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'In other news…'
03rd December 2010
Friday: To avoid a 20 to 30 minute queue later in the day, I stayed up doing various chores so I could drive to the service station with a good price 3 kms down the road; worth it, being on empty and being 13 cents lower than every one else within cooee. And so I hit the sack around 7 this morning.
I arrived at Guildford about 4 p.m., and my first call with Bob was Centrepoint in Midland to buy him his annual birthday cigar, being one week late this time. We then walked the John George Walk Trail, but my mind was racked with a very recent relationship issue, taking some of the tranquillity out of the beautiful walk. We finished with his swim at Swan Aquatic and the obligatory cup of tea at Fish Market Reserve on dark.
Once home I was pleased and surprised to reach Mum on her hospital phone, being close to 9 o'clock. She may come out tomorrow, but we all feel that would be too soon. We acknowledged Dad's passing 21 years ago today.
With Cadbury spread out on my lap, moulting a bit, I settled in to watch Aunty. Janny had returned The Dear Leader to his place a bit before 9.
Lateline: The (Leigh) Sales Graph: My 'In other news…' and Abecedarian Project websites went a little mad today, and the searches which brought the flurry of visitors were mainly for 'Leigh Sales'. And this is best explained by tonight's Lateline being her last: Ms Sales moves next year into the big chair being vacated by Kezza the Great this month, who has hosted the 7.30 Report since 1788, when he was a young starry-eyed journalist for the BBC, embedded with the First Fleet. Kerry O'Brien went on to cover many events of world significance, including the Voyage of the Beagle and the Sinking of the Rudd.
Ms Sales was in a buoyant mood, and who could blame her, with a couple of the Chaser's guests, Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow, to interview for a review on the year in Australian politics in the main, and the inimitable Stephen Long for his opinion on the year to come for the global economy, though she did have a short serious interview beforehand with James Ball, who is working for WikiLeaks. (Mr Ball's archetypical geek appearance softened the cut of the subject matter somewhat, fortunately; he would've made a good companion for Godwin Grech in the cold damp basement of Treasury in Langton Crescent in Canberra, never seeing the sun other than on the desktop artwork.)
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7 comments:
No more fashion comments in Fools Paradise?
Oh Dear!
Gladys: Hopefully the lack of fashion critiquing will be a temporary thing; time is very tight lately.
Take those curlers out, Gladys!
Curlers?
Now who has been here wearing curlers and pretending to be me? If I put curlers in my fine thinning hair they would just fall out - my hair with them!
Or are you suggesting something else? I'm flummoxed!
Gladys: I did mean those plastic tubes that women torture their scalps and hair follicles with.
Okay then, another stab in the dark with my telemetrical fashion commentary: Gladys, get out of your nightie and into something decent; look at the time, girl!
Well, yes, I am sitting here at ten in the morning still in nightdress (down to my ankles — at least the hem is!) plus heavyweight dressing gown. In this cold weather could still be wearing it at noon!
Are you still in bed? Wearing shorts or just birthday suit? Do tell!
Gladys: Birthday suit, always birthday suit. It's so hot in Australia, most everyone goes around in their birthday suits, even in winter.
Mm, but maybe those Aussie suits are of poor design?
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