I wrote this on 8 October 2011 for a now defunct magazine. All over the world people are expressing their admiration for Steve Jobs and sorrow at his passing. Steve made a difference in many lives … [Read more...]
Vale Alfie, Senior Knitter
Sad news this week, Alfie Date, Australia’s oldest person, passed away at 110 years of age. Alfie, the oldest person in Australia, started to knit sweaters for penguins when he was 109 years … [Read more...]
Vale Margaret Whitlam
She was a Great Australian Every other wife of a Prime Minister was a housewife, a woman who looked after the house and the kiddies and made it comfy for when Hubbie came home from work. Just like … [Read more...]
Vale Anne McCaffrey
I hope I make it to 85 but even if I score any years past that, I'll never be anything like Anne McCaffrey. The world will miss her talents as a story-teller She had a great gift of pulling readers … [Read more...]
John Cummins
I see that Johm Cummins, Union Man has gone south, gone to the Great Rest Home for Organisers in the Sky.He'll be missed. We always supported Cummo around here, he supported pensioners as well as his … [Read more...]