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The Age
19-06-2025
- The Age
Lismore pranksters were exhausting
Here's a plug from Daryl Jordan of Denistone: 'Double bungers (C8) and the like in letter boxes and amateur rockets were child's play compared with a potato plugged into the exhaust pipe of a bus. I vividly remember a galvanised iron fence around part of Oakes Oval in Lismore where buses were required to park rear to kerb. The 'dimples' in the fence were testament to the velocity at which the spuds were expelled on engine start. I don't know if any miscreants were injured, or caught, but the potential for injury was not insignificant. I'm sure it was, however, entertaining!' Mary Carde of Parrearra (Qld) admits that 'putting a cap on faux firearms has triggered thoughts of the bad old days when westerns were all the rage. I guess I've been flogging a dead horse, but I've spent nearly a lifetime wondering: if they could come up with Silver for the name of his horse, why in the dickens couldn't they come up with a name for the Lone Ranger?' Readers really are carving up the headstone discussion (C8), but few are on a par with Roger Harvey of Balgowlah who says 'My mum was an excellent golfer, even winning her club's championship in her 60s. We buried her in Berwick Cemetery's lawn section, and abided her instructions for just name, years and three words. REPLACE YOUR DIVOTS.' By far, the most arcane offering came from Ross Storey of Normanhurst who went for WAS NEVER TEMPTED TO RUN IN THE CITY TO SURF. 'Gail Grogan's headstone will read NEXT TIME I'M GETTING IT RIGHT,' notes Anne McCarthy of Marrickville. 'A minor change could make it NEXT TIME I'M GETTING MR RIGHT.' Andrew Taubman of Queens Park reports that 'With the venerable Vera coming to an end, I hear they're working on a prequel set during WWII, called Aloe Aloe.' There could be a good yarn in the case of the mystery chicken reported by Bob Selinger (C8). Kenneth Smith of Orange sees a true crime account in the offing: 'Who knows? It might win the Pullet Surprise.' Allan George of Macquarie (ACT) can help with George Manojlovic's rhyming 'problem with the duck' (C8) when he explains, 'He will be Jake, 'cos he's a drake.' However, Warren Menteith of Bali warns, 'Darryl and the Hey Hey crew are after you, George. Plucka is devastated you didn't acknowledge him.' No attachments, please.
Sydney Morning Herald
19-06-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Lismore pranksters were exhausting
Here's a plug from Daryl Jordan of Denistone: 'Double bungers (C8) and the like in letter boxes and amateur rockets were child's play compared with a potato plugged into the exhaust pipe of a bus. I vividly remember a galvanised iron fence around part of Oakes Oval in Lismore where buses were required to park rear to kerb. The 'dimples' in the fence were testament to the velocity at which the spuds were expelled on engine start. I don't know if any miscreants were injured, or caught, but the potential for injury was not insignificant. I'm sure it was, however, entertaining!' Mary Carde of Parrearra (Qld) admits that 'putting a cap on faux firearms has triggered thoughts of the bad old days when westerns were all the rage. I guess I've been flogging a dead horse, but I've spent nearly a lifetime wondering: if they could come up with Silver for the name of his horse, why in the dickens couldn't they come up with a name for the Lone Ranger?' Readers really are carving up the headstone discussion (C8), but few are on a par with Roger Harvey of Balgowlah who says 'My mum was an excellent golfer, even winning her club's championship in her 60s. We buried her in Berwick Cemetery's lawn section, and abided her instructions for just name, years and three words. REPLACE YOUR DIVOTS.' By far, the most arcane offering came from Ross Storey of Normanhurst who went for WAS NEVER TEMPTED TO RUN IN THE CITY TO SURF. 'Gail Grogan's headstone will read NEXT TIME I'M GETTING IT RIGHT,' notes Anne McCarthy of Marrickville. 'A minor change could make it NEXT TIME I'M GETTING MR RIGHT.' Andrew Taubman of Queens Park reports that 'With the venerable Vera coming to an end, I hear they're working on a prequel set during WWII, called Aloe Aloe.' There could be a good yarn in the case of the mystery chicken reported by Bob Selinger (C8). Kenneth Smith of Orange sees a true crime account in the offing: 'Who knows? It might win the Pullet Surprise.' Allan George of Macquarie (ACT) can help with George Manojlovic's rhyming 'problem with the duck' (C8) when he explains, 'He will be Jake, 'cos he's a drake.' However, Warren Menteith of Bali warns, 'Darryl and the Hey Hey crew are after you, George. Plucka is devastated you didn't acknowledge him.' No attachments, please.
BBC News
09-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Woking flats approved despite affordable housing concerns
Plans for 27 town centre flats in a Woking Borough Council-owned building have been approved despite concerns over a lack of affordable new homes will replace the top two floors of the former office block in Church Street, Woking, off Goldsworth Road and will include 51 parking a planning committee meeting on 3 June, the plans were voted through with minimal fuss as the rules surrounding office-to-home conversions limited councillors' powers, according to the Local Democracy Reporting council did not push for affordable housing as officers told the meeting it was not required as part of the conversion from offices. Previous efforts to turn the former block into housing failed over light and noise issues, but council officers assured councillors these had since been Daryl Jordan said: "I'm fairly upset that there is no social housing, which gets dumped on other people."The [flats] are all small and there is nothing for families."The near 40-year-old building frontage will remain the same, according to the approved of the partitions between the flats will be through the external glazing, but the planning committee was told it was not within its powers to determine how the flats should be laid officers said in a report: "There are a fixed list of issues we can address – but the partitioning of apartments is not one."
