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The past had a strong sense of community with shared values and acceptance of the idiosyncrasies and eccentricities of the personalities living within an area. Stamp that out in the name of development we have to have, whether we want it or not, and what will the future bring?

that's the very thing the developers say on their way to the bank

It sounds reminiscent of the coastal town I live in, in WA. It was once a community with a unique history and character of its own. The bush, a thousand times further than the eye can see, is being cleared for commercial development, and it's fast becoming just another 'rubber stamp' set of...

People who load their shopping into their cars, and can't be bothered to return the trolley to the trolley bay. Not a single thought about the potential consequences from taking up a parking bay to the trolley gathering momentum and smashing into other cars. Just too lazy and thoughtless.

Suggests they've been living the 'wild west' lifestyle too long, and as a result they've developed serious mental health issues

I find Woolworths generally the most expensive by sometimes quite a sizeable margin, so I buy their specials, and the Coles specials, and then the bulk of my shopping at Aldi Apart from the cost, another aspect of shopping that influences my choice of store is the checkout system. With the...

If everything that arrives in Australia, by way of American exports, is labelled in large fluorescent lettering 'Product of America' and all retail items are labelled and grouped together for easy identification as a U.S. export, Australians would be able to respond to Trump's tariffs as they...

It's probably fair to say that well over half the world is referring to Trump in X rated terms, far ruder and more colourfully explicit than anything Kevin Rudd might have said. Respect needs to be earned and with the President's credibility failing fast, the ridicule will rise in direct...

The issue could simply be that we're living too long. Average life expectancy in Australia (which ranks amongst the highest in the world) as at the turn of the century was 79 years. It is now currently 84 years, and while in many of the immigrant cultures it is common for all generations of a...

Is there a manual for dealing/negotiating with a deluded, arrogant, deranged bully? Perhaps employ a highly experienced psychiatrist to give a few tips.

that must mean that half the World is offside with Trump for calling him a dickhead (amongst other things)

Presidents Trump and Musk have both set themselves up for ridicule as a result of their style of governing Their railroading/ bulldozing methods are attracting mockery and derision far and wide, particularly from countries like Canada and Greenland, that are under direct threat from their...

I drove my new car to the local shops. I was making every excuse to take it out, purely from the novelty point of view, as I'd never driven a car that did most of the driving for me before. I left the vehicle, pressing the 'one beeb, I'm locked' button on the door, and off I went, with a spring...

Shorthand and touch-typing, using 8 fingers, not just two thumbs

Doesn't every move that Trump makes, adversely affect someone, somewhere, except of course the millionaires and billionaires.

Not the Liberal Party. They seem to be trending towards the Grump tactic of gathering a cult following, based on table thumping promises to right every wrong in 5 minutes. Peter Dutton is saying that he will jump on the next plane out to the White House to pay homage to the 'Great One', but...

There are a large number of countries in the World where there is no pension in place, and even if there was, the majority wouldn't live long enough to claim it, so I consider myself very lucky to live somewhere where I receive a regular income every fortnight in my retirement.

Might need a sleek, long-line silhouette, to go with it.

I am grateful to be living in a country that provides a pension and other benefits for over 65s. There are many countries in the world where a person would be lucky to live to 65, let alone get a pension.