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I think you have misunderstood the comment from ‘elaine41’: her/his statement was about writers using ECT instead of the correct abbreviation ETC. In the case of the abbreviation of the word ‘etcetera’ the ‘C’ and the ‘T’ are often misplaced either through ignorance or typographical error and...

Yes, it is a silent ‘t’.

Absolutely. I loved this article from Dr. Alan. Might be interesting in reading some of his books, when I get the opportunity to do so. I once commented on the badly written comments from many of our SDC members and a ‘smart Alec’ on this site came back with their comment that they “did not know...

I don’t think the minister concerned will bother because, more than likely, he/she is riding or being driven around in a government funded vehicle. Any repairs to that vehicle will be covered by government funding.

Might also be a good idea if Op Shops were able to have ‘closed’ shops in certain of their premises or a ‘warehouse type’ shed and were able to vet their clients as being actual people on their ‘books’ who really are the needy. I difficult situation, no doubt.

It is a good idea if it was not going to be exploited - by exploited I mean will people start using families’ pension cards as being their own since pension cards do not have photographic ID.

I don’t doubt your comments but I have not seen or read anything on this innovation by the Chinese. If it’s possible then it’s time we looked into doing this here. But like a number of Asian countries, China included, the bulk of transport is by bicycle, and by cart carrying some goods, so...

Have a look at Brisbane’s suburban roads. Holes everywhere and dips in the structure that you can hit at normal speed. Goodness knows how much damage those are doing to a car’s suspension etc. I’ve complained more than once. At the first call I was given a reference number, three more calls and...

How true. It has a calming influence

The first step should be taken by the Motoring Authorities in each state lobbying the Federal government to insist and legislate that all cars imported into Australia should have standard shaped lights. Cars that you see on the roads theses days have all manner of external fittings - fine, the...

I am O+ but unable to donate as my medication list precludes me from doing so. I have been on a blood thinner & AF medication since I suffered a life-threatening stroke in 2015. My blood has always been easy to give for tests all my adult life but now, due to medications mentioned above, it is...

We often add a few veggies to the previous day’s leftovers & hardly ever throw out food. There is nothing wrong with refrigerating the left over food from one day to use with additions the next day. A lot of people have this idea you should not reheat food - what a lot of nonsense!! We have...