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    Little-known traffic law surprises many motorists, leading to confusion and debate

    Disability parking permits, parking permits and workplace permits to be displayed in the far bottom left hand corner of the windscreen not on rear vision mirrors
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    ‘Ten Pound Pom’ Hostel Living: The Tech Guy – Dr Al

    I came to Australia in 1950 as a 5 year old with my mother (my father arrived 6 months before) on the "Esperance Bay" one of 99 children. It took 6 weeks to get to Australia. What I remember all the kids had fun on the ship. My mother made friends on board including a couple of negros. When...
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    Scam alert: Couple loses $30,000; Bank's response disappoints

    Keep getting calls on mobile or landline regarding our electricity trying different phone numbers to get through to change our elect. provider asked me what was our provider Energex they said never heard of them!!!! So now I BLOCK all these calls.
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    Government urges pensioners and seniors to apply for cost-of-living rebates

    Still waiting for my rebates promised. I live in Queensland do we have to apply. Got the State Gov rebates but nothing else
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    Shopper slams Coles after accusing her while at self-serve checkout: ‘I was embarrassed’

    Don't use self service checkouts. Be patient and stand at the manned checkouts although some of them can be stroppy
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    The bad guys? Consumer group takes The Good Guys to court for misleading shoppers

    I like the Good Guys especially with IT spend a lot time with you and also give you good deals as well. Never had any problems with them at all
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    Confusing parking signs baffle shoppers: Avoid traffic fines

    It means a disabled parking bay, some have a walking stick on one image, why do people get upset over nothing. And NO not everybody can park in these areas only for disabled or seniors. What is wrong in being a senior be proud of it, not every one be a senior
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    Confusing parking signs baffle shoppers: Avoid traffic fines

    What's wrong with the disabled blue/white sign everybody recognises. As for the above sign, it doesn't take much to offend people if it has a walking stick or not. Get a life
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    Travelling By Steam Train

    When I first started work I travelled on a steam train, but I took a cloth to wipe the seat as it was dirty from coal dust. Always plenty of seating room in the old carriages, more than what we get today
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    What do you think of the new newsletter template?

    Verysipelas good format easy to find subjects
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    Cat returns home after missing for 10 years — “We went looking for him!”

    We acquired a tabby cat 12 months ago. He had been missing for 10 years. His story goes. He was put into a cattery to be looked after while the owner went on holidays, but the cattery lost the cat PUSS PUSS. To the owners dismay she had to leave for Iceland to work. During the 10 years...
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