“Did some other Column 8-ers spot our venerable premier’s cameo on Complete Management delivering papers to Damian (the Dutton avatar) in parliament?” asks Marcus Daniel of Bellingen. “Needed to do a double take (thank heavens for recorded content material). Does this augur federal ambitions for our man in Macquarie Road?” Rob Phillips of North Epping observed, too, however we don’t assume it’s a federal factor, extra a Hollywood factor. A fast geek on the Web Film Database has a Christopher Minns showing in Workin’ Mothers and The Hardy Boys.
Sorry, Steve Hulbert (C8), we obtained yield of responses on the potkin question, however solely certainly one of them was on the cash. That was our buddy Peter Miniutti of Ashbury, who precisely described them as “the hybrid love little one of a potato and a pumpkin”. Sadly, there are even Mid North Coasters who’re oblivious. Alison Stewart of Waitara, says that “even my Kempsey-born husband doesn’t know what a potkin is. Perhaps as a result of he left when he was 16, 64 years in the past.”
Thelma Frost of Mudgee thought a potkin, was “a member of the family who drinks an excessive amount of” whereas Andrew Cohen of Glebe thought it was extra seemingly a relative who dabbles in sure substances.
“I believe I might need met Pluto (C8) on my approach house from college again in 1959 or 60,” writes Jeff Stanton of Strathfield. “I joined a Hornsby-bound prepare at Strathfield about 4pm to search out the entrance vestibule occupied by a canine who appeared to know what he was doing. I obtained off a number of stops later, however I estimate that he had sufficient time to get to Hornsby, change to the north shore line and get to Gordon by 5.30. He was having fun with the experience within the open doorway. (No automated doorways in these days).”
Mary Watson of Balgowlah Heights is aware of the place Eva Elbourne (C8) is coming from: “Now we have a small nine-hole putt-putt golf course on our entrance garden. The bandicoots have been helping the greenkeeper by including additional holes, a number of bunkers and a few hazards. The charges have gone up.” There’s an upside to all this. One of many causes bandicoots like a dig in your yard is to snack on spiders, particularly the trap-door and funnel internet.
“I, too, regard myself as a specialist in vegetation administration (C8),” claims Meri Will of Baulkham Hills. “However I usually name it weeding.”
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