“I agree there are at least nine Shelly/Shelley Beaches (12 actually) but a search of the NSW Geographical Names Register reveals that commonly named creeks with ‘Official Assigned’ status and ‘Designation creek’ abound,” reports Alan Garside of Raglan. “There are 143 Back Creeks, including several Broken Back and Razorback Creeks, and 128 Sandy Creeks, including Big Sandy, Little Sandy and Upper Sandy Creeks. There are also 73 Deep Creeks.” Looks like you missed a few, Geoff Nilon.
In dealing with memory loss (C8), Rose-Marie Hoekstra of Padstow Heights reckons Alan Nicholas needs an upgrade: “It’s time to start storing in the cloud Alan. Of course, you will need a retrieval connection.”
“Don’t ask wearable device wearers about their health,” advises Mary Julian of Glebe: “Today I mistakenly enquired from a friend how her health was. She said ‘Sleep is the problem but my latest Sleep Score Results were 91 High • Duration: 45/50 • Bedtime: 30/30 • Interruptions: 16/20 Nice work getting to bed on time. Even with a few wake-ups, I still scored a 91, Vitals Sleep 6hrs 58 min. Tvpical Summary Sharing Shov!’ I was none the wiser.” Granny was perplexed, too and asked AI what “Tvpical Summary Sharing Shov” meant and was told, “That is a classic! You’ve just hit the peak of Afferbeck Lauder territory.”
Andrew Cohen of Glebe is giving “you call that art?” vibes when he says, “I’m excited by the prospect of the differing characters’ views in the play Art, involving debate about the artistic merit of a large white square painted by ‘a collectible artist’ because when at Christie’s New York in 2023, I was speechless when I saw just such a work displayed with an ‘estimated sale price: $2,100,000’.”
“Emile Mercier (C8) was a keen race goer,” advises Garry Kimble of Cambridge Park. “He drew a cartoon of my Auntie Jean and her staff working in the laboratory at Randwick, drug testing racehorses. When he gave Jean the original, he had added across the bottom ‘Take a look round the betting ring Jean. That’s where the real ‘dopes’ are found. Emile Mercier’.”
Ron Vernon of Thornleigh remembers waiting for his father to arrive home from work with the Sun, and “riffling through for the latest Emile Mercier cartoon. It was remarkable how a Frenchman from New Caledonia was able to put his finger right on the pulse of post-War Sydney.”
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