Author results: Mikolai Napieralski
Cigar Aficionado
Are you an aspiring industrialist stuck in a journalist's pay packet? Cigar Aficionado is the periodical for you. While it won't help you make your fortune, it will give you lots of useful ideas for spending your future millions.
Published bi-monthly, the magazine takes a pragmatic approach to wealth.
Dingy Arcade
True Story: When Space Invaders was first launched back in 1978 it created a nationwide shortage of pennies in Japan. People were dropping some much change into the arcade machines that the 100 Yen coin all but disappeared from circulation.
Thirty years later, things aren't so rosy for the arcade industry.
Insurance scams for beginners (aka RACV bike assist)
The great thing about Melbourne is it's super flat. No hills. No mountains. No volcanos or steep inclines. If you have a bike and a functioning pair of legs it's crazy easy to get around the place - just point yourself in whichever direction you need to go and you're away.
Mind you, bikes aren't indestructible.
Laundry Mat #6
So this is it. The final laundry mat review. Over the last five weeks we've covered the inner west, south, north and east. For the grand finale I wanted to head into the city centre and do something a bit special. The laundry mat review to end all laundry mat reviews. Something that would bring the country to its knees.
Laundry Mat #5
Apparently this laundrette is where all the hookers from St Kilda hang out in the evenings. It's not hard to see why. The furniture is comfortable, there are plenty of magazines scattered around, there's a vending machine on hand and two computer terminals with net access. As far as laundry mats go, it's a very comfortable set-up.
Laundry Mat #4
A reader tipped us off about this place. Apparently the proprietors tried to pick her up while she was doing her laundry. That seemed pretty creepy. Creepy and weird. We decided to investigate.
Heading out to Brunswick, we pretty much hit pay dirt straight away. An older gentleman with a receding hairline (just as described in our tip-off) was helping a female customer with her laundry as we walked in.
Laundry Mat #3
My Beautiful Laundrette? That's a bit optimistic. ‘My rundown student share-house with some washing machines' is a bit closer to the mark. Not as catchy, mind.
Anyway, you know you're in Fitzroy when retro televisions with aquariums inside start popping up. There was one lone goldfish drifting aimlessly in the murky water last Saturday.
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