tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post7700993963431872358..comments2024-03-10T00:38:42.248+11:00Comments on CopperWitch: While I was walkingJahTehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-30929655310173854242013-10-31T21:47:44.786+11:002013-10-31T21:47:44.786+11:00We seem to have reached a little interval here, an...We seem to have reached a little interval here, and so for no reason I can think of (apart from fed up with everything) I express what's on my mind right now. And really, I don't care what's thought of it. <br />When I was a boy on the flatlands of Prahran our little gang sometimes wandered up into the hills among the wide streets and mansions around Toorak and there was one place we knew about with its iron gates always open where we could watch little fish swimming around a pond in the front garden. These places were magnificent, beautiful, yet we gave no thought at all as to why we ourselves lived in squalor. Even in later life I was never envious, just enormously curious, that's all, about these wealthy people. They are just not like us, have no idea of us. Nor we of them. R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-40763724403252834292013-10-25T06:23:31.447+11:002013-10-25T06:23:31.447+11:00Ps: I rated it five stars for food, service, etc, ...Ps: I rated it five stars for food, service, etc, but only four for atmosphere because blondie was missing. R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-59127760616904743822013-10-25T06:06:02.475+11:002013-10-25T06:06:02.475+11:00Quite.
Meanwhile if you google byblos cafe the ne...Quite.<br /><br />Meanwhile if you google byblos cafe the next site down features reviews of Byblos by various patrons (tripadvisor.com.au). <br />I was appalled by the opinions so added my own and I'm astonished they accepted it; I've been banned for less.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-22153112694915792202013-10-24T13:22:54.891+11:002013-10-24T13:22:54.891+11:00Rochester, I can always count on you to pick up th...Rochester, I can always count on you to pick up the slack when I'm feeling too shabby to crawl out from under the bed.<br /><br />I love mince pies, with proper rich cream on top. Heston's hidden orange pudding looks okay but I bet it's a lovely price.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-19782559001380688122013-10-23T14:16:18.442+11:002013-10-23T14:16:18.442+11:00I've been going through your archives, laughin...I've been going through your archives, laughing and being amazed at my comments. But really, pondering whether any are worth putting in my memoirs. That's how I spotted Fred. The experience was a year ago. but on this year's trip to Cairns I found his cafe empty, vacated. I was horrified. Well I assumed he'd given the cafe game away, altogether. But later to my absolute delight I found a new Byblos, right in the town centre. And there was Fred, at attention behind the counter, as if waiting for me. It's a bigger joint, more chairs and tables (but no sign of the blonde. I wanted to ask but discretion won out). Well darlings the new Fred's is on a corner, right opposite the CES. That's where I parked, and a big abo women scowled at me as I got out of the car. I had a bad feeling she might kick it when I'd gone. I was glad it was rented.<br /><br />-Best bacon and eggs in Australia: Byblos Cafe, Cairns, Queensland.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-75440567038017775292013-10-23T08:02:23.702+11:002013-10-23T08:02:23.702+11:00Don't want to upset you but last night I got a...Don't want to upset you but last night I got a packet of six fruit mince pies from Coles: marked down for quick sale, $1.35, 70% off.<br /><br />I've eaten three. R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-23033993447199117662013-10-23T07:53:00.212+11:002013-10-23T07:53:00.212+11:00I don't know why, but here's this:
Hi, th...I don't know why, but here's this:<br /><br />Hi, this is Robert, back from the tropics. I fly Tigerair and stay at the Cairns Heritage Hotel. I drive a Budget rental car. I dine at Byblos Cafe, corner of Sheridan and Minnie streets. Mine host is a double for Fred Mercury. He hails me as I slouch past: 7 am. An hour later I dine there, with consort as a statement.<br /><br />Fred is a Muslim; I heard him mention Ramadan. His waitress is wild, bra straps showing. "He's a queer," she said, meaning Fred.<br /><br />OH!- how forthright they are, these birdies in Queensland! R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-26535514801605600402013-10-21T11:18:59.239+11:002013-10-21T11:18:59.239+11:00Sixty Minutes last night and Chopper gives an inte...Sixty Minutes last night and Chopper gives an interview. Lots of ads. I don't know how much dough he got but he had to make it good. The funniest part was his claim to have hung a pedophile in the pedo's cell. Oh yes? Screws unlock the door next morning and the bloke's dead. Hell, if Chopper could unlock cell doors (including his own) do a bloke in then lock up again maybe he ain't even dead. R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-81040053511767536482013-10-20T16:25:52.825+11:002013-10-20T16:25:52.825+11:00Well my main failure is I've never killed anyo...Well my main failure is I've never killed anyone. I almost did once but the bullet jammed as I loaded it (single shot .22) and the bastard got away. Chopper only killed one person and it was self defence, and he was just lucky to be carrying a sawn off shotty in the back of his pants. He was an old Prahran boy, same as me, we went to the local Try Boy's Club, but years apart. They called it The Narrows where I grew up because the streets were that way. My street was the smallest, narrowest: four little houses and a lolly factory. It was poverty, slumtown: good family men on shit wages, plus drunkards; petty crooks. People think the slums do cause crime and they're right, but it's a mixture. I've got a dimwit niece lecturing in social work. She can't decide between nature and nuture: what makes a criminal, is it genes or upbringing? <br />It's genes. The priveleged swindle companies the poor rob banks.<br /><br />Growing up in shit is an unhappy start. You see Chopper and he's laughing all the time.<br /> <br />It wasn't him. <br /><br />Chopper was heartbroken, a sad clown. <br /><br /><br /> R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-18841079730392326052013-10-20T13:39:36.007+11:002013-10-20T13:39:36.007+11:00Now that Chopper's dead someone has to pick up...Now that Chopper's dead someone has to pick up the pen. JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-48317190356996348482013-10-20T13:38:41.756+11:002013-10-20T13:38:41.756+11:00Rh, you've had an interesting life. If you wri...Rh, you've had an interesting life. If you write a book I'll buy it.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-18856838037845524232013-10-19T10:28:44.086+11:002013-10-19T10:28:44.086+11:00I've been enquiring on the hot market for one ...I've been enquiring on the hot market for one of those walk machines, seems none of the boys have ever bothered to knock one off, if it was a car I could get it for you. R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-54613712284091975102013-10-17T09:54:14.214+11:002013-10-17T09:54:14.214+11:00Google Eyelets Prahran and there's a photo of ...Google Eyelets Prahran and there's a photo of the rotten place. <br />A notorious little scrag with a lisp sent me there from Prahran Employment Office and if I could find her now I'd land her an almighty kick up the arse. R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-6781896285590324912013-10-17T08:48:34.915+11:002013-10-17T08:48:34.915+11:00A bloke I worked with at Eyelets, Prahran (most bo...A bloke I worked with at Eyelets, Prahran (most boring job I've ever had) drank alcoholic cider and was permanently half pissed. One time he sent his wife out to get a couple of bottles and was well into it before he realised it was non alcoholic. The way he told me about it he was indignant rather than angry. R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-11872845375487369462013-10-16T17:50:52.443+11:002013-10-16T17:50:52.443+11:00EC, all they have to do is press a button but they...EC, all they have to do is press a button but they'd rather watch and getting off is worse. I couldn't believe the delicate colour of that pink Wisteria, it stopped me in my tracks.<br /><br />River, don't they realize there's a market for this for decrepit oldies? I'd love to go into Rebel Sports and ask but they might talk me into buying the expensive one. For diabetics who have to walk it would be terrific.<br />I didn't even know there was a white one, I've only ever seen the purple.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-19027837591425688872013-10-16T14:49:16.150+11:002013-10-16T14:49:16.150+11:00I like your small walker treadie idea very much, I...I like your small walker treadie idea very much, I'd buy one! Perhaps we should start asking around at gym equipment places until they realise there is a need and get busy inventing one. <br />I've only seen a pink wisteria once, purple is much more common, but there is also a white which I really like but have been unable to grow. Tried twice and they died.<br />Doc Marvin is a treasure. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391176.post-41651979759187268202013-10-16T14:29:59.193+11:002013-10-16T14:29:59.193+11:00Oh how I hear you on the bus front. I am tall, bu...Oh how I hear you on the bus front. I am tall, but my legs are even more recalcitrant (yes it is possible) than my brain. And somedays getting aboard is like climbing Everest. Hiss and spit.<br />And yes, there is indeed a pink wisteria. I don't know why it isn't more common - it is really pretty.<br />I do envy you Doc Marvin. A real find. Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com