source : the age
“Apropos David Sayers’ soft drink saga (C8), in my teens, I worked at the local lolly water factory in Muswellbrook in the holidays,” writes Denis Cartledge of Tenterfield. “It was a Friday afternoon event for one particular worker to be thrown in the softwater tank that supplied the factory. He rarely washed, and his workmates thought they’d help his cleanliness regime. Looking back, I don’t think the tank was drained, cleaned and/or refilled. It was around that time we decided to stop buying a mixed crate of lolly water every few months.”
The current dress code discussion (C8) is revealing a few workarounds. Here’s Bev Matthews of Wallerawang: “Back in the early ’80s, three friends and I tried to get into a club in Parramatta. One of the boys had a collarless shirt on, and they wouldn’t let him in. I happened to be wearing a knitted cardigan with a collar (like I said, it was the ’80s). He donned it, and voilà, they let him in.”
“In the late 1970s, my brother-in-law went for an after work beer at the Manly Yacht Club in Brisbane, of which he was a member,” says Colleen Riga of Potts Point. “Clad in his work gear consisting of boots, stubbies and polo shirt, he was told that club rules required a tie for evening entry. They had no problem with the work gear, so, looking through a box under the counter containing ‘emergency neckwear’ they presented him with a clip-on bow-tie (or ‘blowfly’ as he incorrectly heard) and he was free to enjoy a coldie.”
Reading about Mash McDonald’s in Iran (C8) reminded Ann MacKenzie of St Ives of the time she was in Tehran in 2017 and noticed a fast food establishment dubbed ZFC.
In reply to Stephen Tait’s inquiry into the wellbeing of Dirranbandi pubsters the Norton Brothers (C8), Janice Creenaune of Austinmer says the visit was earlier in the year, on Anzac Day in fact, and that the pub was “heaving with 2-up patrons. However, today we are off to camp near the ‘Hog and Billy’ in Girilambone, (known colloquially as ‘Girl’ I believe). Is there anybody we can look up for you there, Stephen?”
Col Burns of Lugarno hopes Chris Henning (C8) is right about all presidential vehicles taking on the suffix ‘One’: “If Trump ever takes a Harley-Davidson for a spin, it could be called Fat Boy One.”
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