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    Last Cast: Australia's oldest fishing shop gears up for closure

    Another way to keep small, independent, family owned businesses open is to pay in cash. This guarantees that the full cost of the item is kept by the business & not frittered away with bank fees, government fees etc. Whenever you pay for an item by card, some of that money goes to the bank, so...
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    Protect yourself from cyber criminals: NAB alerts you to a sneaky new scam

    JUST WONDERING - RE: The recent legal scandal where a partner in Price Waterhouse Coopers shared confidential information about the ATO taxation & other Federal government financial with many & varied 'consumers' around the world over the last couple of years. Would this action have been used...
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    You won't believe what an Aussie shopper received after purchasing a $400 coffee table online

    I've written about another scam by a Chinese electrical goods supplier - see it in the Scams thread on the SDC site. I saw the ad for a Warmool heater here in SDC articles, (the heater comes in blue & white & up to yesterday, the ads were still in SDC articles). I paid for it & received it...
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    Joke Full Service!

    Not all blonds are dumb.
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    Dangerous garden discovery! Melbourne resident uncovers a 'very nasty' menace lurking in their backyard

    In France, every chemist has a reference publication to advise anyone picking mushrooms whether the mushrooms you have picked are edible or not. Shame we haven't got anything like that here - even a federal government advisory website would be enough.
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    The Jaw-Dropping Cost of Queen Elizabeth II's Funeral Will Leave You Speechless

    SDC members beware - The Warmool heater advertised above under 'You May Like', blue heater with an orange background, is not all its supposed to be. I got one, the white version, and it works OK, but in the warranty there is this sentence: '3. This product is only suitable for consumption in...
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    Dangerous garden discovery

    Dangerous garden discovery In France, every chemist is able to help patrons identify mushrooms to use the edible ones but throw the poisonous ones. Why can't we have a national website that helps us ID mushrooms when we find them, so we can cook the edible ones and ditch the others?
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    Joke The Withdrawal

    Thankyou Skipton for this - made me believe in living and learning from life again.
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    New Chinese-backed shopping platform Temu set to rival Amazon and eBay in Australia – find out why it's causing a stir!

    TO ALL READERS - PLEASE REMEMBER that EVERY company in China MUST inform their government about ALL their dealings with non-Chinese customers ie passing on to it ALL our personal & financial information. The USSR almost did this to most USA citizens during the Cold War - I studied USA & USSR...
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    You’ve read the scary headlines – but rest assured, your cookware is safe

    Isn't it PTFE for PolyTetraFluoroEthylene?
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    Moths Eating Your Clothes? It’s Actually Their Hungry Little Caterpillars – Here’s How To Get Rid Of Them

    Not much advice in the article on getting rid of moths - the comments provided better information.
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    Kmart's sneaky pricing error exposed by vigilant shopper

    Hear, hear to Suzanne rose's comment above. Publishers are also ''re-writing'' Agatha Christie novels, Roald Dahl's books, Noddy books amongst others. The Roald Dahl re-writing caused such a stir that the publisher is now publishing the books both as they were originally written & the...
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    Joke Golden Wedding!

    A returned missionary & her husband, after over 20 years in Mali, returned to Australia almost 2 yrs ago. They went to register with Centrelink, and the young man serving them couldn't believe that she had 3 children with the same man as their father. Must be a lot of single mums with children...
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    Take a look at these three kitchen storage hacks using Kmart basics!

    The T-towel holders can tear and pull threads in any towel, T or hand, unless you are VERY careful putting them in & pulling them out.
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    Look like a Kardashian: Target shoppers snap up this amazing $45 dress dupe!

    James, this dress is NOT ''a flattering look for almost any body type.'' The majority of seniors are not as slender as anyone needs to be to fit into this style of dress. Has SDC begun a readership amongst teenagers & 20yr olds?
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    Tasty Tomato Tart

    Hi Jarred You need to add the word ''sliced'' beside tomatoes in the initial list.
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    Shoppers beware: Woolworths hit by ‘illegal’ barcode sticker scam

    Woolies could keep the cards behind the desk, in a locked drawer, similar to Officeworks keeping certain usbs and similar items that way.
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    This Property Ad Is Turning People Away - Can You Spot Why?

    This story has been featured before.
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    Leftover cheese? Here are some delicious ways to use it all up

    You can always have a cheese fondu as we used to do in the '70s & 8os.
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