Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. TOTOTO “In the Business section of Friday Herald “There’s a photo of Donald Trump, his arm parallel to the ground, pointing his finger,” says Peter Miniutti of Ashbury. “I’m not sure if he’s pointing at someone
“In the Business section of Friday Herald “There’s a photo of Donald Trump, his arm parallel to the ground, pointing his finger,” says Peter Miniutti of Ashbury. “I’m not sure if he’s pointing at someone in an imaginary crowd or if he wants someone to pull his finger. Let’s hope it’s the former, as the latter can have dire consequences.”
Wollongong’s David Griffiths has more on the dreaded KS (C8) curse: “John Brown from Kianga has neglected to warn NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane and Federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor, whose initials are not KS but who went to The King’s School. I also note that State of Origin player Kotoni Staggs has been dropped for the decider. And is it possible that John is a native from Kianga South?”
“While studying medicine in the beloved sandstone building (C8), it amused me, when surrounded by alumni of King’s, Grammar and Knox etc., to declare myself a product of the Dorrigo Country School, as it was then known,” recalls Margaret Lorang of Mosman. “My brilliant friend Lyn, later chancellor of a large medical school at a major American university, also had a rural background and was affectionately known in her student days as the Cooranbong Kid. Never be shy of bushie beginnings.”
Janene Randall of Padstow says that “when asked what school he attended, my husband replied ‘he went to a GPS school’. Until pressed, he did not reveal that he actually went to Gladesville Public.”
Peninsula local Roger Bowie from Seaforth has some context on Shacktown (C8): “The headmaster of a Balgowlah Boys’ secondary school, himself an Air Force man, claimed that the Shacktown label was due to the fact that the prefabricated buildings were made of pressed metal from decommissioned World War II aircraft, contradicting (or complementing?) the naval depot’s claim. Old army ducks, anyone?”
“So, as a pre-Boomer, I’m one of the Silent Generation (C8)? Thanks, Grandma,” writes Denistone West’s Ray Moxom. “We need to spread the message that pre-Baby Boomers are no longer known as Old Farts.” Bonnyrigg Heights’ Brett Jack is another generational talent, but we’re not sure of his research credentials: “Can we save some space for those of us from the forgotten Generation Jones? Too young to be Boomers, too old to be X-ers. Born between ’54 and ’65.”
“Surely those of us born between 1939 and 1945 are war babies?” assumes Patricia O’Brien of Rozelle. “We are certainly not silent.”
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