The Collins Dictionary has named ‘brat’ its Word Of The Year. Not brat as in a naughty child, […]
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How are your New Year resolutions going? My major resolution, which goes back a few years but tends […]
Gone are the days when motels and caravan parks were run by Mum & Dad teams who got up early to make breakfasts, stayed up to welcome latecomers, took time off in the middle of the day and still managed to answer the phone if you rang at a reasonable hour.
Nowadays such places are run by big chains whose employees keep strictly 9 to 5 hours onsite and don’t like you ringing them up, even in those rare cases where they actually provide a number to call.
Did you see the story about Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate who is facing disciplinary action after he […]
Is it just me or is travel becoming a lot less appealing these days? Did you see that […]
What ads do you hate most? Elsewhere on this website I’ve written about great advertising such as the […]
“I love those ads produced by Meat and Livestock Australia every year that feature Sam Kekovich urging us to get stuck into some good old Aussie lamb.”
No one I know has ever heard of or used the word ‘rizz’, but it’s the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year.
A friend of mine asked me the other day if I knew what the collective noun for wombats […]
Customer satisfaction surveys have become downright inescapable. I waste a huge amount of time doing them as I can never resist when someone asks for my opinion.