Pull the other one
“In Friday’s Business section reporter “There’s a picture of Donald Trump with his arm parallel to the ground, pointing his finger,” says Peter Miniutti of Ashbury. “I’m not sure if he’s pointing at someone in an imaginary crowd or if he wants someone to remove his finger. Let’s hope it’s the former, the latter could have dire consequences.”
Wollongong’s David Griffiths has more information about the terrible curse of KS (C8): “Kianga’s John Brown neglected to warn NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane and federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor, whose initials are not KS but goes to The King’s School. I would also note that State of Origin player Kotoni Staggs was dismissed at the decider. So is it possible that John comes from South Kianga?”
“While I was studying medicine in the beloved sandstone building (C8), surrounded by graduates of King’s, Grammar and Knox etc., I was amused to declare myself a product of the Dorrigo Rural School, as it was then known,” recalls Mosman’s Margaret Lorang. “My brilliant friend Lyn, who later became president of a major American university medical school, also had a rural background and was affectionately known as the Cooranbong Kid during her student years. Never be shy about bushy beginnings.”
“When asked what school he went to, my husband replied, ‘He went to GPS school.’ He did not reveal until pressed that he actually went to Gladesville Public,” says Janene Randall of Padstow.
Peninsula local Roger Bowie of Seaforth offers some background on Shacktown (C8): “A Balgowlah Boys high school principal, who was also in the Air Force, claimed the Shacktown label came from the fact that the prefabricated buildings were pressed metal from decommissioned World War II aircraft, which meets (or complements?) the naval depot claim. Are there any ex-army ducks?”
“So, as a pre-Boomer, am I part of the Silent Generation (C8)? Thanks, Grandma,” writes Ray Moxom of Denistone West. “We need to send the message that pre-Baby Boomers are no longer known as Old Farts.” Bonnyrigg Heights’ Brett Jack is another generational talent, but we’re not sure about his research credentials: “Can we save some space for those of us from the Forgotten Jones Generation? Too young to be Boomers, too old to be X-ers. Born ’54-’65.”
“Surely those of us born between 1939 and 1945 are War Babies?” guesses Rozelle’s Patricia O’Brien. “We are definitely not silent”
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