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  1. Franka

    May Competition: Childhood Memories – share your story and you could win $100!

    taking off with my friends on our bikes with a basket with a sandwich and a bottle of water. Riding around the town and suburbs until it started to get dark, which was the signal to return home for tea.
  2. Franka

    Third major price hike drives customers away, time to switch providers

    cancel the direct debit on his bank account, which should be closed by now anyhow. This happened to a cousin when her father died. Telstra would not close the account unless they could talk to her father. She sent Telstra a letter with the burial details, plot number, cemetery address...
  3. Franka

    Third major price hike drives customers away, time to switch providers

    I switched from Telstra 18 months ago as the price hike then was more than I could afford. Found another provider for phone and another for internet and I am saving more than their price hike.
  4. Franka

    Pensioners may benefit from $4,000 boost from Centrelink soon. Here's how to qualify

    I am now 81 and stopped working part time when I was 79. I do not have the energy anymore to work at a part time position. Why can't this extra be added to my pension as I am now a carer for my husband who has Parkinson's? Being a carer is a full time job.
  5. Franka

    Trump jokes about becoming pope as internet erupts with reactions

    Donald Trump is so egotistical that he would be certain that he could be Pope. He does not have the humility, piousness, blameless persona to fulfill this role. He is a person who inflames others to do wrong, he is a cheat, a bankruptee, rapist and does not respect women. He has an ice...
  6. Franka

    A receptionist dismissed my health concerns – but I was diagnosed with a terrifying illness. Learn the warning signs now!

    My mother was finally diagnosed with MND after 3 years of multiple doctors visits. Mum was 78 when she first started going to different specialists and doctors. She was investigated for everything, heart problems, stroke, muscle weakness. Finally she was sent to a neurologist who diagnosed...
  7. Franka

    Cole’s ‘controversial’ change you need to know

    A single handle on a carry basket? NO IT would be too unwieldy. Do Coles have a wheeled option for the larger single handled basket? Hardly ever shop at Coles so this wont bother me much
  8. Franka

    Switch up your grocery trips with these alternative shopping trolleys!

    I have a BCF shopping trolley and love it. I can now walk to the supermarket and buy heavy items place them in my trolley and walk back home. The trolley has a pocket for my phone, another for the water bottle an inside pocket for cold items and room for other goods as well. The trolley...
  9. Franka

    Shocking behaviour outside clinic sparks nationwide outrage

    Tip fees have become so exorbitant that some people cannot afford to get rid of their rubbish in the correct place, hence the dumping. If the councils lowered the rates for disposing of rubbish maybe there would not be the dumping. We have a small car (Honda) and when needing to dispose...
  10. Franka

    How one driver's disturbing act has left entire community in disbelief: 'This is disgusting'

    I live in a country town in Tasmania not far from Launceston and when we travel to town there are always native animals dead on the road. You can see that some of the animals have been deliberately targeted. This is so sickening, also there isn't a wild life rescue number anywhere, If I...
  11. Franka

    ‘$3.10 isn't even a litre of milk’: Centrelink recipients slam latest payment increase

    I did a grocery shop this morning and the total was $162.75. This total did not include any meat, fruit or vegetables. I did buy a few frozen meals as I find they are cheaper when on sale. I also bought milk, bread cereal cheese and yoghurt and a few cleaning necessities. I hate to think...
  12. Franka

    Former prime minister sparks fiery debate with TV host: 'We believe in free speech'

    I have never liked Steve Price as an interviewer. He is more antagonistic setting up an argument to try and prove his point. Usually the people he interviews are more knowledgeable than Price is so he loses and that is when he talks down the person he is interviewing. I never listen to...
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