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    Pension rates are rising—here’s how to get the most from your payments— by Noel Whittaker

    It is an insult to call the pension increase a boost. It does not reflect the increase in food and other increases so how is it a boost?
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    Double-deck buses

    My husband drove these buses in England before coming to Australia. He once tried to drive under a bridge which he thought was high enough for him to get through with disastrous consequences. No one was hurt thank goodness.
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    Joke Do you need a reminder?

    Trust you to come up with that one, Phil.
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    PERFECT DOORMAT...

    I want one too!
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    Joke Do you need a reminder?

    Just as well someone reminded me too. I left my washing in the machine this morning and got distracted so I have to get it on the line as well.
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    📧 The "Fake Tech Support" Scam 🚨

    I keep getting suspicious phone calls which are indicated by the 0011 in the front of the number. This is the number you dial before dialling an overseas number to get a direct connection. The rest of the number is an Australian number as far as I can see. I just don't answer these calls.
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    'I want my money back': Aussie man shares distressing experience with this bank's customer service

    I would not invest in Bitcoin either. I have heard so much about the scams occurring in so-called Bitcoin schemes it just is not worth the trouble.
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    2025 Hot Cross Bun Taste Test: The Best & Worst Easter Buns Ranked

    No way would I like hot cross buns with chocolate in them. Give me the original hot cross buns any day!
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    Genetically modified insects target health concerns, pending approval

    This sounds dodgy to me. How can you control nature in this way? Nature has a way of coming back at you and biting you on the backside. I can just see thousands of mosquitoes doing just that. I can only hope it's the scientists who invented this scheme that get bitten.
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    'Beyond disgraceful': Controversial shop display sparks fierce debates about symbolism

    Whoever thought up this display should be shot! No-one in politics is unworthy enough to be classed as a Nazi!! This is a terrible insult to everyone. Our politicians, on whatever side, do not intentionally kill anyone like the Nazis did!
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    Member Spotlight: Connecting to the psychic world with member @Beauty28

    I hd a psychic reading once and it frightened me how much the person told me that was true about myself. She even told me the name of the man I was seeing at the time. There was no way she could have known this because I had never met her before nor had she any means of knowing anything...
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    ‘Such an amazing and loving soul’: Fans heartbroken as beloved TV icon (90) passes away

    My heartfelt conodolences to Richard Chamberlain's family. He was a very good actor and seemed to be a thoroughly nice fellow too. I would watch anything he was in with love in my heart as he was good looking too and the right age!! One of the few actors I have ever fallen for.
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    Joke Dad Joke 👮

    You've done it again Mikev. Well done for the fun!
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    'Australia is a different planet': Expat shares her mind-blowing realisation about the country

    When we first came here in 1966/67 it was a totally different place. After living in a hostel in Sydney for a few months my husband got a job on the Gold Coast and we moved to Coolangatta. At that time everyone was honest!. You could safely leave the car unlocked with your newly bought...
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    'Australia is a different planet': Expat shares her mind-blowing realisation about the country

    don't kow if Australia is a different planet but some of the people living here are certainly Aliens!!
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    TV Subscriptions

    Very wise. I do the same thing.
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    Centrelink closures and payment changes set to impact millions this Easter and Anzac Day

    They have never sent me an email about this nor about anything else. Yes, they have my email address.
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