There’s a lot of animosity in the world today, at home and abroad, yet Barry Riley of Woy Woy has discovered it’s on a whole other level on the Central Coast: “On the back window of a car I was following today was a sticker that said ‘I Hate Coriander’.”
Robert Hosking of Paddington is far from anti-ant: “Being a live and let live sort of person, including my cute long-tailed ground possums (of the rattus rattus variety), I have been putting up with those missing ants (C8) in my kitchen for some time with their trail across the top of the cupboards, over the living room door and down to the kitchen bench. It wasn’t until I took down the esky that I found the nest – in the walls and insulation of said esky. Dismantling it, and inviting them to relocate to the backyard has led to a plethora of ant hills between the pavers. Will be happy to extend visiting rights to Judy Allison!”
“I wonder if Wayne Darlington (C8) sampled any of the local vino during his visit to Kazakhstan?” writes Peter Miniutti of Ashbury. “During a tour of Bordeaux a few years ago we were taken to the wine museum, where we were told they had wine from every country in the world. The guide then recommended that we did not try the one from Kazakhstan.”
For another beverage, it looks like closing time: “I’m upset that my healthy daily drink of Akta-Vite and milk is gone after almost 60 years!” says Carole Baxter of Woodgate Beach. “After being unable to buy it, I contacted the company and received a reply to say production has ceased indefinitely. Awful that after 80 years, it couldn’t compete with overseas products that contain a lot more sugar. Surely, I’m not the only reader who drank this 100 per cent Australian-owned and made chocolate powder?”
Barry Galbraith of Cranebrook’s Satnav (C8) is voiced by Bono, which sounds cool, but it’s not really doing much of a job: “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.” Meanwhile, John Tyler of Oatley doesn’t share Sue Casiglia’s concerns regarding an inundation of celebrity voices: “I can just hear a Kamahl-voiced Satnav asking ‘Why?’ when you inevitably ignore his directions.”
“Celebrity Satnav, Sue? How about Marcel Marceau?” suggests George Manojlovic of Mangerton. Just for that, you’re getting the silent treatment, sir.
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