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As a teenager in the UK I had a jet black cat who went everywhere with me, on busses, trains, shopping, walking beside me or on a lead. If I went out without him he would be waiting at the bus stop when I came home to escort me safely. He liked most dogs but some he would sense may be unfriendly...

I was hitchhiking around Italy from the UK, with a girlfriend back in the 60s and we stayed at a Youth Hostel. I was tiny and had a very short hairdo. I was playing cards with a group of Swedish and German guys when I heard a voice say, "Jeez, are you a sheila?" I whispered, "What language is...

And the homeless get treatment when they need it. In the US they just die!!!!! It isn't perfect by any means but that's because far too many people rort the system. Just imagine if you had to pay for everything yourself as in the US and most other countries.

Totally disagree. Just look at the systems in most other countries especially US where many people just are denied treatment and medicines and the UK where that system is on life support itself. I owe my life to Medicare which has ensured I get medical treatment (four times emergency surgery in...

I have never seen this ad before. I know my ads because I am involved in training actors for commercials and swear this is the first time I have come across it. It is obvious it has been edited. However I love the faces of these two.

Member Spotlight: 'My "Wake" while I am still awake' by Member @EILEEN W As my 80th birthday approached, I was about to have my fourth surgery in 12 months. I looked back over an incredible life and realised that so many people had played a huge part in my four score years, and how could I...

It was 1950 and times were hard after the War with rationing and shortage of food. Christmas presents were going to be a second hand doll with clothes knitted from wool unraveled from my Mum's old jumper. At our village school I saw a beautiful brand new brown teddy bear behind a glass case. I...

My joy came on Saturday with the birth of my first great-grandchild, a precious little girl. After a small cancer surgery a month ago and a shoulder replacement waiting for me next week, the birth of little Aspen has made life so much brighter.

Here is my Norwegian Elkhound Boris in his usual Goofy sleeping position.

If you are a Coles' shoppers can always cash in their accumulated FlyBuys for FlyBuy dollars and use those to pay for groceries when times are tough. I save mine up for Christmas then my FlyBuy dollars mean Christmas costs me nothing as I usually have around $600 spend on food and gifts. I do...

I have watched B&B since the very beginning when I was a journalist and TV/film critic. About 30 years ago my husband also became 'hooked'. We spend 30 minutes a day criticizing, complaining, pulling the script and acting to shreds, ridiculing the repetitive and ridiculous story lines...

We had a lovely Easter Sunday with my three Grandsons, their partners, plus sister of one visiting from Vietnam, my son in law, all travelling from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast. We video called one daughter on her way home from a conference in KL and the other daughter and husband in France...

I married an Australian to escape English winters. Horrible memories of chilblains, shivering so much I am unable to think, frozen fingers, cold snow and sleet, school swimming lessons with ice still on the water surface and never feeling warm unless I was on top of a radiator. Even Melbourne...

So you can no longer make jokes about People of other sexual pesuasions, people of different skin colours, other cultures or Ethnic Groups or Religions so what makes you think us " shorter than you" people can be ridiculed without being offended? It is just pure jealousy.

My friends and family have the perfect solution to avoid mosquitoes and sandflies - they invite me to parties and barbeques knowing that the pesky insects only ever bite me. I can be in a crowded hall or outdoor venue and I am the only person who goes home with red lumps swelling and scratching...

When the child is in her teens her father may even be dead or senile and her mother will be in her 70s. I hope the older siblings will be responsible for the young girl who may otherwise end up with a lost life as carer for her elderly parents. To have a baby by surrogacy once you are over 50...

I do not have autism but I hate shopping at Woolworths. As soon as I enter I feel faint and disoriented. I think it is the lighting because I find some areas of their stores are worse. If I must go in (with my daughter who shops there or I have no alternative at the time and place) I escape as...

14 Years ago my husband and I began "Boots for Bali" to provide soccer gear for poor village boys who lost everything due to the Bali bombing, to keep them playing and fit. We raised money gathered donated strips and boots and equipped five teams. We kept fundraising and helped establish a...

I would definitely tell my younger self, "Do not believe everything your mother tells you". I would have been saved so much unhappiness, lies and lost relationships.

I am on my way to Bunnings as soon as they open to buy that brush and some sponges. I hate cleaning the tracks and we have sliding doors in most rooms. Being partially disabled (and old!) it is so hard every fortnight for me to get down on the floor and clean these. I use a mini vacuum...