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I'm waiting for someone to get the $200,000 grant to prove we don't know how to boil water.

OMG The last time I was on the floor, I had to commando crawl to the coffee table, head down bottom up so I could crane myself up off the floor. The puppies thought their dreams had come true having mummy on the same eye level as them. It was a mix of frustration and funny. Gotta to with the...

I was at a Westfield shopping centre last week. The Internet went down for a half an our. If I wanted morning tea, it had to be with cash. Quite a number of shops had to temporarily pull down the shutters. No on-line, no business.

Every pension day for some years, I would take hubby down to the Building Society so he could withdraw his pension. I kept a moderate amount aside for spending money, and the rest was squirreled away. Ended up pre-paying our funerals.

Nobody asks me what my little known role is. Don't bother ... my lips are sealed.

I am wondering if Netflix is paying her for her story. Hmmm.

More like a Prawn than a pawn.

I don't think I'll be around when this evolutionary adjustment takes place. My feeling is that too much emphasis is placed upon how toned, big, little, buff, shiny, or whatever people are. In the end, they will be finding a way to take picture enhancing a step further into the physical world of...

I used to have an odd maths teacher. Mr Murphy. Before he began teaching the lesson, he used to sit at his desk and break up a good batch of chalk into little pieces and lie them in a pile on his table. Instead of calling on students for answers, or wanting their attention, he used to chuck a...

Nice dad..not If he can't hack being a daddy before the kids can even walk, he probably doesn't deserve the kids, or their mother for that matter. Good on Grandma for filling the gap. Shame you don't see them now. I'd be ask questions. You were a big part of their formative years.

Sounds fascinating. Not much use for me. I was born with an over-active bladder and went through childhood being punished for having accidents. When I finally had the courage to seek help, as an adult, I went through the specialists treadmill, including an incontinence physio specialist...all to...

I am of Polish/Lithuanian heritage. As best I can recall, my mother and father had no quirky sayings. My only grandparent lived with us but couldn't grasp the English language, so it was all about doing, not saying. From a personal perspective, I remember some years ago, I said to a younger...

Whilst I acknowledge the mother's wishes were clear and should have been accepted by granny, I have to weigh on a grandma's side of things. When my first 2 grand children were born, the daughters in law treated it like a military campaign. I think my grandson was past 1 year old before I got a...

Yeah ... it's the vibe. One of my all time favourite movies.. pool room and all.

I have been there. A car left on the top floor of a parking station, no shade, windows shut. A beautiful kelpie on the seat, obviously in distress. So, old granny here marched down to the reception area, insisted a call be put over the complex, and, I did call police. What was the owner...

Never heard of that one. It makes sense. Reminds me of my late father in law. He used to always use the term "gunna see a man about a dog with a tin tail". He was of Welsh origin. He told me, for him, it meant that is is leaving to go to the toilet. Go figure.

We are seeing more and more negative comments concerning the antics of local Councils. One has to wonder why. Could it be that council is full of people who have no idea how a municipality functions, or, how to budget for the known elements, and the unexpected events. I have come to believe that...

Recently, I lodged a, shall I say, prickly objection to the local council replacing green playing fields with a basketball stadium. There were so many reasons why this was monumental council idiocy in action. This is a playing field that is frequented by Football, Rugby, Cricket communities, as...

Oh. It's wonderful. When I was growing up we were pretty much self sufficient. One of the things we had was a good size incubator that took up to 100 eggs. One of my jobs was to crush up the discarded hatchling egg shells to make a nourishing calcium food additive. Just loved those little...

My darling mother was a war time immigrant. She was, along with all other children, made to learn German and Russian as their respective occupations took place. So, when she arrived here in OZ, she was fluent in 4 languages (Polish, Lithuanian, German & Russian), and, began to learn English on...