source : the age
Susan Bradley of Eltham ( Vic ) states,” My large kitchen table in Melbourne’s Carlton North was like Paul Duncan’s lost lounge in Paddington ( C8 ).” When I went to the front of the property to unlock the gate from within, I left it in the back courtyard. It was gone when I returned about two days afterwards! When I walked up the courtyard, I discovered an opened rear gate and my table with the tomato sauce bottling tools of an older Italian gentleman. I received it back after a heated discussion, along with a drink of the sugo from the previous year.
While Meri Will of Baulkham Hills wonders if “our disgruntled Volvo owner ( C8 ) received an infringement notice for tautology ), Andrew Cohen of Glebe claims that they all turn out fine:” When I inherited my parents ‘ big white 1972 Volvo, I noticed that other drivers gave it a wide berth. No matter how bumper-to-bumper the traffic was, wide spaces opened up suddenly when I blinked an intent to change roads.
Robert Silvestrini of Fairfield West recalls his first job at age 18 when apprentices were sent for left-handed screwdrivers or elbow grease ( C8 ). The ministry had three flooring, and a display area was located on the ground floor. My boss asked me to go to the print space and get some verbal agreement forms about two weeks into my work. That one was put to death after a long time.
Chris Smith of Newcastle adds that “if the banks close by was the Banque Nationale de Paris, employees may be required to obtain a European letter.” He is well aware of the verbal agreement kind from bank circles.
More applications for the Herald ( C8 ): Geoff Gilligan of Coogee recalls that “in the 1950s we always spent the winter holidays at a hotel in Leura.” They held a fancy-dress game for the children each year. My big girl was dressed as Granny Herald by mum for one month. She had a pair of specifications, knitting needles, thread, a full-length skirt made of pleated Herald pages for the scalp, and steel wool for the hair. Since it was a newspapers back therefore, making it simpler would have been.
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