Just trying to live. It's hard to save anymore because of all the higher costs, but we live frugally. My husband takes a lot of meds, have 3 senior pets on meds & 1 on prescription food. I take care of all of them, nobody goes without what they need.

or be careful what you are signing up for...you sign up and Angie gets paid...and then you know what they say about an Octopus?,,,hey its your call..

1 Freedom of speech does not give one the right to Corrupt our Australian culture. Those who don't want to live by our beliefs should be sent back to wherever they came from we do not need their vile speeches

Damn! I am getting fatter with every recipe I read. Don't get me wrong because I am appreciative of all of them and the time it takes to post them. TY!

As long as the badges continue to come with five points - I am 'good' (the unhealthy capitalist in me peeking thru - don't ask questions (aka don't rock the boat)).

There is a blind over-reliance on the telco's for every basic function in society today. In Victoria the outage shut down all regional rail networks which added to the already lack of trains due to several suburban rail-lines being shut-down for maintenance during the school holidays. It was chaos and left people stranded. This should not be happening in this day and age. You would think the transport companies have better emergency contingencies in place. Telstra are a disgrace. Optus not much better.

Yes I would try to help but these days you have to be so cautious and also think about your own safety because people sometimes have bad intentions towards others , shouldn’t be like that but things have changed in these challenging times !

Definitely my Dad. One more giant hug, where the world was safe and I knew I was loved and protected. And to breathe in his "Old Spice" and hear his voice and stories again and to see that twinkle in his eye and hear his laugh......

Depends on what they like, but you can't go wrong with the teddy bear. Somewhere in the closet I still have the one my aunt gave me when I was 2 years old

Sounds fabulous. I will put a temporary hold on that one for now. 105 temperature here yesterday and that does not factor in the humidity. Much appreciated though! Thankfully I live in a basement. \ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd24

Quick !! Someone call the boys in white coats.. Loopy has lost the plot again..

Yes ,try dealing with fhe Victorian housing people. I was asked to fill out forms and get back onto their endless wait lists as they had taken me off and not even notified me. Dr filled them but then they wanted me to go back and get another letter to explain exactly why i would need proper heating and cooling ( l have a medical condition well known for requiring this) ln fact i already have medical cooling concessions on my power bill . But no.., i was then told i needed to go back again for another letter explaining in more detail. And a complete new form as the other one is now obsolete??? So i have to run around and jump through hoops. The Dr gets paid 3 times .. . And they've now taken me off the lists again ( l was not told this i had to inquire by a third party channel who found out for me ) This how people with disabilities are treated . All i got was " l'm sorry you're in this situation and i wish you all the best" .This from the main housing group that are supposed to help people in crisis. I'm so fortunate my landlords have currently put a hold on selling this place as the bureaucracy in govt depts is gobsmacking.

If you can afford a boat and a caravan, then you can afford to buy a bigger property to park your toys on your own land and not be clogging up the streets for the rest of us!

To some it feels cool or empowering, others use it out of anger or from learning it from someone else either at home, work, school or a friend group. I know people who say it because they feel they have to so they get a real reaction from someone because nothing else they say works. Many do it because they know it's wrong but it makes them feel like they're doing a bad thing & like it. I personally feel it's out of frustration or a forbidden thing that due to stress, or many other negative feelings make you want to do say or scream something that's just so out of control you do it!

Nice! Neo? You an Aussie or Kiwi? Join up to Octopus Group and make way more money for Surveys than what Unrewardia have to offer\u2026. \u2026 and you don\u2019t have to put up with idiots in the forums

I have just finished 3 surveys from different colours. All gone to the very last page, then I was told I was screened out. Well over an hour spent on these ridiculous last minute screen outs! Screening should be done at the beginning rather than at the end, you want respondents to be honest, then you shouldn\u2019t waste their time or honour with 50 cents (rather than 20points).

You look great

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Four pts for the wine; which caters for all sexes. The other gifts may suggest bed partnerships ..... Cheers!But then too much wine together ..... all in bed together. Just saying.

Have two that refuse to move, I'm an unwilling contortionist.

Yes It's true, some surveys are asking you to write essays, or stories as qualifying questions. This is absurd! Because we are going to answer the surveys, without even seeing the topic, we are asked to answer some useless questions. I just cut them off! Let them find some other survey takers to answer such silly questions! I wonder whether anyone has come across such stupid qualifying questions to be answered?

It's just too expensive now. Easier and cheaper to buy your own snacks food to watch at home on DVD or streaming services

i think it's going to get worse and the man child wont make it easier for the rest of the world

I have a handmade "dirty clothes box" and a home made "cane" basket for the clean washing.

A person was on the road driving a mum on her phone not looking and her kids almost road I stop and my friend said to me you didn't needed to. My answer she not looking and will go Infront of me and something happens

"Everyone is keen to be seen as green...or appear to be green" (great moral stance and great for business). Unfortunately, plastics is used in everything from airplane windows to surgical tools, packing, in interstructure, etc. Limiting use of plastics would raise prices and force costly substitutions (which the 'consumer' will pay for in capitalism (as usual)). Death by plastics - hoist by our own petard - a fitting end for a lack of humanity shown by humans to other humans (La vie est une garce puis tu Meurs)!

One of my daughters-in-law wanted a dishwasher in their first home. I had been married for 12 years, had 3 children and the cash to buy my first dishwasher. Then I had to get a carpenter to cut into my kitchen cupboards for a place for it. We started small, 3 bedrooms, separate toilet and one bathroom in a location we didn't really want to live in, but today they want everything all at once. We went without eating out and we didn't have a phone. Coloured TV had to wait until the old one broke down. However, we didn't feel we were disadvantaged or hard done by. I think it made life simpler.

Too many stale ones

No way, never tried them and not interested in Vaping.

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 .

If you really want to know why thee rules have come in to place, you really need to ask all of the creeps who ruined it for the rest of us. The predators, the rapists, the pedophiles. As they have become more prevalent, the rest of society is forced to self protect.

government doesn't do much right and I'm afraid this would be another thing they would botched ,I look after my 3 grandkids fulltime and its a privileged and an honour ,all 3 are on the autism scale and i couldn't imagine doing anything else, it is the greatest thing iv have ever done in my books and getting paid to look after your own blood seems to me outlandish

Wudnt touch those with a ten foot barge pole. aside ftom the side effects, they teach you nothing about eating well, nor adressing why u r eating crap foods. Stay away from them!!

Cherokee Indian heritage here, if you do not have native american blood in your veins, you are all immigrants, get off my land and go home,,,, as you sure have ruined mine,,,

What the mother don't know any respect for the other people that is in the restaurant and maybe go to the ladies room or maybe not pull out your boob .

Some just don't seem to want any help for their drug use/addiction. Can't help if they aren't willing to help themselves. I know someone who is now homeless because of addiction. They don't want any help seem they are happy how they are addicted to drugs. Not a way I would choose to live. It's sad.

because we don't care about ourselves - we keep electing the same people (personalities)over and over (again)

What is wrong with this person. My 1767339, read my post on everyone's comments. How rude of a person are you! If you can't be kind, then don't comment.

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.

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.

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?

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

My Mum passed last week, it was a shame but we knew it was kinder for her as she had fallen and broken ribs and then she had a stroke, with the pain of her ribs and the stroke making her basically immobile and hard to swallow, so couldn't eat much except pureed food, she was helpless, so it was a kinder thing for her to pass. Love you Mum forever.

I don't understand how alot of people get really good points for doing the same thing as I do and I will only get 1 point for the same thing. Some have said it is about your points balance, the higher it is the more points you get, but that is so not true. I start my rewardia with the 5 point email reminder, then weather 1 point, picture poll, 1 point, discussion of the day, 1 point, recipes, 1 point, polls, 1 point. Then move onto surveys and play some scrabble or some other games for a couple of hours each day.

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

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...

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?

Thanks for sharing your recipe, sound tasty. My pumpkin soup is more basic than that, just onion, potato, pumpkin , stock and cream.

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.

I agree, look at the horrible demonstrations we have had in Victoria that always end in riots. I am assuming that most people that choose to come to Australia to live are looking for a better life. DON\u2019T BRING YOUR WARING SHIT HERE!

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.

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.

I have no problems with apps,BUT I wont pay for them.....I make my own appointments and I know what I am doing.....I am not that stupid

We should all watch Colossus: The Forbidden Project. Or The Terminator. It's here. It's there. It's dangerous. I'm not so worried about it in my life because I can try to limit it to a point. It's the AI in government and military hands that makes me a little frightened.

You have a choice! Nothing forcing you to use it - anything involving technology relies on power - have an outage and you have problems - reset this that and the other - why do you need technology to run everything in the first place? I have a key that opens my front door and if the power is out who cares! it will come back on sooner or later.

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". ;-(

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.'"

I am an American, and I did NOT vote for Trump and will not bow down to him! Many of us are outrage and are protesting against this. It is all over YouTube that Americans are on the side of the Canadians. We support you, and I feel I should cross the border to Canada and fight the US to defend you. However, I love my country, but this is not the country thopat I am proud of. You would not believe the people who are Trump supporters and thinks he is accomplishing great things! He cares only for himself and his power. We are terrified! We love Canada, but we are stuck in the middle and if war breaks out, we could be killed for what we don't even believe in. He thinks presidents do not have to abide by the law, and he can rreign as he wishes. Our only hope is that the people and congress stops him! He has already ruined our reputation. I called him Hitler because Hitler had followers also with mind control or whatever the government is using to control them! Their common sense is gone. There is no way Trump could get elected by people with good judgment with all the things he said during his campaign. He insulted women, blacks, Jews, immigrans and veterans. Virtually anyone that he thinks isn't as wonderful as he thinks he is. I even saw a picture of him with a crown! I will not be ruled. We are losing our rights, and he appointed Elon Musk to audit the government so he has access to everyone's personal information! I did NOT vote for that. They don't care what the average person wants. You should read Project 25! They even wanted to monitor women's menstrual cycles! How scary is that, and supposedly he won the election! I have a friend who read Project 25, and saw nothing wrong with it! When push comes to shove, he backs down, but the damage is done because Canada now hates the US! We need Canada and love Canada and the peaceful decades we have had with Canada! My dad said years and years ago that Canada has never caused problems! That is a huge benefit being so close to us. Trump has lost his mind, and everyone is afraid because he would have his "people" do his dirty for him and keep his own hands clean. However, he has so much blood on his hands that it boggles my mind. If he hadn't run for president, he would be in prison! That's who we voted into office, or did we? He was not going to lose, and we all know with his money and power, he couldn't lose! I am so sick of all the chaos that started on day one. If was the same way in his previous term. Everyday he bitched about something and how bad he's treated. Now he wants revenge and doesn't care about Ukraine and in his mind, the Panama Canal is now the American Canal. We have no legal right to it, and it is not run by China! He's nuts, but tomorrow it will be a whole different story! You can tell how upset I am, and I'm sure people are turning over in their graves. I'm 72 with no children so I don't fear anything he can do to me. People with children should consider moving...seriously! I could write page after page, but it's all out their on the Meidas Touch on their website and YouTube. Trump's neice Mary Trump has a podcast against her uncle. That's pretty bad! We need to band together and fight if need be. I can't see everything I'd like to say, but you can guess what I'm thinking. Congress better see the light and do something. He blames everything bad on everyone else and everything good is because of what has done. It's all lies! I've been praying for the world. It is not a US problem, but a worldwide one. People in power don't care about us poor people. Look at other countries with dicators. They were moving here, but they probably won't now. Immigration problem solved! Great tactic, Trump! Make the US so horrible no immigrants will move here! What an ass!!!

There is a big difference between alone and lonely (and you are deliberately mixing the two of 'them'). ALONE refers to the physical state of being by oneself, which can be a neutral or even positive experience. LONELY, on the other hand describes a feeling of sadness or isolation that rises from a lack of social connection or emotional support. FYI: You completely 'lost me' when you used the word THEM in your SCENARIO!

A huge achievement for my husband when he went to cardiologist and was told he now has an ecg of a 45 year old. This is after a few years of worry. He is a lovely gentle man.

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

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.

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.

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.

Respect their wishes. My elderly mother doesn't want to go into a aged care home unless she really really has to. And this would be if she is no longer able to walk which I doubt this would happen. She would have to have a very very nasty fall she uses a walker whereever she goes. Has neck fall pendant lets me or my partner know if fallen. My Mum is happy being independent in her own home

My favorite 2 restaurants in Oak Harbor, Washington are El Cazador and the D&H Mongolian Buffet. Although the prices have gone up a few dollars, for $15 you can eat all you want at the Buffet, which has everything anyone could want, and on Monday El Cazador offers a Senior Citizen's discount of 50% off any Combination dinner, and the amounts have NOT decreased! That means a 3 item (including refried beans, Spanish rice, and a serving of avocado and sour cream on lettuce, + chips and salsa to start), $20 combo is only $10! I eat half there, and bring half home, which I eat for dinner! Find gems like these and you'll be able to enjoy your time eating out! \ud83e\udd17\ud83d\ude0b\ud83e\udd2d

Just don\u2019t reply when we comment. I wish people would chat with me. I do get lonely sometimes and have no friends. You sound mean.

Never had the clot shot. Never got covid. I know many people who got the clot shot and still got covid. The covid clot shot is not a vaccine. It is harmful. Many people have been severely injured or killed by the clot shot. Why take something that does not work and has the potential to severely harm or kill you? Don't be brainwashed by the media.

Reading, Writing & Arithmatic, Home Economics including basic money and its use. The teachers should also teach them some manners. A "Please", "Thank You", "I am Sorry" are the sort of Manners which can take you a long way. However I do NOT think that Teachers and Schools should be required to provide Breakfast for the Children. That is the Parents Responsibility, nor should they be expected to provide Pre/Post School Care, Holiday Care. They are TRAINED to Teach and that is what they sould be allowed to do.

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!

I don't agree with this discussion, people wear what they wear, if you don't like it, stay off public transport. I wouldn't mind at all. Everybody has the right to wear what they want. People are just to effended these days. I enjoy looking at people and I don't judge them by what they wear or lack of. I don't judge people period. If you don't like what people wear in public then the problem is not them, it's you.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You are lucky you had a toilet to use. In my day it was the dunny down the yard. They didn't have toilets mostly, it was a hole in the ground. Then came the little house down the yard with a wooden box over a hole in the ground, which was filled over with dirt & a new hole made. Then came the big drums in the hole & the Dunny/Sanitary cart came along & exchanged the drums over. My life goes a long way back. We used torn up paper (usually the phone pages) or newspapers for toilet paper.

Well sorry but I would not allow them to do that , Tell the parents you will come to their place from now on lol See what happens

Start with the parents, ask why a 12 year old is out at 3am. Why courts are letting them out on bail and then they are arrested that afternoon on the same charge. Why criminal gangs are getting away with paying kids to steal cars for them to use in Fire-bombing business that are operating on their turf. I don't have any solution except make Youth Crime a federal offense as it's not being solved at state level.

Dragged to church for 16 years, now an atheist for 36. Never forced my sons' into religion and they've turned out to be hard working, moral young men without it.

I have no experience with Emergency Department, but they are understaffed and underpaid. The fault lies with the government and has for years; it took Covid to bring it to everyone's attention. They do the best with what's available. Sorry for your experience but it happens every day.

I have been retired for 6 years and every day is now a holiday for me. If I feel like going out I can, but if I am too tired I just stay at home and relax and work on increasing my Rewardia points. I am hoping to earn enough to buy a large screen TV.

Almost all scrolling on the phone aren\u2019t doomscrolling Nafka! Except a few negative effects, there are heaps of positive benefits of this act! Knowledge seeking, creativity, meeting like minded people, expressing ideas, and experiencing professional content you never came across before are some of the positives! For any elderly person, it\u2019s far better time being spent meaningfully (whether it\u2019s night or day) than logically, I believe! Especially, at your mature age there are no hard and fast rules to be followed! It\u2019s your time and your law! No one can dictate terms to them! Most of their stressors generate positive energy which helps more brain power and a greater awareness in them! \ud83d\ude00

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

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?

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!

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!

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.