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There are two ways to construct a road, the right way and the bodge way. We have the machinery and the materials and yet a new road can be as rough as the road they have supposedly replaced. I can understand adverse weather affecting roads, this cannot be avoided. However, the majority of roads...

I go into hibernation this time of the year as basically this period is a commercial scam. You might get the odd deal, but anything on the internet is something to do your due diligence on. All I can say is buyer beware and save your money and also if it looks like a good deal, ask yourself if...

Not when you think about it logically, though it seems a lot it is a mere pittance in today's values. It does away with the millions spent on paperwork and staff, and extra office space housing new software to try and keep track. It would narrow the doorway for those that want to rort the...

Please explain how this is going to cost an expected $42.4 million over the next four years. If you are going out earning, then that becomes taxable in part in the end, so that is money going into the government's coffers. Other than administration which is automatically calculated when you...

I am somewhat confused as I thought they had already changed it to 300 from 200 a while back. Whatever it is still too damned little for it to be viable and balance out the extra headache it causes. What they should do is give every pensioner when they retire 1 million, this would benefit the...

I would not even think of buying many items on that research in a standard family shop. IT MEANS NOTHING. Seniors, you would do better to do your own survey.

I backed off from using Aldi a few months ago. I have to travel 67 kilometres to get there. With the price of fuel, I ended up spending more. Prices in Aldi jumped about ten months ago, and I have monitored them. Sorry, they are slowly becoming a no-no—especially their fruit and veg. If it was...

The irony with supermarkets is that the base cost never alters no matter what they sell. If you pull a potato from the ground, pick a tomato or fruit. The basic cost never changes, hence why you should do so if you can grow your own or support a farmer's gate. The cost we are forced to pay at...

What a bloody joke this interval payment is. It is a joke that the single and couples payment are so vastly different when both have the exact costs for electricity, rates, mortgage, and transport. The only things that come slightly cheaper for a single are clothes and food. The cost of living...

This is the first time I have heard of people getting heart disease and high cholesterol assistance. I will be making a few phone calls tomorrow. What about pensions? I am struggling like hell here on what we receive and still have a mortgage to pay.

I wish they would leave things alone. There are two messenger bits on my phone and they keep trying to up one another, never understood it, messenger is messenger, so leave the bloody thing alone it's confusing.

Hahahahahaha, a good sales pitch, I have put on two new sets of wiper blades to have them still screech, bounce, and smear their way across the screen. The biggest problem is that once upon a time, you replaced the arm and blade. I managed to source a new arm for my car, and hey presto, no...

I wish I owned my home outright, but I still have a mortgage on a single pensioner's income. Imagine if I had no mortgage I would have and extra $700 a fortnight to play with and save. I would be able to have that holiday that has eluded me since Christmas 2000.

PeeBo Anything that erases the blight of these egotistical thrill seekers and downright thieves is a welcome move. The rules of the land are piss poor and designed by human rights advocates who would not know a right if it stared them in the face. What happened to the old saying, 'Do the...

I am not tech-savvy, but I sure as hell know a scam when I see it or hear it on my phone. I think the biggest problem is that people are lazy and use/trust the Internet far too much. If you do not know the source of an email, discard it; if it is a foreign voice, question who they are and then...

PeeBoo It's funny how they smile as if they care and giving you the world when they announce these rises. The aged pension has long been overdue a significant lift. I estimate that $40 is about $160 shy of lifting us out of the poverty trap.

Media is pushing the limits of respect, among other things. Warnie created the best show of his life while he was alive, which in my mind's eye, as an ambassador for his country and cricket, was despicable. Despite his skill, he should have been dropped years ago from the limelight...

It is not so much the raising of the age; it is more about what we are used to and do not like change. A complaint is a human response to the indoctrination we are akin to. People complain about old age when work is an issue, and suddenly, everyone has ailments. My ailments started long before...

A checkout is a checkout no matter where you place it, and if you have an influx of customers, you will get queues. Being checked as you go out against till receipt is a good idea and cuts down on would-be thieves. Bunnings have been doing this for years. At the end of the day, it is all about...