WORD has it that my sister Tracey Crisp and her good mate Jenny Bowden were on the job recently, making some curtains for ‘Tracky’s’ old man IJ. After blowing up two sewing machines, the dynamic duo finally got one that worked from Tracey’s cousin Shane Cross. After the curtains were made, they needed a rod to hold them up, which shouldn’t have been a particularly difficult task, but please read on.
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MOST people would be aware of the old rule “measure twice, cut once”. Let’s just say the fist length of rod was a bit short and then the second, although a little longer, still didn’t meet the required length. Hopefully for IJ the girls weren’t getting paid by the hour. Maybe Jen’s partner Matty Hamel may have come in handy with his skills as a builder.
STILL on Tracey, she was having hell’s own trouble with one of her shoes at work, to the point where she had to take one off as it was hurting so much. A little while later ‘Tracky’ discovered what was causing the problem – there was a pair of rolled up socks in the toe of the shoe, no doubt placed there the last time she wore it.
MY OTHER sister Jayne was on the ball when she filled out her footy tipping card at the Ex-Services Club last Friday. When bar attendant Rebecca Harrison checked Jayne’s card, she discovered Jayne had just made her selections for the previous week – round 12 – and not round 13 as she needed to.
NOT long back there was a ‘how cold the weather was’ conversation happening when Sugarloaf also entered the yarn. Quick as a flash Darjeeling Road resident Michelle Bray suggested that ‘Sugarloaf’ shouldn’t be anywhere near as cold as Walcha, because it was closer to the coast. When Stu Wellings replied with: “Yeah, it would probably be a good two kilometres closer,” Michelle sheepishly reckoned she meant Mount Sugarloaf near Newcastle, not Sugarloaf just east of Walcha. Sure you did Michelle.
MASTER painter and decorator Barry Kliendienst brought home some nice snapper fillets from the coast recently and decided deep frying would be the best way to cook the fish. Unfortunately for the Chooks supporter the fish hadn’t been scaled. The deep fryer soon did that job for ‘Baz’, although it doesn’t do wonders for the oil by all accounts.
WORD has it that barmaid (politically incorrect I know, but anyway) Rebecca Harrison had a lucky escape while visiting the East End Mall in Armidale recently. According to her mother Suzie, her daughter was in a daze – peering around at nothing in particular and everything in general – when she was nearly cleaned up by a lady in her 80s travelling on a motorised scooter. See ‘Ruby’ for more details.
DON’T forget the Walcha Musical Society production for 2015 ‘Desperados’ commences on Friday, June 19, at the Ex-Services Club to be followed by a matinee on Sunday, June 21, another show on Friday, June 26 and then the big finale on Saturday, June 27. Come on, get a crew together for a great night out. Bookings can be made at New Birds.
DURING recent times young Middle Street dweller Abbey Marshall was checking out some of the 150th year Commercial Hotel celebration photographs. After a couple of minutes Abbey piped up and said to her mother Leanne: “Doesn’t this Stephen Bath look a lot like ‘Pole’.” Just after that Leanne informed Abbey that it should look like him because Stephen Bath actually is ‘Pole’.
WHILE enjoying a meal at the BC with some family members, Apsley Street resident Mary Kuhr received a call from up the road householder Vicki McIvor who indicated Mary’s pet pooch Missy had turned up at her place. Mary asked Vicki if she could take the hound back to her house as Mary wasn’t going to be much longer at the BC. Vicki did just that, but when Mary’s two kids Laura and Molly arrived home shortly after, they were greeted by a different Jack Russell – not Missy.
WHILE assisting Council parks and gardens staff member Cynthia Morris prune some trees around town, Cynthia suggested that dogs were usually like their owners when she spotted a hound pulling some tricks in an Angle Street residence. Toohey the pet pup of Ronnie Partridge was chasing his tail around and around prompting Cynthia to make her observation. I’m not sure if Cynthia meant she thought Ronnie was crazy or not.
BIG wigs of the week: West End Store – Lisa Swanton; Bowling Club – Lisa Swanton; Newie – Lisa Swanton and Tracey Crisp; Prime Meats – Kim Pascoe, Lynne Watts; and Vet supplies – Peter King all scored 14 points; Apsley – Wayne Brennan, David Dun and Scott Withers; and Brackendale Buckjumpers – Thomas McAlister got 12 points.
