tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post6547166786464274170..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: The Age As It WasBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-2125198230869759062011-12-07T00:41:52.073+11:002011-12-07T00:41:52.073+11:00A powerfull piece of writing. As a young bloke I w...A powerfull piece of writing. As a young bloke I was a bugger for pissy driving - till I spent some time working at the morgue. Never drove over the limit since.Mark Boltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04345647263994713620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-71001330547610843242011-12-04T14:24:38.243+11:002011-12-04T14:24:38.243+11:00'Butter eaters make better lovers' - these...'Butter eaters make better lovers' - these are words to live by, Prof. <br /><br />That linked article was good too anon, but I was disappointed in Aldridge's one-line dismissal of the conservative Melbourne of the '60s: 'Men wore hats'. <br /><br />And what, one might ask, is wrong with that?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-3720153376806452182011-12-03T22:51:59.321+11:002011-12-03T22:51:59.321+11:00Requiescant in pace. All Quiet on the Western Fron...Requiescant in pace. All Quiet on the Western Front too.<br /><br />This man can write.Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-88561888113102989972011-12-03T07:16:18.740+11:002011-12-03T07:16:18.740+11:00Thanks for that; it is handy having other eyes to ...Thanks for that; it is handy having other eyes to look for these things.<br />James Delingpole gave me the biggest single smile of the day with "diversity outreach consultants".<br />"Desexing marriage" and making plants choke on CO2 are just the tip of an iceberg.<br />Roger Aldridge could even make a female and male corpse maintain their humanity. How "we" have cough cough "progressed" since then. Germaine Greer only just caught a glimpse of it.<br />The abolished man.PhillipGeorge(c)2011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-81175057159166061782011-12-03T07:06:56.565+11:002011-12-03T07:06:56.565+11:00This from an article written by Aldridge in 2004, ...This from an article written by Aldridge in 2004, at<br /><br />http://inside.theage.com.au/cmspage.php?intid=123&intversion=30<br /><br />"ABOUT THE AUTHOR<br /><br />Roger Aldridge worked for The Age from 1960 to 1975 before rebuilding and establishing The Mill Restaurant at Malmsbury. Now living in Tasmania, he has not worked on a newspaper since leaving The Age. He sails a lot." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com