brits1

We have volunteers doing older people's shopping etc for them and also the shops have an over a certain "age" slots which is a good idea and certain taxis and volunteers are giving free lifts to the shops..is there anything like that in your area?

cresta57

I've got an 80yr old that is recovering from open heart surgery on one side of me. Opposite is a guy who functions on half a lung, he's early 70's. Down the street one house is my good friend and fire brigade colleague, he's just had a pacemaker fitted and is in declining health. I'd love to help them out with shopping but as a kinship carer looking after four small children I can't buy enough food to last us a week, never mind picking up supplies for elderly sick neighbors. Two tins of anything per visit ffs regardless of whether it's beans, spaghetti, tomatoes, rice pudding or soup. Currently instead of a big monthly shop we're over exposing ourselves every two days just to buy basics. No distinction made between a single student or a family of 6.

Amazulu

2 tins in total is ridiculous. I was in Kalamunda Coles yesterday and was told it was 10 tins in total (I had 8). I've noticed that in recent days, toilet roll, kitchen paper, all meat and chicken is now available throughout the day. Still never any pasta or much rice on sale though. I've ordered a pasta machine online and am going to make my own

Amazulu

I was reading something the other day about this $10k you can draw out of your super (and $10k next year):
Take the $10k out
Put $10k into your super fund and pay 15% tax on it
Claim the $10k as a concessional contribution on your tax return, meaning your income is reduced and you will get a tax refund. For most people this will be about $1500-$2500
Something along these lines anyway
This is entirely legal

This is assuming that you don't actually need the $10k in order to live. If so please ignore

moneypenny20

I was surprised when I found out Coles weren't making a harsher limit on tins. Normally Coles and Woolies fall into sync with each other.

Amazulu

The lady who serving me was saying that they get confused about what is allowed as it changes constantly. Their checkouts won't allow them to scan more than what is permissible. I've noticed that Aldi don't have as severe restrictions as Colesworth. Same for Spudshed

carcajou

I got buzzed at the till a few weeks ago when I tried to buy a third box of Corn Flakes. They made me put one back.

moneypenny20

Should have told them I'd said you could have my share. I can see some sort of bartering system happening at the check outs.

scrubbedexpat098

Bloke at work phoned in sick this morning. After a tense few minutes it transpired that he was vomiting all night so at worst it's ebola. Phew

moneypenny20

Fascinating and scary at the same time.

https://gifscool.com/otros/grafica-d...uera-de-china/

scrubbedexpat098

accompanied by some astrology bs and boner cream ads , seems legit .

moneypenny20

Oh I ignored all that. I just found it interesting to see the move up the table. I don't even know if the numbers were correct. Little things etc.

Beoz

Perhaps it was targeted at my surfing habits but what's with the gifs a little further down the page?

Dorothy

Ours have health care workers hour on Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 8 am. Sounds great, but the vast majority of health care workers are actually at work at 7 or 8 am.

spouse of scouse

I like the Adopt a Health Worker project going on in Oz, started by a Perth man. People have been volunteering to walk their dogs, get shopping in for them etc.
https://anmj.org.au/adopt-a-healthca...ring-covid-19/
Here's the Facebook page for the WA one https://www.facebook.com/groups/666739964088379/