Dialled in for that eye test
Alan Smith of Roseville writes: “I was reading stories about old telephone numbers (C8) and remembered that during a recent eye test in suburban Sydney my wife was shown a page of text written in increasingly smaller letters.” “One of the samples was taken from a Kempsey telephone directory printed approximately 40 years ago. At that time it was the page listing our address and telephone number. The testing proceeded normally.”
Ever the thinker, Mangerton’s George Manojlovic writes: “The recent extremely hot weather is having a huge impact on evaporation in my swimming pool, so to avoid blowing up my water bill, I decided to fill the pool using a high-pressure washer, as I’ve been told they use up to 80 percent less water than a traditional hose.”
“If anyone wants to endure the Melania documentary (C8), they might be a bit confused trying to find screenings at the local cinema,” thinks North Ryde’s James Cheeseman. “When I took a quick look at the movies currently showing, I wondered which one it might be: Servant? Flashback? mercy? or maybe Return to Silent Hill? And then I saw the obvious headline – Send Help.”
You’ve probably seen this already, but this quote from Beaconsfield’s Christo Curtis is our favourite: “I read somewhere that Abraham Lincoln said he watched it. melania “It was the worst experience he’s ever had in a theatre.”
“If you’re after a C8 catalog (C8), look no further than page 280 of Gavin Souter’s 667-page tome. Evangelists Company” Cherrybrook’s Allan advises Gibson. “Grandma’s innocence in 1947 was described as an affair involving ‘strange news, acidic comments and statements about public figures, always with a touch of humour’.”
Sanctuary Point’s Hugh Barrett adds: “My daughter refers to Column 8 from Column 8 as ‘Facebook for geriatrics’, which I think is a bit rude.”
“I haven’t seen many for a while, but the other day I saw a ute with a ‘& Sons’ tag at the end of a company name,” says Mary Carde from Parrearra (Qld). “This made me wonder why I’ve never seen a ute or company car with ‘&Daughters’ next to a business name. Am I the only one?”
“Of course a lot of fertilizer (C8) is imported,” says Andrew Taubman of Queens Park. “Look at the news from the United States.”
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