Column 8
Col Shephard of Yamba writes: "Judy Jones’ trip down memory lane (C8), triggered memories of an event some years ago when we arranged for a washing machine repair. Some days later, after no sign of the repairer, we called him. Repairer’s response: 'Oh, I’ve been to your home, but you weren’t there, so I let myself in and fixed it.' Us: 'Really?' Repairer: 'Yes.' Us: 'What address did you go to?' He provided a house number and street name. Us: 'Bit of a problem there. Right house number, wrong street name.' The repairer had been to a home around the corner from us and, you wouldn’t read about it! (well, actually, we are - Granny) that home had the same brand and model as us and they had also been having trouble with it. And while they had been out shopping 'someone' had been to their home and very generously fixed it. They were, understandably, thrilled to bits. Our washing machine was fixed the following week. And, the repairer ended up being paid for both jobs."
Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant and is a plant food, said Dave Beach (C8). He asked for a discussion and he got one. Among many replies, Brad Elliott of North Rocks got straight to the point: “Carbon does feed plants. Excess carbon traps heat and feeds climate change. BS feeds plants as well but diverts us from the truth.”
"I noted that Monday's Target word (exuberant) also spells out 'untax beer,' ponders Alastair Wilson of Balmain. "A cause for some exuberance, perhaps?"
"Inventing daylight saving time to reduce coal consumption? (C8). Nicolae Ceausescu, former dictator of Romania, who was finally 'walled' by the army, had a better idea to prevent his people from using too much heating fuel. He ordered the Bureau of Meteorology to broadcast a temperature of plus 6C , when in reality it was minus 4C," writes Garrett Naumann of Cammeray.
Ken Hudson of Wollongbar thinks it likely that in sending his camping gear to the Strathfield Parcels Office in the 1960s, John Ingle (C8) was probably served by Ken's dad: "Glad to hear good services were provided."
In a sign of the times, Gilda Cohen-Shapira of Rose Bay recently supervised a Year 11 exam: "A boy asked me to read the time for him. It was displayed on a screen: a huge analogue watch face. He simply could not read it."