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    SDC Trivia Game #116 - 19/09/2023

    Exactly! I knew the femur is the longest and steongest bone, but there s only ONE, so I went for a combination....
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    A Coles Customer's ‘Greedy’ Chicken Hoard Sparks Unexpected Controversy

    I used to find heavily reduced salads, veggies and ready to eat meals at my local Coles, but not so often anymore. They now seem to reduce at different times of the day, and more people have become aware of it! The cheapest ones are the ones to be consumed on that day, next days are just about...
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    Why has the Royal Family been banned from this 175-year-old hunting tradition?

    My first thought as well! Now with hunting for paying guests there will be more suffering for animals!! All for profit for a guy who already is rich enough to pay 44 millions...
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    Transform your cluttered spaces with this multi-use $12 Kmart storage solution!

    I like my coffee and the coffee jars now store pasta, rice, couscous, lentils etc
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    Coles is thanking customers with an unexpected bonus!

    My thought exactly. Every time you shop, once you re about to pay you re asked " Do you want to use 2000 points to take $10 off? I always click on decline. My next overseas trip will be booked through fly buys travels, paid for with my accumulated points, and will straight away give me points to...
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    Discover ALDI’s new service that will revolutionise your shopping experience

    I prefer to shop food in store for several reasons: As a single person household I dont spend enough to qualify for free delivery, even if shopping fortnightly. I want to chose which banana (size) tomato etc I buy (rather 5 small than 3 big bananas for example) I always check the reduced fresh...
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    Services Australia under fire as audit office discovers rampant errors in Centrelink payments

    I recently noticed that I didnt get the correct payment. When I called to find out what happened the person on the Centrelink end of the line told me: "It s because you had... hang on a minute... you had NEGATIVE INCOME! .... That's weird.... I ve never seen negative income before...." He...
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    Maryanne's battle with delayed jobseeker payments: Could this also be your struggle?

    But they only update it if it serves THEM! They "reminded" me of a certain sum in my bank account that was the reason they couldn't pay me more. To make it easy let s say I had $10000. I needed to spend some of the money before they could update m6 payments. so I took say $5000 out. My payments...
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    Can you outsmart this nearly undetectable Australia Post scam? Online shopper gives urgent advice

    I get those regularly. With sms it s easy: I check the time, and they are usually sent between 2:00 and 3:30 pm. Who would be around trying to deliver a parcel at that time?
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    Can you outsmart this nearly undetectable Australia Post scam? Online shopper gives urgent advice

    That s what happened to me with a PayPal scam: I had allededly authorised a payment of USD759!! Problem: my PayPal account is connected to another email account of mine!😂
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    Look at this 'bizarre' ALDI exercise bike ad and see if it makes sense to you

    I like Aldi's ads. They are usually intelligent with a funny twist.... As for a similar ad: I think it was Hyundai had an ad about space... this older guy talking about (outer) space, but that was a game with words, as it was about the space in the car, if I remember it correctly. (I always...
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    Supermarket secrets that can save you hundreds on your next trip

    I mainly buy my staples when they are on special, but always check the unit price. Quite often the smaller packing is on special, you buy two of these and pay less than for the bigger packet. Luckily I m old enough to do my calculations without the need of a mobile phone etc😉
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    Beware of this latest PayPal invoice scam!

    I I totally trust Paypal. Prefer to use them instead of my credit card online. In all those years I only fell for some company once (I ordered a gift, the company then got a regular payment set up (only about $2, so it took a while for me to notice. I contacted Paypal, and they not only stopped...
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