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In many countries this is quite normal: the tenant actually make renovations at their own cost (with the agreement of the owner obviously) like renovating a bathroom, or a kitchen, so a driveway would be ok, and then when the tenant leave the premises they ask the "new tenant" the cost of the...

May be she should get into google and get her facts straight... I am also 82...cochineal as a historical subject is fascinating, the Aztec used it

anyone with an interest in colours in general and the colour red in particular would know about cochineal...wars on the high seas have been fought over it and the Brits were right in the middle of them with quite a few others and obviously the Spaniards. Anyone interested should read "Perfect...

Same here, yes was highly amused when they flocked to Telstra

Problem at Roselands: to return your trolley to Aldi bays, you, the shopper, have to chuck out the ColesWorth mobs trolleys to be able to use the available chain (I never carry money/coins and use a token). I have mostly resorted to hook my trolley to another stray Aldi (yes plenty of people...

Companies issue term and conditions in a form to"actively"discourage the individuals from reading them (well compagnies/businesses use lawyers) . It is even more obvious when you are presented with a document and asked to sign, there at the bottom of the the page, and there where there is a...

Yes a little bit of hstorical facts would not do any harm...but then the movie is American. However he certainly was not a ratbag, but a military and administrative genius, and like all people in his position his power corrupted his judgment big time.

My first thought leaving the movie was " Napoleon administrative genius did not even rate a mention..". Interestingly whenever I mentioned that it was received with a blank look, ie the movie was just the expected cliché on a defeated adversary,(Knew how Joséphine character was treated...

Many times I was told: Australia requires us to get a visa, so we do the same to them. I then duly produced my French passport and no visa required.

Statistics are amazing : Australia being in 22nd place can be catapulted in 6th place.. just how it is interpreted

of course they are trying not to loose time counting money, next problem they are also getting rid of ATMs!!! cashless society here we come..next problem ...outage... problem always reside with the users, big business decide...

being French I can confirm it is "bidet" :)

Was pleasantly surprised when at a craft show the traders using "square" could send me a receipt without requiring my phone number"(btw I pay with my watch)

Well they are pushing RCS (available since 2008) because APPLE is going RCS next year and ANDROID and APPLE users wont need imperatively WHATSAPPS to communicate securely with each other. Now it is debatable as what is the "best, most secure system"system and what level of encryption is...

Knew it was coming, and was certain they would make it just before Christmas... Finally, I wont need to bring some of their stuff all the way to Townsville... well every time I visit there I get a list of what to bring in "Aldi speciality stuff" to an ex Sydneysider who does her regular shopping...

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...