How long does a Simpson Minimax clothes dryer last?
Visiting his family in Nowra, Australia, our Europe correspondent David Crowe heard of the death of Ronald Sturgiss, known as Bill, the long-time owner of the Sturgiss News Agency, a few weeks ago. His son Greg also runs the store. “It’s a nice old-fashioned newsagent. You can buy newspapers from all over the South Coast, as well as Italian and Chinese newspapers and all the magazines. Staff greet customers by name as they enter. When the staff in question arrived at the funeral on May 11, they saw that Bill had arranged for his coffin to be wrapped in newsprint. He was wrapped in newsprint. Sydney Morning Herald. “It’s a great way to deliver a great newsstand.”
That dastardly David Baird from Burradoo puts the free boot into play: “I thought the outer limiter (C8) was just a precocious douchebag.”
We’ve done a lot of work on street names (C8) lately, but for the sake of harmony we pass the baton to Kings Langley’s John Macdonald: “A section of Seven Hills developed in the 1950s has a series of interlocking lanes covering Beethoven Street, Sibelius Close, Mozart Street, Ravel Street, Strauss Place, Greig Place, Brahms Street and Chopin Street. No Bach. Maybe Johann Sebastian Wrong note to the Council.”
“These lightweights carrying Bambinos and Baby Austins (C8) cannot outshine Dookie Agricultural College’s class of 1960,” says Dave Williams of Port Macquarie. “In our year we had a Lancia tragic (Hi Paul) who made the mistake of bringing his extremely long, heavy, touring car to college. We placed the car between two trees with about an inch of clearance. Nuff said.”
It looks like it wasn’t just the students, judging by this statement from Pymble’s Daniel Low: “Shout out to the industrial arts team at Wellington High School in the 1960s who placed my late wife’s Mini neatly between two brick walls.”
“In our experience, customers in Melbourne routinely stand to allow others to reach their seats, while in Sydney they remain seated and simply turn and turn,” writes Edward Loong of Milsons Point. “Just an observation, not a judgement. Therefore, Coral Button (C8) should bless itself for ease of passage and safe landing at the Hayes Theatre.”
Now some sad news from Mary Holmes of Currumbin Waters (Qld): “RIP Simpson Minimax tumble dryer 1971-2026.” We were told there was no dry eye in the house.
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