TALK about disappointment plus last weekend. Having travelled to Port Macquarie for our annual family pilgrimage, it is the first time I can remember not going for a swim in the ocean. Freezing cold water temperatures, excessive seaweed and bluebottles were the main factors in me not entering the water. Besides that though, the company was good and the beer was cold. As Meatloaf once said, “two out of three ain’t bad”.
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When 90 isn’t 90
HEARD a rumour that certain North Street couple travelled to Clybucca recently to wish Val Buckman a happy 90th birthday. Only problem was the mother of Bev Forbes was only 89, but Bev and her husband Graham are glad they made the trip anyway.
BY all accounts, Val had told Bev she was 90 years young this time around and Bev didn’t worry about doing the sums. Anyway, Bev gave her mum a 90th birthday card and reckons next year she will present her with the 89th she should have received this time.
A bad patch
GOLF club captain Will Brennan has earned himself a new nickname – “Mikhail Gorbachev” – after he barked his forehead after coming a “croppa” on his motorbike while carrying out farm duties. By all accounts, his working hound Rosie is getting the blame for Willy coming unstuck. The patch of busted skin certainly looks like the mark on the head of the former general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, earning him his new nickname.
YOUNG Levi Williams strolled in the pool kiosk one day last week. When the two-and-a-half year old son of Henry and Jess Williams was quizzed about if he was going for a dip, he replied he wasn’t because it was too hot. Not sure if Levi meant the weather or the water, but he was wet before he left.
Putting your foot in it
COUNCIL mower operator, Canterbury “Hushpuppies” tragic, and corner of Hill and Middle streets resident Ray “Choom” Foster didn’t quite get it right when he came out with “when the foot’s on the other boot” while enjoying a cool amber refreshment at the Newie last Sunday.
Word has it that our 'knight in shining armour' was practically leaning on the boundary sign before he went off hunting for it.
BARMAID Michelle Wayte became involved in the conversation which included other sayings like “when the boot’s on the other foot”. One was “deaf as a post”, and when Michelle heard that one, she immediately said, “I thought it was ‘blind as a post’”. Suppose it would work, “Shell”.
SAINT Andrews Anglican Church minister and Round Swamp cricket allrounder Ben France bowled a different sort of no-ball last Saturday when the cherry he delivered sailed over the head of Colts batsman Jacob Hunt and Swamp wicketkeeper Barry Hoy. Nothing strange about that, but there is a bit more to the story.
FIELDING at first slip, Lee Harrison decided to come to the rescue, but when he attempted to catch the ball, he missed it and the six-stitcher hit him in the mouth, breaking off half of one of his front teeth. By all accounts, Lee had his model good looks restored earlier in the week.
Missing the signs
ONE council employee who should have been nominated for the annual “Kim Cross King of Compaction” award is traffic control co-ordinator Peter Griffiths. The story goes that Pete was working down the Nowendoc Road when he declared to a couple of workmates he was off to find the shire boundary.
APPARENTLY, after heading off towards Cooplacurrpa, Pete was away for a while – long enough, the boys reckon, to have salt from the ocean on his windscreen when he got back. Word has it that our “knight in shining armour” was practically leaning on the boundary sign before he went off hunting for it.
A REMINDER that the annual pool party is being conducted tomorrow afternoon from 5pm to 7pm. There will be competitions during the session with plenty of prizes on offer. A dive-in movie – Peter Rabbit – will then follow when it gets dark. Admission is free for season ticket holders, $6 per single entry, or $12 per family. Hope to see you there.
DON’T forget the Walcha Library is conducting a bus trip to Tamworth next Tuesday to visit the Tamworth Cinema. Kids must be eight years and over. It’s $20 per child. Bookings are essential on 6774 2550. The bus departs the library at 9am.
Keeping cool in the pool
AT the moment, the pool is running at 28 degrees celsius and beyond, and has done so for the past fortnight. Since 1982, when I first took over from previous pool manager Cynthia Harwood, I can’t remember a run of consistent hot weather like we are experiencing at the moment.
ONE thing is for sure though, the advantage is all the kids who are having swimming lessons at the moment, whether “Kirto” Wall (Sport and Recreation) or myself, are having a ball. Sure would be nice if it rained at night time though.
DID you know that Tigers have striped skin, not just fur? How do I know? I read it on the latest edition of the Peter Norbury Motors calendar.