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Shortages of any fruit or vegetables can be caused by weather conditions. Carrots can shrivel in the ground if they don't get enough water. (our experience). Frozen vegetables are a nourishing alternative if necessary. They are snap frozen very shortly after delivery to the factories. I know...

Some Private Medical Practises were using the fact they are private to charge large gaps. Consequently a lot of people wait too long to seek treatment and then have to go to hospital. I've noticed that prescription prices change on 1st January every year but we are never reminded.

If you've had a knee re-concontruction only a couple of weeks ago and have to fly interstate from Adelaide airport you may be ordered to take your shoes off or not fly. It happened to a guy and they didn't like it when he initially refused then asked for a chair. They wouldn't even take him...

If the woman bought a standby ticket she has to be prepared to wait until there is a seat available. The woman bought that choice of ticket. If it was an genuine emergency and she was polite another passenger may have offered to give her a ticket provided the airline issued a ticket for a later...

I have seen nurses/carers stop the beeping of the machine by pushing a button on it. I know hospitals are short staffed but surely one person could take a few steps and push the button. After awhile I think I would be tempted to push my call button to get it done to save my sanity.

Are Victor Harbor and Encounter Bay included in this??

I know a guy who applied for funds under financial duress. He supplied all the paperwork asked for to prove his financial needs, then was asked to fill in another set of forms. They took so long that the guy almost went bankrupt and would have basically have lost all his possessions.

I think the bed cleaning might depend on the hospital. I have been in hospitals that the mattresses were thoroughly cleaned and left for a few minutes for the surface to dry thoroughly before clean linen was put on them

AI is only as good as the person who loads the information onto the computer system. There is still the riak of human error

I have witnessed this in families (thankfully not in mine) Sadly there is sometimes alcohol, drugs or a person who genuinely has special needs.

The 2 illnesses are connected. Allan Moffat has been suffering with this illness for awhile. A guy used to take him out for a few hours the days he seemed to be ok. Sadly he has deteriorated a lot in the last few weeks.

Has anybody attempted to show your sister how to make her bed? She should have been shown how to do it a few times when she was young. Some young children have a short attention span. Is your sister a "special needs" person or just lazy and needs more discipline. Who does the housework, your Mum...

Health needs and availability are definitely an issue that must be given serious thought. Many have to move back into higher populated areas to be able to easily obtain services needed. You don't want to have to travel for hours regularly to have some types of essential possibly life saving...

The question has to be asked - Have the manufacturers, distributors increased their prices?? One particular cereal company used to increase their prices in Jan every year. I worked in the wholesaler industry for 40 years and lists of price increases from suppliers etc were constant. We aren't...

I have had the "handles" on paper bags break even when they have very little in them

The Govt. plenty of money on a lot of entertainment activities. They are a luxury. They forget that if people aren't able to access health treatment many people cannot go to those events. Some people wait 3 + years for a knee replacement. Hopefully this will also enable the Aged Care Facility to...

Saving wages. You used to have to show your card to a staff member inside near the entrance. Can you renew your membership at the scanner?? You used to renew it in the store

A lot of the older plastic bags years ago were re-usable. People either didn't realise it or were too lazy to save and re-use them. Drake Supermarkets had a reward system which encouraged people to re-use their bags. We were issued with cards which were stamped with the number of bags you...