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I'll leave my home kicking&screaming... ie when I won't be able to kick&scream... when I leave my house and eco garden that will not benefit a family with children:"developpers"will cut the trees, raze and flatten the rest of the garden and house. Said developpers will built units selling them...

I shove everything back into the trolley, at the car items get separated as I require at home (some for the garage, some for fridge, some for freezer AND I do that wherever I do a big shopping... NO "the little old lady" does not want bags... thank you .... why on earth should I have to decide...

I am too old obviously, learned back home you should put everything in the lowest fraction ( in that particular case: eights), read 1/8+2/8 ie 3/8, so 5/8 for 30 pages read the first day , ie 1/8 = 6 pages therefore book 48pages (it took me a few seconds to calculate.. and it seemed an...

The one I'll never forget: the booth at the Eiffel Tower, though you may think as I hail from Paris, so what... We had our Australian passports stolen in Paris a Friday afternoon 3pm on our way to the airport, so went to the police to declare the theft, enquired at the Australian Embassy what we...

My twist,In Paris I chose to take German lessons and not cooking classes. Was told off roundly by the top HR bloke advising me that in life, when I married, I would need to know how to cook more than to speak German ... well I eventually married my German teacher (who loved to cook), and he had...

I understand your frustration I had a mobility problem, just for one month, and had to give up my Aldi shopping... online would have been wonderful, let alone in normal time for some of their "heavy/cumbersome" offers

You forget one item : heavy stuff in trolley...I have done a lot of online "fortnightly" shopping in the early 2000 . Back then learned quickly not to buy meat, fresh vegetables online as after the first 2 orders I received whatever took THEIR fancy...Once they gave me a freebie... dog food: I...

On a skying holiday in the early 60s at the resort I was staying I won a Twist competition:D(I believed then and now, that it had nothing to do with my dancing/rhythm...I am hopeless at both)

All French made cars did too. I remember my grand father car having these.

Arrived in Australia Easter 1965, had my first job in less than a week, and was never ever paid in cash, neither in my previous job back home (Paris). Was highly amused when told : we pay you every fortnight (as in not weekly) ... being used to be paid monthly back home.

We had a Vulcan two sided, with flames on one side, just hot air on the other, warming both Lounge and Dining room. Still have the panel on the dining room side with the Vulcan name on it, the new gas heater being only one-sided

I am also juggling passports, and ID card... had a few Brits and Australians puzzled at various airports... yes all perfectly legal and above board

Not quite what you asked...Landed in Melbourne 14 April 1965, the Wednesday before the Easter long weekend. Left the ship at 8am, our belongings still on board, to have a look at the city we had chosen to live in for the next 2years. The whole city was fast asleep, included the so called busy...

it teach the kids nothing : relegate them, and even more so the nanny, where they belong in cattle class, when the parents enjoy peace and quiet away from them... ie the good old english class system

As soon as they turned up a long time ago I checked them out. They were to my liking and anything that could break the duopololy of the time, the 10km radius you could not get the "other"one had to be good;They were not "allowed"in shopping centers, and the big 2 which owned liquor shops...