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One thing I sometimes do is either have a bite or a sip of a drink while waiting in the checkout queue - especially at Aldi. Usually after a a long afternoon, maybe a hot one, and no lunch. I do think it's cheeky but then I am paying for it soon - and if I don't snack/sip who is going to give...

per unit pricing When comparing brands I always look at the per unit pricing, BUT one must read carefully yesterday at Woolies, Brut, 130gm $3.75 and Lynx 106g/165ml $4 armpit charmpit spray both on special. Brut 29c/100g,but the Lynx price label showed 24c/100ml. Tat 1st glance the Lynx...

I buy grated mozzarella and simply mix in caramelised onion relish. Plus I can eat either by itself, put more mozza on an Aldi pizza, mix the relish with aioli for a delish dip for chips or sauce for snags etc etc.

Agh, the tricky negotiation of parking distances from driveways and intersections, and what applies in various jurisdictions. Distance allowed to park from a drivewayc - if angle parked that undoubtedly means the measurement is taken at right angles from the curb the to part of the vehicle...

and Lily the Pink Song by The Scaffold We'll drink a drink, a drink To Lily the Pink, the Pink, the Pink The savior of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case Mr. Freers had sticky out ears And it made him awful shy And so they gave him medicinal...

My NY resolutions have a Use By date of 2 days so never a problem

I use ME bank and currently earn 3.75% on my savings a/c - and very easy to deal with Have both an Online Savings Account and Everyday Transaction Account Make at least four tap & go™ purchases per month – which must be settled, not pending – using your Everyday Transaction Account. Bonus...

In NZ it seemed to be that Autumn was calm blue sky days and a great time to tour the country. We did a few trips around the Sth Island March, April, even in to May. The glorious skies and colurs of Central Otago in particular In the last few years before I left NZ in the Autumn months the...

Amazon Scam Any SMS , phone calls purporting to be from Amazon DO NOT answer. - if you do the indicator of a scam will undoubtedly be an Indian sounding person I just got an SMSon about my Prime membership renewal going through and if i wish to cancel to call them. I did call just to confirm my...

In NZ a typical bit of Kiwi humour "Milk comes from Bulls" - Bulls being a fertile farming area in the Rangitikei District

I agree that Rego, drivers licences, road rules, maybe vehicle tesing, should be Federal rather than State by State, but consider how the fees and regulations would be a night nightmare to sort out. Some States would dig their heels in over loss of revenue - just look at the GST carve up...

oki doki. Unfortunately it appears the video quickly disappeared .and I can't find it on a Google search either - but it used a sieve to grate butter or cheese, very fine

Ants don't like cloves For the last 4 years I have been putting cloves in drawers and cupboards and in other nooks and crannies in my caravan home. No ants! Cheap and simple Any ants that do try to get in are usually through the roof but they soon meet their doom Also an Oil of Cloves solution...

Exactly - and being all from one manufacturer do they not test for bacteria, being aqueous based products. Simple petrie dish tests would have detected the problem at research stage, and more properly in batch testing . and no they are not made in Asia! note they are qualified in textiles and...

ah, the smell of coffee Do you like the smell of ground coffee? Suck some up in to your vacuum cleaner and enjoy the aroma as you vacuum around your house, or even just let it run for a few minutes to waft it around. I love it when, in my caravan home, I vacuum up the spilled grounds at my...

I live on the road and always care for the environment including have a pair of extended tongs to pick up rubbish at campsites and rest stops. And it just not tourists who leave the rubbish but locals as well. My term for theses people are maggots and cockroaches - and unfortunately like their...

I manged a number of servos in NZ and one of the security sayings was 80% are honest, 10% are dishonest, and 10% are just waiting for the opportunity For the people compaing about security chewcks, this is the unfortunate "price" one pays for the other 20% And in one big store I trained in a...

In the US someone decided that Veruca was a nice name for girls without knowing what a veruca was. But 1st names can be very much related to local customs. In the Pacific Islands children can be named after events that have recently happened, and in Africa too, and some will use the English...

Yes you can difficult for a very young person Anyone wishing to change names in Australia must lodge a legal name change application with Births, Deaths and Marriages. Once approved you receive either a legal name change certificate, or if your birth was registered in the state you get an...