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“Yolkidding me”: Perfectly round egg goes viral online

<p>In what is perhaps one of the most eggs-traordinary discoveries in Australian grocery history, a perfectly round egg has been found laying in a Victorian supermarket.</p> <p>3AW Football host Jacqui Felgate shared the remarkable find to her Instagram followers, revealing she had been sent footage of the egg that was taken at a Woolworths in inner-city Melbourne.</p> <p>"From a follower: This is so random, but I thought I would share this eggcellent find," the post read.</p> <p>"In our egg carton we found a round egg.</p> <p>"After a quick google realised it was one in a billion, literally one in a billion eggs are round and the last one that was found sold for over $1400!”</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtgX__fhbdH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtgX__fhbdH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by JACQUELINE FELGATE (@jacquifelgate)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Naturally, Instagram users flocked to the post, with a lot questioning how an egg could ever sell for four figures.</p> <p>"Yolkidding me," one wrote.</p> <p>"Folks buying eggs for $1400? That’s eggtortion. 😩," another said.</p> <p>However, many of the comments sympathised with the chicken who created the perfectly round — and relatively large — incredible egg.</p> <p>“All I could think was that poor chicken 🐔 😬,” one said.</p> <p>“The poor chicken that squeezed that one out 😮,” another added.</p> <p>One even questioned the sphere’s authenticity, commenting, “Is it really an egg 🥚??”</p> <p>Considering perfectly round eggs have earned finders big bucks in the past, it was no surprise that someone told Felgate her find was a thing of fortune.</p> <p>“It’s your lucky day get a ticket to the 60 mill tonight.” they said.</p> <p>Only time will tell if Felgate’s fortunate find will bring her prosperity or wind up scrambled, fried or poached.</p> <p><em>Image credit: Instagram</em></p>

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The most perfectly pink property to hit the market

<p>Who ever said there was such thing as too much pink?</p> <p>Not this homeowner, who has listed their perfectly pastel property for sale in Canberra. </p> <p>After passing at auction, the charming two-bedroom home in the suburb of <a href="https://www.domain.com.au/10-euroka-street-narrabundah-act-2604-2018451630?utm_source=nine.com.au&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=editorial-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Narrabundah</a> is expected to sell for more than $1 million in a private sale. </p> <p>The home, which looks like it has been blessed by Barbie herself, boasts various shades of pink everywhere you look. </p> <p>Everything and the kitchen sink is pink in this house, including the cabinetry, windows, wall paint and tiles all boasting varying shades of blush. </p> <p>After entering through a hot pink door on the pastel pink house, prospective buyers are met with a state of the art kitchen, which has fairy floss pink cabinets in contrast with glossy black appliances. </p> <p>The bathroom a pink-lover's fantasy, showcasing a baby pink basin crafted from onyx from Afghanistan, atop an antique-style set of drawers, encased in banks of lipstick pink subway tiles.</p> <p>The house, which truly embraces the latest "Barbiecore" trend, also has a series of stained-glass windows and bright pink feature walls throughout.</p> <p>While the "proud aesthetic" of this house may not be to everyone's taste, there is sure to be a fuchsia-fanatic who would be tickled pink to call this pastel palace home. </p> <p><em>Image credits: Domain</em></p>

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Woman reveals how to perfectly ripen avocados in just 24 hours

<p>A popular health influencer has shared a unique avocado ripening hack, demonstrating the method in a Instagram video.</p> <p>Caroline Groth says the hack is "something I heard about years ago".</p> <p>"The kiwi actually doesn't ripen, funnily enough," she says.</p> <p>In the video descriptions she writes: "Guys, Green Skin + Shepard Avocado season means I legit need a spreadsheet to keep track of when I'll have avocados to eat because they take foreeeeeeeever to ripen."</p> <p>"But no more… insert the best 101 life hack ever," Caroline continues.</p> <p>She explains: "The kiwi fruit releases ethylene gas - a plant hormone that aids the ripening process - and the paper bag traps the gas so the process works faster meaning you'll have ripe avocados in 24 hours."</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CdVQwgqjU30/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CdVQwgqjU30/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Caroline Høgh Groth (@carolinehgroth)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Caroline ends her video description by saying: "You're bloody welcome."</p> <p>Caroline makes the most of this hack, sharing recipes of some of her favourite meals using avocados including salads and variations of breakfast favourite smashed avocado on toast.</p> <p>Once your avocado is perfectly ripe, there is another hack that will keep it that way for longer.</p> <p>Cut your avocado in half and remove the stone, then it can stay fresh for longer by being placed in a container filled with cold water and then stored in the fridge.</p> <p>"As a major avocado lover I will definitely be using this hack," one person commented.</p> <p><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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Make your dresses fit perfectly with this no-sew hack

<p dir="ltr">A savvy fashion influencer has <a href="https://style.nine.com.au/latest/tiktok-fashion-influencer-hack-no-sew-dress-fit-perfectly/c208a0b8-4a0a-4ee8-8c0d-3950a43473e7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> a simple trick to making your dresses fit your figure - and it doesn’t require a trip to the seamstress or a sewing machine.</p> <p dir="ltr">Influencer Carolina Freixa took to <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@carolinafreixa/video/7066092695797828911" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> to share her no-sew hack that changes her silk dress from shapeless to form-fitting.</p> <p dir="ltr">“How to make your dress fit perfectly,” she captioned the 10-second video that uses just four steps.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-9169c181-7fff-6fbd-9cda-67d061f7ba62"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">First, Carolina turns her dress inside out and puts it on backwards, with the label at the top of her dress sitting just below her collar bone.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/2022/02/dress1.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: @carolinafreixa (TikTok)</em></p> <p dir="ltr">Next, she pins the seams on both sides of her waist with a safety pin, before threading a piece of white string through each pin.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c13151de-7fff-94d1-da48-8fd33b899f00"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">The third step is to tie the two strings together in the middle.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/2022/02/dress2.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: @carolinafreixa (TikTok)</em></p> <p dir="ltr">Finally, Carolina flips the dress the right way around so it can be worn correctly - with the dress now hugging her figure.</p> <p dir="ltr">While Carolina’s clip received plenty of praise, some wondered how to get the dress to no longer be inside-out while keeping the pins in place.</p> <p dir="ltr">“How do you get into the dress afterwards?” one person asked.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I imagine you leave the pins in but put the string in once back on? Maybe,” another posed.</p> <p dir="ltr">Meanwhile, many lauded Carolina for her “genius” hack.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I needed to see this omg so good,” one commenter said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Bought a dress like this yesterday and was going to get it altered! Thank you!” another wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">A third person simply wrote: “Genius.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b374ba06-7fff-b378-0078-eb9bb72e2832"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: @carolinafreixa (TikTok / Instagram)</em></p>

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66 million-year-old perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo found

<p><em>Images: Courtesy Shoulin Animation &amp; Getty </em></p> <p>Scientists are showing off a perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo fossil that was preparing to hatch from its egg, much like a modern-day chicken.</p> <p>The embryo fossil, nicknamed “Baby Yingliang,” was discovered in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province in southern China, and is believed to be at least 66 million years old.</p> <p>Researcher Dr. Fion Waisum Ma told the AFP News Agency that this discovery is “the best dinosaur embryo ever found in history.”</p> <p>According to a study, researchers at a Chinese mining company, Yinagliang Group, found the egg fossil more than 20 years ago, but put it in storage with other fossils for 10 years.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7846550/new-project.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/8b66ef36cdec4b21b7bfdff89ef98730" /></p> <p>When construction began on the company’s natural history museum, the fossil storage was sorted, and museum staff pulled the dinosaur eggs from the collection for closer examination. That’s when they noticed some bones on the broken cross section of one of the eggs.</p> <p>Researchers say the egg belonged to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur. Ma and fellow colleagues found Baby Yingliang’s head below its body, with its feet on either side and back curled. This posture is familiar in modern birds but not previously seen in dinosaurs.</p> <p>Researchers believe the animal was on the verge of hatching, but it was likely preserved when it was buried by a sudden mudslide.</p> <p>Oviraptorosaurs, one of the closest relatives to the bird, evolved earlier from small, feathered dinosaurs. This group of dinosaurs was still blossoming and diversifying during the last few million years before an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs.</p> <p>The baby dino measures about 27 centimetres long and is currently on display at the Yinglliang Stone Natural History Museum. Most likely a herbivore, it would have grown to be about three metres long if it lived to adulthood.</p> <p>“We were surprised to see this embryo beautifully preserved inside a dinosaur egg, lying in a bird-like posture. This posture had not been recognized in non-avian dinosaurs before,” Waisum Maof of the University of Birmingham, told CBS News.</p> <p>Despite fossilised dinosaur eggs having been found during the last 100 years, a well-preserved embryo is extremely rare, the researchers said in their study. Paleontologists have found them over the years only six times.</p>

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Poh Ling Yeow reveals the secret to perfectly scrambled eggs

<p><span>Cooking scrambled eggs may seem like a fairly simple task, but it’s so easy to get it wrong.</span></p> <p><span>Thankfully, </span><em>MasterChef<span> </span></em><span>star Poh Ling Yeow has shared her recipe for the perfect scrambled eggs.</span></p> <p><span>She admits there are “many school of thought on this”, but she insists her way is the best. </span></p> <p><span>“First of all, I’m actually going to put the heat on because one of the most important things about this method is a super hot pan,” Poh said in a </span><em>MasterChef</em><span> video.</span></p> <p><span>After slathering some butter on the pan, she was ready to get started.</span></p> <p><span>“What you want to look for is the butter to be foaming like it is,” she said.</span></p> <p><span>“And then it will start to die down a bit and that’s when you know it’s just starting to caramelise. “And we like that, because that’s flavour.”</span></p> <p><span>Other ingredients you will need are eggs, cream, salt and pepper.</span></p> <p><span>“Start off with three eggs if you’re a piggy like me,” she said.</span></p> <p><span>“About a third of a cup of cream. If you want to be super indulgent you can probably do half.”</span></p> <p><span>Before she whisked the eggs, she also added a generous amount of black pepper and salt.</span></p> <p><span>Only once the butter had begun to bubble was Poh happy to put the eggs in.</span></p> <p><span>“When the eggs hit the pan you do want to hear a little sizzle. Just a little one,” she said.</span></p> <p><span>“Right away you should see the edges start to cook.”</span></p> <p><span>This is where Poh revealed the secret to perfect eggs and also mentioned the one thing people often get wrong with this simple dish.</span></p> <p><span>“The trick to this is to resist the temptation to agitate it (the eggs) too much,” she said.</span></p> <p><span>“You want these beautiful silken folds, not a scrambled mess.”</span></p> <p><span>With a laugh, she added: “Even though it’s called scrambled eggs.”</span></p> <p><span>She said there was a fine line between making sure the bottom of the eggs did not caramelise, but also not over mixing the eggs.</span></p> <p><span>Poh recommended to tip the pan so the raw egg mix could coat the rest, adding more flavour.</span></p> <p><span>She then added freshly chopped parsley and parmesan on top. </span></p> <p><span>“So you can see it’s really nice and glossy on top,” she said proudly.</span></p> <p><span>“And that’s how you can make cafe-style eggs at home, in the comfort of your kitchen, in your jocks.”</span></p>

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This incredible Rube Goldberg machine is timed perfectly with Tchaikovsky

<p>Rube Goldberg machines have entertained us for years with their intricate, complicated and convoluted ways of completing tasks or getting from A to B.</p> <p>But one creative machine maker has just taken it to the next level, perfectly syncing his contraption to Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers” from <em>The Nutcracker.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DoodleChaos/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mark Robbins</span></strong></a>, a YouTuber and “kinetic artist” from Minnesota in the US has made a name for himself on the popular video sharing website for using ordinary objects like wooden blocks, magnets and marbles to create incredible moving artworks.</p> <p>The one you’re about to see is the result of what must’ve been hours and hours (if not days) of hard work, which Robbins himself admitted drove him a little mad.</p> <p>“After listening to parts of this song hundreds of times to match things up, I went a bit crazy,” he captioned the incredible video, which you can see below. Prepare to have your mind blown!</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GCTyFp0PpHE" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>Tell us in the comments below, have you ever made a Rube Goldberg machine?</p> <p><em>Image credit: DoodleChaos/YouTube</em></p>

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How this “perfectly sober” driver blew over the limit

<p>When Chris from Melbourne was stopped for an RBT at lunchtime on Australia Day, he thought he had nothing to worry about – after all, he hadn’t had a single drink.</p> <p>So imagine his shock when the breathalyser returned a reading of 0.05.</p> <p>“I was pretty much, ‘ah, what, when, how, ‘cause I haven't had a drink,’” he told <a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunrise/a/38843012/how-a-perfectly-sober-melbourne-man-blew-over-the-limit/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>7 News</strong></span></a>.</p> <p>He even began to panic that the reading was from the one drink he’d consumed the night before. “I was terrified, it gave me such a fright because you get asked to turn the car off, you have to get out of the car in front of all the other traffic, and a police officer moves your car off to the side of the road – it was embarrassing.”</p> <p>Incredibly, it wasn’t a stubbie or glass of vino that pushed Chris over the limit, but rather Bonjela, a product used for soothing the gums of teething babies which, unbeknownst to him, contains a small amount of alcohol.</p> <p><img width="500" height="280" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7267894/rbt3_500x280.jpg" alt="Rbt3" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>“While I was in the queue I put some Bonjela on an ulcer I had on my tongue, and a couple of minutes later when I was breath tested I blew over the limit,” Chris explained.</p> <p>It was only after being questioned by police that he realised the ointment was the cause of his boozy result.</p> <p>“I’m still really surprised, I just assumed a product for babies wouldn’t have had alcohol in it,” Chris told reporters.</p> <p>According to the Victoria Police, however, such incidents aren’t all that uncommon – although secondary tests are always undertaken to confirm the reading.</p> <p>“A positive breath test reading can be caused by the presence of residual alcohol in a person’s mouth, if a person has used mouthwash, breath spray or certain medicines that contain alcohol,” the police said in a statement.</p> <p>Chris’ advice?</p> <p>“If you are going to put Bonjela on, make sure it’s 15 minutes before you drive.”</p> <p><em>Image credit: 7 News.</em></p>

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TV shows that ended perfectly

<p>Many TV shows don’t get the gift of a perfectly planned ending – too often they’re unceremoniously cancelled, or given the flick prematurely, leaving audiences wondering just what might have been if the writers had been given ample notice that the end was coming. Unfortunately, it’s rare for a TV show’s ending to satisfy, so if you prefer not to be disappointed, then these are the shows you should be adding to your list. Obviously, spoilers abound. You have been warned.</p> <p><strong>1. <em>Friends</em></strong></p> <p>The <em>Friends</em> finale was one of the last big television events. With anticipation high, and tens of millions of people tuning in around the world, the stakes were high. Fortunately, the writers played it perfectly, finding a way to end the series that felt like an ending for us, but a new beginning for the characters we’d loved for 10 years. Gathered in Monica and Chandler’s empty apartment as they all prepare to move on to the next chapter of their lives, the emotion is high, and when all is said and done, we’re left with the poignant shot of six keys left behind – never to be used by our friends again.</p> <p><strong>2. Six Feet Under</strong></p> <p>If you’re familiar with <em>Six Feet Under,</em> you’ll no doubt be aware of the familiar episode openers that always feature a death. In keeping with the series’ exquisite style and power to move its audience, the series changed things up for the final episode. Instead of opening with a death, it began with a birth. Then, the final ten minutes were dedicated to showing the deaths of each of the lead characters we’d grown to love – flashing forward into the future in what is one of the most sublime television endings ever aired.</p> <p><strong>3. The Sopranos</strong></p> <p>This ending was much discussed and argued in the days and weeks following its airing. Controversial isn’t quite the right word to describe it, but it certainly stirred up passion amongst fans of the mobster drama. A television that made its name with violence and bad language was expected by many to go out with some kind of bang. Instead, the show’s final moments occur in a diner, with Tony Soprano and his family waiting to order. The sound of the diner’s door opening announces the arrival of someone else in the diner, right before a now infamous fade to black. Arguments still rage about whether it was Tony’s daughter, or someone arriving to kill him. The not knowing is what makes this finale so perfect.</p> <p><strong>And special mention goes to M*A*S*H:</strong> The final episode of<em> M*A*S*H</em> was watched by over 120 million people in the USA alone, and millions more around the world, as families gathered around their televisions to say goodbye to this long-running sitcom.</p> <p>What’s your favourite television ending?</p>

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Lisa Wilkinson perfectly hits back at “outfit shaming” article

<p>It seems the <em>Daily Mail</em> didn’t quite get the point of Karl Stefanovic’s little <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/karl-stefanovics-sexism-experiment-today-presenter-wears-same-suit-for-a-year-20141115-11ncdz.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">outfit experiment</span></strong></a> back in 2014, when the <em>Today</em> show presenter wore the same suit every day for a year to make a statement about sexism in Australia.</p> <p>Earlier this week, the <a href="/news/news/2016/12/lisa-wilkinson-defends-sam-armytage-after-daily-mail-attack/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">controversial publication</span></strong></a> posted <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4399892/Lisa-Wilkinson-wears-blouse-twice-Today-show.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">an article</span></strong></a> criticising Stefanovic’s co-host, Lisa Wilkinson, for wearing the same blouse twice within four months. Understandably, Wilkinson was not pleased.</p> <p>“I am soooo busted!” the 57-year-old sarcastically captioned a screenshot of the article on Instagram. “Seems I’ve been seen hosting a breakfast TV show in the same blouse ‘with a strategic cut-out above the bust’ just four months apart. Like, personally, I’d sack me!” Wilkinson also made a cheeky reference to Amber Sherlock’s <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/celebrity-news/everyone-massively-overreacted-amber-sherlock-speaks-out-about-jacketgate-20170311-guw731.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">“jacketgate” incident</span></strong></a>, adding #someonegetmeajacket.</p> <p>Wilkinson didn’t stop there, however, taking her revenge in the subtlest and classiest way yesterday morning, when she appeared on Today wearing the burgundy Sheike blouse yet again.</p> <p><img width="497" height="280" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/35432/image__497x280.jpg" alt="Image_ (188)" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>Her Channel Nine colleagues joined in solidarity throughout the day, with<em> Today Extra</em> hosts Sonia Kruger and even David Campbell donning the floral shirt on live television.</p> <p><img width="500" height="423" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/35433/image__500x423.jpg" alt="Image_ (189)" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>“I’ve worn the same suit on air for a year – except for a couple of times because of circumstance – to make a point,” Stefanovic told Fairfax Media in 2014 after revealing his year-long experiment. “Women are judged much more harshly and keenly for what they do, what they say and what they wear.”</p> <p>After this new debacle, we couldn’t agree more.</p>

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5 tips to help you perfectly organise your freezer

<p>Freezers can be an incredible tool when it comes to saving time in the kitchen, avoiding food waste, and saving valuable dollars. But a disorganised freezer can be worse than no freezer at all. After all, if you’re not making the most of your freezer, the money it costs to run are eating into any savings it might be making for you. That’s why we’ve put together a list of some simple things you can do to make your freezer more efficient.</p> <p><strong>1. Label, label, label</strong></p> <p>If you’re not labelling the food in your freezer, you’re skipping a simple step that could save you so much time during meal prep. Instead of hunting around, trying to figure out which container has the meatloaf, a sticky label applied to the container or bag before it gets the big freeze eliminates all the fuss.</p> <p><strong>2. Portion control</strong></p> <p>There’s something so satisfying about the ability to reach in to your freezer and pull out the perfect amount of meat/sauce/rice for your next meal. Many different plastic bags can lead to a shambles on the shelves, and ends up wasting an awful lot of plastic, which clutters up landfill. So give this a try: fill a zip-lock bag with whatever you wish to freeze – sauce, mince, etc – then break it into single-serve portions inside the bag. When you need a little pasta sauce, open the bag and squeeze one of the portions out. Voila – portion control with a minimum of mess and waste.</p> <p><strong>3. Categorically organised</strong></p> <p>If you don’t organise your freezer by food type, you’re missing a handy trick. Try stacking prepped meals on one side, raw meats on the other, berries and dessert together, and bread in the middle. Odds are you’ll always know exactly where to look when you next go to the freezer. </p> <p><strong>4. Flat-out like a lizard</strong></p> <p>Instead of trying (and failing) to stack lumpy bags of food – they will fall – take care to lay things down flat to freeze them. Press the food to fill all the space of the bag so that it freezes as flat as possible. Then, you can easily stack them on top of one another, or even vertically inside a basket/container.</p> <p><strong>5. Vacuum-packed</strong></p> <p>If you find yourself constantly baffled by what’s in a frosted over container, then it might be worth investing in a vacuum sealer. Aside from locking your valuable food away in an air-tight environment, the plastic’s proximity to the contents makes it laughably easy to see exactly what’s inside. You’ll never defrost the wrong thing again.</p> <p>Do you already use any of these organisational methods in your freezer? Share your best freezer tip in the comments.</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/2017/01/new-uses-for-baking-paper/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>5 new uses for baking paper</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/2017/01/amazing-kitchen-tricks/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Amazing tricks that will change your kitchen habits</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/2016/12/20-household-items-with-cleaning-powers/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>20 things around your home with surprising cleaning powers</strong></em></span></a></p>

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Toddler perfectly mimics Rocky training montage

<p><span>A two year old boy from the US state of Ohio has been filmed flawlessly mimicking the workout scene of iconic movie character Rocky Balboa in the film<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Rocky II</em>.</span></p> <p><span>Video captured by his amused mother shows aspiring pugilist Charlie Magilavy shadow boxing, pretending to jump rope and performing push ups in perfect time with the scene. He’s got all of the Italian Stallion's signature workout moves nutted down to a T. </span></p> <p><span>At two years old Charlie’s barely out of the play pen, but with moves like that he could go 12 rounds. Who knows, we could be looking at a future world champ! </span></p> <p>The video was first posted on his father Zack Magilavy’s Facebook page earlier this month, and has since been viewed more than two million times around the world, even earning the attention of Rocky actor Slyvester Stallone. The movie star reposted it on his Instagram page with the caption “This kid makes me so proud that it touches A heart so young … Maybe I have to fight him and ROCKY 10 !!! (sic)”</p> <p>Make sure you watch the video the whole way through. What movies were your children and grandchildren obsessed with when they were younger?</p> <p>Let us know in the comments. </p> <p><em>Video credit: Facebook / <span class="fwn fcg"><span class="fwb fcg">Zack Magilavy</span></span></em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><a href="/entertainment/movies/2016/07/what-10-stars-looked-like-when-they-were-young/"><strong>What 10 stars looked like when they were young</strong></a></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><a href="/entertainment/movies/2016/06/7-best-sports-films-of-all-time/"><strong>7 best sports films of all time</strong></a></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><a href="/entertainment/movies/2016/04/successful-over-60s-action-stars/"><strong>10 over-60s action stars who still have it</strong></a></em></span></p>

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Couple married for 56 years perfectly describe love without using the word love

<p>We all know love when we feel it but saying “I love you” is the easy part. After all, it’s only three little words. Truly expressing how you feel is a little harder – especially without using the world “love” itself.</p> <p>As part of a Valentine’s Day campaign earlier this year, Hallmark asked real-life couples to describe their relationships without using the world “love”. In this video, Bob and Kim, a couple who’ve been married for over 56 years, are asked separately about each other. They then come together to watch their answers and well, things start to get a bit teary for them (and for us). It’s clear their feelings are so perfectly in sync that these two not only truly love each other but belong together.</p> <p>“They say two become one and that really has happened,” Bob says.</p> <p>“He's a part of me... I can't imagine life without him,” Kim says.</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/relationships/2015/12/soulpancake-what-is-love-video/">People aged 0 to 100 define what is love</a></em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/relationships/2015/12/old-school-dating-expressions/">Old school dating expressions that have different meanings now</a></em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/relationships/2015/12/octogenarian-couple-get-married/">83-year-old couple prove it's never too late to tie the knot</a></em></strong></span></p>

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