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Dangerously close liaisons
On Saturday noon we head off to the Wharf Theatre to see the Sydney Theatre Company’s matinee production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. “Unaware of the impending revolution that breathlessly waits to devour the French aristocracy in all its decadence, the Marquise … Continue reading
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Free at last, free at last!
This wage slave has made a succesful bid for freedom. Hurrah! I had been working at the City of Sydney on a three-month contract editing content for a complete new website – a huge task. The work was interesting – I was … Continue reading
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Two-stroke touch-up
My engine has been naughty. That is the 50cc two-stroke engine in my model plane – an 88-inch (2.23 metres) wingspan Extra 300. It stopped in the air on Sunday – only the second time it has done this in … Continue reading
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Update on the patients
Patient Number 1, Jan, went to see her broken arm doctor today at the hospital and he’s pleased with her progress. Now she’s allowed to lift one kilogram with her left arm (instead of the previous instruction of nothing heavier … Continue reading
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A night at the Opera
Our friend Pam Christie rang up and suggested a night at the Opera – Turandot, and arranged some tickets for Monday 19th. We got good seats (ie bloody expensive ones) fairly near the front but on the side a bit. We … Continue reading
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