$700k worth of savings tips from the government

A 'Hunting Stick' might be helpful. At first glance they look similar to a walking stick but the handle is split. It is a metal cast which opens up and becomes a seat. It is simply a matter of sitting on the seat and having the stick and your two legs act as a tripod to achieve your balance. They were invented for the fox hunting fraternity several hundred years ago. 

Here is a way we can all save MONEY About three years ago I accidently discovered how to extend the life of ink cartridges. I have a Lexmark 'All in One' printer but this fix would probably apply to other brands as well. When handling some scrap paper I had printed text on, I had forgotten my fingers were wet and noticed the ink smeared proving Lexmark ink is water soluble. That set me thinking . I cut the top off an 'empty' black ink cartridge using a hack saw and looked inside it. I discovered the lid has three tiny holes through which ink is injected into the cartridge at the Lexmark factory during manufacture. I made the mistake of touching the sponge and my fingers immediately became covered in black ink. It was obvious the sponge still contained plenty of ochre all that seemed to be missing from the ink was a little water. The next time I took my dog to a Vet I explained my idea and asked her for a syringe and she kindly obliged me. Fortunately I also had an ‘empty’ colour ink cartridge so I probed around the paper label on top of the cartridge with the syringe needle until it pierced the paper and it sank down through a filling hole into the ink chamber. After locating each of the filling holes I injected 3ml of tap water into each of the ink chambers. This is surprisingly easy as the syringe is graduated in Milli Liters. Note. The Lexmark colour ink cartridge has three tiny holes, one for each ink chamber Red, Green and Yellow . The cartridge containing black ink is the same moulding so it also has three holes in the lid but only chamber has the sponge containing black ink. You will have to investigate which of the three chambers contains the black ink sponge. On printing a test message I found the printer worked perfectly and I was unable to see any diminishing of quality in the printing regardless of the colour of the ink. Adding water to the cartridges hasn’t proven detrimental to my printer and I have been doing it for about three years. 

Len. Myself and a few over 55 mates have registered a new Political Party in NSW - the Seniors United NSW Party (SUN) We have over 200 members in only 3 weeks & intend building the numbers to reach over 750 by November 30 for acceptance on the ticket for the next NSW Elections 2014. Your 500 plus our 200 could do it! You could help yourselves and help us to help others. Details: http://www.seniorsunited-nsw.com/ Ray 

The Indian Company TaTa is bringing out a small car soon that runs on compressed air which is stored in three fiber glass tanks slung under the vehicle. Word has it the car is good for about 50km range which would be plenty for most of us in doing our shopping or comuting to the railway station. They will cost about $3000 and are to be manufactured and sold in India only at the moment. If they are successful other companies will no doubt bring out their copy cat version. I am betting the Chinese will still indercut that price. 

I would like to see Foxtel allow seniors to nominate the channels they want to watch instead of being saddled with channels we never watch which is part of their deal we can do without.