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  1. Trudi

    Create your dream bedroom with these luxurious Kmart products under $100!

    I cannot understand the desire of sleeping under a 7kg blanket. My doonas are 90% down/10% feather and are super-light, it feels like sleeping under a cloud - love it. I am looking for silk-filled summer doonas.
  2. Trudi

    Size matters: Two zucchinis raise shopper’s eyebrows over price

    Well, the alternative is for him to go to the store and pick the zucchini that meets his expectations. He shouldn't complain, he got a bargain when he was given a $5 credit.
  3. Trudi

    September 2023 Age Pension Changes: Centrelink is increasing your payments!

    You are the one that asked me if I was a citizen, followed by a comment that if I was not I didn't have any rights in this country! So here it goes: 1) I am a citizen of Australia and also of Great Britain 2) When I arrived in Australia in 1969, my passport was stamped with a "permanent...
  4. Trudi

    September 2023 Age Pension Changes: Centrelink is increasing your payments!

    I did say that and I did plan for my retirement, which is the reason why I do not get a pension. I am not complaining.
  5. Trudi

    September 2023 Age Pension Changes: Centrelink is increasing your payments!

    Interesting. I was "head-hunted" in 1968 and there was no mention at all that any part of the taxes I was going to pay would keep me in my old age. If someone told you that, they led you up the garden path as there has never been a concept in Australia that the tax you pay will go towards your...
  6. Trudi

    Beat The Health Insurers Premium Increases

    Maybe or maybe not
  7. Trudi

    Beat The Health Insurers Premium Increases

    I dumped private health insurance about 3 years after Howard practically forced us to take it out. As during that time I did not have a single claim, I decided I was better off to save my money and ditch the insurance. Haven't regretted it one little bit.
  8. Trudi

    What does Amazon's latest 'superhuman' tech have in store? Learn more about these exciting new gadgets now

    Apparently a male voice was made available in the USA in 2021 by simply saying "Alexa, change your voice". I don't know if it is available in Australia yet, but even if it is, would you really want to stop your hubby's love affair with her?
  9. Trudi

    What does Amazon's latest 'superhuman' tech have in store? Learn more about these exciting new gadgets now

    I bet there are a few other things your Alexa can't do for you.
  10. Trudi

    Did you know handling cash is costing you an extra $40? CommBank boss reveals reason why

    I pay no charges on my bank accounts or EFTPOS transactions. The only times I am charged for using a credit card is if I book a flight
  11. Trudi

    Did you know handling cash is costing you an extra $40? CommBank boss reveals reason why

    How many times have you heard about little old ladies having had their handbags ripped off them to get hold of cash? Or how many homes have been broken into with robbers looking for cash among other things? Just before Christmas a couple of years ago, I found 2 x $100 notes next to the mailbox...
  12. Trudi

    What does Amazon's latest 'superhuman' tech have in store? Learn more about these exciting new gadgets now

    LOVE IT! I bought an Alexa for my son some years ago. When he got a puppy he turned Alexa on whenever he had to go out.
  13. Trudi

    Did you know handling cash is costing you an extra $40? CommBank boss reveals reason why

    I guess you withdraw all your money when it hits your account and hide it under your mattress? It doesn't matter what you do or believe in, you cannot stop the world from turning on its axis, or from society moving forward. Sorry, but it is YOUR head that is stuck somewhere where it should...
  14. Trudi

    What does Amazon's latest 'superhuman' tech have in store? Learn more about these exciting new gadgets now

    Nobody stopping you. Whenever I have visitors they find it quite unique that they can tell Google to turn the light on and off, tell them jokes, play music, turn the radio on and off, tell them the latest news and set the alarm.
  15. Trudi

    Incredible innovation or scary science? First-ever lab-grown, 3D-printed SALMON hits supermarkets!

    What about men cross dressing to look like women?
  16. Trudi

    Did you know handling cash is costing you an extra $40? CommBank boss reveals reason why

    ‘Five years ago, 43 per cent of all point of sale transactions were cash,’ he shared. ‘Today, the figure is around 15 per cent. I was among the 45% that used to do cash transactions 5 years ago, but now I am with the 85% that carries no cash at all. My partner still withdraws cash each week...
  17. Trudi

    Why sleep on a memory foam mattress? 7 surprising benefits, plus an exclusive 40% discount code

    Yeah, nah! Not interested in buying an overpriced mattress. I am happy with the one I have
  18. Trudi

    Brothers behind a half-a-million-dollar scam have been charged in court

    That's a rather broad assumption to make, just because their name is Meneghetti!
  19. Trudi

    What does Amazon's latest 'superhuman' tech have in store? Learn more about these exciting new gadgets now

    Sounds interesting. I hope Google will upgrade IA as well, as my Google gadget keeps telling me that she is "still learning". She also tells some awful "Dad" jokes: "As a golfer it's always handy to wear two pairs of pants. Why? Because you never know when you get a hole in one"
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