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Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Sydney Morning Herald
Driveway service gets the boot
It's been confirmed, there is no 'filler-cap tsar' (C8), Robyn Hansen of Pennant Hills and Jeff Stanton of Strathfield have both pointed out that the filler-cap is on the opposite side of the car to the exhaust pipe. Jeff thinks this is 'presumably to reduce fire risk'. Now a different tale from the bowser, courtesy of Stephen Hunt of Roseville: 'A story from the old country. The filler cap on the Humber Super Snipe was concealed behind one of the rear reflectors. A gentleman pulled into the filling station and asked for his Humber to be topped up. The garage attendant enquired where the filler-cap was, and was informed 'behind the rear reflector of course'. The attendant pulled off the wrong reflector and proceeded carefully to put four gallons of premium fuel in the boot.' 'To those drama queens discussing the positioning of filler-caps on cars. You do know that the hoses attached to bowsers stretch easily to the opposite side of the car, right?' posits Kerrie Wehbe of Blacktown. You almost had us, John Ure of Mount Hutton: 'Talking of cardigans (C8), many years ago, while a police detective at Newcastle, I was driving home from Sydney one day on the old Pacific Highway and overtook a slow-moving car. As I passed, I glanced across and saw that the driver, an older lady, had her arms through the steering wheel and was knitting! I was horrified. 'Pull over' I yelled. She just smiled and said 'No dear, it's a cardigan'.' 'Before we became a nation of quaffers, in the '60s and '70s, Grange (C8) was about $20 a bottle,' recalls Robert Hosking of Paddington. 'Well, I wasn't going to spend that, even on my date, so it was always that nasty St Henri at $12. Any other time, it was mostly flagon red at $5. Ahhh, sophistication.' 'Nola Tucker's mention of Ben Ean Moselle reminded me that my wines of choice back in the day were Kaiser Stuhl Cold Duck in summer, Blue Nun for romance and a carafe of claret, any claret, to give the impression of worldliness and sophistication.' We thank Michael Fox of Taigum (Qld). 'I noticed a mention today at a local RSL club of a group calling themselves Girls Boardrider Fraternity,' says Helen Howes of Collaroy. 'Why would the girls describe themselves as a brotherhood? Perhaps Girls Boardrider Sorority would be more apt?'
The Age
2 days ago
- Automotive
- The Age
Driveway service gets the boot
It's been confirmed, there is no 'filler-cap tsar' (C8), Robyn Hansen of Pennant Hills and Jeff Stanton of Strathfield have both pointed out that the filler-cap is on the opposite side of the car to the exhaust pipe. Jeff thinks this is 'presumably to reduce fire risk'. Now a different tale from the bowser, courtesy of Stephen Hunt of Roseville: 'A story from the old country. The filler cap on the Humber Super Snipe was concealed behind one of the rear reflectors. A gentleman pulled into the filling station and asked for his Humber to be topped up. The garage attendant enquired where the filler-cap was, and was informed 'behind the rear reflector of course'. The attendant pulled off the wrong reflector and proceeded carefully to put four gallons of premium fuel in the boot.' 'To those drama queens discussing the positioning of filler-caps on cars. You do know that the hoses attached to bowsers stretch easily to the opposite side of the car, right?' posits Kerrie Wehbe of Blacktown. You almost had us, John Ure of Mount Hutton: 'Talking of cardigans (C8), many years ago, while a police detective at Newcastle, I was driving home from Sydney one day on the old Pacific Highway and overtook a slow-moving car. As I passed, I glanced across and saw that the driver, an older lady, had her arms through the steering wheel and was knitting! I was horrified. 'Pull over' I yelled. She just smiled and said 'No dear, it's a cardigan'.' 'Before we became a nation of quaffers, in the '60s and '70s, Grange (C8) was about $20 a bottle,' recalls Robert Hosking of Paddington. 'Well, I wasn't going to spend that, even on my date, so it was always that nasty St Henri at $12. Any other time, it was mostly flagon red at $5. Ahhh, sophistication.' 'Nola Tucker's mention of Ben Ean Moselle reminded me that my wines of choice back in the day were Kaiser Stuhl Cold Duck in summer, Blue Nun for romance and a carafe of claret, any claret, to give the impression of worldliness and sophistication.' We thank Michael Fox of Taigum (Qld). 'I noticed a mention today at a local RSL club of a group calling themselves Girls Boardrider Fraternity,' says Helen Howes of Collaroy. 'Why would the girls describe themselves as a brotherhood? Perhaps Girls Boardrider Sorority would be more apt?'
Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Sydney Morning Herald
Not everyone's home on the Grange
'I remember my sister, a nurse, receiving a bottle of Grange when she 'specialled' Granny Penfold many years ago,' writes Nola Tucker of Kiama. 'In those days, people who actually drank wine tended to go for the Ben Ean or, if really up themselves, Sparkling Rinegolde. I think the bottle went into the bottom of her wardrobe. Wonder what happened to it?' Austin Rummery of Armidale (name and address of the week) muses that 'Allan Gibson's reference to former US president Richard Nixon (C8) reminded me of the wit who wrote: 'Behind every mill-house there is a water gate'.' 'So, Allan, if we are to add 'gate' to these scandals, surely the original 'gate' should have been Watergategate?' posits Peter Rose of Caves Beach. 'Thank you, Duncan McRobert (C8),' says Peri Nicol of Brisbane. 'My partner, who grew up in rural NSW, looked totally mystified when I recently mentioned wearing a 'car coat' in the '60s and '70s. The height of fashion on Sunday afternoon drives in the Holden station wagon.' Still on Duncan, one of his Volvo-baiting nemeses, Peter Farquhar of Coffs Harbour, offers an automotive mea culpa: 'Sorry, Duncan, I didn't mean offence as I, too, drove a Volvo wagon, and a Rover. Sans baseball cap, and no gloves.' The other partaker, Bob Hall of Wyoming, never drove a Ford, the closest being 'Dad's 36 Pilot and a marvellous 54 Customline. I started with a second-hand Peugeot 404, followed by a Corolla, a Camry, a Subaru and a Mitsubishi. Dad took me to a TAB the first day they opened in the mid-'60s in that Ford Customline. Fond memories.' We're keeping it vehicular for the moment, with the appropriately named Ian Wheeler of Moss Vale: 'Indicator stalks (C8) are one thing but who decides which side the filler cap goes on a new car design? If they were all on the same side, chaos would result at service stations. Somewhere there must be a 'filler-cap tsar' keeping count and allocating sides to ensure a 50/50 split.' Dermot Perry of Mount Keira recently came across one of the more curious Trump toys (C8): 'A strange, upright, long-necked plastic pig with Donald Trump's face on its belly that emitted a snorty grunt when squeezed at a store in Warrawong. I could not bring myself to buy it but I photographed it and, on a return visit, the shop still hadn't sold it!'
The Age
4 days ago
- Automotive
- The Age
Not everyone's home on the Grange
'I remember my sister, a nurse, receiving a bottle of Grange when she 'specialled' Granny Penfold many years ago,' writes Nola Tucker of Kiama. 'In those days, people who actually drank wine tended to go for the Ben Ean or, if really up themselves, Sparkling Rinegolde. I think the bottle went into the bottom of her wardrobe. Wonder what happened to it?' Austin Rummery of Armidale (name and address of the week) muses that 'Allan Gibson's reference to former US president Richard Nixon (C8) reminded me of the wit who wrote: 'Behind every mill-house there is a water gate'.' 'So, Allan, if we are to add 'gate' to these scandals, surely the original 'gate' should have been Watergategate?' posits Peter Rose of Caves Beach. 'Thank you, Duncan McRobert (C8),' says Peri Nicol of Brisbane. 'My partner, who grew up in rural NSW, looked totally mystified when I recently mentioned wearing a 'car coat' in the '60s and '70s. The height of fashion on Sunday afternoon drives in the Holden station wagon.' Still on Duncan, one of his Volvo-baiting nemeses, Peter Farquhar of Coffs Harbour, offers an automotive mea culpa: 'Sorry, Duncan, I didn't mean offence as I, too, drove a Volvo wagon, and a Rover. Sans baseball cap, and no gloves.' The other partaker, Bob Hall of Wyoming, never drove a Ford, the closest being 'Dad's 36 Pilot and a marvellous 54 Customline. I started with a second-hand Peugeot 404, followed by a Corolla, a Camry, a Subaru and a Mitsubishi. Dad took me to a TAB the first day they opened in the mid-'60s in that Ford Customline. Fond memories.' We're keeping it vehicular for the moment, with the appropriately named Ian Wheeler of Moss Vale: 'Indicator stalks (C8) are one thing but who decides which side the filler cap goes on a new car design? If they were all on the same side, chaos would result at service stations. Somewhere there must be a 'filler-cap tsar' keeping count and allocating sides to ensure a 50/50 split.' Dermot Perry of Mount Keira recently came across one of the more curious Trump toys (C8): 'A strange, upright, long-necked plastic pig with Donald Trump's face on its belly that emitted a snorty grunt when squeezed at a store in Warrawong. I could not bring myself to buy it but I photographed it and, on a return visit, the shop still hadn't sold it!'
Irish Independent
5 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Jonathan Keane chasing home glory as Caolan Rafferty eyes second South of Ireland victory at Lahinch
The Kilfenora schoolteacher (25) faces Edmondstown's Liam Abom (22) for a place in the final against Grange's Jake Whelan (30) or Dundalk's Caolan Rafferty (32) with the entire club pulling for him at the west Clare links. While his father has dozens of trophies for showing his prize cattle, Keane has yet to trouble the trophy engravers, but he's hoping to at least give himself a shot at the title. 'We've loads of the silverware at home but nothing for golf,' joked Keane, who gave up the accordion and the chance to add to Kilfenora's traditional music tradition to focus on his golf. He certainly has the game and the grit to go all the way. He played excellent golf to beat Galway veteran Joe Lyons 5&4 in the third round before relying on his short game to see off the highly experienced Carton House man Paul O'Hanlon 2&1 in the afternoon. Just one up with seven to play, he got up and down on the 12th for a birdie to double his lead, lost the 13th to a birdie three, but got up and down again on the 14th for a half before repeating the trick to win the 15th and 16th with pars. A two-putt par got him over the line on the 17th, and he admits becoming the first local member to win since JD Smyth in 1968 would be like winning a major. 'It'd be great to win it after him,' said Keane, who joined the club in 2011 and first saw the final in 2015 when Stuart Grehan beat Colin Fairweather in a downpour. 'He used to coach me when I was younger. I have to give credit to him now for the up and downs. He really was a short game wizard.' As for winning the title, he knows he can't get ahead of himself against Abom, who made seven birdies to edge out East of Ireland champion David Howard by two holes in his quarter-finals. 'It would mean everything,' Keane said. 'I got to the quarters of the West this year and lost to Dylan Holmes, who was unbelievable. 'But I've been playing decent there with the last four or five months this year, so as always, I will just try and one shot at a time and give it 100 per cent, and whatever happens after that, you can't really do too much about it.' Abom had to dig deep to beat the talented Roganstown teenager, Mark Cadden, one-up in the morning. Howard denied him a fraternal quarter-final clash with his younger brother Thomas, the reigning Irish Close champion, with a win on the 20th in the last 16 and he's keen now to earn some family bragging rights by winning a 'major' himself. 'I'd say that was my best performance,' Abom said of his birdie blitz against Howard. 'I feel like I'm playing freely and I'm not worried about the consequences as much.' Keane or Abom will face a quality player in the final as 2018 champion Rafferty meets another superb ball-striker in Whelan in the other semi-final. 'He's one of the best in Ireland, if not the best,' said Whelan, a former Mullingar Scratch Cup winner, after notching solid 2&1 wins over Connemara's Luke O'Neill and Ballybofey and Stranorlar's Ryan Griffin. 'He does everything well, and he's been one of the top one or two players in the country now for five or six years.' Whelan feels he's a far better and more mature player now than he was in 2019, when he lost 5&3 to Keith Egan in the semi-finals and he knows what will take to win. 'Everyone here can play, so I'm just going to have to shoot a good few under tomorrow and see where that leaves me,' he said. Former Walker Cup player Rafferty has won the South, East and West of Ireland titles, but while he never tires of winning, fatherhood is now a priority. 'Every championship is the same, it's the best feeling ever,' Rafferty said after a brace of 5&3 wins over Monkstown's Sean Desmond and Athenry's David Kitt. 'That's why we play golf. This will be a wee bit more special, being the first one that the child will be here. 'No pressure, it's another day of golf and just see what happens… Just let the clubs hit the ball and find it and hit it again.' Pierse Motor Group South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship, Lahinch Third round Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) bt Seán Desmond (Monkstown) 5/3; David Kitt (Athenry) bt Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle) 19th; Ryan Griffin (Ballybofey & Stranorlar) bt Dylan Holmes (Greystones) 21st; Jake Whelan (Grange) bt Luke O'Neill (Connemara) 2/1; Jonathan Keane (Lahinch) bt Joe Lyons (Galway) 5/4; Paul O'Hanlon (Carton House) bt Conor Stapleton (Westport) 2/1; David Howard (Fota Island) bt Thomas Abom (Edmondstown) 20th Liam Abom (Edmondstown) bt Mark Cadden (Roganstown) 1 up Quarter-finals Rafferty bt Kitt (Athenry) 5/3; Whelan bt Griffin 2/1; Keane (Lahinch) bt O'Hanlon 2/1; L Abom bt Howard 2 up.
