A Shakespearean portrayal of a retiring type
'Three of my aunts, Betty Terry, Joan Terry and Sheila Brown all spent their entire working lives at the Herald,' writes Tony Terry of Toowoomba (Qld). 'Betty in the turf department while Joan and Sheila were copy takers. Upon her retirement, in her early 80s, Aunty Sheila was presented with a caricature of herself by John Shakespeare (C8). In her later years, this became one of her most prized possessions. It was brilliant. Vale John.'
Bill Leigh's drive-by on the welfare state (C8), got the dander up of many a reader this week with Granny also in the firing line for running it. One such reader was Gail Grogan of Toongabbie who opines: 'Bill may be lucky enough not to have fallen on hard times. Or, maybe had the luck of the draw, birthwise, but empathy and understanding are needed if we are not to end up like the US.'
'I thought ICE stood for 'In Case of Emergency',' says Richard Thurston of Tallwoods Village. 'But I now know it's 'I Cause Emergencies'.'
'The poor kid's version of the air rifle (C8) was the spud gun,' says Geoff Carey of Pagewood. 'By sticking the narrow-ended barrel tip into a raw potato, the trigger motion created enough air pressure to release the potato plug in a semi-harmless way. To cover one's tracks after raiding the pantry, simply volunteer to peel the potatoes – win-win!'
'Spit balls, a teacher's nightmare, were silent classroom weapons children made by chewing up paper, then rolling it up into soggy balls (Granny always preferred bits of pencil lead but each to their own) to be fired about the classroom,' recalls Joy Cooksey of Harrington. 'The weapon-makers were as difficult to detect as it was to remove the balls stuck to the ceiling.'
Among all this bad behaviour and ordnance, Roger Epps of Armidale has 'refrained from contributing for fear of putting ideas into young minds. Suffice to say, my efforts in backyard rocketry, homemade weaponry and explosive missiles shocking near and not so near neighbours caused my poor mum, on a number of occasions, to come rushing out hissing 'Quick! Come inside before the police arrive'. Prudently, I am not disclosing the suburb in which I lived.'
ScoMo's King's Birthday bonus, had Roger Bendall of Darling Point paraphrasing the mighty Gough: 'God save the King because nothing will save the Council of the Order of Australia.'
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A Shakespearean portrayal of a retiring type
'Three of my aunts, Betty Terry, Joan Terry and Sheila Brown all spent their entire working lives at the Herald,' writes Tony Terry of Toowoomba (Qld). 'Betty in the turf department while Joan and Sheila were copy takers. Upon her retirement, in her early 80s, Aunty Sheila was presented with a caricature of herself by John Shakespeare (C8). In her later years, this became one of her most prized possessions. It was brilliant. Vale John.' Bill Leigh's drive-by on the welfare state (C8), got the dander up of many a reader this week with Granny also in the firing line for running it. One such reader was Gail Grogan of Toongabbie who opines: 'Bill may be lucky enough not to have fallen on hard times. Or, maybe had the luck of the draw, birthwise, but empathy and understanding are needed if we are not to end up like the US.' 'I thought ICE stood for 'In Case of Emergency',' says Richard Thurston of Tallwoods Village. 'But I now know it's 'I Cause Emergencies'.' 'The poor kid's version of the air rifle (C8) was the spud gun,' says Geoff Carey of Pagewood. 'By sticking the narrow-ended barrel tip into a raw potato, the trigger motion created enough air pressure to release the potato plug in a semi-harmless way. To cover one's tracks after raiding the pantry, simply volunteer to peel the potatoes – win-win!' 'Spit balls, a teacher's nightmare, were silent classroom weapons children made by chewing up paper, then rolling it up into soggy balls (Granny always preferred bits of pencil lead but each to their own) to be fired about the classroom,' recalls Joy Cooksey of Harrington. 'The weapon-makers were as difficult to detect as it was to remove the balls stuck to the ceiling.' Among all this bad behaviour and ordnance, Roger Epps of Armidale has 'refrained from contributing for fear of putting ideas into young minds. Suffice to say, my efforts in backyard rocketry, homemade weaponry and explosive missiles shocking near and not so near neighbours caused my poor mum, on a number of occasions, to come rushing out hissing 'Quick! Come inside before the police arrive'. Prudently, I am not disclosing the suburb in which I lived.' ScoMo's King's Birthday bonus, had Roger Bendall of Darling Point paraphrasing the mighty Gough: 'God save the King because nothing will save the Council of the Order of Australia.'
Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
A Shakespearean portrayal of a retiring type
'Three of my aunts, Betty Terry, Joan Terry and Sheila Brown all spent their entire working lives at the Herald,' writes Tony Terry of Toowoomba (Qld). 'Betty in the turf department while Joan and Sheila were copy takers. Upon her retirement, in her early 80s, Aunty Sheila was presented with a caricature of herself by John Shakespeare (C8). In her later years, this became one of her most prized possessions. It was brilliant. Vale John.' Bill Leigh's drive-by on the welfare state (C8), got the dander up of many a reader this week with Granny also in the firing line for running it. One such reader was Gail Grogan of Toongabbie who opines: 'Bill may be lucky enough not to have fallen on hard times. Or, maybe had the luck of the draw, birthwise, but empathy and understanding are needed if we are not to end up like the US.' 'I thought ICE stood for 'In Case of Emergency',' says Richard Thurston of Tallwoods Village. 'But I now know it's 'I Cause Emergencies'.' 'The poor kid's version of the air rifle (C8) was the spud gun,' says Geoff Carey of Pagewood. 'By sticking the narrow-ended barrel tip into a raw potato, the trigger motion created enough air pressure to release the potato plug in a semi-harmless way. To cover one's tracks after raiding the pantry, simply volunteer to peel the potatoes – win-win!' 'Spit balls, a teacher's nightmare, were silent classroom weapons children made by chewing up paper, then rolling it up into soggy balls (Granny always preferred bits of pencil lead but each to their own) to be fired about the classroom,' recalls Joy Cooksey of Harrington. 'The weapon-makers were as difficult to detect as it was to remove the balls stuck to the ceiling.' Among all this bad behaviour and ordnance, Roger Epps of Armidale has 'refrained from contributing for fear of putting ideas into young minds. Suffice to say, my efforts in backyard rocketry, homemade weaponry and explosive missiles shocking near and not so near neighbours caused my poor mum, on a number of occasions, to come rushing out hissing 'Quick! Come inside before the police arrive'. Prudently, I am not disclosing the suburb in which I lived.' ScoMo's King's Birthday bonus, had Roger Bendall of Darling Point paraphrasing the mighty Gough: 'God save the King because nothing will save the Council of the Order of Australia.'
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Kwini man Ambrose Chalarimeri awarded OAM for preserving Indigenous heritage
Kwini man and writer Ambrose Mangala Chalarimeri has been recognised in the King's Birthday honours list with an Order of Australia Medal for his services to Indigenous heritage. Mr Chalarimeri came to national attention with his 2001 autobiographical book The Man From The Sunrise Side which told his journey from a traditional life as a child with the Oomarri in the area around King Georges Falls, to the shock of being taken to the isolated Kalumburu mission to live when he was about six years old. His life story encompasses the dramatic changes experienced by many Kimberley Aboriginal people of his generation. Born in the bush about 1940, he arrived at Kalumburu towards the end of World War II, grew up there through the 1950s, became aware of the land rights movement in the 60s and 70s and saw the end of mission control in 1982. The book also recounts his time working for the Agricultural Protection Board (APB). He and many other Aboriginals were employed by the board to spray the weed Parkinsonia wearing no protective clothing and with no warning of the possible hazards. Some workers died and many became ill, including Mr Chalarimeri. He has previously said he wrote the book to record his people's story. 'I wrote that book so my own people, the Kwini, could see what I did. No one from here recorded stories from here — I wanted to tell our story. The book doesn't shy away from the truth — it's all there. It gives people a chance to understand our life and also to give our younger people some history — to know where they have come from.'
