I had an email from Telstra the other day, warning me that I had used 85% of my 100 GB monthly data allowance on my internet plan, with more than 2 weeks to go til the end of the billing cycle. This is the first time that has happened in the year since I got …
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Amway – Hilarious Blog to visit!
Amway strikes me as a really efficient way to lose your friends and alienate your family. My only direct experiences of multilevel marketing are two separate instances where acquaintances and friends of mine got entangled into Amway and its Australian offshoot Omega Trends and tried to get me involved (out of politeness I heard them …
Merry Christmas from Ernest in Bad Santa guise
White Ribbon Foundation – How to spot when a charity is not worthy of your support….
I have a reasonably good and prosperous life, so I do like to give back, albeit probably not as much as I should or can afford. I have several charities to whom I have authorised direct debit on a monthly basis, as the main way that I give back. One of them is, or rather …
Grill’d’s latest controversy…
If you get to know me, you will realise that proper use of apostrophes is one of those things I go a bit OCD about. The above heading, where I chose to use a possessive apostrophe with the word “Grill’d” which does not exactly need a contraction, is something which almost sent me a little …
The Simple Suburban Peasant Life….
Yesterday afternoon, I picked a giant bowl of strawberries from my strawberry patch in my back yard. This is what I, in my mundane lower middle class suburban existence, see as getting back in contact with my peasant origins! Yet, as my mother might say (and does, most times I visit her), I have not …
The Ghost in the Machine…
iTunes is gone. What do we have now? I tried using Apple Music just now, for what I think is the first time since they deleted iTunes (I am not sure as I am not tech savvy). I have found what is there now totally unresponsive, playing songs by artists I want to listen to …
Jim Wong’s for sale
https://www.goodfood.com.au/eat-out/news/he-loved-everything-about-footscray-jim-wong-restaurant-for-sale-after-60-years-20191025-h1j50f It is rather sad to read today that Jim Wong’s Chinese Restaurant, a Footscray institution, is for sale. It’s been there for as long as I can remember and I have many fond memories of lunches and dinners there. Hopefully it finds a new owner and continues for many more years to come.
Grumble about frequent flyer points
I’m a skeptic about frequent flyer points anyway. When Ansett collapsed in late 2001 I lost 58000 points in my private account, mostly through use of my diners club card as main credit card. So when I was trying to get some points from Qantas over my emirates flights to Italy, I was hoping that …
Why climbing Ayers Rock is wrong
I’m conservative and I still call it Ayers Rock. I visited it in 2005 and my heart skipped a beat when I first saw it. But did I try to climb it? No way! Aside from the fact I am not some sort of insane mountaineering type, there were signs all over the place from …
Lost For Words! 