kmart hacks have people stunned: 'Absolutely gorgeous'

    Cats are like that hahahahah Dogs can be real buggers too. I use to put candy canes on the tree as decorations and wondered where they all started disappearing to. Then one day I found the culprits. My now departed boxer (RIP Tyson) and her accomplice, my sons border collie cross, helping...
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    After being banned from a local pub, these cheeky emus came back with reinforcements

    But they are brother and sister remember....oops something weird happening here hahahahaha
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