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For some weird reason yesterday the Village People popped into my head and I was trying to recall the characters. Thanks to you I now remember them and also can't get the bloody song out of my head

Do I recall a hydrofoil /catamaran that had a short and not so brilliant career between Melbourne and Tassie? I'm thinking it was also known as the 'Spewcat"? whatever happened to it?

Ohhh no not the paperbark.We have one in our nature strip. They shed all year, so you'll end up with leaves and blossom everywhere - and the trunks shed too - not attractive at all

Grr now I've got that rotten theme song stuck in my ear - 'Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen......'I assume it was from the original tv series & it's driving me mad that I can't think of the British actor's name. Curly hair and a dimple.

My girlfriend worked for them as a sales rep when they started which is around 50 years ago. She had such a battle, It was so hard for people to understand what this new thingy called a credit card was. I recall another friend coming back from America in the early 70s & pulling out his wallet...

Received a couple of funnies this morning but no clue how to put them up. One is Slim Dusty being very insightul and the other is the WA Symphony's conductor in a spoof set to music of HMAAS Pinafore. Worth a Monday morning smile especially for we lepers in Victora

Great pics. We are so lucky to live in such a beautiful country

Instead of getting grumpy, let's just be pleased that they are getting quite a nice holiday and seeing some otherwise unvisited places (what's to look at in Redbank I wonder). I've been trying to track a parcel via a courier company and for the last 10 days the message is 'tracing details not...

Just got the urge to get some large 'O's" printed to stick up and play noughts and crosses

Do you know, it's apparently a 'thing' that some people can't smell boronia? I have a young English cousin who emigrated here 10 years ago, and I bought her a poit for the garden. Scored it myself when she couldn't smell it. Truly bizarre but apparently not uncommon

Someone recently told me that magpies can recognise faces. So given I feed a number of them twice daily I should be ok. The things that swoop around here are the wattlebirds who are extremely aggressive and fearless, they will have a real good go. Drives our dog crazy

My 9-1/2 Miele dryer acted up - in the process of trying to fix it the repairman broke it, so under their 10 year warranty I got a brand new machine. Figured it'd be sensible to replace the washing machine too (Murphy's Law was sure to strike the minute the warranty ran out!) It now goes to the...

Stuff catching up with friends and family once we are allowed out again (Oh - I'm in Melbourne!!) every single store will be going gangbusters with sales.

And what's worse, they actually don't care that they are woefully ill-informed about the rest of the world!!

MrMac & I had a marvellous experience flying SQ in J to CDG and back home from LHR. I'd gotten a part time job for a couple of years beforehand so we could realise our dream of living in Paris for a month to celebrate our ruby (40) wedding anniversary. A dear mate gifted us his Krisflyer...

I'm puzzled that Andrew Crisp, the Emergency Services Commissioner hasn't poked his head up since this all began; in fact since the bushfires when he was all over the tv like a cheap suit. I've only heard his name mentioned once, that was by Dan a week or more ago. Maybe like they were preparing...

Just look on it as a version of a treasure hunt. It's keeping us all guessing! Good old AP

I wonder how many people blurt out "Blessed are the cheesemakers"? - and im guessing not terribly amusing to the Italians!

Fab TR thanks - in freezing Melbourne it's rather nice to see some sun. Actually in lockdown Melbourne it's even nicer to see snaps from outside our borders! These remind me of a marvellous holiday we had in Port Douglas; we stayed in a very economical apartment & did a daytrip up to Cape Trib...

Every few days I'll get a call on my mobile - one ring only then hangup. Sometimes I'll get 2 0r 3 . From very weird sounding places. I know they are robo calls, but what's the aim? To capture my contacts? I don't use my phone for emails so I can't work out what the scam would be