The nickname of the recently cited modular reactor at McMurdo base in Antarctica has had an indelible impact on Bill Howard of Normanhurst: “Henceforth, whenever the Coalition pushes their nuclear policy, the words ‘Nukey Poo’ (SMH July 10) will flash before my eyes. The Nukey Poo policy?”
Michael Fox of Taigum (Qld) observes that “the world has been, ‘leveraging’, ‘reaching out’ and talking ‘around’ things for some time now. Be warned; if you don’t want to be left behind with all the resistant old coots like me, you’re going to have to start ‘leaning in’ soon.”
“If it’s any consolation to Jack Dikian (C8), I don’t think his 5 X great-grandfather was singled out for any special treatment,” reckons Garry Champion of Jamisontown. “With 128 to choose from, odds are one of them was going to fall off the perch that year.”
Tailgaters got a run in the Herald recently. Here’s a tip from Randi Svensen of Wyong: “As a young driver, I was advised not to brake when tailgated but to briefly turn on my headlights, which would (hopefully) make the tailgater think I had braked, without the risk. I still use the strategy and confirm that it works, even on the behemoths currently on our roads.”
“When it comes to political parties with unusual names (C8), who can forget the attempt by Michael Moore’s The Awful Truth series to get a ficus plant elected to US Congress?” says Bob Selinger of Eastwood. “Check it out on YouTube.”
Don’t pick that hill to die on: “It wouldn’t be good to be stuck in Limbo (C8) but it would be worse to travel between Stroud and Dungog and have to stop at Linger and Die Hill,” says John Shaw of Warrimoo. “Altogether, a nice place, though.”
“Further to the current discussions, I don’t think I’d like to build my house in Termite, FNQ,” reflects John Loveridge of Tewantin (Qld).
“When my grandmother washed cardigans (C8), she always used to add a cup of the liquid left after separating her homemade cheese to the rinsing water,” recalls James Smith of Brisbane (Qld). “It helped prevent the bibbly-bobbily bits. Apparently, where there’s a wool there’s a whey.”
“3.8 million visitors to Sagrada Família (C8) per year? Is this possible?” asks Lyn Singer of Maroubra. “By my calculation that’s roughly 10,400 per day. I wouldn’t want to be caught up in that traffic.”
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