Not happy with Optus even before the hacking incident. Paid so much for 5G but the service is terrible. Even if there's a class action, how much can you get?

HUbby is a big Billy fan. He has all his movies, books and whatever else he has released over the years. I have grown to like him, he seems like a lovely genuine man who says it like it is.

Oh Walter W that happens every where not just in America and yes it is very wrong and very unethical, but the bank needs guarantees and unless some one is going to guarentee that the black man won't forfeit on a loan they simply won't give it to any of them. Very sad and very unjust. It happens all the time and the black man works just as hard as a white man (maybe some times even harder.) But what can one do, go guarantor on a loan for some one they don't know? Would you do that?

Hi Mary. I have asked our content manager about it, here is the answer: you have 1 published Daily Poll and 5 declined. Two of them were about "What would your favourite dog be?" or so, declined because we already have a lot of "dog" Polls. The reason for the rest three polls is a very trivial - the text of the Question is too long. If we've got some Polls with a long text in the Question and some compact ones, shorts will win

When I first joined Rewardia I was a little surprised at getting like responses to some of my comments. I've got used to it now. I have a Facebook ID but don't bother 'Liking" very much.

For a while Trump didn't like New Zealand either. A lot of people criticised Sweden too for touting that they're just gonna let the virus run rampant and develop heard immunity (initially). Oh and Boris Johnson has had his fair share of criticism. I think the media is just doing the rounds. Out of all of us I think China has copped it the worse even though they seemed to have dealt with the pandemic better than most countries. Oh well. Who's next?

I have just spent ages completing a survey for Otago University and at the finish I got the shrug of the shoulders and told I was screened out and given 18 points. I COMPLETED THE ENTIRE SURVEY

Question: Are you going to give Aboriginals back their land and leave Australia (which white Australians took by illegal means)? Furthermore, white Australians' politicians get freebees at the expense of the taxpayers - all the time! What is your point? NO - colonialism was NEVER a good thing for indigenous people or minorities!

It's always surprised me just how much stuff women can store in their handbag...they have to be a lot bigger on the inside....like the Tardis

Yeah I got one saying I'm highly intelligent, extremely good looking and hot. I made it myself and it is an outstanding piece of work.

Just loved Water Rats, a crime show based around Sydney Water Police. It finished suddenly in 2001 and just in the few years while reminiscing I found out that the reason for this was that Colin Friels had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He is about the only person that I am aware of who has survived pancreatic cancer. God bless him.

I miss mine terribly, but I often feel he is still here watching over me. Especially when something goes wrong and somehow I find the tool or whatever to make it right again. He knows what is still in his garage and seems to guide me there.

When I purchase a bunch of anything that has roots, mainly shallots, they go straight into the ground. They just keep on giving. I only have to purchase about two bunches a year. My mum has always done that so I guess I learned from her. A few years back it was a big thing. I remember people regrowing celery. I managed that one, but an idiot who lives in my house thought it was a weed and that was the end of that.

Most surveys say that in 'timed tests, it has been found that this survey takes 8 to 10 minutes to complete'. This does not take into account the fact that many surveys have essay questions, pay attention questions, I am not a robot questions and that they usually ask the same BS questions over and over again thus making that 8 to 10 minutes more like an hour or two. Beware! Most 25 point surveys usually take an hour or two or three even! Rule of thumb- always assume that surveys can be very short or very long regardless of what they tell you! If you don't have the time needed and you are not sure if you can save the survey for later, do not start surveys you are not sure of their length. What I hate is when they tell you that you must accumulate X number of points before you can cashout! BTW Rewardia requires 50K points for $50 cash or gift cards/codes.

Great I'll post my Fish and Chips one. - Just go to your local fish+chippy shop, give them 10 bucks and all is done. The easiest meal you will have ever prepared. 1,000 points please.

Well aren't you the feisty one?..good luck with that..I get kicked out of most surveys or ripped off half way through..or at the end...almost all of them are really annoying...you just pray its not another insurance company or bank or health fund...after 65 it seems to be a miracle to get any surveys....Some times you get really brilliant surveys..that make it really worthwhile...but most of the time it is pure dross...

If she says thank you while you're holding the door and you don't like her voice, do you let the door go on her?

Naval intelligence. Since when did my belly button become such a smartie? Yes, this is a joke before someone explain that it's not....

Having just found out that my latest op. did not work, I worry for my partner. He's already been doing much of the domestic chores on my behalf, whilst also carting me about some distance to various health appointments. We are both in our mid eighties and don't know how long we can keep being active. Who will need extra care first? As seniors we are not in a position to pay for much home care and I see the news says that is to be increased in price to seniors using it. Life in the old lane isn't much fun is it?

My sons Birthday is December 18th, I always told him his Birthday is his special day and Christmas is for everybody.

Just as I thought... Benson hasn't given any constructive answers so far. Perhaps he needs some multiple choice questions... hmmm or is he just never going to tell?:

i did this stupid thing once as a kid i got this old sign when i was living in a little town calla Yunta north of Adelaide it was 40 degrees thought it would be fun to attach it to the roof and slide down into the pool,yes after i did it i realized hot iron burns I thought i could just pour a bit of detergent on it mixed in water,i won't go on but my butt still bares the scares some 50 years later, people didn't laugh at me they laughed at how i did it a story still told to embarrass me

So far very interesting over here .. Looks like batman's brought his own robin . lions ,tigers and bears? Drinking beers to forget one ...but not a lone ranger? Hmm all so cryptic boys. Do carry on .. Do bears need to watch Tiger movies now ?

I'm not retired and definitely do not believe elderly people are a burden. I feel similar to you about pensioners having paid there fair share of taxes. I also think that elderly people add a lot of value because they offer unique insight due to growing up in a different time. I've knoticed that Western cultures don't treat their elderly as nicely as Eastern cultures and this should change.

Not sure if anyone else was still awaiting this amazing pension increase the media has been amping up to start on the 20th ? Well that was my payday and nope did not arrive. I have to wait yet another fortnight. Maybe it's d.s.payments get even further overlooked? Disappointed..very!!

I think if you check, I will be allowed to come in! – Comment by the queen at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, 1991

Also when I lived at my parents as a teen I used to chuck avocado seeds in the backyard garden. They have a few fruiting avocado trees now. Apple cores/seeds chucked out a little before winter solstice (in temperate climates) should get enough cold hours to start sprouting by spring. You can also wash apple seeds then chuck em in a container with damp paper towel in the fridge (keep checking that it's damp) and this will give them enough cold hours to start sprouting (100% success I've found with this as all seeds sprouted). So yeah mum n dad have a few apple trees and crabapple trees.

i was doing this, on my phone, and trying to go over it pulled down on screen, and whole page RELOADED, so not keen on this one yet.... maybe tomorrow.... ON THE COMPUTER HAHA

Doesn't take long at all, but now that Rewardia have Countdown vouchers I might get those in the future, it's as good as money since we all have to buy food

Well Edward...I'm a year older than you...expected some sort of rough passage and have both AZ shots...still walking around which is the main objective....after my first shot I had fairly horrific side effects...I spent 24 hours in bed...and one two occasions thought I might need to call an ambulance....I really thought I might die...next day I was fine.....on the second jab...absolutely nothing....and it was the same deal with my son...first shot is your body tooling up for the virus...second one is just backup mate...it seems to be the most effective vaccine....doesn't wear off so easily....honestly Edward...I'm not frightened of covid any more...I feel really safe mate....too some extent I've now been there already and done that...its strange...

Hmm would they be called Main ribs? actually i have heard of Prime ribs..maybe Spare ribs are the poor cousins? mmmm ribs..yum.

I bought some eggs from Coles recently and the first two eggs were double yokers. First time I have seen one since I was a child.

I love this game. Have played it before on one of the other game sites. Really love seeing new games added now and then to keep it fresh!

They want more personal data from you so they can SELL this information of YOURS to other groups, corps, companies, etc. Ever notice when doing surveys we are told NOT to share personal data and NOT to share anything we read ro hear or see outside of our households? Then they tell us that violation is a criminal offense and can result in fines and/or jail terms? They are NOT kidding! I know of a friend who posted all re the surveys he'd just done at Group X (No, I am not even allowed to share this data at all) and he was fined $200 USD but, in all fairness, it was NOT a US based survey. No, I have no desire to see if the same is true here in the States! Caveat emptor (Let the buyer beware) goes double for online surveys rules and laws!

BORING! \ud83e\udd71 Full grown men (supposedly) chasing a little ball around a field. \ud83d\ude44 At least with New Zealand no longer playing, the regular TV shows won't get bumped any more. \ud83d\ude42

Cher Horowitz in the movie 'Clueless' played by Alicia Silverstone. Nora Clark in the movie 'Step Up' played by Jenna Dewan.

Zamplia is a totally useless site Felicity...just close it down and go onto the next survey....don't waste your time....life is too short...

When I was a kid at school my mate discovered that if you boil a golf ball for a couple of hours and then stab it with a steak knife it actually explodes...not a lot of people know that....

The first album I bought was Harvest by Neil Young. The first concert was The Rolling Stones at Memorial Drive...I remember the concert but not much after that....

Wars. Kill the other bloke but not your troops. But taking a line of fish hooks past the surf is a nice peacetime use.

Sorry not for me, you have a right to your own opinions ( as long as the government and so called do Gooders say you can) but it\u2019s not something I want forced on me.

I find Chrome isn't very good...I use WaterFox...I find it much better and faster...see...even when you are grumpy and rude...people still want to help you....

the lowest cash amount I can withdraw is $50...and that is what I do as soon as I hit target....they might change the rules...they might not even be there tomorrow...then what would you do?...leave it there and any interest earned does not go to you either!

Cooked people and cooked pigs evidently taste much the same, and I understand Maori were not shy about doing a spot of people cooking. The Maori ate other Maori, then suddenly along came white people and they had a choice!

I had one ring me at tea time, we had friends over, I answered it and told him I would get back to him shortly,3 bottles of wine half a bottle of bourbon 4 and a half hours of laughs and stories I heard my phone talking in the silence after my guests had left,yes he was still there I hung up persistent little buggers there like mosquitoes buzzing around trying to bite you

Does the date matter. I celebrate emigrating here every day. Why only one day of the year? Why not just celebrate living in Australia, a great country, every day?

I guess we are not talking about White-Collar-Crime (WCC). In the Banking scandal of 2008 where trillions of dollars were stolen and not one WCC went to prison (Who says crime doesn't pay?). So exactly what prisoners are we talking about?

If someone pulled that stroke on me I'd take it to the cop shop and tell him to prove his identity to them

my choice would be [ the] because most languages especially English would be stuffed without it,my personal favourite would be dude

People are dangerous...and they are the ones applying AI...AI will spot and diagnose that cancer or tumour your doctor missed entirely...will be able to do surgery better....AI will eventually pick all that fruit and work in the fields day and night for you....rescue people in disaster situations...predict earthquakes...fires and floods...pollinate plants...transport you where you want to go cheaply and safely....it is up to us to decide what we want this brilliant new tool to do....you cannot blame the technology..it is possible for it to extend and enrich our lives... lets hope for once that we just use common sense...

It was only for the DFRDB scheme (Defend force retirements and death benefits scheme) who received a 3.6% increase on the indexed part of their pensions on 01-01-2023.

My troubles with PTSD, manic depression, bipolar, ADHD, generalized anxiety and social anxiety. And Yes Covid did make it unmanageable. Before the pandemic I was taking 1 medication, and now I take 5.

You win some you loose some, but eventually perseverance will save the Day!, If you add enough drops of water you get a Drink.

Same as you Edward re needing any money possible to supplement a Carers benefit- which is definitely below minimum wage. Anything to go towards petrol which is a horrendous price.

Kitty, I would just like to suggest to you trading on the ASX, if you are aren't already. I guess Kiwis are able to trade on the Australian Stock Exchange easily. I would just like to share my experience. About 10 years ago I came across a book in the library called Top Stocks by Martin Roth. He brings out a new upgraded version each year at around this time. It is basically the thoroughly researched lowdown on the top 100 companies in Australia. They all must pay twice yearly dividends to get into the book. It sets out the criteria for making it to the 100. It is just fantastic for learning the ropes about investing in shares. I get so much pleasure of watching the ups and downs on the stock market. We are all investing in shares through our superannuation but you cannot get your hands on it until retirement age. Having a bit invested in the stock market on your own gives you the option of taking a bit of cash easily if you ever need some quick money. One just cannot go wrong with the 100 ASX sha

U pay for what u get, cheap and nasty is almost always never healthy for you. Not too mention loaded with sugar and unhealthy fats. Thats not a treat, thats another nail in your coffin.

The whole Liberal Party can make a choir (if you can take them all). They can\u2019t put their visions, policies and actions together, no one can lead, even Barnaby Joyce is about to jump ship. Plenty of them for you to choose, rescue them before the ship sinks further.

It\u2019s not broken you have to press exit with points when exiting the color lines game and the pending rewards for the survey take within 2 hours to be approved and the game offers under the offers and apps tab show up within 48 hours

This happened to me at the pub a few nights ago...I thought what he said was disrespectful to me, so I told him where to go... Then, he apologised to me...I made allowances after hearing what he'd been through....now, after his apology...we're the best of friends ...sort of....he thinks I'm his friend...I don't want be his.

Got a $20 one also but not here! Have earned $97 this month so far on PP and its only 18th. But have to admit I'm managing more success here lately. 2000 ($2) a day most days and sometimes more.

I think we should be compensated 1000 points everytime we are mislead about the length of the survey, 1000 points for everytime we complete a survey and then told we didn't qualify and 1,000,000 points everytime the qualifying stuff goes more than 30 seconds!!!

I love it when you accidentally push a wrong button and it says "You have been screened out because are not a human!!" LOL

a glass that says i didn't drink the whole bottle and a picture of pinocio with a long nose going around the glass

Watched a news item on Denmark. They have lifted all mandates on masks, distance and all that. The chief epidemiologist says they are well vaccinated so let it rip. Sure they have heaps of cases but very few deaths. Are we bold enough here to do likewise. No! Too many anti vaccers I think.

Australia has an extremely good chance of surviving a nuclear war...an American think tank drew up the three most likely results of a nuclear war and in every case Australia was still sitting there....after everything likely to be fired had run out...however the Northern Hemisphere wasn't there anymore....or ruined... strange days indeed....Australia as a really major world power?..really?

Went through all that in the Canterbury quakes, A little camping cooker type thing helped us boil water etc .just a 2 element type thing with little gas bottle. Barbeque of course and always canned food ,powdered milk and always have boiled water in containers in your kit. oh very important cash, as usually eft pos and power goes of course as it did in Christchurch for at least a week, cant quite remember as I try to block it out :(

1. How can a man go eight days without sleep? 2. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it? 3. What goes up and down, but remains in the same place? 4. What is your body's largest organ?

Thanks for giving the invisibles a voice Edward ,lets hope one of those numnuts pays attention for once and keep on fighting the good fight!:) renter yes. D.s.p yes. constantly financially struggling .If you work 5 hrs a week at minimum wage think that tips you over their ridiculously low amount allowed to earn before pensions start reducing.so what is the point ? Paying to get there in the first place,taxi or own car petrol.I am lucky my rent has not increased but in my last home of 18 yrs ,the new landlords tripled the rent over that last 5 yr period. I ended up being evicted because I was always running a little bit late.much happier here over 6 yrs but you never know as a tenant what's going to change hey?? .good days and bad,then another year has gone by...

I think they still use it especially the turquoise which always at what appears to be the last question (a quality control question) always come up with confirming the points....you were screened out. I dont do these anymore because it happens every time and they get the info & I get nothing. The green surveys normally just screen out straight away or only after a few qualifying questions.

I love Blue Surveys ?? they are my Favorite ones of all it's all in good fun people a least we have a good chance every day ??

I'm wondering whether the Australian people will vote for a Labour government next time. Usually Labour governments help people who are at the bottom or who are struggling. I think an Australian Labour government would be your answer. See what policies they are offering on increasing pensions. Other than a petition or a large protest group marching to parliament.

I would learn and take advice from New Zealand who are the world leaders in such matters. Again !!!!

or be careful what you are signing up for...you sign up and Angie gets paid...and then you know what they say about an Octopus?,,,hey its your call..

Beef hamburg fried as patties into hamburgers. I wonder if Gardner deliberately created the name Hamilton Burger for the DA in Perry Mason? Now the ads on ME-TV have Perry being offered a hamburger in a diner and saying he was on diet. They also say that the DA is a hamburger. I did not use the DA played by Wm Talman on TV Perry Mason series in any of my fanfictions I write and share online. I did marry off Paul Drake the private detective o a descendant of Nancy Drew! OK it is the 22nd Century and these characters are on other worlds in my stories. I really got reamed when I wed Hogan's Heroes Wolfgang Hochstetter to Helga Schmidt. He was a Gestapo major and she was Klink's secretary who really helped out Hogan and his small group of saboteurs and travel agents!

The only mobile phone I've ever owned is when a friend bought me one about 15 years ago as a present. I didn't even bothered to get it activated. People look at me like I'm some kind of freak when they ask me for my mobile number and I say I don't have one. There are 200,000 more mobile phones in the world than there are people (yes there are, google it) and yet a third of this planet live in poverty. Too hell with mobile phones I say. It's my own personal protest.

what about tailgaters who try and push you along when you are doing the speed limit? Today I heard one third of all crashes are caused by drugs

This was in good fun. I found an army of ants in the kitchen crawling along the wall. My husband told me to cook something and they'll go away :)

If it's a sunny day and you don't feel like going out that's OK, make sure to open some windows a little for some fresh air and let the sunshine filter in. Play some music, I find it takes my mind off the immediate problem , just aim for upbeat styles. I mix up my favourite drink usually an iced coffee around lunchtime... or a cup of tea always good and calming. If you like to cook make something to treat yourself or you could share with a friend or neighbour? You could concentrate on a quiz show and pat yourself on the back whenever you get one right ! Drink water.. may sound odd but being dehydrated could make you feel worse and be giving you a headache .l just try and do the small things that I can do or feel like doing in such times . Any little bit helps oh and call a friend for a laugh is always the best medicine of course ! Best wishes Tania \ud83d\ude42

Conratulations....you are the hundredth person to ask the EXACTLY same question on Rewardia recently...without looking to see if there is an answer...I've answered this many times...as have loads of other people...don't hold your breath for customer support...there isn't much chance of that....whatever happens it is not Rewardia's fault

I'm finding hard just to take surveys I think I have done over 100 surveys in the last few days and 99% screen you out today I done 20 odd surveys with three of them I got to the point where I thought it was rolling back to award my points for the survey only to find it tells me I was screened out once I completed the survey this has happed 3 times today I had issue with a same type of problem only days ago and contacted them to say I wasn't awarded my points only to be told I need to supply a screen shot to prove what had happened when it is near impossible to screen shot when your under the impression your going back to survey site only to find they say you have been screened out for a few measly point not good enough Rewardia it's a form of robbery

Not sure where you are Glenice but I wholeheartedly agree. Wake up Australia your teeth are rotting! Peak Health authority bodies want govt to start paying $ 500 million per yr targeted at those most in need to begin combating the ongoing problems of the average Aussie not being able to afford basic dentistry above a standard oral exam,xray and scale and clean ( costing between $230-350 avg). Fewer than half the Aus population now see a dentist once per yr. Canadanians 75% and U.S.A 63% Which puts us in dire straits as far as more hospitalisations in the future.... heart conditions ,dental issues too far gone , many issues including comfort eating your food ,jaw pain ,migraines ,mental health/ confidence issues etc ,etc would all be helped or avoided with regular dental care. Now if they can just find a means to train them all to be nice and gentle and get some new methods of numbing other than the goddamn needles ,, and a new style of silent laser drill ? l would be happy!

Yes, I used to roller skate at a rink in Dandenong (no longer there though) when I was growng up. Also took my daughter there before her 9th birthday when I fell awkwardly and ended up in hospital with a spiral fracture to my tibia and fibula...needless to say that was the end of my roller skating days!

Want a good tradie?...ask your neighbours...ask your friends...ask your relatives...any really good Tradie is SO busy that he or she may take a fair while to get to you...but it is worth the wait...if you can be patient....if they can be round in an hour or so....you need to ask yourself why they aren't busy......

I'm more of a pack rat than a hoarder. My stuff has value and can be sold. I just lack the motivation to get rid of it all.

hey y'all, i have lost the link to the band, it was Mud of Puddle, a band that named itself after a great flood in the midwest USA after the Missouri river flooded,,, sorry bout that,, but i will throw one up that i saved the link for,,,, try this out for size,, ....... of Loaf

I am not planning to saddle my unicorn and fly off to distant planets...despite the unrest of the Rewardian People's. We do need some sort of incentives for our labours..what though??

Most of my cars have cost around $2,000 to $3,000...all the spare parts are really cheap...because they aren't new.....SAAB 9000?..."new engine?"...$2000....and when you sell them they are still worth $2000....don't go to a car dealer...use a website like Carsales.com...I have bought some beautiful vehicles there for far less...from private sellers...with REALLY low mileage....probably 6?...no problems at all.... hope that helps Dianne

15yrs ago our council try to ban Ham in the canteen because he was Muslim but the public had a say in it and made to sell sandwich with and without ham.

Just sit on the most convenient seat. What's the problem here? Jeez. What do you expect from a tradie? It's Labor I think.

try upgrading the pay (and benefits) of staff that works in hospitals

Hi Edward. Rewardia DO NOT remove topics, except which violate forum rules. If you are talking about this topic "Attention Australian PENSIONERS" it is still here and you can post your messages -- https://www.rewardia.com.au/ForumTopic?ik=os1F86CUbkCCCg6lZgYmZg&fk=GEN

Lockdown will not work if shops other than supermarkets can be physically accessed. Everything else should be non contact. It's not rocket science. If the virus has no access to new hosts it has nowhere to go. The sick get better become non contagious and it disappears from your community. And lockdown ends. R

Antarctica. The Vrill technology is so superior. I think they also have Vimanas there also. (Sorry, I just ate a bowl of wild mushrooms and I'm not thinking straight! LOL)

any body having trouble with surveys? I have compleater several lately and at the in it tells me I did nit quality

The I want my cake and eat it people. Sure the government isn't great ,some of our police have overinflated egos, but I would prefer to live with laws than without them. Sovereign citizens in Australia started as a movement that disagreed with the government policies and treatment by police( which at times has been justified) but has morphed into something that is more like a childish tantrum of " the world's not fair", " I can do what I want "," your not the boss of me". Reminds me of pre teen angst. Really..grow up,life has rules and the only thing that makes it fair is that they apply to all of us,not some of us. Apart from that Australia's laws are some of the softest( apart from gun laws) in the world. Many people overseas live in country's with much less support and stricter laws.

My how things change - I remember as a kid being terrified of the trolls who lived under a bridge and traumatised the 3 billie goats gruff. I may have somewhat dated myself!

YES....who cares?....the fashion police?...leave them alone.."young" clothes frequently look stupid on young people...so why can't old people do the same?

quite the opposite, I discovered my siblings were all "accidents" but I was actually planned. However, I do wonder, as both my parents had wry senses of humour, so they may have given that story to the others.. and sworn them to secrecy as I was.

It is not the screening out that pisses me off but spending up to 40 minutes providing answers just to be awarded 2 points, even slave labour pays more than that

If you hang around for more than a year you are doomed to have ever decreasing points. Of course this depends on your age when you joined us. It's actually the lure of being able to chat with "live" people that keeps us loyal. How else could I chat to people in all states of Oz & NZ and to some of our other Rewadians in USA and Canada.