Recent content by Mandy Mac

Sorry Aaron didn't see this post. I am biased coz I've spent most of my adult life in St Kilda, so that's where I was thinking. It's possible to grab something in his price range there. And, well, I do expect to be able to get a decent coffee. It's a disgrace that the best coffee in the...

Oh, yeah, Clayton is rotten. But so is all of that train line. Noble Park is two suburbs. People talk and nod knowingly to each other when they find out what side of the train line they are on. South is probably better in that more brick houses (migrants like bricks) and less dense - but...

Have you considered Clayton? Something like this: http://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-clayton-108287891 Then you could rent out the second bedroom to a student from the uni. But you must consider what things you like/dislike. If you've never shared a flat before, then...

To live in, I wouldn't consider an apartment in Noble Park (even though I have friends who do). Are you young? For $330 you can live somewhere heaps more trendy than Doveton or Noble Park or Endeaver Hills. There is seriously nothing to attract young adults to the area - crappy pubs, no...

I'd go the house in Doveton. I live in Noble Park and fcan tell you that you don't get the best quality tenants in apartments there.

LOL - I think Skater is a bit passed the Contiki type demographic no? Nothing would annoy me more than the American tourist with their white trainers, knee high shorts, ugly T-shirt, bumbag (fannypack as they call them) around the waist, racing headlong around a city with a map and a list...

I have been to UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Serbia, Czech, Italy, Hungary, Luxembourg, Monaco, Israel, Egypt, India, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bali (I call it Bali, coz it's not really Indonesia), Japan and probably one or two others. I am going...

I have never seen a Sudanese in Langwarrin. My father in law lives there, as do a couple of friends. I wouldn't live there as a PPOR - too boring for me. Plus the Sudanese that I know want to live in Cranbourne, not Langwarrin - OK they are next to each other, but still, never heard one...

See, that's where this guy is so short sighted. Just because nobody is buying today, doesn't mean they won't come back next month, or closer to Christmas when they need olive oil (or presents) and buy a bottle. Helena Rubenstein used to give free samples to teenagers. She didn't reap the...

OK - On the safety side of things. When I used to be a tour guide in Europe there was a pretty common scam in Prague that groups of 2 or 3 men would approach unsuspecting tourists and tell them they were the police and demand to see passports. They would then find a problem with the passport...

David Jones sells them for toddlers. They are a must have item for the boys in this house - as it means we can still wear all those old, second hand pants with the elastic gone. Plus, I think they look gorgeous too!!!

I have a cabin in Bright. I think it will be OK though.

Fractional Banking IS easy to understand. It's when you try to understand all the new financial products, and their role in the economy that it becomes complicated. I wouldn't describe it as a Ponzi scheme as Ponzi has immoral, destined to fail, characteristics. Yes, a bank would not be...

I should just add that although I have no objection to mining per se, I would like to think that we use the income it generates to do something. Like WW I worry that our income from our incredible natural wealth is being used to pay higher prices for bits of land with buildings on it, when it...

Agreed. In fact I have no ethical problem with a super mining profits tax. It's not as though anyone manufactured them, so why shouldn't everyone benefit from what we find in the ground. However that is more a political opinion than an economic one. OK but then the $540 billion is paid to...