John Browning

Steve if you can't get the School Dental Service option to work for you, there is a another way of getting a decent discount: Instead of paying upfront for Dental Extras on your Private Cover...have you considered registering with Smile.com, and using one of their dentists?

yes Ashleigh....but even if you don't pay at the consultation.... how much does it cost you.

-does anyone have any recent experience claiming their British Old Age Pension? -what has been your experience? In theory, DSS in the UK owe me a small pension for the years I worked there. -But in practice, I'm not keen taking on the task while there is any doubt about my assets test for the OZ pension. Any first hand experience?? John B

-Yes, Philly, just can't understand why anyone making the trip to / from UK wouldn't chose a break somewhere on route....a couple of days in places such as Malaysia (-or most places for that matter) usually turns out to be really cheap when you add everything up. And it's so much better for your health to intentionally keep the flights down to 12 hours (-I know two really quite fit people who have developed DVT's on longer flights) JB

well Amazon is available in Australia of course, so this might be all a bit misleading. If you are fed up with high shipping costs try bundling services like MyUS for the States. Aldi and Kogan and Woolworths and Big W and Bunnings etc etc already do grocery/ delivery type services. For smaller electronic and hardware / tools etc etc I use Bang Good, which can be a tad slow but has dirt cheap shipping costs. And of course most of the big Furniture , Hardware retailers will loan you a trailer Really, -considering the distance between cities in Oz...I don't think we do that badly My only real gripe is that anything delivered by Aust Post seems to need a signature, but they are happy to set up a mail box for you. John B

yes Tamara...lucky most people in Adelaide don't live in the bush, isn't it ? Time to clean the filters on the AirCon and wipe off the blades of the ceiling fans (-I use a weak solution of Eucalyptus and Tea Tree Oil

I think the photo above is, in fact a red moon event. As Curnow says the whole thing isn't that big a deal given that the moon looks even bigger every night when it rises (and the image is magnified by the earth's atmosphere). On the other hand SA is a wonderful place to observe the sky you just need to pick a spot away from city lights. JB

in the approx Norwood area.... look at Klemzig and adjacent suburbs -that will give you access to super fast OBahn links

Sadly the Metro Transport people no longer do their big map, just a multitude of small ones. Curiously,whatever the form of transport, I've always found the Bike SA Cycling Maps of Adelaide the best for route planning, and house hunting, + they are also free Word to the wise:; be extra careful about Adelaide suburb names: (QV)

Well, I guess the argument is ......we've been producing Yellow Cake (as a bi product of Copper Mining ) for generations now, then shipping the stuff all over the world. + We have a few of the world's most secure sites for the Geological Disposal of the waste. So... A) we can't deny our responsibility B) we have a better means of dealing with the problem we've helped to create, than most others C) which would you prefer -a few state of the art facilities in places like Canada and Finland and Australia, or a thousand dumps in places like Bangladesh and Africa? JB

Pub wise...try The British (? Finnis St, North Adelaide); or hop on the tram to the Wheatsheaf, George St, Thebarton (-huge range of beers, live music, family friendly, darts and pool, and no Pokies) JB

one of the most physically demanding jobs I've ever analysed -basically they are looking for super fit younger people, ideally with a history in the home removal trade JB

ADS?? -why bother...just record anything that looks like it might be interesting on a PVR and flick through to the stuff you want to watch indispensable for watching movies JB

you might do better trying your hand at vineyard work. especially if you have an aptitude for pruning and trellising the Barossa, Eden Valley,Virginia, Adelaide Hills, Southern Vales, Limestone Coast and Langhorne Creek are worth a go John B

yes I use gas for my main space heating in the evening ....but don't forget to ask the land lord (-the college-) for an annual check...a blocked flu can ramp up the carbon monoxide levels without you being aware of anything. JB

Reading through the recent posts on the difficulties people have keeping their houses warm... It occurs to me that New Chums aren't complaining about the weather so much (-after all, it rarely gets below 12 to 15C during the day in Adelaide, and hardly ever much lower than 5C at night). .....Balmy in comparison with Melbourne and Canberra, Hobart and Alice Springs Perhaps what people are missing is the lack of Central Heating? You might want to try these two tips.... 1) that Reverse Cycle Air Conditioner can be quite expensive to run all evening as your main source of heat However, most of them can be programmed to switch on late afternoon for a couple of hours, before you get home. This will give you a very cheap source of background warmth, and make a big difference on your home coming. 2) most ceiling fans can be switched to a very gentle reverse motion.....just enough to flick the pool of warm air near the ceiling back down to where it is needed, but without causing a draft - Try it and tell me it's not cheaper John B

well if TPG is bad you should try BigPond Is it my imagination, or does the old copper network slow down even more in wet weather ( -i know that sounds ridiculous....but have you ever been down one of those cable pits -they are really archaic) I'm voting for the first party that stops obsessing about "balanced budgets" and comes up with a plan to buy back all the utilities...Telco's; Electricity; Gas ; Water; Freeways ; Prisons - the whole lot JB

Masha...have you considered a ducted vacuum system? no more expensive; two or three times the power; much bigger capacity, and -best of all .....the dust (and the noise) are outside the house ( - mines a Hoover brand. Bought it dead cheap on the 'net) JB

Tully, are you disposing of the waste yourself or are you looking for an inclusive quote: felling PLUS removal? JB

don't the Red Cross still stock these? drop in and mooch their excellent Op Shop while you are there: 125 Henley Beach Rd (-and also North East Road from memory JB

The other up- front cost we've overlooked here is a car check: We don't have M O T tests here, so if you are buying a used car (or even a demo vehicle) you'd be daft not to get the RAA to give it the once over It's quick, it's cheap. - Even if they don't discover significant problems ....the report is a great basis for negotiating the price Just as important, if the dealer hums and haah's when you ask to arrange the inspection.....that tells you everything you need to know..... just walk away! JB

what's confusing? -well we seem to have two different threads here JB

- how quaint

Hamps - getting confused here...please check the other thread Would you like a contact in the Customisation Industry? if so, please send a private message JB

Mmmm ...did you ever hear George Clooney taking about Rosemary ? - she went from being one of the most famous people in the world, back to being his Auntie, in the space of a few days..... (- how do you do that? )