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We went crazy shopping in LA

By Greg Hill | May 11, 2010 - 9:15 am |March 29, 2012 Offbeat, Travel, US vacation 2010
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We buy shoes, more shoes and still more shoes Continue reading →

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Brush with Fame 2

By Greg Hill | April 29, 2010 - 7:19 pm |March 29, 2012 Offbeat, Travel, US vacation 2010
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Jennifer Taylor (Chelsea) from Two and a Half Men Continue reading →

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Brush with Fame 1

By Greg Hill | April 17, 2010 - 6:20 pm |March 29, 2012 Offbeat, Travel, US vacation 2010
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We meet Erick Estrada’s mother Continue reading →

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Never write something important on the 13th day of the month

By Greg Hill | February 14, 2010 - 5:33 pm |March 28, 2012 Offbeat
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When I was in primary school, my teacher, Mr Nelson, would make us do “lines” if we did something wrong. For something silly we might have to

What’s that really annoying bird?

By Greg Hill | November 18, 2009 - 3:25 pm |March 6, 2012 Offbeat
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It’s almost summer again, and that bird is back! The call is not particularly noteworthy, until it is repeated over and over for months.

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Jo’s new job

By Greg Hill | August 13, 2009 - 5:56 pm |March 28, 2012 Offbeat
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If a husband and wife with the family name of Page owned a bookshop, what would they call it? Pages and Pages of course! And that’s where Jo has just started a new job. It’s a rather ambitious decision as it’s full-time, the shop is the other side of Sydney … Continue reading →

Tagged bookshop, Jo, Mosman, Stuart, Tara

The blessings of aging

By Greg Hill | August 4, 2009 - 9:13 am |March 28, 2012 Offbeat
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Some have said I’m a “glass half empty” person. But I’m not so sure. Brushing my teeth this morning I remembered a conversation I had a few years ago while in the dentist’s chair. Looking up at Dr Tan I said, “I don’t seem to be getting as many cavities … Continue reading →

Tagged arthritis, cavities, dentist, Greg

We were so poor…

By Greg Hill | August 1, 2009 - 8:37 pm |March 28, 2012 Offbeat
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Only age allows the possibility of boring the younger generations with stories about how bad, or how good, things used to be. Just a few days ago I was telling my son-in-law Carlo about my father being offered a block of land in Strathfield in the late 1940s (not a bad … Continue reading →

Tagged monty python, strathfield

Quote of the day: jails and rehabilitation

By Greg Hill | July 30, 2009 - 10:07 am |March 6, 2012 Offbeat
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Despite the best efforts of professionals, from custodial officers to psychologists,

Tagged jails, smh

Happy confluence

By Greg Hill | July 29, 2009 - 9:54 am |March 28, 2012 Offbeat
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Just a week or so ago, I finished building a workbench in the garage, complete with a large vice. I was ready for any home handyman task, big or small. Sunday night Sabine was here and there was a minor drama: her plastic headband snapped right in the middle. “No … Continue reading →

Tagged headband, home handyman, Sabine, workbench
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