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Why not ask your boss to write a list of questions that you will ask the doc to answer. It'd be a huge overstep and invasion of privacy for me. I'd also be surprised if the doctor thought it at all appropriate

After a trip to Japan and at the start of the Victorian Govt's piss-poor & nonsensical idea (of many) to build a spur line to run from Cheltenham to Monash with no business plan. & other rail works in the pipeline. It occurred to me we should contract the Japanese to bring the equipment, the...

My cousin is 3/4 way through a giant house reno. extending and going up. Her husband usually pops past on this morning run; one day was delayed about half an hour. Or he'd have met the tradie who dismantled the scaffolding and stole it! Clear footage of number plate from Neighbours across the...

"Artist's Render" = fairy stories for travellers asthose of us from Melbourne will attest when it comes to anything re motely to do with an airport link. Or other train lines in Melbourne.....

Holy moley DrRon. I have no idea how you've retained your sylph-like figure. I've been looking at the fabulous food shots and am getting as fat as a trout.

I think we are the poorer since Google & Wikipedia came on the scene. In the golden days of yore, if you went to the encyclopaedia or dictionary you didn't just find the word you were looking for, but also saw the words either side - which were sometimes really interesting.

I have never been able to use "Overseas Travel" and "Pack Light" in the same sentence

Isn't it terrifying to sit in the passenger seat with a learner driver behind the wheel. 60 k is absolutely flying and you have no brake pedal on that side

About 20 years ago we were travelling in France, when we got to our hotel in Avignon I needed to do a wash. I baulked at paying 2 Euro per pair of knickers & asserted 'there must be a laundromat somewhere'. One hot hour later and quite a few terse exchanges between me & MrMac we found one. The...

If you happed to live in Melbourne there's a shop called "Abode" in Camberwell Rd opposite the town hall, which sells Actil hotel quality sheets (in fact I think that's how they are branded. Had them for my childrens' beds & the kids would wear out before the sheets did

At the risk of sounding like a crabby Nanna - half these inconsiderate people should be zapped with a taser

"No, Nope, Nada....said every insurance company ever.They keep stonewalling - like the examples above - until you give up and go away!

now that's showstopping

I am reliably informed by MrMac - (a golfer for 60 years) that once he starts to play badly it's a sign that he needs another club or a new putter. He's been trying to buy his way out of trouble for many many years

Instal movement detector lights that will go on when anyone goes into the back garden at their place. Hire a trampoline and have a few mates over, add plentiful alcohol stand back and watch the show. Play opera. Loud. Spread Dynamic Lifter around (that's also helpful for your new plantings...

Yup & mine was Village Gold. I really wanted to see the film so just rocked up & same as you the three times I tried failed and only one other couple. I put on my cranky granny face but the staff couldn't give a fig

You do realize that they'll never be happy about anything you do?We had a cranky old sourpuss living next door to us; she confiscated tennis or footballs and wouldn't give them back even when the kids went and asked politely. Eventually one day I asked her what brand of vinegar she drank every...

Where do papers get these 'journalists'? In this week's food section a story about new restaurants - I read 'gildas served with jamon and potato crisps'. What is a gilda? Then 'Well regarded restaurant...is about to open a sophmore location seaside'. So are we in America? We would say sister...

Who would want to be judged by 12 people not smart enough to get out of jury duty?

A priest, a rabbi and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender asks the rabbit "what'll ya have?". The rabbit says "I don't know, I'm only here because of Autocorrect"