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Brother, Can You Spare a Can Opener?

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Why do they do it? Design supermarket carparks so small that you need a can opener to pry open enough space to park your car. Do the designers own a car? I’m sure if they did they would design a space large enough so you can open your car door without destroying the car parked […]

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Corn Cobs, Remote Control & T.V.

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I love my cooked corn cobs dripping in butter. Last night I was eating my corn cobs watching television. Big mistake. As I bit into the corn my taste buds sent me into food heaven. The butter melted in my mouth and over my fingers. And then it happened. A commercial appeared. I quickly reached […]

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Embarrassment Boots

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Well, I finally done it. I bought myself a pair of E.B’s (embarrassment boots). Boots that would have you drawn and quartered by the fashion police if you dared step foot outside your front door wearing them. I had to buy them. My feet were getting cold, up here in the hills, and I needed […]

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Dumb Dumb Moment

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Have you ever had a dumb dumb moment? Well, I have had my share of dumb dumb moments and the latest one was a doozy. I’d just got home from shopping for groceries, jumped out of the car, grabbed most of the bags and raced to the back door. I unlocked the door, stumbled in […]

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Roy Boy

My memoir about growing up in the working class slum of Fitzroy during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Sabres Basketball eBook

Sandringham Sabres – The First 25 Years – 1974-99

Fast break your way through 25 years of history of the Sandringham Sabres (now known as Southern Basketballl Association)

In this e-book, snippetts, stories, photos, raw prawns, stats, results, awards, articles, reveal a community of dedicated basketball enthusiasts who shared their dreams, achievements, frustrations and disappointments to help create a large basketball association where 1000’s of children and adults now play in a eight-court stadium.
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Chris Chats .. about the good, the bad, the sad & the funny - selected short posts - vol. 1 Chris Chats Volume One

Books I’ve Read

Chris's bookshelf: read

Beau Geste
5 of 5 stars
Beau Geste
by P.C. Wren
Jaws
4 of 5 stars
Jaws
by Peter Benchley
Fahrenheit 451
4 of 5 stars
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
4 of 5 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
5 of 5 stars
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
by Alex Kershaw

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A second memoir. Roy Boy was my first published in 2023.

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