“I wish Virgin Airlines well with their decision to allow small pets on their planes,” declares Lin Sinton of Killarney Heights. “But I would not want to be the first passenger lunging for the emergency exit with a miniature pinscher clamped to each foot.”
Thank you, Llewellyn Dickeson for inspiring me to go in search of Mateus Rose (C8) again after all these years,” says Bill Yonge of Frenchs Forest. “My local BWS has it for $14, but alas, no Casal Garcia.”
“Cruising on the Fairstar in the early ’80s we had a Portuguese waiter at our designated table,” writes Mark Fuller of Armidale. “After regularly ordering Mateus for the evening meal, I asked him if it was popular in Portugal. He replied it was considered very inferior and only worthy of export.” Sounds a bit like Fosters.
Speaking of beer, Mark Pearce of Springwood says, “Peter Snowden’s longing for a twenty-six ounce bottle of Reschs DA (C8) reminds me of my first encounter with this particular ale when I was a young boy. My dad had a full bottle ready to enjoy with our Sunday roast when I knocked it over and its contents provided an unwelcome gravy for his meat and veg, taking the concept of Dinner Ale a step too far!”
Both Mike Tucker of Hornsby Heights and William Galton of Hurstville Grove remember the nickname Dirty Annie, with Mike asserting that it “was most certainly not the preferred drop”.
“Chances are if you watched an NRL game on the weekend you’ll have noticed players, locked arm-in-arm, taking deep breaths during stoppages because this mindfulness is supposed to improve one’s mental state,” says George Zivkovic Northmead. “Call me a cynic, but I think they’re just focusing on whether to get schnitties or parmies after the game.”
Jane Howland’s observation of the fashion trend among young men of blue suits a size to small (C8), had Frank Robertson from Darlinghurst wondering if she was referring to real estate agents: “It is like a uniform in our suburb.”
We had some sad news last week. One of our finest, Peter Wotton of Pyrmont has passed. Granny always liked the scope of Peter’s contributions (Telex machines on the back of cooking beetroot comes to mind) and his sagely take on life. Our thoughts are with his family and friends, especially Jenny Hart, who was good enough to let us know.
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