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This note made a new mother's day after a stay in hospital

She had arrived back to car to find a parking ticket on the windscreen.

A PARKING TICKET stuck under a windscreen wiper is never a welcome sight, but how about facing this after a stay in hospital?

One woman in Australia arrived back to her car after spending a few days in hospital with her nine-week-old son to see that slip of paper.

“After those days in hospital, a parking ticket was one more thing that I didn’t need,” she wrote in an anonymous post on Canberra Mums.

“To my surprise, when I opened the envelope there was a note from a lovely lady named Laura.”

It read:

Hi there, I saw your car had a parking ticket on it, I’m sure whatever you are going through at hospital is tough enough so I have paid for you. Hope things get better!

11822865_1022583811107520_6989636857854055114_n Canberra Mums Canberra Mums

It also contained details of payment.

“I hope that Laura sees this and knows how much I appreciate her support,” the mother added.

We salute you, Laura.

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    Mute Martin McFly
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    Sep 4th 2019, 9:06 AM

    The funniest part is where it says “should Chinese export approval be achieved “ do they know what they are getting. They should be begging us to deal with them. We are leagues ahead of everyone for the quality beef and lamb we produce. In a starving world for the huge nation of China to think they can come in and see if we meet their standards is insulting. They should come in and we tell them what to pay take it or leave it. The farmers should also be able to say how much and not Kepak. Brexit is on our doorsteps. We don’t want to be in a crappy deal after that lands.

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    Mute FlopFlipU
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    Sep 4th 2019, 9:24 AM

    @Martin McFly: The Chineese are good at making chips but I am not sure if they could eat them

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    Mute CBD HeavenSent
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    Sep 4th 2019, 10:14 AM

    @Martin McFly: The Chinese population is 1.4 billion people. We have 5 million. It’s not a good idea to tell the country that could hover up the entire production of sheep meat in Ireland in one fell swoop as to how to go about their business.

    China is the worlds 3rd largest importer of sheep meat and we are the worlds 5th largest exporter. The UK is 2nd in that category. With Brexit, we need other markets to rely on. If we were relying on your attitude the Chinese would turn around and tell us to piss off.

    BTW what country buys any goods form anyone else without first seeing how they are produced. A lot of retailers over the years did this and it came back to bite them in the ass when it emerged that the £50 shirts they were selling were made by workers in sweatshops on £1 an hour.

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    Mute Monty Donotno
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    Sep 4th 2019, 10:22 AM

    @CBD HeavenSent: Hitherto, China have a model of producing at minimal cost without any regard for human rights, animal rights or the environment. This has been proven true in their past envoys. They often copy production systems and just make products themselves at home or elsewhere. With the ridiculously high standards we have in beef and dairy farms in europe, why do we even entertain the Chinese? Leave it to the US, UK, etc.

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    Mute CBD HeavenSent
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    Sep 4th 2019, 11:03 AM

    @Monty Donotno: Well why don’t you go up to the farmers and their families whose livelihoods depend on Chinese exports and tell them that they shouldn’t be selling their product to the Chinese.

    There’s a bunch of farmers outside that meat plant in Roscommon so wander up there and tell them that they should stop feeding the Chinese lads and find another way to earn an income for their families.

    Let me know how you get on.

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    Mute Brian O'Leary
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    Sep 4th 2019, 11:12 AM

    @CBD HeavenSent: most sensible arguement I have heard on this topic in a long time. This is the real world after all.

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    Mute Martin McFly
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    Sep 4th 2019, 12:07 PM

    @CBD HeavenSent: what do you think they’ll say? The way the Irish produce their beef is below standard. We’ll have to go somewhere else. Nope son. They need every bit. As cheap as they can get it, and all of Britain’s too post Brexit. That doesn’t put us in the weaker position at the table. They don’t get to make the call on how much. They need the product, we can always find and will always find new customers. Having been in business for over 20 years , dealt with, and been to China they do things their way. Sub-standard, few regulations,and massive greed at the top. Companies working for a communist regime and give peanuts back to the people. So yes, tell them what we want for our rare, superior product … or get the boat.

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    Mute Diarmuid Hunt
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    Sep 4th 2019, 6:51 PM

    @Martin McFly: Depending in how low the GBP goes, it might be very hard to compete with Britain on price. China doesn’t ‘need’ beef/lamb, they ‘want’ beef/lamb. If British standards equal ours (as they probably do thanks to the EU), and the Yen ends up with more purchasing power in Britain than Ireland it’ll get pretty hard to convince them to buy our meat, never mind getting to demand a price.

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    Mute Monty Donotno
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    Sep 5th 2019, 7:58 AM

    @CBD HeavenSent: no need for the small minded “why don’t you go up there and tell them..” Why would I? I’m making the point, we produce a high cost product, and the Chinese in general want a race to the bottom like much of the world in price and ultimately quality. I’m not an anti-trade communist or something.

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    Mute Dermot Quinn
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    Sep 4th 2019, 9:22 AM

    A great bunch of lads.

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    Mute Aire Dezamba
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    Sep 4th 2019, 11:12 AM

    Irish meat is v.expensive in the shops now. I was trying out chicken for a long while but you get tired of that. I try to mimimize meat intake partly because i feel it is over-priced. Meat is expensive and farmers have a point….

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    Mute John Mc Donagh
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    Sep 4th 2019, 12:13 PM

    @Aire Dezamba: If you think that it’s too expensive then try producing it yourself and see how you get on, looking forward to hearing from you.

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    Mute Cormac Ó Braonáin
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    Sep 4th 2019, 12:41 PM

    @John Mc Donagh: why would she try to produce it?

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    Mute Kieran Woods
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    Sep 4th 2019, 10:01 PM

    @Cormac Ó Braonáin: Yes, producing a chicken of your own would be terribly expensive.

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    Mute Cormac Ó Braonáin
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    Sep 6th 2019, 11:30 AM

    @Kieran Woods: you did catch that she was using the chicken example as an expense relief, yeah!?

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