“Kevin Harris’s claim for Tooleybuc’s Sporting Club burgers as ‘unarguably the best in Australia’ (C8) is a bold claim,” says Janice Creenaune of Austinmer. “By contrast, a less audacious freestanding sandwich-board in Thirroul proclaims: ‘The second best burgers in 2515’ (the postcode). Hard to dispute that one.”
Brought up in a Lea and Perrins (C8) family, and now in his 70s, Les Brennan of Newcastle East considers himself to be “the antithesis of a fickle person, but even I changed brands last year after they widened the hole in the top of the bottle.”
According to Charles Pope of Morpeth, “the fax (C8) is alive and well in the medical profession for prescriptions and referrals. Faxes have far outlived that three-day wonder, the telex.”
Currently in Kłodzko (Poland), our regular Seattle correspondent Chris Keane reports that he “keeps access to a fax machine (C8) for those rare occasions on which I need to send a missive to 1997.”
Moving into temporary rental accommodation during house renovations three years ago, Greg Rutter of Musk (Vic) was surprised when he was “required to pay the bond by ‘Bank cheque or Post Office money order’. No electronic transfer accepted. Welcome back to 1980!“
Having discovered that next Sunday is census day in Ireland, Peter Riley of Penrith was particularly taken with the new feature on the household form called The Time Capsule, this being “a space at the end of the form to leave a message about anything you want, to anyone you want, 100 years from now, with all forms sealed and not made public until 2122.” Peter wonders what an appropriate message to the future would be. “A witty zinger perhaps, sage advice for a world of flying cars and people living on Mars, or perhaps a simple: ‘Sorry ’bout the climate’?”
For Adrian Bell and others mourning Solvol (C8), Peter Miniutti of Ashbury recommends a trip “to your local big chain chemist store to pick up a bar of Tradie Soap. Wash your worries away.” Bitterly disappointed by liquid Solvol, Pam Linnett of Twin Waters (Qld) also found the bars of Country Life Soap for Tradies found in her local IGA supermarket to be excellent. “An added bonus is the fact that it is made in Shepparton, Victoria.”
“Forget Brasso and Solvol (C8), Joy Cooksey of Harrington predicts that “if this rain keeps up, any mould-removal product will become priceless.”
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