Kevin Harris of Beecroft writes: “Going through old papers this morning I came across a program for the Jane Street Theatre’s production of Waiting For Godot starring Mel Gibson and Geoffrey Rush. What days they were, the 1970s, when you could get up close and personal in a converted church with those two great actors, and still get change at the box office from a $2 note. All you had to do was find the place.” Jane Street might have been a good starting point.
“I note that the annual icy nude swims have become quite a ritual around the country during the winter solstice. Why anyone would voluntarily want their assets frozen is beyond me,” says George Manojlovic of Mangerton.
When driving in America (C8) Branco Gaica of Redfern was once told: “Loooong left, short right. Worked for me for years.” It also worked for Gail Grogan of Constitution Hill.
“What a waste! Someone at Johnson & Johnson (C8) should be writing for the PM,” reckons Jock Brodie of Port Macquarie.
According to Heather Lindsay of Woonona, “One glaring absence in Paul Duncan’s ‘traditional boozer’ (C8) was the carpet. The pattern long lost to spill after spill of ale and the creation of a never-to-be-forgotten odious aroma.” Greg Mudie of Dungog counters: “At my watering hole in the ’70s, having a meal involved a decision between plain or chicken flavoured potato crisps.” You could get chicken?
“When I was young, I had a paper run,” recalls Tony DeGiovanni of Bawley Point. “Then one day I was given the stand outside the local pub. It was fantastic. I would walk through the pub selling papers and would experience life prohibited to a young boy. Outside, the trade was brisk (being also near a bus stop). Trotguide and The Sun were the best sellers. It was the tips that made this paper run the best.”
Jay Busch of Kaleen (ACT) writes: “In the early ’70s, I was a recent teacher arrival from the US and worked on the Pace program which C8-er Bob Phillips led. Bob introduced us to Edward de Bono’s work (C8). On that visit, Bob mentioned some of us would be meeting with de Bono to ask questions for a radio broadcast. Arriving with a sheet of them, I needn’t have bothered. In his lateral thinking way, de Bono declared: ‘Let’s change this and I’ll ask you questions’.”
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