Category: Home and Family

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The First Car Conundrum – AND a guide to helping your kid buy his first car.

January 18, 2017

You are going to help your child buy his first car? If you’re like me you want him to have a Hummer or maybe a Sherman Tank. He wants a Californian Moke, an Army surplus Jeep or maybe a 1969 Corvette Stingray. Our wishlists are polar opposites. I’m the WORST parent to take car-shopping.

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Ringing Emergency 000 – My first time.

January 8, 2017

I enjoy a good TV emergency. It’s shocking, and I spend a lot of time rolling my eyes, but it’s also an education on how to, and how NOT to behave in an emergency situation. Though I’ll never be the one who has hiked off into the Snowy Mountains with children, only one Snickers in my pocket and one bar of battery in my phone, I wondered if I would ever get to demonstrate my superior behaviour when it comes to dialling Emergency 000. Well, I did. … More Ringing Emergency 000 – My first time.

The “I’m Bored” Backhander (or A Guide to School Holiday Woes 101)

January 3, 2017

Contrary to political correctness my ‘smacking hand’ gets very twitchy this time of year when I begin to hear the refrain….”I haven’t got anything to do…” Instead of using the electric cattle prod, (which was my first idea)….perhaps try these – … More The “I’m Bored” Backhander (or A Guide to School Holiday Woes 101)