These hi-tech appliances lack fridge benefits
Sue Casiglia of North Ryde has noted a number of news stories on 'smart' fridges: 'They can do anything, it seems, including letting you know when you are low on a certain product. And all it takes is a knock on the glass front, and it magically illuminates the internal light so you can see what you've got in there. Beware of any future 'smart' additions that will warn you against eating something because of its calorie count. It ought to be 'smart' enough to know that we don't want to hear anything like that!'
'As a student who could only afford a black and white TV (C8), I nevertheless enjoyed watching those celebrated snooker geniuses on Pot Black (including Joe and Fred Davis),' recalls Ian Glendon of Ashmore (Qld). 'On one occasion, commentator 'Whispering' Ted Lowe, in typical hushed tones said, 'for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green'.'
'It was great to hear about DCE and SBW in the SMH today,' says Jim Pollitt (aka JBP) of Wahroonga. 'I was like LOL.'
'Radio XLFM in Cooma is advertising in the trade press for an announcer,' notes Peter Riley of Penrith. 'One of the requirements for the job is 'excitable' personality which Webster's D ictionary defines as 'volatile, anxious, unstable and hyperactive'. Rock on!'
'Lan-Choo tea rewards (C8) are not to be sniffed at,' declares Joy Everett of Valla Beach. 'I still use a box grater redeemed in 1979. Prestige brand, stainless steel, made in Belgium. Six types of grating in one. Fabulous quality, still sharp. But it took about 144 packet tops collected by my mother and me.'
'Plainly, the perps stealing 'Angus' street signs (C8) are fans of AC/DC,' asserts Dave Horsfall of North Gosford.
Dorothy Gliksman of Cedar Brush Creek has more on the door-to-door sisterhood (C8): 'My mother must've been the first woman to go from door-to-door in what was the early 1950s, to sell frocks to women. The areas she covered were Botany, Mascot and nearby areas. She came from war-torn Europe, learned to drive, spoke a little English, and with those skills, plus a huge amount of self-confidence, managed to gain the trust of these women and over the years, built up her reputation to go on and open her own fashion boutique. Her ingenuity and hard work rubbed off on her children.'
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