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  1. youngoldlady

    Shocking discovery: Find out what a popular Chinese restaurant was actually serving instead of roast duck!

    In this day and age there is no reasonable excuse for this. Hopefully no one got sick from this.
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    12 "Enigmas" From The 1890s For Literal Children That I, A Grown Adult, Was Totally Stumped By

    12 "Enigmas" From The 1890s For Literal Children That I, A Grown Adult, Was Totally Stumped By Audrey Engvalson I love looking through old books. I love the historic smell when I open them and the Ben Gates-style of care I need to use to turn the pages. Recently, I found a super old...
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    General Discussion Thread 10.04.2025

    Having had no sense of smell since very young or maybe never at all. I would even love to smell a bad smell or to know dinner has burnt.
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    ‘Couldn’t breathe’: Woman’s dangerous ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred stunt slammed

    Can remember as a child living on the Gold Coast being warned about staying away from this foam. It would happen after a storm. This was in the 60's and 70's, my parents said it was dangerous as you could not see what was in it.
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    Check if you're qualified for this 'critical' cash boost from Centrelink!

    That is expensive bread. We are paying $2.50 for our wholegrain bread and no it is not supermarket bread.
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    A public bathroom feature is under fire! Here’s why it could be harming women’s self-esteem!

    I can remember when there were public scales people used and paid for outside shops. Where were these concerned people then? No one is making you use them.
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    Gravely ill Aussie dad can't get help, shocking reason will stun you

    I think he can not get Job seeker as he is getting compo and this stops you getting government help. My husband was in this situation years ago. Lucky I was getting money as his wife for low income to help with our children.
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    Several suburbs to undergo quarantine over one severe threat

    This is the first I am hearing of this. Close to our place and we travel in this area most days. Will this affect the fruit in the shops too?
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    Local bank closure signals shift in banking services and community connections

    I am thinking of closing my account as access is not very good. I have tried to stay loyal to them even when I moved interstate for a few years and had to use their commercial branches. I put up with not using my card as the pins they kept sending were my birth year. Yes I told why I needed to...
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    Coles mandarins undergo change in this new update

    So why does WA miss out again. Love to see a pic of the bag.
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    Woolworths halts popular payment method due to security breach

    I find this service handy as I do not have to find my card for scanning plus get money or card to pay. I mainly use it for my gift cards as I seem to forget to use them. A warning would had been handy and I could not use the gift card bit both times I have tried while the system is done. Yes...
  12. youngoldlady

    Centrelink scam texts

    I received one that said I had been paid. I had been paid my pension the week before. Lucky it was a sms and my "mygov" details are not on my phone. Later went on my computer and no such message in "mygov".
  13. youngoldlady

    Kmart's classic cookbook brings back cherished memories: 'This has just healed my heart so much'

    Wish I had never lent my original copy to my husband's niece as it came back missing half the pages. Brought myself another copy but not the same as some cakes had changed. Loved bring out the original book for my sons to pick which cake they wanted to have for their birthday.
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    Woolworths offers free seafood, meat, and desserts just in time for the holidays

    Very hard to get on to the Bunch. When I finally got on to it I forgot what it was. You have to be very involved to get samples as they call them. Never have received anything like some members who have gotten whole hams. I mainly get little things and if lucky once a month. Free food is handy...
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