Does anyone remember Evan Green, rally champion, journalist, reluctant TV personality and in his later years a great novelist? Despite this career, he was really a shy introvert. A beautiful man I was proud to have known in the Mini Car Club back in the late sixties and early seventies. … Continue reading
YouTube is one of my favourite pastimes. I was just browsing through some videos looking for something interesting to watch. One jumped out at me. It looked a bit like clickbait, but I decided to watch it anyway. The title was: Why We Might Use Different Numbers in the Future … Continue reading
First Dog on the Moon is the cartoonist for The Guardian, Australian Edition. He is just about my favourite cartoonist. On the 22nd of February 2019, coincidentally my birthday, one of the best of his best appeared. It was published under the heading of “There has never been a more … Continue reading
Gough Whitlam: 11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014 Yesterday Gough Whitlam died at the age of 98. I listened to our local ABC radio station (702) all day, as the anecdotes and eulogies flooded in from listeners, friends and colleagues. It was a rollercoaster ride of happiness and sadness. I had … Continue reading
This would be funny if it were not so tragic. The story so far… One hundred and fifty seven Tamil asylum seekers travelled to India and then by boat to international waters near Australia They were detained and held captive on board an Australian Customs vessel at sea for four weeks. They … Continue reading
My wife has a Samsung Galaxy Note, the original phone in the Note series. She loves it and is very happy with it, except… For the past few months, application updates have been failing, and she’s been getting the notification: Storage Space Running Out We’ve been dealing with it by … Continue reading
After rehabilitation from a severe fall, Dad (91) is now a permanent low-care resident in a lovely home called
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Fairfax Media is restructuring its newspapers, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. As print editions, these have been and still are great newspapers. They have well-established rules of editorial separation. That is, the owners and board members have agreed that they will not influence the news and editorial content … Continue reading
We were guests at a delightful wedding yesterday. It took place at Summerlees Cottage in the southern tablelands near Moss Vale. The ceremony was a garden affair, and this caused great difficulties for some women as their stiletto heels disappeared into the soft grass. But wait – there is a … Continue reading
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