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If you have long legs you need to book a bulkhead seat or a aisle seat. I have the same problem. it isn’t up to you to stop the person in front of you reclining. They have paid for their seat and have every right to recline. I used to pay extra to sit in the emergency exit row when I flew...

Why would you think seniors would be interested in what a young woman spends. We are not mindless morons. We deserve to be treated with respect for our intellect, not spoon fed with rubbish so called news/ journalism. Also stop using so many adjectives to describe ordinary shopping buys. Using...

I suggest you go to the library and look at The Oxford book of Nursery Rhymes. I give this book as a christening gift. It gives the story behind most nursery rhymes we grew up with. Ninety percent of them are pretty hideous.

Why not plant a tree for each year you celebrate an anniversary. You can give friends a native shrub to encourage the birds and insects especially bees even if you have limited space or no garden. Most council nursery’s will be able to help you find somewhere to plant them too. You could donate...

I’m sick of saying the same things on this site. Learn to cook, learn to budget, and maybe grow some food in pots if you have no garden. I grow peas and beans in hanging baskets, you only need a few large pots to grow salad vegetables. I suggest look on Pinterest for thrifty meals, and the...

I live in Victoria and I have had many issues with the company who administer my Homecare package. I self manage my package which is a level 4. This is the second company I’ve been with and both have shown an enormous lack of business management and incompetence. I found an organi called - The...

Thank goodness the games are cancelled. We need affordable housing in every state and territory. The cult of sport has grown out of all proportion. Look at the issues of a football stadium in Tasmania. Sport is not necessary for life, hospitals, education, housing are. What percentage of the...

Never on Jet Star

Try buying online. There are numEros websites selling quality winter wear at excellent prices and with a lot more flair than Kmart, Target or similar stores. JS

I also wonder why so much of the content your website puts out is not about Australian people and topics. I suggest you concentrate on our own area of concern. I for one am able to search for foreign newsworthy material. We have so many issues here at home to be aired. JS

I was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer last August aged 76 and there were no outward signs until my nipple altered very quickly over a few days. I have several other health problems and I didn’t expect to live very long. However, I have an amazing oncologist and with the new medications...

I live in Victoria and there is no need for pensioners to buy disability aids as these are available to disabled people through the State Wide Equipment Program. Your doctor, physiotherapist or occupational therapists will assist you to access these services. They provide bed, walking, home and...

when my husband was treated in Peter Macs here in Melbourne and we lived over a 100 kilometres away at the time we were privileged to stay in the hospital accomodation and if they were booked up the leukaemia charity found me a room nearby. Sometimes we had to stay for a month at a time, but it...

food banks are not for people with jobs that pay more than the pension or disability. I am appalled as I read this. Stop buying pre packaged foods, pre prepared vegetables and learn to cook. If you can read, you can cook. The charity shops have a vast array of cook books at incredibly cheap...

Why would anyone use a mop. Get a steam cleaner, no cleaning nasties to buy and harm the environment. Cleans everything quickly and efficiently.

As a disabled pensioner I‘m unable to actually go to a shop myself very often. I’m at the mercy of shops that will deliver to me. It’s really difficult, not to say isolating and frustrating working within my budget.

How ridiculous to expect all people to work into their 70’s. People who work manual jobs, are at risk of so many injuries, backs, knees, shoulders. Then there are shop staff who stand for hours without respite, cooks who lift heavy pots and pans, farmers, road workers, service personnel, who...

my problem is I’m disabled and cannot do my own shopping anymore so I get home deliveries. I have no option but to have as many paper bags as the shop sees fit to use. These are the most badly packed bags ever. They just stuff heavy milk or juice bottles over soft fruit and tins over salad...

I have had metastatic breast cancer and am just now cancer free, but I also have diabetes 2, asthma, heart failure, post polio syndrome, acute neuropathy in my feet, making it impossible to wear shoes anymore, IBS and Diverticulitis, and a couple of other ailments. I am still taking the anti...

I am a cancer patient and I have several other diseases including diabetes, heart failure. I have quite a lot of medicines which are essential for my ongoing care and i require 6 monthly repeats plus whatever else is needed. I cannot afford the $75 dollars to see the doctor but now I can’t even...