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Have yourself a merry little TV aerial
Does anyone here want a used Christmas tree? Going cheap! OK, free. I just have to work out a way to get rid of it. I remember a time when I used to recycle Christmas trees. In my bachelor days, I always gave myself permission to get an artificial tree. People who don’t remember the…
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A la cart
Video and music site AIs are becoming increasingly accurate at guessing what else I’d like watch or listen to based on what I’ve already enjoyed. But I fear the Artificial Intelligence bots at Facebook are still on the practice tee. The other day I got a message saying “based” on my browsing history I might…
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A fishy story
I have marvelled for many years over Lake George, the disappearing lake near Canberra. In 1996 I commuted from Canberra to the NSW Southern Tablelands to work on the Goulburn Post and I well remember water lapping at the then single-carriage highway that skirted the lake. Then for years it was bone dry. Where had…
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Journey to the centre of my brain
I’m not sure to be flattered or alarmed I might have raised someone’s expectations. According to my Amazon author page in the US, people who bought my books have also bought books by visionary French sci-fi writer Jules Verne. Born in the early 19th century, Verne’s imagination was far ahead of the game when it…
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Looking the part
They say every cloud has a silver lining. Mine came in the form of a silver-coloured spanner. For years, my wife has shunned my handyman skills. I don’t know why. I am always the first person to put up my hand when something needs fixing. “Don’t be ridiculous, John,” she always says when something breaks…
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