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Telstra tech. scam.

Just had a phone call purporting to be Telstra technical services saying I had a problem with my internet connection.'Foreign' voice of course. I wasn't on the laptop at the time, so I told him I would connect and he could ring me back. He did ring b...

The choice to use a taser isn't a safe one

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-12/man-dies-in-custody-at-police-station-in-bowral/6011580

A cop gave me clothing

Well, he was probibly a security guard, but he looked like a cop. He worked at the agency giving away clothing, he told me to pick out two tops, two bottoms, or a dress that counted as both, two pairs of socks, He went and found shoes my size. and ha...

I am sorry, I shouldn't have been so harsh

now I understand why you blame the victim. By blaming the victim of "doing something that caused someone else to do harm to them" you can feel safe because you are not doing that thing. It's a self defense mechanism. The problem is that it doesn't wo...

human inadequacies

Men are so hopeless at doing anything except drinking beer and watching tv that they should be banned from all other activities so that women may do everything right the first time and I'm not being sarcastic

list of apartments

I have been given a list of apartments to apply at. Cool, I looked up the location of a few. First one, no one in the office, no one around. The second apartment complex took my application, it went rather well, 3 year waiting list so they say. the t...

Let the cute animals begin

Bigpond problems.

Is anyone else having problems trying to connect to the bigpond website I haven't been able to get in since last night.

How do I cancel default file naming for pdfs?

Every time I want to name a saved file in the pdf format, the program defaults to a previous file name that I used about 20 documents ago. It's so frustrating. I want to give each saved file a UNIQUE name. I DON'T WANT to be prompted to give it the n...

Drug Haul In Sydney's West

Police have seized more than $20m worth of drugs as well as an Uzi submachine gun and an assault rifle at a property in Sydney's west. Last Thursday detectives from the drug squad went to a property at Edensor Park during an operation for Strike Forc...

A weekend in Adelaide

I will be there is 2 weeks with my 13 year old daughter for a girly weekend. Staying in the city near the gallery and we will be walking every where. I haven't been for about 8 years. So need some ideas. Best place for breakfast?Cool places for dinne...

Junior MasterChef Contestant's Sexist Comment.

A young, budding MasterChef contestant has caused way too much heat in the kitchen with a sexist remark. Victor Beltrán, one of the stars of Spain’s Junior MasterChef, dropped the clanger in front of 3.2 million viewers.The 12-year-old stated girls w...

City traffic delays question

Just watching the news and seeing yet another traffic back up in Sydney because of an accident got me wondering. What happens to all the people travelling to work caught up in these long hold ups? Do their employers just have to wear it? Do they have...

I didn't know Campbell Newman was an athlete?