“Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today…” No it doesn’t. You’ll be pleased to hear that Mrs Bob and I are still happily married and I’m very lucky to have her. She is the best. I just wanted to quote Tammy Wynette, I have no idea why. What I do know though is that getting divorced in [...]
consumer watchdogs
In the 10 years that we’ve lived in Australia, we’ve bought quite a bit of stuff. Furniture, electrical goods, white goods, beds, houses, cars, all sorts of stuff. As anybody who buys stuff knows, sometimes things go wrong. Of all the stuff we’ve bought, things have gone wrong on several occasions, and by and large [...]
A friend of mine bought some shoes here in Australia a few weeks ago, within a day they had fallen apart. On closer inspection it looked like the uppers and soles of the shoes were made of cardboard. He took them back for a refund, but the girl in the shop was totally confused. “How [...]
