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Is This SDC's First Couple? After several months of conversing in the main forum, then graduating to private messaging and finally to lengthy phone calls on a daily basis, two well known members of the Seniors Discount Club, namely DLHM and Veggiepatch have finally decided to spend the rest of...

A Farmyard Bedtime Story Jack was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers (hens), called ‘pullets,' and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. He kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced. This took a lot of time, so he...

An Italian Smorgasbord

I've Been Everywhere Game Out of the warped recesses of my mind I've come a unique game. It is based on the song "I've Been Everywhere" written by Geoff Mack and sung by Lucky Starr, amongst many others. Using the lyrics from the song below, how many of these Australian locations have you been...

The Joys Of Losing Your Marbles This may have been posted before but here goes anyway! They weren't in my pockets. Suddenly I realised I must have left them in the car. Frantically, I headed for the car park. My husband has scolded me many times for leaving my keys in the car's ignition. He's...

Food For Thought

This would have to be one of the most bizarre random recipes I have ever made. I wanted to make chicken cacciatore, but as I was missing some essential ingredients, it ended up as a distant cousin. Very few quantities are given, so you can make it like I did. Fly by the seat of your pants! I...

Living With A Rare Condition I know I polarise fellow SDC members with my bluntness and desire for facts. But there may be a reason. In 2010, two psychologists suspected that I was showing signs of very mild autism while I was attending a court ordered anger management course. I thought "they...

Not Another Blonde Joke A blonde walks into Chemist Warehouse and asks the sales assistant if she can get some of that butt deodorant. He says "There’s no such thing as butt deodorant!" She says "I’ll show you!" She leads him into the deodorant aisle and finds it herself. "See? This is butt...

For Those Who Don't Believe In Creationism - Think Again! On the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That's a long time to be...

SDC's New Format A big thumbs up to the staff at SDC! I feel that the categorised format for the Daily Newsletter is more than perfect. Just my two bob's worth....

My Pussycat A dead ringer of my last cat Feisty....RIP. 😭

Going To Heaven

Bad Exhaust

The Reason I Don't Drink Coffee

I've been making this recipe for over ten years. Be warned, it is VERY rich! Its origin is long forgotten....possibly a complete revamp of a beef stroganoff recipe. As promised for @magpie1. INGREDIENTS 400 g egg noodles, rice or pasta 3 tablespoons butter, divided 1 small white onion...

A Painful Christmas

Here is a tasty recipe adapted from recipetineats, my go to for culinary ideas. @Suzanne rose has been "nagging" me to post some recipes so here's the first! Image courtesy of recipetineats.com LAMB AND MARINADE: Min. 350g boneless lamb meat (fillet or steak, trimmed of any fat , thinly...

Deadly Earnest and Creature Feature Remember these shows from the 1960s and 70s? They were used as a introduction to an all night horror and sci-fi movie fests on Channels 10 and 7 (?) respectively. They aired such cult classics as The Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Fly, The Blob and The...

Shrinkflation? There's Another Method That Grocery Manufacturers Are Ripping You Off Forget about shrinkflation for the moment. There is another sneaky ploy for grocery producers to erode at your hard earned money. Over the last year or so, I have noticed that some well known products have...