A Bunnings worker has sparked a debate about what the clear pockets on the front of staff aprons are actually used for.
Sharing on TikTok, the employee wrote: “Okay… Here’s what the Bunnings pouch is really for.”
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After shoppers discovered the pockets were used to display team member’s name tag, the worker said there was another hidden purpose for the clear pouches.
She claimed there’s a second “secret compartment” in the pocket that holds a small notepad which is unique to each Bunnings store.
“Name badge yes, however we have a notepad for every store,” she said in the video.
The Bunnings worker said the pocket also holds a store notepad in a ‘secret compartment’. Credit: rhiannonsean/TikTok
In the footage, you can see the Bunnings team member pull out the green notepad from the hidden compartment.
She added: “I’ve worked in probably eight Bunnings stores in my eight years, and I’ve always gotten one.”
Bunnings fans have been in a spin over the easy-to-miss detail after Australian comedian Luke Donkin raised the issue in a recent viral TikTok post last month.
“I honestly have no idea what this pocket is used for,” he said.
“I’ve always wanted to put like a trail mix in it and then just (motions to eat it) throughout the day. But I’d probably get in trouble.”
At the time, it was confirmed that the clear pouch was used to hold the staff member’s name tag.
She said the notepads are unique to each Bunnings store. Credit: Rhiannonsean/TikTok
But just when you think you may know all there is to know about the pockets on the front of Bunnings staff aprons, there appears to be yet another twist.
While another worker pointed out there’s yet another secret compartment.
“My apron has three pockets there… you showed two,” they said.
Folding phones seem, intuitively, like a great idea. Phones are good! Tablets are good! Put them both together, fold it in half, and presto: you’ve made the best of both worlds. Credit to Samsung, too, for willingly subjecting itself to all the growing pains of figuring out how to make a good foldable phone. Last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 was a good foldable, and the new Z Fold 4 looks to be even better, if ever so slightly. (I have lots of thoughts about the new era of flip phones, like the Z Flip 4, but we’ll save those for another day.)
What Samsung hasn’t done — what no one has done yet, really — is make the case for why you’d actually want a foldable phone. And until it can explain why it’s worth all the extra cost and tradeoffs, I’m having a hard time figuring out why you’d be willing to give up the phone you know and love to get one.
What Samsung needs to do with the Galaxy Fold (and the rest of the industry will eventually need to do with their own foldables) is convincing people that it’s worth buying a phone that’s more expensive, more fragile, and takes up more room in your pocket .
The Z Fold 4 is a big, big phone.Photo by Allison Johnson/The Verge
Right now, the worst thing about foldables is that they force you to make significant sacrifices on the most important device you own: your smartphone. The new Fold 4 is a little shorter, about an ounce heavier, and about twice as thick as the Galaxy S22 Ultra. It’s also $600 more expensive. The Ultra has a bigger battery, better camera specs, and a 6.8-inch screen that supports an S Pen. The Fold 4, when opened, is noticeably larger, but the candy bar phones still get plenty big. And Fold makes a lot of sacrifices for some more real estate.
It’s not even clear to me that Samsung knows why you should make all of those sacrifices. On its website, one of the first selling points the company offers is that you can prop up the screen on a table by opening it halfway for watching or taking videos hands-free. Here in reality, we call that a kickstand, and this is an awfully expensive one. In this mode, you’re also only using half the screen, which sort of defeats the whole purpose.
So far, multitasking seems to be the foldable’s one actual advantage. Open up your Galaxy Fold, and you can run two apps side by side or even three or four on the screen at once! This, I agree, is a delightful thing. Being able to use my browser and my notes app side by side or see my calendar and my email together is much better than constantly swiping between two full-screen apps. And seeing two pages at a time in the Kindle app is the best. And you know what? Big screens are just good — good for games, good for reading, good for watching Netflix.
But these aren’t just arguments for foldables; they’re arguments for tablets. And so far, the arguments for Android tablets don’t seem to be convincing many users. While Android has gotten better as a large-screen operating system, and the Fold 4’s software being based on Android 12L is a good sign, too many apps that are “optimized” for foldables are actually just sticking a giant sidebar onto one side, which doesn’t accomplish much. Others just streeeetch everything to fit the larger screen. Don’t even get me started on how the vast majority of apps deal with Microsoft’s approach of two separate screens attached with a hinge.
The Z Fold 4 wrangles Android pretty well, but it’s still mostly just a big phone screen.Photo by Allison Johnson/The Verge
Samsung has done an admirable job of wrangling all of Android’s weirdness onto the Fold’s screen, and in general, it’s not that the Fold doesn’t work; it’s that there’s nothing about the Fold that is dramatically better than the phone or tablet you might already be carrying around. And shoving them into a single device actually makes them both a little worse.
Over the years, I have been taken in by a number of attempts to make a device that can be and do everything. There were the modular devices, such as Google’s Project Ara and the Asus PadFone. There were the extensible phones from Essential and Motorola and others. In every case, they ended up being mediocre versions of everything that somehow added up to less than the sum of their parts. Right now, foldables are stuck in the same place: big, unwieldy, expensive phones that unfurl into small tablets that die — both in terms of battery life and durability — too quickly.
The other approach to the many-screened future is to try and build the best version of every device, let users choose which they want to use at any given time, and make sure their software, settings, and data flow seamlessly around the ecosystem. This is, roughly, the Apple approach: it will happily sell you a Mac, an iPad, and an iPhone based on the idea that they’re all for different things and then use iCloud and the App Store to make everything work across those devices . It might end up more expensive — though you can buy an iPhone 13 and an iPad Mini for less than the Fold 4 — but it comes with fewer tradeoffs.
Still, I say all this and yet can’t help myself: I want the tweener devices to work. I want a touchscreen Mac, and I want a foldable phone that is actually both a great phone and a great tablet. It would mean fewer things to charge, fewer things to update, and fewer things to carry around. But I’m not going to downgrade my phone just to get a half-decent tablet attached, and that still feels like the state of the foldable.
Canadian rock star Gord Lewis died aged 65 on Sunday after he was allegedly murdered by his own son.
The Hamilton Police Department found Lewis in Ontario who “isolated” the incident to the musician’s son, Johnathan Lewis.
Johnathan Lewis, 41, has since been arrested and charged with “second-degree murder.”
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The investigation is ongoing, according to police.
Hamilton detective Sara Beck said at a news conference on August 8 (US time) that they were not searching for additional suspects, the New York Post reported.
Police confirmed that Johnathan Lewis was in custody and had been charged.
Despite charging Johnathan Lewis, Beck added that they were “continuing to seek out witnesses and reviewing video in the area”.
Police said “a positive identification has not been made of the deceased due to the level of decomposition”, the Post reported.
Reportedly Gord Lewis had “injuries consistent with foul play” and the death was deemed a homicide.
Gord Lewis performs. Credit: Supplied
Police said they were performing a wellness check on Lewis’ residence after a 911 call from staff at Canadian publication The Spectator.
Beck said the publication was receiving suspicious messages from two email accounts – both linked to Johnathan Lewis.
The first message came at 8 pm on 6 August (local time) and continued until the next day.
Reportedly one email said, “Funeral people need to get here quick. My dad is starting to decline.”
Gordon Lewis. Credit: Supplied
Investigation ongoing
Another said, “Now I just want to get help for my sickness and give my dad a proper burial. He didn’t deserve this”.
An autopsy is set to be performed along with “additional steps” to determine the cause of death properly.
The only other family member to speak out was Johnathan’s brother Brian Lewis who said, “We ask that you respect our privacy at this time,” according to The Spectator.
Lewis’ band Teenage Head announced the news on their Instagram on Tuesday.
“We are heartbroken and still trying to process the loss of our friend, bandmate and brother Gord Lewis Our hearts are with his family and all that knew and loved him,” the statement said.
“Gord was a force and an inspiration to many.
“You were taken from us far too soon.”
Lewis’ death is not the first for the rock band they lost another member, their drummer Frankie Venom in 2008 after a battle with throat cancer.
Teenage Head first began in 1975 when the band members were still in high school.
The band is best known for their songs Let’s Shake and Some Kinda Fun.
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Brisbane has entered the race for Western Bulldogs midfielder Josh Dunkley, reports AFL Media’s Cal Twomey.
Dunkley remains out of contract with the Bulldogs and has been linked with the likes of Port Adelaide and Essendon.
Twomey understands the Lions are now also in the mix for the 25-year-old, who has a long-term contract offer in front of him from the Dogs.
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“He’s still weighing up his decision, he’s got a big call to make, and I don’t think it’s going to be a call that he makes until the end of the Bulldogs’ season now,” Twomey told SEN Breakfast.
“Brisbane, I understand, have a level of interest in him as well, joining the likes of Port Adelaide and Essendon, who have been linked to him for a little bit longer.
“We reported a couple of weeks ago the Power’s interest in Dunkley and I still have them as a real contender for him if he decides to leave the Kennel.
“But I’m led to believe the Lions to be in the mix as well. He has a link in Queensland too where his sister Lara plays netball with the Queensland Firebirds.
“The Dogs want to keep him, and they’ve got a long-term offer in front of him, and that’s been in front of him for some time.
“He has a big call to make. Expect some conclusion on that probably at the end of the Dogs’ year.”
Dunkley, a premiership player with the Bulldogs in 2016, is averaging 25 disposals from 20 games this season.
Louise Craig had been using her local council’s in-home care assistance for about 15 years, but this year the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council (MPSC) made the decision to stop the services, leaving elderly residents waiting for support.
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Louise Craig fears she could be forced into a nursing home without someone to help her around the house
Support workers are turning down jobs with not-for-profit providers because of low wages, a union says
The Council on the Aging says local governments have a responsibility to look after older residents
MPSC is one of 28 local government regions across the state opting to discontinue in-home care services.
Ms Craig told ABC Radio Melbourne it had been seven weeks since she had helped cleaning her home.
“Now I’ve had nothing, I’ve had no service since June 21st,” the Somers resident said.
Prior to this, she said she was sent a letter stating she could choose between aged care organizations mecwacare or Bolton Clarke to continue her in-home support once the MPSC services ceased on June 30.
“Since then [I’ve heard] absolutely nothing,” she said.
In a letter from mecwacare, Ms Craig said the organization was training new staff and struggling with worker shortages.
“‘We ask that you please be patient with us, we will call you to schedule the services but this may take some time,'” she quoted the letter as saying.
“When all this began, someone from the council told me I could be waiting six months and it looks as though they were right.”
Ms Craig needs help to get her cleaning done.(Supplied)
Struggling to get by
Ms Craig, who has emphysema, said she used to get her house cleaned once a fortnight.
“What I do now, I do what I used to do before I realized I wasn’t coping,” she said.
“In the kitchen I sweep regularly, where I make a meal or drop crumbs, I sweep it up.
“As for the rest of it, the carpets don’t get vacuumed, the floor areas don’t get mopped and the bathrooms don’t get cleaned.
“I can wipe down the bathroom sink but I can’t do very much.”
It was not just the wait that was frustrating Ms Craig.
“The woman who did the work for 15 years basically became a friend, she was a lovely person and took her work very seriously,” she said.
Ms Craig said the delays made her feel like she was one step closer to being forced into an aged care facility.
The Australian Services Union says the labor shortage poses a challenge, but funding is still available.(ABC News: Natasha Johnson)
No need to rush, union says
The Australian Services Union’s Victorian and Tasmanian branch secretary, Lisa Darmanin, believed councils were choosing to opt out of in-home care after changes made by the previous federal government.
“There have been some funding changes to the provision of in-home aged care over the years, some of it as a result of the royal commission, but the previous government kept extending the funding, so there is no need for the councils to get out of these services,” she said.
“The funding has been extended for another 12 months, into next year, and we have been arguing with councils across the state that they do not need to exit these services at the moment, but they are continuing to do so.”
Ms Darmanin said it would be a challenge to fill the staffing shortages with private aged care providers because those roles were less appealing to employees than positions within local governments.
“Most of the workers have not moved across [to a private organisation] because of the lower wages,” she said.
“Different employers have different employee arrangements and historically the not-for-profit and private sector have lower wages and conditions … than services provided by council.”
She said in some cases the difference was about $10 less per hour.
“The conditions are quite stark and it’s easy to understand why there’s quite a high turnover,” Ms Darmanin said.
Advocates say councils have a responsibility to make sure residents are looked after.(ABC News: Natasha Johnson)
Council passes urgent motion
Mornington Peninsula Mayor Anthony Marsh said the council had chosen to push the change forward to give residents the best chance of attracting quality service providers in readiness for the government’s new open market system.
“We did not get a say in the appointment of new providers, that was done by the federal government,” he said.
“We were given assurances by both providers and the federal government that all essential services would continue to be delivered from the 1 July transition date.
“We offered to keep some staff on to help with the transition, but that offer was turned down.”
Mr Marsh said the MPSC passed an “urgent motion” at its meeting yesterday seeking assurance from the federal government that residents’ care would be accounted for during the change-over period.
Council on the Aging chief executive Ian Yates said in-home care was provided well by councils and not-for-profit and private providers.
“Many home care services are under stress at the moment because of workforce pressures, like many other industries,” he said.
But Mr Yates said he believed the council should have continued to provide care until it was assured its elderly residents’ needs would be met.
“I think there is a duty of care,” he said.
mecwacare said it had contacted all clients transitioning to its service and that “client care and support was paramount”.
In a statement, Bolton Clarke said services had commenced for all referred clients receiving essential support, including personal care and shopping.
“All remaining clients have been contacted and we remain in touch on a regular basis to update on progress and to address any immediate needs and as part of this,” it said.
“We are checking what other supports clients have in place and those without family visiting regularly are prioritized for services.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign on Tuesday shot back at New York City Mayor Eric Adams after Hizzoner threatened to send busloads of New Yorkers to Texas to campaign against Abbott in the upcoming gubernatorial election in retaliation for Texas sending busloads of migrants to the Big Apple.
“I already called all of my friends in Texas and told them how to cast their vote, and I am deeply contemplating taking a busload of New Yorkers to go to Texas and do some good old-fashioned door knocking because, for the good of America , we have to get him out of office,” Adams said Tuesday during a press conference.
Adams’ comments marked the latest in a spat between the liberal cities of Washington, DC, and New York City and the conservative border states of Arizona and Texas. The governors of the states have enraged the liberal mayors by sending thousands of migrants to their cities — which the mayors say have strained their social systems.
Abbott’s campaign responded to Adams’ comments later Tuesday.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams, left, is not happy that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is sending busloads of migrants to the Big Apple. (Getty Images)
“Because of high taxes, out of control crime, and poor leadership by the Mayor, people are volunteering to leave New York City without the Mayor asking,” campaign spokesperson Mark Miner told Fox News Digital. “It looks like Mayor Adams has taken on the additional role of political director for [Democratic candidate] Beto O’Rourke.”
That clash came hours before three more buses arrived in New York City on Wednesday morning.
The movement of migrants into the cities has become a major political issue in recent weeks. DC Major Muriel Bowser recently called the situation a humanitarian crisis and requested the deployment of the National Guard — a request denied by the Pentagon. Both majors have blamed the Republican states, with Adams on Tuesday again attacking Abbott.
“It’s unimaginable coming to a country, your first visit here, someone is throwing you out as the governor of Texas is doing and then trying to navigate this complex country to deliver your services,” he said.
The governors of Arizona and Texas, however, have said that the mayors are experiencing a small slice of the effects of the Biden administration’s border policies, which they blame for the enormous number of migrant encounters at the border each month. There have been more than 200,000 migrant encounters a month over the last four months, with more than 500,000 getaways since the beginning of the fiscal year in October.
Abbott began busing migrants to DC in April in what he said was an effort to bring the migrant crisis to the politicians responsible for it. He has since started sending migrants to New York City as well. Arizona has been sending migrants to DC but has said it is not sending them to New York.
NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS BLASTS TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT AFTER SECOND BUS OF MIGRANTS ARRIVES
“Washington DC finally understands what Texans have been dealing with every single day, as our communities are overrun and overwhelmed by thousands of illegal immigrants thanks to President Biden’s open border policies,” Abbott’s office said in a statement earlier this month.
On Friday, he said that New York City “is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city,”
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On Sunday, another bus arrived in New York City, with 40 migrants on board — only 14 of whom disembarked in the Big Apple. Abbott has also said he is considering looking at other cities where migrants can be sent.
Separately, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has mulled sending migrants to President Biden’s home state of Delaware.
Fox News’ Bradford Betz contributed to this report.
Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, with a focus on immigration. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AdamShawNY
The CEO of an online marketing firm was lambasted on social media after he posted a “cringe-worthy” selfie on LinkedIn that showed him crying as he announced cuts to staff.
Braden Wallake, CEO of marketing services firm HyperSocial based in Ohio, US, took to the professional networking site to announce the firings in a lengthy post to employees, the new york post reports.
It is unclear how many employees were let go by the company.
“This will be the most vulnerable thing I’ll ever share,” he wrote. “I’ve gone back and forth whether to post this or not. We just had to lay off a few of our employees.”
Mr Wallake then wrote that the dismissals were “my fault” because of a decision that he made in February. I have admitted that I am “stuck with that decision for far too long”.
“Now, I know my team will say that ‘we made that decision together,’ but I lead [sic] us into it,” he wrote. “And because of those failings, I had to do today, the toughest thing I’ve ever had to do.
“We’ve always been a people first business. And we always will be,” he said.
“Days like today, I wish I was a business owner that was only money driven and didn’t care about who he hurt along the way,” Mr Wallake wrote. “But I’m not. I’m sure there are hundreds and thousands of others like me.”
According to HyperSocial’s LinkedIn page, the company, which was founded in 2019, has up to 50 employees.
“The ones you don’t see talked about,” he continued. “Because they didn’t lay off 50 or 500 or 5000 employees. They laid off one or two or three. One or two or three that would still be here if better decisions had been made.”
Mr Wallake continued: “I know it isn’t professional to tell my employees that I love them. But from the bottom of my heart, I hope they know how much I do.
“Every single one. Every single story. Every single thing that makes them smile and every single thing that makes them cry,” he wrote. “Their families. Their friends. Their hobbies. I’ve always hired people based on who they are as people.
“People with great hearts and great souls. And I can’t think of a lower moment than this,” Mr Wallake wrote.
The post by Mr Wallake generated more than 30,500 reactions, with more than 5,800 comments, and nearly 500 shares as of Thursday morning. Most of the reactions were negative.
“Why don’t you cut your salary or don’t take one until the company is back where you need it to be?” one commenter wrote on LinkedIn. “I mean, if you really care about your employees and the hardship you just dropped on them.”
Another LinkedIn user posted a screenshot of an Instagram post by Mr Wallake from June in which he announced that he adopted a sea otter.
“Maybe it’s not a great idea to adopt a sea lion at the beginning of a recession?”
Mr Wallake pushed back, saying that the adoption was a result of a “donation made on my behalf as a birthday present to me” and that he doesn’t “actually have a sea otter running around our van”.
Another LinkedIn user wrote: “Are you being serious here? Perhaps you think all publicity is good publicity.
“For goodness sake show some humility or some dignity.”
Another critic wrote: “I am sorry, your post causes bad feelings at me. This is more about YOUR feelings and not about the feelings of the people you had to lay off. That looks a bit like self-pity.”
But others on LinkedIn defended Mr Wallake – and clapped back at those who ridiculed him.
“What about this post in which he admits his faults, failures and expresses his anguish at the hurt he’s caused made you feel the need to pile on?” one defend wrote.
Mr Wallake posted another message on LinkedIn on Wednesday in response to the backlash. He defended his decision to post the thread and pushed back on suggestions that he publicly named the fired employees.
“Hey everyone, yes, I am the crying CEO,” he wrote.
“No, my intent was not to make it about me or victimize myself. I am sorry it came across that way.”
Mr Wallake continued: “It was not my place to out the employees’ names publicly.
“What I want to do now, is trying to make better of this situation and start a thread for people looking for work,” he wrote.
This post first appeared on the New York Post and has been republished with permission
Tower of Fantasy is a light sci-fi shared open-world MMORPG with cross-play that is now available from the official site, Apple’s App Store, and the Google Play Store. This new action-adventure MMORPG send players to the alien world of Aida and will task them with saving what is left of humankind. But fret not, as Tower of Fantasy includes a deep combat system, the unique Simulacrum system that lets players embody heroes of the past, and a world filled to the brim with treasures waiting to be discovered.
Tower of Fantasy has also announced that four million global pre-registrations have been reached, and more rewards have been added for players to enjoy in-game.
In anticipation of the launch of Tower of Fantasy, we wanted to share six reasons why this is an adventure you and your friends won’t want to miss. Also, players can get 59 free draws max, 1 SSR selector, 1 SSR relic, and 10 limited cosmetics. For more details, please check out the official event page.
A Shared Open-World MMORPG Set in the Far Future
A lack of resources and energy have forced humankind to leave Earth, Aida – a lush and habitable alien world – was decided as the best place to build a new life. After they arrived, the comet Mara was spotted and led to humanity discovering an unknown but powerful energy called Omnium in it. They built Omnium Tower to capture the comet, but Omnium’s radiation led to a catastrophic disaster that changed everything forever. Now, it’s up to you and your friends to save humanity from destruction.
Bring Your Friends With You On This Grand Adventure
Tower of Fantasy can be played alone, but it becomes an even more grand adventure when you bring your friends along for the ride. Gather your crew to take on Tower of Fantasy’s greatest challenges and to show off your characters and the gear and weapons you have acquired throughout your respective journeys.
Freeform Character Customization Lets You Create the Avatar of Your Dreams
One of the aspects of living in a virtual world is creating a character you can call your own. Tower of Fantasy has taken this notion to heart and is giving players an expansive set of tools to craft the Wanderer of their dreams by customizing outfits, body type, skin color, eye shadow and color, and so much more. Tower of Fantasy is a free-to-play adventure that will continue to get updates and expansions, and you’ll be able to experience all it has to offer with a Wanderer that shows the world who you truly are.
A Deep and Flexible Combat System
Tower of Fantasy’s combat will be familiar to anyone who has played a hack-and-slash RPG in the past, but it has many unique aspects to it that will make it feel fresh, exciting, and rewarding. In combat, you will have access to three different weapons, and using one will charge up the other two. When the charge on the other weapons has reached a certain level, you can unleash a devastating discharge attack that can turn the tide of battle. Furthermore, if you can pull off a perfectly timed dodge, you will activate Phantasia, an ability that will not only charge your weapons, but one that will slow the enemies near you.
Gain the Weapons and Abilities of Heroes With the Simulacrum System
One of the most important aspects of the combat system and Tower of Fantasy as a whole is the Simulacrum system. These Simulacrum are described as ancient heroes preserved as AI and can be obtained through the gameplay and by unlocking them using real-world money. These Simulacrum can be equipped by the player and doing so will give them access to their special weapon and abilities. You can also choose to look like them if you want, but those who love their own Wanderer can turn that function off. This system allows you to equip different Simulacrum to your different weapon slots to suit your playstyle, whether that be long-range, close combat, magic, or a mix of all of them.
Explore Tower of Fantasy’s Alien World with Motorcycles, Robotic Horses, Mechs, Jetpacks, and More
Exploration is as big a part of Tower of Fantasy as combat is, and players will have the ability to discover many different areas in the world of Aida. To help with that mission, players will gain access to different mounts like motorcycles, robotic horses, mechs, and more. However, that’s not all, as Relics will also play a huge part in the game and will open up parts of the world that were previously inaccessible. For example, the Jetpack Relic will let you fly higher into the air than before and reach treasures that were just out of reach. The Missile Barrage Relic can break up rock formations to open up caves, and it has the benefit of also being a tool to use in battle.
Publisher Level Infinite and developer Hotta Studio have officially released Tower of Fantasy and players were able to preload the game and enjoy character customization ahead of the opening of the servers.
The addition of British home cooking queen Nigella Lawson to MKR’s judging team has been a huge hit, with viewers praising her grace, class, beauty and cooking insights.
But they are also blown away by her age, with many fans revealing they thought she was about 20 years younger than she actually is.
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Lawson turned 62 in January this year – a fact that some fans are having trouble understanding.
“Can someone explain to me how Nigella Lawson can look so stunning ALL THE TIME?” one MKR viewer wrote on Twitter.
“She (is) 62yo and looks 42.
“What kind of witchcraft is she performing!”
Nigella Lawson joins My Kitchen Rules. Credit: Jeremy Greive/Supplied
“Gosh I didn’t know her age she’s a stunning human,” one follower answered.
“She literally has looked the same for 20yrs!
“Look at her neck, not a single wrinkle – I’m telling you, forget what ppl tell you, endulge (sic) in butter and cream and sweets, and chocolate and lush velvety rich sauces – and live and look like #QueenNigella! ”
“If I don’t age like Nigella Lawson, I don’t want to get old at all,” another observed.
Another simply wrote: “Nigella Lawson is 62. I refuse to accept this.”
Lawson said her trick to looking youthful was staying out of the sun – and eating “lots of fats.”
“I think what ages a face most is disappointment and a lack of enjoyment,” she once said.
“So I try to do what I love.”
Nigella Lawson on MKR. Credit: Seven
Lawson has been famous for a lot longer than many people realize, however.
She shot to fame in the 1990s with her first cookbook and her TV career began in 1999 with the show Nigella Bites.
She’s since amassed a legion of fans who love the pleasure she takes in cooking and eating food.
“Not only is she a bona fide food-lover & relatable to all us home cooks but it’s her personable nature, positive energy, insightfulness & unique way with words that makes her so endearing,” one MKR viewer wrote on Twitter.
“Oh Nigella just brings so much warmth to this new season of MKR!” another noted.
Others have noted the nice rapport between Lawson and long-term judge Manu Feildel.
Speaking to 7Entertainment, Feildel said he was “thrilled” to be working with Lawson, whom he described as a “lovely” person.
Feildel said while he was a trained chef and Lawson a home cook, they both felt the same way about what made a great meal.
“We’re pretty much on the same page when it comes to that, actually,” he said.
MKR judges Nigella Lawson and Manu Feildel. Credit: Seven
“It doesn’t matter if you’re a home cook or if you’re a chef – I think if you love food, you know what’s right and what’s wrong.
“I might know a bit more about technical ways of cooking something, but at the end of the day, the judging is pretty much about putting a fork of food in your mouth and you either like it or you don’t.
“It’s that simple.”
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The domestic goddess spoke to Larry and Kylie from the UK about life in lockdown, new recipes and her unusual toast buttering technique that made global headlines.
The World Cup’s start will be brought forward by a day to allow hosts Qatar to play the opening game, sources told AFP on Wednesday, just over three months before the competition gets underway.
Qatar will now play Ecuador on November 20, 24 hours earlier than planned, in a move that FIFA’s ruling council was expected to confirm soon, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
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The change will see the tournament, which was switched to November-December to avoid the Gulf country’s searing summer heat, keep to its tradition of the hosts playing the opening match.
Senegal and the Netherlands had been scheduled to play the first game on November 21, followed by England against Iran and then the official opening match, Qatar’s World Cup debut, that evening.
“There were discussions and agreement between the two respective teams and there was a request from CONMEBOL — the South American confederation,” one World Cup source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity as no official decision has been announced.
“We wanted to follow the tradition that either the reigning champions or the host country be involved in the opening match,” the source added.
FIFA and the Qatari organizing committee declined to comment on the change to the mega event that ends on December 18.
But another tournament source said action would be taken to help fans with tickets for the November 21 game.
“Any disruption will be dealt with so the impact is minimal,” the source told AFP.
Under the change, Netherlands v Senegal in Group A would be moved from 1pm local time on November 21 to a 7pm start. “It is a better slot for both teams for television and other areas,” said the World Cup source.
England’s Group B match against Iran is not changed.
Companies with major deals linked to the World Cup expressed confidence that the unusual schedule change could be handled smoothly.
“It is something we will deal with,” said Jaime Byrom, chairman of Match Hospitality, which has a deal with FIFA to organize hospitality packages for World Cup matches and has locked in 450,000 tickets for the tournament.
“It is really not — compared to the other challenges that we could have faced or have faced in the past — a particularly large problem,” Byrom told AFP.
“We have to focus on those customers who are most affected and I guess in this case we will be looking at our Ecuadorean customers who are traveling from overseas, and making sure that they are on time for the match.”
Some pundits ridiculed the schedule change, asking why the move hadn’t already been considered.
New York Times reporter Tariq Panja tweeted: “Qatar and FIFA has had 12 years to plan for the 2022 World Cup now with just over 100 days and — with tickets sold, travel booked — they now want to start the tournament a day earlier so Qatar could play the first game (which could always have been the case). But here we are.
“What I suspect has happened here is that because it’s ‘only’ Ecuador and not a big European country, it has probably been easier to switch the game. What has never been made clear is why Qatar had not been placed in the opening game as per the original schedule.”
Journalist Grant Wahl wrote: “This late change to accommodate Qatar (and cause problems for Ecuador, including its fans) is of a piece with what I saw during the bid process for World Cup ’26 cities: FIFA does so much by the seat of its pants these days.”
The opening match is scheduled to be held at the 60,000-capacity Al Bayt stadium, one of seven new venues purpose-built for the tournament since Qatar was controversially awarded the World Cup in 2010.
The wealthy Gulf state is preparing a spectacular opening ceremony in the stadium, whose structure was inspired by traditional Arab tents.
Moving forward the opening match will also mean changing the 100-day countdown that had been scheduled to start on Saturday, with special events across the tiny nation of 2.8 million people.
After a row over the bidding process, Qatar has faced criticism over labor rights and its treatment of the LGBTQ community. But FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said the tiny, gas-rich state will host the “best ever” World Cup.
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