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Sydney Morning Herald
an hour ago
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
Riding with the Reaper
Sara Kasch of Milton 'was very surprised and concerned yesterday as I was a passenger in a car when I opened a letter from my health insurance company, stating that my husband had died. I was slightly concerned as he was the one driving the car. We're not sure from where they obtained that information, maybe they know more than we do?' 'Globite cases (C8) came with a small key that could lock them,' informs Barrie Restall of Teven. 'Most kids did not bother to use the key so it was easy to fill an unattended case with, rocks, rubbish or a brick and lock it, leaving the owner to lug it about until they got home. Mostly done on sports day when numerous cases were unattended.' 'My Globite school port (I grew up along the coast so it was a port, not a case) saw me through my last years of school, then was passed on to younger siblings,' reports Ann Clydsdale of Bathurst. 'Years later I reclaimed it on a visit to the family home. Sadly, it was adorned with stickers (it had been pristine when I owned it) but it was still in robust physical condition. It is now doing sterling service storing some of my wool stash.' Switching bags now with Robert Hickey of Green Point who concurs with Geoff Carey's memories of the Gladstone bag. 'At my school in Mascot it became a rite of passage, used by the senior boys while the juniors had their Globites. It was often accompanied by a long black umbrella on rainy days which was either used as a quasi walking cane or else secured in the bags handles. We used to think it looked quite stylish.' An acquaintance of Jim Pollitt of Wahroonga was on the course at Mona Vale Golf Club on Sunday when that Piper Cherokee decided on an emergency landing (C8): 'He went up to the crashed plane and said to the pilot 'You can't park here'.' Mary Watson of Balgowlah Heights adds that 'it would planely be a preferred lie. It wouldn't be a handicap however for a good player. They would probably wing it.' 'I've begun reading many articles about Al (C8), keen to discover whether the subject is an Alan, Albert, or perhaps even Aloysius, only to realise that the subject is Artificial Intelligence,' laments Graham Meale of Boambee East. 'I now avoid all Sans Serif typefaces.' Is Jim Chalmers cornered? 'I hope the government's Economic Reform Roundtable meeting in Canberra goes well,' says Lin Sinton of Killarney Heights. 'But I don't hold out much hope. To start with their table is not round but rectangular.'
The Age
an hour ago
- General
- The Age
Riding with the Reaper
Sara Kasch of Milton 'was very surprised and concerned yesterday as I was a passenger in a car when I opened a letter from my health insurance company, stating that my husband had died. I was slightly concerned as he was the one driving the car. We're not sure from where they obtained that information, maybe they know more than we do?' 'Globite cases (C8) came with a small key that could lock them,' informs Barrie Restall of Teven. 'Most kids did not bother to use the key so it was easy to fill an unattended case with, rocks, rubbish or a brick and lock it, leaving the owner to lug it about until they got home. Mostly done on sports day when numerous cases were unattended.' 'My Globite school port (I grew up along the coast so it was a port, not a case) saw me through my last years of school, then was passed on to younger siblings,' reports Ann Clydsdale of Bathurst. 'Years later I reclaimed it on a visit to the family home. Sadly, it was adorned with stickers (it had been pristine when I owned it) but it was still in robust physical condition. It is now doing sterling service storing some of my wool stash.' Switching bags now with Robert Hickey of Green Point who concurs with Geoff Carey's memories of the Gladstone bag. 'At my school in Mascot it became a rite of passage, used by the senior boys while the juniors had their Globites. It was often accompanied by a long black umbrella on rainy days which was either used as a quasi walking cane or else secured in the bags handles. We used to think it looked quite stylish.' An acquaintance of Jim Pollitt of Wahroonga was on the course at Mona Vale Golf Club on Sunday when that Piper Cherokee decided on an emergency landing (C8): 'He went up to the crashed plane and said to the pilot 'You can't park here'.' Mary Watson of Balgowlah Heights adds that 'it would planely be a preferred lie. It wouldn't be a handicap however for a good player. They would probably wing it.' 'I've begun reading many articles about Al (C8), keen to discover whether the subject is an Alan, Albert, or perhaps even Aloysius, only to realise that the subject is Artificial Intelligence,' laments Graham Meale of Boambee East. 'I now avoid all Sans Serif typefaces.' Is Jim Chalmers cornered? 'I hope the government's Economic Reform Roundtable meeting in Canberra goes well,' says Lin Sinton of Killarney Heights. 'But I don't hold out much hope. To start with their table is not round but rectangular.'
The Age
a day ago
- The Age
AI should never mind the Pollocks
It's just not cricket, according to David Pigott of North Parramatta: 'Following the Wallabies' wonderful victory in South Africa, I asked Google a question regarding the 1969 Wallaby tour of that country. In its reply, AI overview got its sports slightly mixed up: 'During the 1969 Wallabies tour of South Africa, the highest scorer was Graeme Pollock from South Africa, with a total of 517 runs. He played in seven innings and maintained an average of 73.85'.' 'Just wondering whether the Piper Cherokee landing at Mona Vale Golf Club qualified as GUR (ground under repair) and allowed the players a preferred lie?' ponders Steve Semple of Port Macquarie. 'Perhaps they adjourned directly to the 19th hole to discuss?' 'In 1969, I was playing golf on a course in the highlands of Papua New Guinea when I noticed a sign that read: 'Planes have right of way at all times',' says Bob Phillips of Cabarita. 'Members at Mona Vale might have to adopt this practice.' Peter Jeffery of Garran (ACT) recalls that 'Globites (C8) in the 1970s were said to be unbreakable. My brother James was sceptical. He tested the claim by jumping on someone else's case at Tumbarumba High School, saying 'I bet it's not unbreakable'. He was right.' 'So what filled the time gap from Globites to backpacks?' offers Geoff Carey of Pagewood. 'In our school, it was the Gladstone bag. Though highly unlikely a true Gladstone, probably what's known as the square mouth kit bag. Mine was a fetching orange faux leather with a crocodile skin pattern. As for Globites, a game of skill emerged when you would launch your bag 'ten pin bowling-style' along the corridor towards the bag racks. The bag must stay upright as it slides into the next available slot. What could go wrong?' Alison Stewart of Waitara still has a use for her father's large 1950s Globite suitcase: 'It's in our storeroom, containing my wedding dress, 53 years to the day after it was worn!' Happy anniversary, Alison. 'I was on a crowded bus and a small child and her mother were on board but separated from each other by two or three rows,' writes Jennifer Tidey of Mudgee. 'The child turned and shouted, 'I was sick at school today, Mum!' Mum quietly mouthed that they'd 'talk about it later,' but the child then added, 'It was OK though, I did it in my pencil case'.'
Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
AI should never mind the Pollocks
It's just not cricket, according to David Pigott of North Parramatta: 'Following the Wallabies' wonderful victory in South Africa, I asked Google a question regarding the 1969 Wallaby tour of that country. In its reply, AI overview got its sports slightly mixed up: 'During the 1969 Wallabies tour of South Africa, the highest scorer was Graeme Pollock from South Africa, with a total of 517 runs. He played in seven innings and maintained an average of 73.85'.' 'Just wondering whether the Piper Cherokee landing at Mona Vale Golf Club qualified as GUR (ground under repair) and allowed the players a preferred lie?' ponders Steve Semple of Port Macquarie. 'Perhaps they adjourned directly to the 19th hole to discuss?' 'In 1969, I was playing golf on a course in the highlands of Papua New Guinea when I noticed a sign that read: 'Planes have right of way at all times',' says Bob Phillips of Cabarita. 'Members at Mona Vale might have to adopt this practice.' Peter Jeffery of Garran (ACT) recalls that 'Globites (C8) in the 1970s were said to be unbreakable. My brother James was sceptical. He tested the claim by jumping on someone else's case at Tumbarumba High School, saying 'I bet it's not unbreakable'. He was right.' 'So what filled the time gap from Globites to backpacks?' offers Geoff Carey of Pagewood. 'In our school, it was the Gladstone bag. Though highly unlikely a true Gladstone, probably what's known as the square mouth kit bag. Mine was a fetching orange faux leather with a crocodile skin pattern. As for Globites, a game of skill emerged when you would launch your bag 'ten pin bowling-style' along the corridor towards the bag racks. The bag must stay upright as it slides into the next available slot. What could go wrong?' Alison Stewart of Waitara still has a use for her father's large 1950s Globite suitcase: 'It's in our storeroom, containing my wedding dress, 53 years to the day after it was worn!' Happy anniversary, Alison. 'I was on a crowded bus and a small child and her mother were on board but separated from each other by two or three rows,' writes Jennifer Tidey of Mudgee. 'The child turned and shouted, 'I was sick at school today, Mum!' Mum quietly mouthed that they'd 'talk about it later,' but the child then added, 'It was OK though, I did it in my pencil case'.'
The Age
2 days ago
- General
- The Age
Friday on your mind?
OK. Time to address the elephant in the chat room. Readers who got the print edition of the Herald on Friday will have experienced somewhat of a past-C8 experience in discovering last Friday's (August 8) column getting an encore of sorts. While the online community were unscathed, our faithful page-turners who get the physical copy are right to feel incensed. We apologise unreservedly and can assure all that we are not recycling old columns as some sort of cost-cutting measure. We will email a copy of Friday's actual column to anyone who requests it. At least some readers got something out of the confusion, with Margaret Broadbent of Dunbogan stating that 'it has given this old war baby's brain a boost of confidence in its working order.' While Ron Johnston of Wollongong saw it as an opportunity to use the dunce cap (C8) currently under discussion. Which brings us to Mary Billing of Allambie Heights who recalls that 'my dear friend Beverley, at about seven-years-old, was made by the nuns to stand on a wobbly chair for some time with a 'Dunce' label tied around her neck. She never forgot it.' Col Begg has opened a case of worms with memories of the old Globite (C8), but not all are fond ones. Andrew Taubman of Queens Park notes: '60 years later, I still have callouses on my hands from carrying a hundredweight of books in my Globite for hours a day. Backpacks existed then; why didn't we schoolkids use them?' 'When he finished with it, I used my son's much stickered Globite case to carry my paints and brushes for my adult art classes,' says Lance Dover of Pretty Beach. 'It caused much comment from the other students and was actually an artwork in itself. It finally gave up the fight years later from oils and paint thinners leaking inside but what a good thing.' Gary Logan of Bardia reckons 'they were the only school cases strong enough to sit on, end up, while waiting for the bus.' 'In the good old days of regular dinner parties, a mate turned up with a large (750ml) can of DA (C8),' recalls Tom Meakin of Port Macquarie. 'It was popped in the fridge but not opened. I took it to the next dinner, but it remained unopened there too. And so began a tradition whereby this can became immortalised but never consumed.'
