My favourite grumpy angels The festive season is upon us. If, like moi, you don’t have a lot of cash, but want to take part in the spirit of the season and not feel too mean and scroogelike, then here are a couple of ideas. The first few are nicked from the Christmas edition of Better Homes and Gardens. Most of the others are from Random Acts of Kindness.org Take your old Mobile phone to one of the major suppliers – Optus, Telstra etc. and OXFAM will convert them into chickens for poor people in Laos, not to eat but to supply eggs for their families and to sell at the market. That sounds like a neat trick. Two phones equal one chook. If you aren’t near a phone shop, take them to your Post Office who will supply free pre -addressed postbags for your phonRing them on 1300 730 070 or check their website http//www.mobilmuster.com.au for more information. Take your old glasses to OPSM who will send them to help someone in the Third World. Outside Australia, one
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