Comic book collector has some issues
“The pain of Peter Singer losing his motorcycle (C8) brought back childhood memories for me,” says Warwick Farley of Roseville. “I had a great comic book collection – Superman, dick tracy and much more. When I was moving house at the beginning of high school, my family packed up items they thought were unnecessary. My comics are out. I miss them to this day.
Daniel Flesch from Bellingen thinks: “There must be many stories of spouses forcing the sale of motorcycles, as Peter’s wife did. When our daughter was born, my wife made me sell mine and buy a lawnmower with the proceeds. She told a friend of mine in Sydney who had a daughter the same day as ours. Turns out the same thing happened to him, the money went to the dishwasher.” I hope in your case, Daniel, it’s at least a ride-on mower.
When starting the wax paper debate (C8) last week, David Rose lamented having to buy it online from the US. It was the same for Jennifer Boyle from Mudgeeraba (Qld), who was able to stock up on trips across the ditch until our Kiwi neighbors abandoned her too. So he decided to buy it from the Yankees. With this in mind, Waitara’s Alison Stewart has a suggestion: “I’ve replaced the wax paper with Bee Wrappy, a beeswax substitute for plastic packaging. It’s also colorful and made locally from the wax of our own bees.”
Newcastle’s Peter McNair says “If Meccano (C8) is mentioned in any way, a cooee should be given to the Australian version, Ezy-Bilt. It was so good it was sued by Meccano.” “With Set 8 you can build a working model of the Hammerhead Crane from Garden Island. I still have mine, the Dinkum loved by all for three generations.”
The “boys” side of things doesn’t sit well with our pal Dawn Hope of Wahroonga: “As a kid, I hinted or outright asked for some Meccano for my birthday for years, but was always told it was a toy for boys only.”
Wadeville’s Suzanne Saunders takes a somewhat Orwellian take on the claim that writing is dead (C8): “There is evidence of the cognitive and creative benefits of italic writing. Maybe that’s why they abandoned it.” Ashbury’s Peter Miniutti adds: “I’m sure if the delivery drivers Tim Ingall mentioned can’t read handwriting, then they will definitely understand the swear words in the handwriting.”
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