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New Hibiscus in flower My new hibiscus is flowering well this season after a slow start. The bright apricot colour is a spot of sunshine in the garden.

Excellent work! That is how to deal with an unexpected email like this. Check it out with their advertised phone number.

The most interesting thing I have done online is to order wooly inserts for my slippers. The world is welcome to know about that.

Another scam email arrived yesterday. This one had the “GIO” logo on it and claimed to be from their “Recoveries & Settlements, Motor Claims” section in Queensland. The email said: “Hi, Good Evening. Please find our proof of loss attached.” No name or address for the policy holder was...

This man was right to be careful about giving his date of birth. Wherever possible, do not give your date of birth to anyone. Date of birth is an essential ingredient in identity theft. If you are dealing with an organization that asks for date of birth when you call, try to arrange a...

Another scam is coming our way. The email is seemingly from “noreply.gov.au”. The subject is “Immediate update required: 2025 Tax Assessment Hold”. The actual sender’s email address shown on the email itself is definitely not a government one. This is a scam! Do not open it! Do not...

My brother told me that many years ago a friend advised him to have a colonoscopy and gastroscopy every 2 years, even though the recommended frequency is more like every 5 years. Fast-forward to about 5 years ago. He had his procedure and it showed the beginnings of bowel cancer. He had...

When I told my friend in Melbourne about the extortion email that I received, she said she had received one as well. It said the sender possessed videos of her looking at nasty things online and was going to upload these videos to the internet. As it was all complete rubbish, she deleted it...

Yes, Gezabel, it is frightening to get emails like this. It is disturbing to think that low-life scum of this particularly loathsome variety have our email addresses. Of course, it is all lies calculated to extort money out of people. If they did know where you live or anything else about...

Extortion scam An email arrived today headed “Shame on you.” The content proceeded in abusive and threatening tones to say my computer had been hacked and all my contact details and other information would be placed on the internet unless I paid “1,700$” into an account specified with a very...

Fabulous photo!

Sorry to hear of your struggles with PTSD. I hope you can find peace.