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    Customers are fuming over this tiny detail on restaurant menu: ‘Don’t dine at this place’

    As a patron I decide if the service I was given deserves a tip. An imposed 'gratuity' is NOT a patron's expression of satisfaction. I would not pay. And I would not book at that restaurant, or any that use this system to attract more money. Regarding restaurant tipping in the US - the longer...
  2. J

    Queen Margrethe rushed to the hospital after sudden fall

    In response to a some previous comments: The Royal families of Denmark and UK have no active role in government. They are above politics. They cannot change laws, control their country's budgets, control their country's bureauocracies, control participation in world events and conflicts etc...
  3. J

    ‘What’s the point?’: Man slams Woolworths over excessive use of this item in stores

    Lucky you can do that. We have no greengrocers in our area. Last one closed years ago.
  4. J

    Royal Family pays touching tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on her second death anniversary

    As a Matric student (Year 12) in 1970 I saw the Queen and Prince Phillip at a schoolchildren's event at the MCG in Melbourne on the morning of 8th April. The MCG was packed with children and teachers who'd been bussed in from all over the city - and probably from regional Victoria also, though...
  5. J

    Why is everyone laughing at this tiny detail in Woolworths' charity promo?

    It's the customer paying. As if that business would not have added 'its' donation to its already marked up prices. It's a rort in the disguise of corporate charity. Donate to worthy causes directly. Do not let this company take credit for what you have 'donated'.
  6. J

    Santa's already at Coles: Christmas goods appear four months early!

    Gone are the days when children looked forward with excired anticipation to Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. They were truly special days in the calendar, unlike modern times when everyone has consumed the 'special' festive treats for many weeks/months beforehand. Whether people are religious...
  7. J

    You wouldn't pay someone to change your TV remote batteries, so why would you pay a mechanic for this?

    Another advertisement disguised as an article. An actual article would have information about a myriad of car-related maintenance tasks which could be safely undertaken at minimal cost without going to a mechanic for an expensive service.
  8. J

    University's long standing's new policy has people fuming

    They would lose me as a customer if I was an attendee in the first place. The same way as charity 'sellers' at shopping centres and shopping strips who only take cards have already lost me. If my actual cash is not welcome and/or too difficult for them to handle then it's 'bye-bye' from me...
  9. J

    International food chain MOS Burger ceases operations in Australia

    Never heard if them. Misleading header.
  10. J

    The truth about supermarket meat that will make you want farm-to-plate today!

    A very long- winded advertisement in the guise of an article.
  11. J

    What our SDC Members are saying about ButcherCrowd: Get FREE Wild Salmon with your next order

    Misnomer in email link to actual article. It's not a straightforward 'freebie'. It depends on taking out a subscription, therefore the 'freebie' has a financial string attached.
  12. J

    Peach velvet upsidedown cake

    *This is an Australian Seniors newsletter. That implies it has - 1) recipes, either with Australian origins, or converted, before publication, to Australian terms, measures and ingredients; And 2) content that is easily accessible to all senior-aged readers, the target audience.
  13. J

    Peach velvet upsidedown cake

    So where is your conversion table?
  14. J

    Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark passes away at 85

    Maybe because it depends on the method of separation from the Royal Family and the aftermath of bitter and public vitriol aimed at that RF by the former 'working royal'.
  15. J

    Banking crisis averted: Bendigo Bank shares update after outage

    ALWAYS CARRY CASH. That's not too tricky a concept, surely, especially for the many of us who grew up with cash.
  16. J

    Quick and Easy apple pie yum australian version follows

    Can of fried apples Apple butter Can of flakey butter biscuits All available here?
  17. J

    Birthday parties in the late ‘50s

    Would love to know who wrote the caption for this photo! Since when was fairy bread baked?? Any non/new Australian reading this would be hard pressed to find a 'baked fairy bread' recipe. Please share if there is such a recipe.
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