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Interesting article analyzing the affects of coronavirus on smokers from various studies. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8152597/Does-smoking-greater-risk-coronavirus.html It appears that if one is a smoker and gets the virus, things can be grimmer than average. But on the other...

I like watching Fox News. Last Monday, on his radio show, Hannity interviewed a Doctor in a New York hotspot. Doctor said, he treated 350 patients of his and 150 in another area with hydroxychloroquine, antibiotics and zinc sulfate . At that time, he had had none going to hospital and none...

Well, it sort of makes sense when one thinks about it. https://www.zerohedge.com/health/covid-19-saving-lives Maybe these measures should be made permanent. Cheers, Renato

MODERATOR NOTE: Take the below-linked to article with a pinch of salt. The New York Times ran this piece the other day. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html which I thought interesting as we had a little debate about just this issue in one of the threads...

After spending all weekend seeing articles of people hyperventilating about irresponsible people at Bondi Beach - with accompanying photos clearly showing most people spaced well apart - as well as numerous Facebook reposts of articles, well, it just didn't make sense logically. Given the...

I was trying to find a map of Coronavirus hotspots in Victoria on Google, and found nothing. Wouldn't it be nice to know if one is in a hotspot, or where those hotspots are so as to avoid them? I know they exist because there are news reports of possible government action at hotspots. However...

I got a letter in the mail yesterday offering a $75 cashback if I spend $750 on my Westpac Mastercard by 12 April 2020. Certainly better value than any points offer on purchases from any other card during that period. My card is the standard no annual fee, 55 days without interest, no points...

What yesterday was the harsh looking Draft Decree has now been signed off. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-italy-to-tell-people-not-to-enter-or-leave-regions-worst-hit-by-outbreak-11952487 As the article says, the decree covers the region of Lombardy and the 11 provinces of Modena...

Lots of hints and messages from politicians and the media about Racism towards Chinese people, especially as evidenced by the huge drop off in people going to Chinatown and predominantly Chinese shopping districts around Melbourne. Only problem is - when I've been to those places - 80 to 90% of...

Hi Everyone, I just got the following email from the Qantas Money team waiving my annual fee ($49). Which was very nice of them, as I hadn't asked for it. It's nice to be appreciated. Cheers, Renato " Dear Renato, The annual fee for your Qantas Premier Everyday credit card ending in xx_X...

Last year in Italy, I created a new user profile in Netflix, signed in with a device I hadn't previously had Netflix on, and watched Italian Netflix. Back home in Australia, when I use that new user name - I still have Italian Netflix. Which would be handy for older relatives or people...

I've never paid much attention to Hertz Reward points as I don't think I have ever had enough for a day's rental. But after using Hertz in italy last year, I have enough for eight days rental at Standard Rewards, and three days at Anyday Rewards (twice as many points required as Standard...

I was looking at the other thread on Luxury Escapes and it prompted me to raise something that's been bugging me about staying at Five Star Resorts. We've only done the Fairmont at Sanur Beach in Bali and the Regency Hyatt at Hua Hin in Thailand. Despite my wife really enjoying the extra...

When I weigh my luggage, I use two techniques. Most accurate is weighing myself on scales, then weighing myself with scales and suitcase, and finding the difference. Less accurate is using digital hand scales, which requires a bit of technique, and I calibrate against my first more accurate...

We flew Qatar Melbourne to Stockholm last year, then Venice back to Melbourne. What was very good was that Qatar's total return price was less than other major carriers were charging just for the first leg to Stockholm alone. So choosing Qatar was a no-brainer, and their service was excellent. I...

For the last 14 years, the most annoying thing about visiting Italy has been the three to three and a half hour siesta time, where shops close down between 12.30 and 3.30 to 4pm. Even happens in some major tourist cities like Venice. It makes driving to numerous cities - which in Australia...

When I got to northern Italy, my closest ATM was a Volksbank one. It turned out they charged no fees when I used my Citibank card for cash withdrawals, they didn't have the tiny withdrawal limit that the previous bank had had there, and they didn't insult my intelligence by offering Australian...

After my brother got three 120 Euro fines last year in a couple of minutes trying to find a car park in the local small city, first thing I did this year was ask my cousin what signs I have to look out for. She said "ZTL" meaning Zona Traffico Limitato. It took me several weeks, but I finally...

My wife and I have been visiting capital cities for the last 14 years, and quite frankly, I had lost the buzz I used to get for the last six years. But I don't know why, but I got the buzz back in Lisbon. Lots of monuments and other sites to see, pretty happy looking people, and reasonable non...

This video is very interesting https://www.airlive.net/incident-tap-a320-suffered-an-engine-failure-on-takeoff-from-lisbon-video/ My wife and I were sitting just back from the engine. My wife in the window seat heard two little bangs, then the really big bang that we all heard, then she saw...