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“The power has just come on after a 12-hour blackout due to the truly awful weather overnight,” writes Nola Tucker of Kiama. “Raging winds and heavy rain, nobody would’ve gone out, surely, but when I looked outside, there was my Herald on the steps. Just like the postman, the paper must get through. Thanks all round and I even got the Target word!”
We were sorry to read about Aussie Maya Joint’s (C8) defeat at Wimbledon and suspect Mick Miller of Ettalong Beach foredoomed her with his tennis elbow quip, but that hasn’t stopped his ponderings: “May I add that Maya would be double-jointed if she played doubles. I hope she knuckles down now. If so, I’ll give her the thumbs-up.”
Peter Reddel of Terrigal recalls that “in the ’50s, an American friend visiting my parents, mentioned going down to reception in a swank Sydney pub and asking for a comforter (C8). The receptionist firmly replied, ‘We are not that sort of hotel’.”
While both Peter Miniutti of Ashbury and William Galton of Hurstville Grove recommend singing Advance Australia Fair to the tune of the Gilligan’s Island (C8) theme, we thought we’d visit the source: “It was a terrible experience. The worst storm imaginable,” says Geoff Gilligan of Coogee. “The SS Minnow was a tiny boat and no match for Mother Nature’s fury, especially as it ran out of fuel after 42 miles. The only island I want to see now is Wedding Cake island.”
The Liberals aren’t the only ones distancing themselves from a certain hospitality company: “I, Meri Will (of Baulkham Hills), hereby disavow any connection with Meri Vale.”
George Zivkovic of Northmead points to a news report about an Australian “crypto king” biting off part of an attacker’s finger, which included the line “at least 231 reported incidents have involved digital asset holders.”
Readers will no doubt be aware of the passing of our friend Joan Brown. We thank those who posted tributes, but the letters page had it covered. In wrapping up the week, Granny would like to revisit the colourful debate that followed a reader’s assertion that Joan and Jo Rainbow, also of Orange, were one and the same person. Joan: “Jo Rainbow and I are two separate people. Admittedly, she lives just around the corner from me, not far from a trendy shop called The White Place, but nowhere near the popular Green Lane.”
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