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Sydney Morning Herald
5 days ago
- General
- Sydney Morning Herald
Some wines demand a double dip
With the bygone wine (C8) discussion turning to the customs of the bulk buyer, we have this item from Warren Menteith of Bali: 'In 1966 I taught in Griffith and subsequently moved to Moree. You could also buy the kegs from De Bortoli and have them shipped. A Thibenzol drench gun had a perfect seal with the keg bung. Use your imagination. Keg parties took on a whole new meaning and had some interesting activities.' 'We kids well remember father's home-bottling night,' writes Helen Lewin of Tumbi Umbi. 'There were no baths for a week beforehand as all manner of bottles were being sterilised in it (yes, we did shower). We also couldn't get the car into the garage for days before the 'bottling party' due to the intricate set-up, nor ourselves days afterwards due to the fumes. I would be more appreciative these days.' 'I don't recall seeing that beer survey in Australian Playboy (C8), which is odd because I only ever bought that magazine for the articles,' says Jim Sabine of Kellyville. On to the search for the Foucault pendulum (C8) undertaken by Anne Baillie. While they are not sure if it's the one from the Science and Technology Museum in Ultimo, both Joel Alexander of Eastlakes and Geoffrey Leeson of Stanmore say there's one in the stairwell of the School of Physics in the Old Main Building at the University of NSW. 'I remember seeing a Foucault pendulum in the Paris Pantheon,' says Peter Miniutti of Ashbury. 'If Anne is ever in Paris she should swing on by to see it.' Paris actually has two of them, and Nola Tucker of Kiama has viewed the other, which is housed in the Musee des Arts et Metiers and is 'immense and unmissable'. This offering, from Martin Field of Noosa Heads (Qld), is dedicated to Joan Anderson, the unsung Australian who introduced the hula hoop to the US: 'A friend, recently decluttering her garage, found a hula hoop she had used when she was more active. She asked a younger and fitter friend if they would like to have it. The friend, born long after the hoop era, replied, 'Does it still work?'' It's a small world. Michael Britt of MacMasters Beach says, 'My parents, both teachers, thought you earned the dunce cap (C8), Bob Pitts, when you backed through their milk bottles on the front porch in Wyong in 1966!'
The Age
5 days ago
- General
- The Age
Some wines demand a double dip
With the bygone wine (C8) discussion turning to the customs of the bulk buyer, we have this item from Warren Menteith of Bali: 'In 1966 I taught in Griffith and subsequently moved to Moree. You could also buy the kegs from De Bortoli and have them shipped. A Thibenzol drench gun had a perfect seal with the keg bung. Use your imagination. Keg parties took on a whole new meaning and had some interesting activities.' 'We kids well remember father's home-bottling night,' writes Helen Lewin of Tumbi Umbi. 'There were no baths for a week beforehand as all manner of bottles were being sterilised in it (yes, we did shower). We also couldn't get the car into the garage for days before the 'bottling party' due to the intricate set-up, nor ourselves days afterwards due to the fumes. I would be more appreciative these days.' 'I don't recall seeing that beer survey in Australian Playboy (C8), which is odd because I only ever bought that magazine for the articles,' says Jim Sabine of Kellyville. On to the search for the Foucault pendulum (C8) undertaken by Anne Baillie. While they are not sure if it's the one from the Science and Technology Museum in Ultimo, both Joel Alexander of Eastlakes and Geoffrey Leeson of Stanmore say there's one in the stairwell of the School of Physics in the Old Main Building at the University of NSW. 'I remember seeing a Foucault pendulum in the Paris Pantheon,' says Peter Miniutti of Ashbury. 'If Anne is ever in Paris she should swing on by to see it.' Paris actually has two of them, and Nola Tucker of Kiama has viewed the other, which is housed in the Musee des Arts et Metiers and is 'immense and unmissable'. This offering, from Martin Field of Noosa Heads (Qld), is dedicated to Joan Anderson, the unsung Australian who introduced the hula hoop to the US: 'A friend, recently decluttering her garage, found a hula hoop she had used when she was more active. She asked a younger and fitter friend if they would like to have it. The friend, born long after the hoop era, replied, 'Does it still work?'' It's a small world. Michael Britt of MacMasters Beach says, 'My parents, both teachers, thought you earned the dunce cap (C8), Bob Pitts, when you backed through their milk bottles on the front porch in Wyong in 1966!'
Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Science
- Sydney Morning Herald
If the cap fits ...
Regarding Barry Lamb's question on the dunce cap (C8), few readers actually remember seeing one, and only one, Bob Cameron of Coffs Harbour, had to wear one: 'At 71, I certainly experienced the dunce cap during my formative school days. Rather than humiliation, I wore it as a badge of honour.' Simon Staines of Mudgee, who went to school in Barry's neck of the woods, at Eastwood Public, remembers a dunce cap 'being placed on the head of anyone deemed by the teacher to be slow. I, for one, never had the privilege.' Bob Pitts of Epping 'never suffered the ignominy of a dunce cap, but was, on separate occasions in high school, made to stand in the waste bin as I was 'nothing but rubbish', and on another occasion made to stand behind the closed door. Unfortunately, for my teacher, the door had a glass panel, so I could see the class, and they me. In both instances, when my hand shot up to answer questions (I was pretty good at maths), the class erupted in laughter. Chaos. And sweet revenge.' 'Clearly that flight attendant's foot brought the coffin's movements [C8] to a dead end!' reckons David Gordon of Cranebrook. 'An interesting body check.' 'My father used to tell a tale about two men arguing over which was the better beer [C8], Reschs or Tooheys,' writes Glenda Taylor of Stanwell Tops. 'They agreed to send samples away for analysis to prove which was the superior brew. The report came back: 'Both these horses are unfit for work'.' Time for readers to get sleuthing to help out our friend Anne Baillie of St Georges Basin: 'I only visited the Science and Technology Museum in Ultimo once, on a visit from Melbourne in 1971. My lasting memory is the Foucault pendulum in a stairwell. Since moving to NSW, I've been to the Powerhouse Museum, but none of the volunteers there knew of it. Does anyone know where it is now?'
The Age
6 days ago
- Science
- The Age
If the cap fits ...
Regarding Barry Lamb's question on the dunce cap (C8), few readers actually remember seeing one, and only one, Bob Cameron of Coffs Harbour, had to wear one: 'At 71, I certainly experienced the dunce cap during my formative school days. Rather than humiliation, I wore it as a badge of honour.' Simon Staines of Mudgee, who went to school in Barry's neck of the woods, at Eastwood Public, remembers a dunce cap 'being placed on the head of anyone deemed by the teacher to be slow. I, for one, never had the privilege.' Bob Pitts of Epping 'never suffered the ignominy of a dunce cap, but was, on separate occasions in high school, made to stand in the waste bin as I was 'nothing but rubbish', and on another occasion made to stand behind the closed door. Unfortunately, for my teacher, the door had a glass panel, so I could see the class, and they me. In both instances, when my hand shot up to answer questions (I was pretty good at maths), the class erupted in laughter. Chaos. And sweet revenge.' 'Clearly that flight attendant's foot brought the coffin's movements [C8] to a dead end!' reckons David Gordon of Cranebrook. 'An interesting body check.' 'My father used to tell a tale about two men arguing over which was the better beer [C8], Reschs or Tooheys,' writes Glenda Taylor of Stanwell Tops. 'They agreed to send samples away for analysis to prove which was the superior brew. The report came back: 'Both these horses are unfit for work'.' Time for readers to get sleuthing to help out our friend Anne Baillie of St Georges Basin: 'I only visited the Science and Technology Museum in Ultimo once, on a visit from Melbourne in 1971. My lasting memory is the Foucault pendulum in a stairwell. Since moving to NSW, I've been to the Powerhouse Museum, but none of the volunteers there knew of it. Does anyone know where it is now?'
