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Invisible living in a wheelchair

Heckler YVONNE is disabled by severe arthritis. We often go out for lunch or a film together - she in her wheelchair and me pushing.

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Weigh-in plan cleared for take-off

Heckler YET again I have been subjected to discrimination at an airport check-in counter.

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Stewing over rabbit epidemic

Heckler MY SYDNEY suburb is experiencing a rabbit plague - we recently counted 25 at a local park at dusk. I have asked the council for advice, and they put me on to a rural group who suggested I trap them...

Bring back the sound of silence

Heckler WHEN did the world become so noisy?

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No universal way to make a connection

Heckler MY BLOOD had been simmering through the school holidays because of the ubiquitous umbilical cord. Not, I hasten to add, the human kind, but over the multitude of cables that connect modern electronic...

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Youngsters are clueless about life for oldsters

Heckler AT 64 I have read that a group of 40-year-olds working for a think tank recommend raising the knackery level to 70. Oh, the aches and pains now.

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Going back to school will never be the same

Heckler ''DROP off your school list and we will pack it for you to pick up later.'' This is the offer from a big office supplies chain. I can't imagine anything worse.

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No fear, I'll just clear the deck, by gum

Heckler LAST year, we replaced the old deck on our steep bush block in the lower north shore. There are numerous angophora (Sydney red gum) on the block below us, two of which have branches that overhang our...

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Medication complication a bitter pill

Heckler PICTURE two nights before Christmas 1990. A hot, dry summer in Sydney, a dearth of organ donors and a 50-year-old professor connected to a pump that, with the aid of helium and very skilful medical...

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Dumping on those litterbugs

Heckler I HATE dumpers. I've never liked them. Who does? The other day, however, they went too far. I was disgusted. Disdain of dumpers escalated to hate.

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Having a flight of fancy in a taxi queue

Heckler ARRIVING at Sydney Airport on a Sunday night, delayed two hours because of congestion. Not unusual; I try not to be irritated and think instead of the flight attendants.

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Darling, you shouldn't have - really

Heckler AN EMERGENCY Bad Mothers meeting was held last night. The minutes follow:

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Why call centres get my goat

Heckler I WRITE this on behalf of the 3 million Australians who, like me, are fed up trying to have our domestic problems solved by doubtless well-meaning, but culturally challenged, people sitting in small...

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Something fishy about Yule appeals

Heckler It's that time of year again, the merry season, when my husband has more followers than Jesus.

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Waiting for some sense over weight

Heckler CHILDHOOD obesity is in the spotlight again, with Professor David Penington's suggestion that a child's weight be recorded on their primary school report.

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Seeing red over use of intoxicating wine studies

Heckler Hardly a day goes by without the media enlightening us with some ground-breaking new research to guide us along the rocky road of life.

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Much to be learnt from nicer LA drivers

Heckler HAVING just spent a month-long holiday in California, it is my sad duty to inform the good citizens of Sydney that there is one area in which our American cousins leave us for dead.

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Doggone it! I'm sick of being a DP do-gooder

Heckler OK, you know who you are. You, like me, walk your dogs in Centennial Park, probably every day.

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Logging off the horror of online dating

Heckler BEING single and at times lonely for some male company, I made the mistake of joining a couple of online dating sites. I now call them ''non-dating sites'' because of recent experiences.

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Going to ground with casino plan

Heckler THE redevelopment of Barangaroo has the potential to create a great public space for all Sydneysiders and tourists to enjoy, as well as the chance to restore part of the foreshore of the harbour to a...