Rivers Of Change

Much more recently than my previous post, ‘Lengthy Dementia?’, we were watching an old British comedic film, displayed on our television in ‘glorious’ black and white.

“When this film was produced, I was in ‘5th Class’. I was infatuated by atlases, at that time, so the teacher called upon me to leave my seat and trace the course of the Amazon River on a large outline of the world, that was affixed to one of the walls,” I reminisced.

“If he were to see you today! He’d ask you to outline the course of the ‘See-Nile’!”, Tiki retorted.

Touche!

Lengthy Dementia?

I had prepared our post-lunch mugs of coffee and as I presented Tiki with hers, I asked of her if it were a sign of dementia that I had just opened the door to our fridge and motioned to place the still steaming kettle inside of it.

“No. I remember asking you, just months after we were married, to place your dirty socks in the laundry basket, only to find them in the toilet!”

“A Deer’s Castration”: Monday, 9th May, 1977

The holidays begin for those children who attend the schools run by the Government of New South Wales.

I listened to the return of radio personality, John Laws, after his much-publicised second heart attack, and did not shave or shower until 9.00 a.m. I left at ten past ten to do some shopping after having listened to him interview English actor, Robin “Doctor In The House”/”Doctor At Sea” etcetera Nedwell. It was a quarter past eleven before I returned and watched the remainder of Channel Seven’s “11 A.M.”, presented by Steve Liebmann.

At noon, “The Mike Walsh Show” had Jimmy Hannan as its guest host. Helen Wellings, an agent for the Department of Consumer Affairs, told of how she was a school teacher for two years in Victoria. One year was spent in a rough industrial town and the other in Melbourne. Bandmaster, Geoff Harvey, used a sock which contained two squash balls to demonstrate how deers are castrated. Afterwards, the diminutive comedian, Sean Kramer, appeared as an Irish spy.

This afternoon’s edition of “Mannix” has the private detective posing as a drug addict to catch the crooks.

Speaking on “Willesee”, this evening, jockey, Malcolm Johnston, announces that he will be leaving to ride in Britain as soon as the strike at the airport ends.

“In The Wild”, with Harry Butler, follows “This Day, Tonight”, at eight o’clock, on ABC-TV’s Channel Two. Tonight’s programme takes the viewer to the Wandoo Forest, in the south-west of Western Australia. Episode 16 of “Rich Man, Poor Man: Book 2” appears on Channel Seven, from half past eight.