Jab me not
Getting on has drawbacks. Ten years in, retirement loses appeal. Siblings and friends are losing their health to a degree that starting a phone call with “How are you going” is not a wise idea.
Read more
Author: media
Down Under
Travel in Asia, Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, reveals a affectionate admiration for the peoples and lifestyle of this great sunburnt country, this wide brown land. Asians in particular regard us warmly, especially recalcitrant Muslim
Read more
And They Adjourned
One day when Peter Allen, member for Wallaroo, in S.A. Assembly, was in one of his most eloquent flights, Archibald, of Port Adelaide, got up and asked leave to interrupt. “Does the member for Wallaroo
Read more
Elderly as Commodity
[Letter to the editor, Griffith Review 6 September 2007 – responding to Edition 13 ~ Author unknown] The Next Big Thing inspired me to write concerning another demographic whose “political, social and creative agendas have
Read more
Twitter Burn 1906-style
While sitting in his favourite corner at the Greenroom Club, Henry Irving* was approached by a member, Watkins by name, who was an acknowledged bore. Watkins slapped him on the shoulder: Ah, Harry, delighted to
Read morePrice of Grog is Outrageous
Err, gidday. Oim hoping youse an yer readers can soign the petishun to end gummint taxin fun. The link is https://www.ldp.org.au/stoptaxingbooze Me an me mates are dedicated boozers an we think it stinks that our
Read moreNot So Smart
Couldn’t make up my mind if Mr Shearer was being sarcastic, trying to be clever, or just sucking up to the so called “smart people.” Methinks I’ll settle on all three. You know, they’re not
Read moreMisconstrued Snobs
I take strong offence at the article demeaning Waverly Council liberal supporters as “Bondi Snobs.” We fought for years to get council to renovate the Bondi Beach pavilion. When action was finally happening, the do-gooders
Read moreQuality Journalism
I tripped over your quaint little rag whilst searching for obscenities to throw at my local councillor. While admitting an admirable first impression, the content beneath the façade is rather wanting. Not sure what you’re
Read moreAnother Bunch of Lefties?
I notice the usual socialist overtones pervading yet another sorry attempt at a political “blog.” You lefties just never give up. It’s always neoliberal this, neoconservative that, where’s my entitlements. Welfare queens, all of you.
Read more