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    Down for meaty deals? Coles offers discounts for over 300 products!

    I love the Seniors Discount Club writers overly-enthusiastic descriptions of actions such as Coles slightly reducing prices calling it "Slashing Prices". 10.5% reduction (lamb shanks) doesn't count as price slashing in my book.
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    Woolworths’ decision on iconic ANZAC Day tradition leaves veterans outraged: ‘It’s common courtesy’

    Woolworths are interested only in Profit-Line. If they can't make a good (large) profit on commemorative Anzac tins of biscuits, they won't stock them. Woolies doesn't give a rats *rse about Anzac day.
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    Hot cross buns taste test: Find out which flavour reigns supreme!

    Am I too old? I remember when Easter Buns were sold as "Hot Cross(ed) Buns" at the bakery and yes, they were HOT. Straight from the oven. That's what 'hot" meant. What does it mean today? Nothing! Imagine if you bought a "Hot pie" or "Hot chips" and they were handed to you cold.
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    Are you tying your hair up when you go to the bathroom? The shocking reason this doctor insists you need to

    Why do you call a lavatory a bathroom? We don't poop in baths, do we?
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    Take a look at this Qantas's aircraft's stunning new design!

    Like all previous comments, I think it's rubbish: A/ Dot painting method was invented by a Caucasian. B/ Painting an aircraft's fuselage like that is very expensive. C/ It looks awful and does nothing for Qantas other than distract one from the fact it is not a great airline.
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    Driver pays $305 fine for this obscure parking rule: ‘Help me understand’

    Perhaps the council/government can use the money collected to paint yellow lines at side of road. What a scam! Roy
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    'Yours sincerely' is disappearing! Discover how changing language trends will eliminate old phrases in the next decade

    You, and everyone who thinks a workplace email should be concluded "Yours sincerely" are mistaken. A workplace letter (email) should have been concluded, in the past at least, with "Yours faithfully". "Yours sincerely" was used between lovers and intimate friends.
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    Expert taste test reveals the BEST supermarket hot cross buns!

    Where in the world did the name Hot Cross(ed) Buns" come from? Well, back when I was young, they were "HOT". They came fresh and hot, straight from the baker's oven and hot meant hot, not cold and stale. If any of you asked for a hot pie or hot chips, would you be happy being given cold pies or...
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    How many times have you had COVID-19 so far?

    One since 3 covid jabs and once again after 4th jab. Both cases mild.
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    How many times have you had COVID-19 so far?

    My partner and I have both had 4 each Covid vaccinations and booster. She recently caught covid which went to her brain and gave her encephalitis from which she nearly died and she was hospitalized for 5 days. I caught covid off her but my attack was extremely mild.
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    How do you cope with the Monday blues?

    Jarred, Being retired, Monday is no problem to me. Secondly, it's my first golf day of the week. It might be better for you Jarred, if you count Monday as the second day of the week, which it is.
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    Jaffle irons

    Still have an identical one and often use it.
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    ‘This is a travesty’: Has Coles gone too far with their new hot cross bun flavour?

    You and everyone else seems to be missing one point with hot-cross-buns. They are meant to be hot. Back in the "good old days", bakers advertised and sold HOT cross(ed) buns. Yes, they were hot, fresh from the oven. What would all your readers say if the bought hot pies or hot chips and they...
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    ‘Surely that’s illegal’: Man causes a stir with odd road act

    Thank you SDC for showing us another way to save money.
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