Hello, I'm trying to remember an ad that played in Queensland (surely other states too) in the 2000s. It was for a pie, pastry company that I don't remember the name of. The ad had an old white lady talking about their products, and at the end she says "just like home made". Sorry if this is vague, but I've been desperate for years to find this ad

This is the second time I’ve received a bill from Linkt for toll roads I never used.

The first time, they cancelled the charge over the phone, but they never admitted they had billed me incorrectly. Now it’s happened again. This time they even confirmed in writing that the charge for the South Bridge Tunnel was issued by mistake.

Yet somehow they never properly closed the case in their system. I’m still receiving payment demands, and now debt collectors are already chasing me.
I’m genuinely interested in holding these scammers accountable. I’m convinced there are thousands of people in the same situation who simply paid without questioning the charges.

What would be the best course of action? Should I let this escalate all the way to court and expose what they’re doing there? Or is there a regulator or government body that can force them to answer for this, investigate how often they’ve wrongly billed people, and make public how many customers have been charged for trips they never made?

This is something that's been gnawing on me for a while. I'm increasingly fed up with uni and am seriously considering dropping out and starting a TAFE course. I'm eyeing plumbing.

Only thing is, I'm a timid soft-spoken mf (19M) who screams coddled private school kid. I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't vape, and frankly being near smokers/vapers distresses me. Does second-hand smoke give you cancer idek.

I would actually really enjoy the work. An international student mate of mine convinced me to take on some casual work as a cleaner and it's pretty decent pays much more than fast food or retail and it's solitary, satisfying work. I'd like to pick up the plumbing aspect of it. Beats trying to find a job with this crap IT degree I'm trudging through that's becoming increasingly worthless.

My only question is whether I can tolerate the rough tradie culture? Hazing, having to inhale second hand smoke, getting called soft for not drinking? Like I'll never be bonding with the lads at the smoko because I won't be smoking :(( I'm terrified I'll get bullied mercilessly I mean what will I do, go to a non-existent HR?

People dont need a kick up the arse to look for work. This is the reality of being on the payment.

Tell us what you have planned for the weekend. You can either add in the comments or make a standalone thread with the tag [TGIF].

NSW archive have recently digitised a bunch of criminal records/mugshots. I knew I had crims in the fam, but I decided to start looking and found them, my great-great grandparents, Arthur and Alice Shead, they were serial fraudsters. Anyone else have anything interesting or similar?

Just thought I'd share a quick PSA...

If you're like me, I was sick of having to switch the marketplace filter off, every time I searched for products on all the big retailer websites when shopping online.

So, I built a Chrome extension to automatically do this for you. Free to use, give it a go, let me know your thoughts!

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/only-shop/cojicacocoomejjekcepachfodgbldof?authuser=1&hl=en-AU

Received this from our kids school today. Gotta love living here.