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portialipton September 2, 2024

I just spent a good ten minutes trying to fathom what cozzie livs means. 

portialipton July 16, 2024

Sure, I'd give it a try... if the explanation as to how to actually do it were clearer (in words or pictures). "I basically separated my hair into sections, rolling each part up in a sock, tying it to secure and folding the sock over the top," didn't make complete sense to me. Lots of photos of the final rolled socks on head, but none explaining the technique.

portialipton July 9, 2024

Finally some mention of GenX. We should be called the invisible generation. We are squeezed into a 15 year gap (we are 44-59 years old now). I think it is because we are the least demanding and just doing our own thing (and perhaps rolling our eyes a little). No one complains that we are too rich like the boomers, and millennials and GenZ are the most vocal. But people forget that we are actually running the world at the moment. 

portialipton June 7, 2024

Sorry to be a grammar guardian but, "'We took our 3 kids to Sri Lanka. Here are all the things we wish we knew before we went, " should have been, ... we wish we had known. This is the past perfect and is used for the oldest action when you are talking about two past actions. Please advise your subs to keep an eye out for this. The correct use of the third conditional is a bit of an indicator of the quality of a publication.

portialipton May 26, 2024

She has spent enough time in Britain to know that NO Australian will ever be considered higher than middle class as we don't have an aristocracy. There is a difference between upper class and rich.   I think Australia does have a creative class that we value highly, and that is not dependent on wealth. She could be considered as part of the wealthy class, if people want to call it that.  I just think people are poor, comfortable or wealthy, but it doesn't put you in a 'class'.  Hopefully, the Australian culture is not becoming as  wealth-obsessed as the USA. I think the ideology of 'giving someone a fair go' is better than the American dream, and the antiquated British class system.