Recent content by Rob.

Been there, flew in with Dad some years ago. There were some suspicious characters trying to sell expensive jars of soil / potch from streetside tables to gullible tourists, on the extremely slight chance that there could be a valuable piece of opal contained therein. Fat chance. Didn't buy...

Even as an old fogey now, who previously left kitchen management to Mum when I was younger, and to Hot Lips later, now that I am alone I still organise my kitchen drawers as suggested, although teaspoons and smaller items are in the front. I seemed to have collected a lot of super-sharp knives...

There must be some wealthy Oz person or company out there that will snap up this marvellous, well-loved company? Surely they couldn't go wrong?

Is that what John Travolta did in his white suit?

...to continue, re belly buttons: ...I watched a surgeon perform an abdominal operation. He had made a longitudinal (North to South) midline incision, several inches long, and on sewing up, he cut around the umbilicus (b b.) and removed it, so the patient was left without a belly button...

Re: Belly Buttons:When I was appreciably younger, serving in a well-known Melbourne hospital,

I am a retired specialist Anaesthetist, having worked for some 40 years in several major hospitals in several states in Oz, as well as in the military and overseas, including lots of gastroscopies and colonoscopies. My Mother always told me that I'd be a bum doctor, and what do you know, my last...

Sorry, FARTING, not farming.

Filthy, farming, drooling Filthy, farming, drooling, and possibly snapping dogs are not acceptable in or near food or drink products, trolleys, or on counters. Dogs, especially, although they may be reliable, happy, friendly, and loving companions and pets are filthy creatures. Licking your...

Heaven is reputedly cash-free, but we are not sure about the other place. Heating bills, perhaps?

Sorry, 'thataway.'

As in "that away."

(Haven't tried avgas on fish or salad yet--Rob).

Actually, I like the delicate aroma of aviation gasoline, as well as most any vinegar on fish, or in tomato, lettuce, and onion salads.