A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though they know you are slightly cracked ....\ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab

Look Jose, a deep breath sounds nice and all, but my morning routine is more like yelling at the TV because the referee was clearly blind. If I don\u2019t start the day with a Scotch and an argument over a football highlight from 1984, am I even properly awake?

At my age, with many family members and good friends passed on. Its a privilege to get to the age where Grey hair rises.

Yum sounds delicious Thanks for sharing :) Some carrots and some peas or beans would make a complete meal, why don't people eat more veggies?

Hoo bloody rah ! About time you replied to all our complaints !! Now get rid of the ads in the middle of a topic...that would be nice !

C ~ Candyman ~ Christina Aguilera ~ Ft~ Tom Hardy ~ \ud83d\ude1c \ud83d\udd25 !! https://youtu.be/BKBqKwsmOag?si=-CNWf_xp2p65u7h7

I've never really thought about it.I just live where I am. Although I suppose it would be cleaner if there was a Neo robot here.

Simply, it is one thing to tell your members that things will return to a fair payment for surveys after Covid \u2013 when advertising returns. It is another to allow third party survey companies onto the site where your members are and pay those members less than \u201cFIVE CENTS\u201d continually for a survey, commenced or completed . . . . And now, we are unconsulted receivers of a visually and navigationally changed site that essentially is the members domain to exchange posts, views and comments. I mean, really, something needs to be said and offered to members who have been loyal to the site for many years and new/ interested in joining members to allow the reward part of the site\u2019s name to mean something again ! Instead of complete disregard !

I have never borrowed from anyone and at 72 I'm not going to start now. Enough to cover it in the nest egg.

I\u2019m grateful for everything, except those self centred bastards that won\u2019t give me what I want.

I read something similar about multivitamins,particularly those that contain Magnesium. It's a scary thought that you could be inadvertently poisoning yourself by trying to improve your health.

My decisions are made by what I feel is in the best interests of my family and myself. I don't follow trends,celebrities, or the like. I buy what I need and only what I can afford. I help those I am able to when i can without expectation. I am not rich ,financially,I get by,but I live a happy life now with people who love and care about me. To me that's what's gives my life meaning..and chocolate

Any food from France is bound to be amazing

Poor Kulwindar however, I have just come across this no comment page so no comment.lol.

It is called CAPITALISM (furthermore capitalism corrupts EVERYTHING it touches) :-( (. FYI: Capitalism is NEVER going to change (Examples: From the Start of Capitalism (in the Dark Ages (enough said)) to Jeffrey Epstein (Files)) - LOL.

Trump's doing a great \ud83d\udc4d job cleaning \ud83e\uddf9 up illegals in the USA. Something Aus needs to do... as we have illegals living here, and Labor are too slow, if ever at importing them .

I'm already in all of them - I'm the invisible man on the left. \ud83d\ude1b

We have moved around a lot. Dad was a trucker hauling high explosives and when he got older he was a security guard. Before I was born (eldest of 3 sons) in the late 1940's Dad played for the NFL teams- Phila Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers. But then we settled down in 1977 and lived in Brookhaven PA until 2012 and when I moved us here to Campbelltown/Palmyra/Hershey PA in 2012 I recently had my 14th year up here now that all are gone to their makers except me and a younger brother who still lives in PA but 300+ miles from me so I live with my pet kitty cat as sole companion and confidante for a shut-in loner who is 76 and I cry a lot because I have no visitors anymore. Half a foot of snow outside today and I shoveled all the sidewalks and walkway up and down our block. I am the only retiree and US Veteran who works from home PCs so I do the shoveling and my neighbors do the salting for me. I am 76 but feel like 15. I just gor an eMail from my trash/recycles collector. They want me to be sure to dig a path to the bins and dumpsters so I need to do even more shoveling.

For the most part. Some people pleasantly surprised you,and I have had a few bitterly disappoint me too

People who still support Trump . He is destabilizing the whole world and they just don't seem to understand how extremely dangerous he is .

Co-ed. Yes agree with Jennifer. Too much testosterone in all male school, too much PMS/bitchiness in all girls school. We dont live in all female society or an all male society, so why we do it in schools?

Same issue, it's still annoying.

We respected my fathers wishes and had him cremated. But we never found out what he wanted done with his ashes.....currently he sits in his cremation box on the bedside table of my parents bed. Mum talks to him and pats him each morning when she makes the bed but we really wish we'd known where he wanted his ashes scattered. I wish to be cremated because I don't want my family to feel obligated to visit a cemetery in my honour

CANADA IS THE BEST OF THE BEST

I would have made an 'UNBELIEVABLE' lousy father (never learned to care for my fellow human(s)). I got 'LUCKY' and never impregnated a female. When I turned 26 - I got a vasectomy (which made sex more enjoyable for me for the rest of my life)! The 'only' accomplishment I am 'truly' PROUD of - I never become a FATHER!!

I will start by apologising to our American rewardians. Usually I don't comment on specific political figures. That said,I was gobsmacked after reading Donald Trumps solution for the Gazza strip. Does he really think America will be allowed to take control,displace thousands,expect neighbouring countries to take in these people. As well as turn it into a "waterfront paradise". This is getting really scary,if you haven't read the news article or seen him make this statement please watch it. Rumours about Ametica leaving U.N and blatantly ignoring all other country leaders in the Middle East( except Israel). And proclaiming he will be the unifying force for the Middle East. One word comes to mind "Crazy". Again this probably won't be a popular comment among rewardians ,I say this out of deep concern .

No one should have any Firearms that has a Criminal record for a start. There is no need for anyone to own a firearm that doesn't work in Law Enforcement or a Security Officer or a Registered Collector or a licenced hunter or a Farmer. Here in Australia we don't have kids Murdered that are going to school or at school. One trip to America I got stopped by Police in Ca, the first thing the officer said was, how many guns do you have and where are they ? The other officer had his gun in his hand. I said "We are Aussies why would we want guns ? He said "your not from Texas then" I said "We are from Australia we don't have guns" The 2nd Officer put his gun away. The issue was the number plates on the hire car were from Texas.

I believe all media is already censored. From what we hear on the radio to what kids are allowed to read in schools, we surely don't hear the truth about vaccinations and what's good for us to eat. Big oil, big pharma and big food. They mislead us with fake shortages in gas or food so prices go up and keep making them richer, big food is in bed with big pharma because if our food can make us sick we need to be on drugs for life. For example, diabetes. How many people suffer from heart disease because the Heart & Stroke foundation put red meat on their recommended diet website? They totally contradict themselves. How many people in food and drug safety are actually investors in the meat, product, dairy, etc. industries... and let infractions go ALL the time?!! We're censored from A to Z. I saw a documentary on Netflix where this company was allowed to sell children's pyjamas knowing they were full of chemicals that were quite flammable. They got away with it because the list of their chemicals was under the heading of 'secret formula' and kids died because of it. The chemicals and 'flammable' weren't required to be put on the warning label. They had to warn that the bag they came in could be a choking or suffocation risk, but not that the pyjamas themselves would kill or seriously harm your child if they got close to a flame. It's crazy what we don't know because 'they' don't have to tell us. As far as social media goes, YES, there should be censorship when it comes to bullying or lying. But, NO, when it comes to Mark Zuckerberg getting away with censoring what people were able to read and forward during covid. Pretty much only things Gates and Fauci wanted people to read was allowed to be spread, and Zuckerberg made multi-billions because of it.

Had about 20 pink surveys today....all of them ended up with 2 points...yesterday they were azure....as you get closer to 50,000 points it just gets REALLY hard..I don't know why....

remember, a sign of intelligence is the capability to entertain other outside ideas and facts that differ from yours. :) WHY are we learning more from the European Parliament than our own CONGRESS? Not have our national newspapers reported on this. The cover-up is always worst than the crime...The best part of being a conspiracy theorist is not having Myocarditis. It\u2019s very hard to make an individual understand that they were fooled. Many will choose to live in denialThe FDA. If they\u2019re doing this to us with pharmaceuticals, imagine what they\u2019re doing to the food\u201dThere is no instance in history when censorship and secrecy have advanced either democracy or public health.\u201dWhat people need to understand is just because you feel fine doesn't mean you're not injured. Many often don't feel high blood pressure or diabetes for a very long time until other things go wrong.The European Parliament recently conducted a summit meeting about the ongoing COVID problem, and invited MRNA technology developer Dr. Robert Malone to address the conference. Dr. Malone shared truths with attendees about the reality of vaccine injury as well as the lies, misinformation and gaslighting that victims of vaccine injuries have been subjected to \u201cEuropean Parliament Admits TRUTH About Vaccine Injured! \u201c here->-.https://youtu.be/5SaxqM_htjwDr. Malone\u2019s comments and the bravery of those who are actively challenging the dominant narrative on COVID..b

Linda C., you and others like you are exactly why things like this are being done. We need to teach our kids, whatever their ages, that there are people different from the ones you teach them to accept and care for. Plus, Liane H. describes this jacket in a lot more detail than you have. It says a lot about acceptance and doing your best. Plus, it's optional whether to buy it or not. I believe we all must accept and appreciate the differences in those around us....whether colour, religion, sexual identity/orientation, age, etc. We are all created equal, nobody is better than anybody else. LGBTQ+ people do not decide to be in their community - they just are. I know some people experiment just for fun, or out of confusion, but the vast majority are born who they are; just like you were born as you are. People like you are so judgmental and missing out on some of the best relationships they could have had because of your far-right-extremism closes those doors. I can only imagine the pain and loneliness of someone born into the wrong sexed body. Or a young person afraid of being disowned for revealing their true self, or shot or beaten to death because of who they love. Or going to Hell if they're gay because that's what they're taught in church. Or being shot up in a nightclub. There is so much fear of not being accepted that many suffer in silence. AND THIS IS WHY THESE JACKETS ARE SHOWING THEM THEY ARE LOVED AND ACCEPTED FOR WHO THEY ARE!! The woke movement has NOT gone too far; we are just getting started in educating closed-minded people like you. And your kids are learning to be better humans than you've taught them to be. Your far-right extremism makes us wonder what ever happened to love your neighbour as yourself and treat others the way you want to be treated?

I am really surprised at the comments below, and I agree whole-heartedly. I saw with my own eyes my father struggling to get out of this world! He had absolutely no rights! In my eyes, he was tortured more than any animal would EVER be allowed to be tortured. He had prostate cancer that led to bone cancer which I heard is the most painful of all cancers, and I believe that to be true! He was a gentle soul his whole life. He made trouble for no one, was a great husband, father, grand-father and provider! His family was all he cared about. For the last two years of his life, he was in the hospital more than he was out. They even castrated him to give him a couple more months of life. The family misunderstood and thought it would give him a couple more years! My mother was devastated at the thought of it. They took even his manhood from him. He had nothing left! All he asked for was to be able to sit down at the dinner table one more time! He never complained except when the pain was unbearable for even the strongest of men! I heard him scream in pain and felt so helpless. My heart was shattered! My sisters stood outside his door while the urologist tried to insert a catheter. There was no room for one because of the tumors! My dad cried out in pain as the doctor attempted to force the catheter into somewhere it couldn't go! I heard him scream then they took him out of bed for the last time. My mother and I looked into his pitiful eyes as he begged for someone to shoot him! I'll never forget that day! Because of it, I am not the same. I know it has produced PTSD in me in some form. He could NOT do a damned thing to end his pain--nothing!!! He was at the mercy of those who kept giving him treatment for something that could not longer be treated just to get that almighty dollar at the price of my dad's suffering! Looking back, I wish I had sued them for torturing him! I found out recently that he had also asked his grandson to shoot him! I doubt I could have pulled the trigger because I was his youngest daughter, and the light of his life. Maybe for that reason, I should have. Prison time would have been worth it to know I had done the ethical thing! After he finally, died, he looked absolutely gorgeous! His hair had come in curly, and he looked like he had never been sick a day in his life! That was the dad that I longed to see all of that time he was sick. Yes, his mental capacity was stable, he knew there was only one end, and he was a Christian wanting to be with the Lord! The tears flow as I write this! No family should ever have to go through this! Please get this legislation passed. We don't want our animals to suffer, but we let people suffer! Don't love animals more than your family!!! PLEASE!!!

I cannot believe I'm reading this discussion page...Rewardia CHOSE this?...what is WRONG with you?..we have a little racist who is unaware she is... scuttling around....please take this page down.....and fire the person who approved it...

discussions about immigration always bang the same old drum: their leaching the economy their a burden on society their not like us their going to cause problems on and on it goes well here's the news folks, every single one of you comes from immigrants, if you're not Aboriginal you came from somewhere else or your parents did or your grandparents did, do you hate your grandparents?, would you have liked them to have been ostracized, humiliated, vilified? no you wouldn't and 70% of you claim to be Christians, so what happened to "do unto others as you would have done unto you"? perhaps we should think about the media outlets that start these scare campaigns regarding people we don't know, have never met, and were probably just like our own ancestors searching for a new life, and who became great contributors to Australia \ud83e\udd14

Please, look at the Statue of Liberty and the sea level around it, hasn\u2019t changed in over 50 years. Al Gore said the polar bears would be extinct in 2012, nope. Ice caps in some areas have actually increased. 500 wildfires in British Columbia in the summer of 2023, 450 were set by climate activists trying to claim the fires were caused by climate change. The arsonists have been charged, some have been convicted, others still awaiting trail. Mainstream media refusing to cover this. There hasn\u2019t been one climate change claim that has been proven as fact in the past 100 years, remember the ozone layer and the attempted fear with that story?

Define what you consider rude. Respect is earned not granted. If someone has a ridiculous opinion they deserve ridicule. Lets face it some opinions are illegal, immoral, unethical and downright wrong. I will not respect such opinions. Having an opinion that the Earth is flat or humans were alive alongside dinosaurs will not get my respect just for starter examples. I believe most people here would not respect some ones opinion that say one race is superior to another. A mantra I live with is when arguing with an idiot make sure the other person isn't doing the same.

Absolutely not, It has to be a personal choice My body my choice There are people for health reasons who cannot have vaccines of various types and there are others with deep religious reasons who can back their belief up with scripture. There are a lot of natural things to keep from getting sick and if sick to recover quickly even if one is elderly or has a weak immune system. Even if it "Allegedly" might endanger someone else it is still the moral and ethical right to refuse vaccines or other medicine or procedures. You cannot mandate one law for one group and refuse the same right to another group. Be it Vaccines, Medical surgeries or vaccines etc.

damn,, the nut jobs still with the conspiracy shit,, give it a break, this poll is 3 freakin years old, go find some other crap to lie about,,,\u2660\ufe0f

I'll make a another huge generalisation on why men use garden tools - nagging partners too lazy to do it themselves.

The rubbish (litter) is not the PROBLEM. HUMANS are the PROBLEM. Get rid of HUMANS and you will PERMANENTLY solve the rubbish (litter) issue!

This is all BS. Climate change is created by elites in private jets to bring about your obedience due to fear. You've never even been on a farm I would guess. They don't want farms they want to feed you insects instead. Wake up.

Yep, You're being a Prude. If a person is comfortable in what they're wearing....makes them feel good about themselves...then go for it, wear whatever you like. AND.... who gave you my photo ? \ud83d\ude05

I was surprised, no, shocked to see that the majority think schools should supply free lunches to every student! They are Schools for learning, not Babysitters who feed everyone! ;-( Also, I've seen firsthand how much the kids waste at school. I watched one young man throw in a garbage can a beautifully made submarine sandwich just because he didn't "like it". ;-(

Don't got there. Turn your life over to Jesus Christ. He died for your sins and when you become a child of God Almighty you will have Heaven too. Read your Holy Bible and get Born Again. Don't wait too long or you will miss Heaven all together. Then where will you spend eternity??? One life to live and then Judgement. PLEASE heed, Salvation is today.

WHAT? GET A LIFE and this is not days of our lives, this is supposed to be a survey site, not dear abby or is it?

I am what Linda C will be calling a fool, and proud of it. I haven't eaten meat or meat-based gravy in over 20 years. I stopped eating it because when I started working in a major grocery store I saw how much meat was being sold. I looked into where it was all coming from and discovered factory farming, and what really happens in growing/feed lots, on factory farms, inside and outside of slaughterhouses and the crowding, freezing or extremely hot conditions in the packed trucks to go from 'farm' to slaughterhouse, how cruel the people are to the animals in all of these places. I've read one person's account while getting information working at a slaughterhouse and he said he was witness to cows being pulled by machine after freezing noses and even thighs to the side of these trucks. Yes, noses and thighs were left frozen and stuck to the sides of the trucks and living cows were pulled out. Sick and injured and unable to walk cows are pushed into the slaughterhouses with bulldozers and fed to you. They are called "downers". NO, there is NOT someone going in and making sure the animals are treated kindly or respectfully. Nobody makes sure the animals are even dead before the screaming pigs are dunked in scalding water to get the little hairs off your bacon, or before cows are sliced into. The stunners don't often work the first - and only - time and the animals are 'processed' so many per hour they don't have the time to make sure an animal is dead or unconscious. A LOT of them are feeling the pain. A LOT of them see the pain and fear of what's happening in front of them and knowing they're next in line. It's truly horrific!!!! And I will NOT BE A PART OF THAT CRUELTY!! The dairy industry is almost as cruel with chickens being crowded to death. For meat or for eggs. They live in battery cages where they can't move unless they all move at the same time, or 'free range' barns where you're shown pictures of baby chicks with lots of room but unless you look for it you don't see how crowded they really are when they're all close to slaughter age. Super-size-them-fast so their skin explodes and dead birds are thrown out every day because of that. Cows being made pregnant and making babies so they make milk. Those babies are taken away immediately after being birthed while the mothers scream for them. Videos show men throwing said calves to hurt their legs so they can't run back to the mothers. And what happens to all these babies?? Yes, they are killed. These milking cows are fed hormones to make them give 5 times the normal amount of milk. There is so much pain in the dairy industry emotional and physical. THINK ABOUT WHERE YOUR FOOD REALLY COMES FROM AND STOP PRETENDING IT'S OKAY.

When I was still working in the city and had to go to work early each day I came across this guy that was hanging around the traffic lights near my place. When the lights were red he would run around from car to car asking for $20 for food and a train fare. I saw people give him money. After about the 3rd day when he was still there harassing people for money, I got out of my car and threatened to thump him if he asked me again. He swore profusely at me, threatening to call the cops on me, then told me he didn\u2019t need my stinking cash as he had plenty already. He pulled a roll of twenties out of his pocket and waved them at me. Judging by the size of that roll there must have been about 2 grand in there.. After that he never turned up at those lights anymore.

Wow, that is extremely judgemental. If a heavy woman wants to wear a skirt, a bikini, or a midriff top, more power to her. Stop the body shaming, and let people wear what they want. If you don't like it, look away.

We celebrated our 54th wedding anniversary in January. I have never experienced any of your issues, though marriage is something that needs to be worked on. Unfortunately I lost him in August.

It is not political correctness that got us in this MESS - it is racism and sexism that got us in this MESS!! Everybody says honest is the BEST policy - but nobody actually practices honesty.

OK, well there are a lot of comments for this discussion. You have certainly got the members chatting Julz. I am a fairly regular player of BINGO here , i have only played it a few times in real life. I am by no means a retired older citizen though, but i do enjoy the interaction with the others who play and chat. I admit that my Mental Health isn't as healthy as it could be and i am doing what i can to better that- playing bingo and interacting with others is one of the things that helps my situation. I have very few friends left in real life, i have got to "know" people here and they seem like lovely people. Would i willingly want to meet each and every person in real life? Possibly not, Am i happy to chat to them most days about life in general, or share a joke, some trivia or a favourite song? Yeah- no harm there. NO one can please everyone all of the time, someone will find issues with the way something is typed or said even if no harm was meant from it. (And yes, i did leave the word "no" in capitals just to show that i'm not perfect with my grammar, etc but it doesn't make me any less of a person either.) The chat in Bingo is something we can all contribute to or not join in. Either way, it shouldn't matter. I thought you seemed like a nice person from the chats you contributed to over the time you've played in the bingo rooms. We all have good days and bad days. Days when we feel like a chat and days where we just want to play and not add to the chat. I know i do. Somedays i'll chat more than play and those days i usually haven't had much interaction with the outside world at all, so this is a way for me to have some adult chats, not just thinking monologues in my head or talking to my children. I hope you're keeping well Julz and know that whether it is in Bingo, the general discussion or elsewhere- if you ever wish to chat, there will always be someone around ready to reply and chat with you. <3 I have seen some filthy language used from time to time, but not for quite a while now thankfully. It is nothing that i haven't heard before though. Keyboard warriors are often just cowards who think typing something mean or hurtful helps to make them feel like a bigger person, but we all know that's not the case.

The chicken and the egg are in bed. The chicken rolls over and lights a cigarette, and the egg says... 'Well, I guess that answers that question.'"

Yes, that goes without saying! We had homework time in our household every school night when our children were growing up and monitored their homework. It is part of the responsibility of being a parent!

Great read Christina C \ud83d\ude01 I for one am a doer, in saying that many ideas have been just that lol Great ideas are a part of being human and therefore evolution. Regardless of whats going on, anyone with a great idea I encourage to make it happen, don't let any barriers stop you because all great things start from some thing/one small.

Think back to the 'Ice Age" and Dinosaurs ... the planet has been warming since then ... and man has just accelerated it.

Two words: corporate greed. Granted covid, wars, inflation etc have some effect, it's not anywhere as pronounced as new set prices would have you believe. Corporations have milked these things to hike prices and get away with it and are continuing to do so.

We haven't gone far at all. In fact we are going backwards. I always want to have full control of anything that isn't alive. and make decisions by myself. It is dangerous and will damage a lot of people. Thinking for ourselves is the greatest gift of all.

How can you be screened out after you've finished a survey,that means the survey isn't honest because obviously they don't like my answers!

Ok so just yesterday, I went into work as usual believing \u201cyep, just another day\u201d and I was literally thrown to the floor by a student who obviously started his day on the wrong side of bed (or worse)\u2026 anyways, this severely traumatised, autistic non verbal kid wasn\u2019t happy when the \u2018ants go marching two by two Hurrah Hurrah\u2019 stopped playing (not my fault\u2026 the internet froze for a bit) And he totally attacked me\u2026 I hit the floor, (15 year old M\u0101ori kid giving everything he had to an exhausted 54 year old menopausal pakeha lady who has given her all to the tamariki of Aotearoa Nz for over 16 years) I\u2019m here tonight, reading this, covered in scratches and bruises, barely able to function, due to the mental, physical and emotional stress I endure, day after day\u2026 Yeah nah I\u2019m done I am officially an OLD woman

If your neighbour wants his friend to do it, then he can pay for it. If he wants you to help pay for it, then he and you need to agree on who should do it.

This sounds suspicious to me. Where is such a thing happening? I doubt the gov't can force you or tell you to rent a room to a foreigner or anyone for that matter.

Corporate greed (profits over people) aka capitalism lack of (business) ethics. Furthermore, grocery prices are NEVER going down and all other aspects (cost) of living life (housing, utilities, etc.) are constantly going up (make the necessarily adjustment - aka get used to it)!

I think you know the answer to your question and are just asking for confirmation. He is a loser and will never change - you sound like a very nice person and can deserve much better than him.

We will understand God's plan for each of us in due time. That time isn't now. You need to rely on your faith in God and realize he's not the bad guy. On the contrary. God knows and loves us and will have us understand everything in due time. This life is a testing ground for us to grow and learn and to learn to control our bodies and souls. You aren't the only one who has lost loved ones, young and old. We'll understand when the time is right. We aren't God. We don't decide. It hurts and God will make it right when the time comes and is His decision. Kudos for sharing heartbreaking experiences. We all have them.

I believe climate change us being blown out of proportion. Yes there are some issues tha definitely need to be addressed but it's not the gloom and doom certain people are saying. Look at the Al Gores yhe John Kerry's and the Leonardo De Caprios. They go around in their private jet's burning mor fossil fuels the u can imagine.period.

Equality has NEVER existed on this planet - you will FACE some form of discrimination (ageism, racism, sexism, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, lack of religious beliefs, social economic status, etc.) - before you DIE on this planet!

The 2 are not necessarily the same things. Many houses used to reuse supermarket shopping bags as rubbish bags. Now we buy rubbish bags that can be made of recycled materials but still can't be recycled. The laminate on the kitchen & bathroom benches in the house we rent are fading where they get wet, but my parents' kitchen benches were solid wood & lasted for more than 40 years. I still use my Dads electric drill & it still works because the only plastic parts are the trigger & handle cover. It has outlasted 2 rechargeable drills. The handsaw I use has a wooden handle & I sharpen the blade with a file. Apparently I recently "upcycled" an old solid wood door we bought to replace a broken modern one. It's still being used as a door - it's been refurbished & reused, same as my Grandmothers' dresser made in 1908. Some things are made to last & some aren't, it's all about money, sometimes for multi-national multi-million dollar companies yet most people reading this rant aren't millionaires.

I take my hat off to you. There is no way I could do what you do. I find it hard managing life on my own. I\u2019m 44, left home at 15 as soon as I could. Home and family life was intolerable. Constantly being told that I wasn\u2019t wanted. Lots of violence and disharmony. I thought I I\u2019d be truly over it by now but without the proper and normal support networks, it\u2019s really hard. I have to keep telling myself that life could be a lot worse. I feel lucky that I\u2019m in Australia and not in some war torn or dirt poor country. I just feel like my upbringing has left a lifelong legacy on me that is insurmountable and affects every facet of my life. Deep self esteem issues and feeling like everyone hates you. As they say, what doesn\u2019t break you makes you stronger. Thanks for reading. Cheers

We had no problem until the Liberal Lite woke asses came in and then Labor. We need to stop immigration. Send back those who are out to hurt the rest of us and dont assimilate. Climate change is just some crap from the WEF, WHO and all those acrinyms. We need to band together as aussies Im voting One Nation, if you dont agree with me just shut up.....

No idea. Never been a tourist. People are people, and countries are countries - there are good, bad, and stupid people in every country.

The Chosen one just reminded me of a good one I heard while watching Bucket List (a great movie btw) "Never trust a fart" \ud83e\udd23 Sorry, if it has already come through here on mary c's General topic page... or should I say pages and pages and pages

Those 'named days' such as bubble wrap day, talk like a pirate day, pancake day, extraterrestrial abduction day.... yes they exist and are pointless.

This sounds like incoherent rambling to me, like an old man yelling at a cloud. Times are always a-changing. I get that the older you get, the harder it may get to adapt, but if you're having challenges to adapt, there's younger family to help you out, most likely. Not all of us "younger folk" are arrogant or too dependent on our phones, I have one but I can get by without it too.

I have been self employed for over 30 years. I worked between 100 and 120 hours per week, until my heart attack at 40 years old. I reduced my work to between 60 and 80 hours per week. I had huge insurance costs and half my money was taken by the government as tax not including the gst. I dont smoke, dont gamble and rarely ever drink. I never waste money on junk food or things I dont need. I pay full price for dental and medical treatments, which i cant afford at the best of times. I am now 59, semi retired with destroyed shoulders, and currently unable to work until my shoulders heal. I have a small superannuation account that i cant access as yet, and not elligible for the age pension because i own my home. When i sit on my porch enjoying a coffee and look down the hill at the goverment housing development, I see 3 late model BMW's, 2 late model Mercedes, a HSV Commodore and plenty of SUV's etc parked in the driveways. These individuals are home most days when not at the club playing the pokies, drinking and smoking in their sun chairs. I look at my 16 year old work van that is also my transport, no A/C and rust spots surviving on about $150 to $300 per week taken from my personal savings and wonder if all my hard work was actually worth it. Regardless of that, I have self respect and have a personal satisfaction of my achievements. A raise in benefits makes no difference in my world. My personal oppinion is that benefits should be only for those who absolutely require it which should include other benefits based on individual needs. If you are able to work, then you should. Be an assett and not a financial drain.

I am just thankful that the Lord Jesus gives me each day and the blessings. I am 72 years old. Each day is a gift.

My take, global warming is a political way by our politicians to collect taxes, started with Gore over two decades ago with all his scare tactics, that truly never happened, because I believe God put all these energy resources for us humans to survive, period, we just had to figure it all out., nothing to do with politics or fear. Anything Gore said, has never happened, these frauds will always scare the masses. God will protect us if we get back to Him, and believe, this is what I believe, but people are afraid, thank you for allowing me to express my opinion, Eric.

Nothing but a scare campaign on humanity. Klaus Scwab, (WEF) one of the most insane minds on the planet openly stated that this 'covid' epidemic is a trial to see how they (the elite) can control and persuade the population into believing what is forced upon them. Fauci (usa head dr) is another evil minded lying (so n so) Funny thing, I saw an ad for Glen 20 and at the end the lady speaker clearly stated that it kills Covid 19!! If that's the case, why were injections forced upon the population? Ever wondered where the flu and common cold have 'disappeared' too? Has anyone on the planet provided or seen any proof?Love too go on but I wont.Thanks

Yes I do, I had back surgery in 2017 and it was a lower lumbar fusion and it went wrong from the start and when I got out of my 4 hour surgery that ended up taking 10 hours and after this I could not walk because I felt like I was walking down hill and falling to the right so I went back to the doctor and asked why this was happening and he said that sometimes the nerves in their canal get pinched or blocked so I had to have a second surgery. Well I went through the second surgery and now I felt like I was just walking down hill so it's half way better and then I went to see a neurologist and they said that I have had a stroke, I guess it happened in my first surgery, so anyway I am walking down hill and after about a week or two it started to fix itself and I started walking better. Then my surgeon said after x-rays were done that I had 2 discs in my neck that were blown out and it was a simple surgery so I said ok, let's do it. Well, when they do this surgery they go into your throat and make a small cut and remove a disc and replace it with a new metal disc then they closed that up and had to make a second cut to replace the second disc I didn't know this and when I went to get my surgery done there were a few things that I did not know about this, like the doctor never told me that they go into my neck to do this so when I got there I got a shock, I had to shave my beard in order for them to do this (LOL), Hell, I really didn't know that is what was going on anyway I got the surgery done after I shaved and all was good so Ii thought, after staying for 2 day's in the Hospital after the surgery the doctor decided to release me and so I left the hospital to go home and it was 110 miles from the Hospital to the house and I really felt great and happy to be at home finally and then it hit, my throat started closing up and I wasn't getting any air so I was rushed 20 miles to a local Hospital and that was the wrong hospital that I was supposed to be at so the Ambulance drivers gad to turn around and drive me 14 miles to where the hospital was and guess what, This Hospital was only 4 miles from my house again I'm still not getting proper air so they rush me inside the ER and attempt to put hoses or tubes down my throat and they ended up knocking out my two front lower teeth to do this and I swallowed them. So I laid in that Hospital for 4 more day's to get test done and on day 4 I decided I've had enough because the doctor has never came to see me , so I took the tubes out of my throat and pulled out my wires and needles and I told them that I am getting the hell out of here so the staff called security and they tried to keep me there and we started fighting and I kept saying I"M leaving, so I left and got home and I had an appointment with my neurologist and I went to that appointment and had a MRI done and they said that with all of this, I had another Stroke. I went home, I just gave up. I wrote all of this because it is a true event, But, my point is is that my Doctor got paid very well and I still am in a lot of pain and I can't work anymore and life has become a real BITCH and I also need to say that I have tried to go and see my back doctor and no one knows where he disappeared to. This is just some mucked up shit that I have been living with and I am not crying about , I hope you folks learn what you are up against prior to letting a doctor do any work on you and pick the very best qualified doctor before getting any surgery done. I hope you all have a good day!

Can someone explain to me why God doesn't answer the prayers of the people in Gaza or the hungry and their suffering. I cannot understand why such dreadful things happen, yet all the prayers do nothing. Religion in my opinion has been the cause of all the suffering. And don't even get me started on Catholicism and the Priests

I'm lucky that I am a multi millionaire, manage over a thousand staff, make all decisions re labour, training and hiring. My companies turnover is in excess of a Billion dollars annually. I do all the shopping and I am the sole shopping decision maker. I also like giving input re my use of mobiles and broadband both for business and home. Also I regulary watch and go to many films, and also watch TV and use and go to my Bank every week. Yes I do have All insurance products also. I am young, have many children and don't mind them doing surveys either. I also travel for business and vacation many time a year and know nearly all airlines. I regret I do not qualify re surveys re Cleaning products as I don't do that as I have hired cleaning help !!!

Hi Debra D 624780. Should there 'still' be a deer hunting season...NO. Unfortunately, human beings have not evolved from our hunter-gather past as deer hunting season is unnecessary and inhuman at this point in humans' fight for survival on this planet. However, I have a bias viewpoint. I am 95% to 99% of the time (when it comes to food) - a VEGAN!

I don't think I ever needed that spare one, but I have several in my 'button box'. (I'm 75) I think most young adults today haven't been taught or wouldn't have the slightest notion or knowledge to sew a button on. It's a throw away society. Very sad.

The elites can make you believe anything when they claim to control almost every global media outlet. The flood of migrants is a deliberate method of the elite to cause division amongst people so they fight one another. Why would they want this? They want you so distracted with all the problems like cost of living, housing crisis, business failures, destruction of the food chain, global warming lies, overpopulation so they can take your land and then lock you up in "smart cities/prisons". These smart cities are run by Artificial intelligence and track and trace your every move to ensure you exist within their strict carbon efficient guidelines every second of your life. If you step out of line you will be punshished through the digital social credit system. They may choose to reduce your food allowance, travel restrictions or maybe force you to be re-educated in a strict facility......who knows? These smart cities are already in operation in China.

Not any more. At 71 and living alone, I have no 9ne to feed and nurture, but come winter I shall be pulling out my soup pot to share some good old fashioned hearty vege soup mixes with family and friends too

It\u2019s sad that appliances don\u2019t last like they used to. I bought a toaster but it only lasted 6 months! This all contributes to too much waste and bad for the environment!

It's good to be aware of your surroundings it's not a problem it's a necessity, if the person is slumped over they may be exhibiting exhaustion or a medical problem or so many other things. If you feel safe I would think a quick conversation with the neighbors would help give you a piece of mind.

Those thieving dumbarses! \ud83d\ude21 This pisses me off that people think they can just destroy something that someone else loves. Hence why I hate humans! Except you of course lovely Liane. I too love Frangipani, my daughter\u2019s favourite flower, and I\u2019m so sorry your neighbours are so inconsiderate and ignorant! This sux. And as far as Elizabeth T and FriedLikeMost leaving their heartless comments\u2026. They can sod off!

Absolutely nothing doing. Why \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd2f waste my time on things I'm never going to follow thru on. Just going to take 2026 lone i have always been doing. One day at a time . Happy New Year \ud83d\udd5b\ud83c\udf8a to all my fellow rewardia members

Have you been awake the last decade?!?! Men got DEMONIZED for taking interest in women...now, women realizing they were WRONG...they are whining why MEN won't acknowledge them anymore. Has nothing to do with the decline of manners or chivalry, and EVERYTHING to do with the radical leftist feminist brainwashing lots of women have undergone the last decade or so, conditioning them to be narcissistic sociopaths, degrading men at every opportunity and chastising men at every chance when they took an interest in them. Men couldn't even LOOK at a woman for a decade without that woman ASSUMING he wanted to do something evil to her, and, naturally, they posted these all online for the world to see, to justify their delusions. Great men are everywhere...sadly, MANY great men are simply DONE with women, thus, they don't get the OPPORTUNITY to experience kindness, chivalry and manners FROM these men. They made their bed, now THEY are laying in it. p.s. Even though this is the overwhelming truth, I personally still hold doors open for women, assist if needed, smile IF THEY look at me and so on...but, I do ALL of this because I am kind, but, I also do it WITHOUT HAVING ANY EXPECTATION OF IT BEING ACKNOWLEDGED.

Allergies didn't just 'appear' spontaneously after 1985. Simply because you don't know anyone who was allergic to nuts or had coeliacs before that time doesn't mean they didn't exist. Better medical diagnostics has certainly made diagnosis easier, so people who had been sick all their lives now had a name for their condition & guidelines for how to avoid symptoms from occurring. My friend is 58 & has been coeliac all her life, as well as having allergies to other food items. She didn't suddenly become coeliac in 1985, nor did her mother who is in her 80's. My sister is in her 70's & has always had digestive issues in regard to milk. She's only known in the last 10 years that the reason is she is lactose intolerant. Prior to that she was just bloated & and felt sick if she drank milk etc.Now, she avoids symptoms by choosing lactose free milk. People certainly did die from anaphalysis due to nut ( & other allergies) before 1985. For some people exposure makes them feel ill, others it can be fatal. Better access to epipens has increased survival. Has the rate of new allergies increased or are more people who have intolerances etc being diagnosed? I'm not sure. I would need to look at actual scientific studies to see what the conclusions are on that one but allergies & intolerances did not just suddenly appear, they have been with us for a very long time.

I have 11 piercings in my ears, 1 in my belly button & a few tattoos. My mother actually took me to get my belly button done since I was only 17 & I went with her to get her second piercing in her ears. I'm not a fan of some facial piercings or over gauged ears, but a small stud in the nose or ring in the eyebrow is fine. I think if you're qualified to do the job, it shouldn't matter what kind of piercings you have. If you're the face of a company, the employer should make it clear in the dress code policy. Don't judge a book by its cover.

The only "make up" I use is sun lotion 50+, even on mild days. There is a reason why Australia has the highest skin cancer rate and it's called ozone depletion. And being Australian, I much prefer the natural beauty of a person to one that is "painted" up anyway.

It is not the banks that are at fault it lies at the feet of the state and federal governments they need to put a halt on immigration and stop housing refugees etc and put our own people first, also with older women it is not only those who stayed at home back even in the seventies and early eighties a lot of women werent covered by superannuation and that fault lies at the feet of employers at that time, that was one good thing which is due to unions.

Mine, IMO, is kind of unique. I had been working in marketing for McDonald\u2019s and I was overseas opening up the first store in New Caledonia. There was a female staff member who was having a threatened miscarriage and she was taken to the white hospital in the capital. She didn\u2019t lose the baby but that experience led me to look at the hospital for the indigenous population and I was very disappointed in the difference of care and the infrastructure which the Kanak people had access to in comparison to the French speaking population. After returning to Australia I made the decision to apply to University and study Nursing and become a Registered Nurse instead. That career choice was the best decision I ever made and although I earned less money the satisfaction was far greater than selling hamburgers to 3rd world nations. Thanks for reading.

Why do you need to show off your bare body? Isn't your body a precious and personal part of your being. I do not like nudist. Cover up people, Be respectful of others

Give up on renewables and give us affordable electricity. Mind you own business about international affairs. House the homeless and young people who can't afford to buy a home. Get your act together! You are only PM because of preferences.

The rich continuously get (income) tax cuts. Corporations continuously get (income) tax cuts. These tax cuts contributed SIGNIFICANTLY to rising income inequality! FYI: It has NEVER been about interest rates (a myth). It has ALWAYS been about WHO gets ongoing (income) tax cuts (reality)!

I know I am opposite to everyone else, but I say no. I would rather someone die in goal than the smallest chance of killing someone who may be innocent. It is not unheard of that people have been found to be innocent after having spent time in goal for a crime they did not commit. The cost to keep another person in goal instead of killing him should not come into it.

I hope you dont drink alcohol, eat bacon or various other carcinogens. Glyphosate has been proven safe time and time again, you are just fear mongering with no scientific back up.

I suffered a spinal injury leaving me an incomplete paraplegic which means I had one paralysed leg. I had to wear an orthidic which kept my foot at a right angle so could only wear sneakers or lace-up shoes. If I wore a dress the orthidic strapped to my leg would snag it so I stuck to pants. My surgeon referred me to a neurosurgeon who told me that not only would I never get feeling or use back in my leg but I would also get much worse as I aged and one day I wouldn't be able to walk at all. I was so upset as I left his office and as I watched a taxi coming close I momentarily thought about jumping in front of it, but at the last minute I felt it probably wouldn't kill me but give some other injury. I decided to go back to my GP and discuss the matter with him. He said he felt I would improve over time but my leg would never be normal again in either full feeling or use. I saw a physio who gave me exercises to do telling me nerves can grow back if stimulated and my surgeon told me the best vitamins to make nerves grow. I went to the local chemist to buy the vitamins and the young girl there told me I needed acupuncture but only from someone who was taught in China. I managed to find a real GP who learnt acupuncture in China and he agreed to see if there was anything he could do for me. I went to physio once a week and had acupuncture once a week all the while taking the vitamins recommended. It didn't happen overnight but it did improve so that I was able put the orthidic away underneath the stairs. The injury was 1997 and I now have 80% use of my leg and 70% feeling. I can wear flat shoes or sandals but not thongs or high heels, which I don't miss, and I can walk some distance if I wear sneakers. I went back to the hospital to show them my recovery, they rarely get to see how people cope once they leave hospital. There are things I can't do and I have to be careful because I can't tell if I am standing on uneven ground or flooring which can be dangerous, but, the neurosurgeon was wrong, I did get better and I can walk unaided.