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    Are supermarket trolleys influencing us?

    I doubt if eating more fruit would help people with diabetes. They would need to be very careful which fruit.
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    What year did you finish high school and what’s the most unforgettable moment you have of your high school life?

    Shopping online at Woolworths. you might like to check your groceries when you get them home. Woolworths don't provide a print out with the groceries when you pick them up, so I had to print one out from my email. When I was checking them, there was one item missing. It was only a small...
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    Vitamins and supplements: what you need to know before taking them

    From my experience not too many Doctors will prescribe vitamins. They seem to prefere drugs or painkillers.
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    Your Say Sunday Poll: Taxing the Rich

    The people on higher wages recieved a higher pay rise because payr rises were based on a percentage. This has been going on for years and it suited Politicians in power. So the rich got richers and the poor got poorer. There needs to be a different formula for pay rises until the lower paid...
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    Pension up $2.68 a day. What can that even pay for?

    I recently went to a seminar abpout replacement of hips and knees. The doctor assured us that if you get a doctor to bulk bill then you probably get an inferior product that if you go to a doctor who doesn't bulk bill. Apparently the going rate for a kneee replacemnt through a specialist who...
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    Bride and groom's romantic honeymoon flight nearly ruined by foul odour

    You must certainly think you are the queen when you have enough mondey to pay for a business class/ first class seat on an International flight. For your information, not many people can afford that. Get real girl.
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    Are you a Pensioner, Partially, or Fully Self-Funded Retiree? These are the Government cards you can get to assist with specific expenses

    Some doctors recommend that you take Vitamins. EG. Vit D3, Vit K2, Vit B 12, Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, etc. However, these are not considered under the Pensioners Age Packages. Anyone with some extra income are assessed to pay the Age provider a certain amount of money each week, based on a...
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    Seniors appeal for zero benefit penalties for working

    The government are helping seniors who can work by increasing their income allowance, but what about the seniors that are too sick to work, and probably have more health bills to pay. There has been no increase in the income allowed for sick pensioners.
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    Unbelievable! Watch as supermarket CEO tackles alleged thief in citizen’s arrest

    The shop assistant had to use force to keep him from running away. How else is he going to stop him.
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    The older woman who popped Prince Harry’s cherry surfaces after ‘Spare’ bombshell

    Tell Prince Hasrry he has gone overboard with information we didn't need to know. I don't know who his adviser was for this book, but they have gone too far. Fed up with hearing about them
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    Abandoned retirement village to be converted into social housing

    One wonders why it was abandoned in the first place. Had it been found in need of a lot of repairs?
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    The 'Nostalgia Competition' - Share your memories of Yesterday's Australia and you could win $100

    I grew up in a small coastal village during Wordl War 11 with approx 5000 airforce people livng on the nearby aerodrome. We could walk anywhere we wanted to, we didn't have to lock our doors, and we could go swimming in the river or the surf. We never had any shark alarms. We had a local 'blue...
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    Is this man's disability a reason to be kicked off a flight? One airline seems to think so – 'It is humiliating'

    This is not as bad as the man in a wheel chair. I was travelling with Jetstar once when I had my right arm in a sling. The hostess would not help me get my small suitqacse up into the luggage compartment. I was in luck, a man came along and placed it up for me. I also travelled with Virgin...
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    Joke Three Drunk Guys.

    I don't find jokes about drunks very funny
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    The new Pension Work Bonus rule is taking effect today

    What about the pensioners that are too sick to work. Therefore, we have to pay many different people to do most of the jobs around the house. We need the government to allow pensioners with part pensions be allowed to have more money before charging them to get the help they need through the...
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    Your Say Sunday Poll: What's one thing you wish you had more of?

    I wish we had doctors that knew how to help heal problems rather than give us pain killers.
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    Could you be eligible for up to $53k per year? 275k In-Home Care Packages Available

    When you phone up for help under the CHSP the providers say that they do not have anyone tohelp outside of floor cleaning. BUT if you take out a package, which I am eleigible for, they could get someone to help with other jobs like gardening, home repairs etc. If one has a part pension they...
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    Want to live a long life? Try these 4 famous Okinawan food staples!

    I am intolerant to caffeine, and I haven't been able to find a decaffinated (with water) green tea yet.
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