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mutikonka commented on the post, Have we done George Michael? 4 weeks, 1 day ago
As a raincoat wearing northerner I hated Wham and their southern soul boy clique in the 1980s. But now I watch their 1985 concert in China and it is a thing of wonder. This song reminds me of Money’s Too Tight to […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, When a comedy phrase becomes common discourse 1 month, 3 weeks ago
And if anyone disputes I will respond with Mrs Merton’s line: “Let’s have a heated debate!”
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mutikonka commented on the post, When a comedy phrase becomes common discourse 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Scorchio!
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mutikonka commented on the post, When a comedy phrase becomes common discourse 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Not sure if it was Selwyn Froggit or that Hilda Baker sitcom where the senile old git says: “I heard that! Pardon?” That’s me now.
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mutikonka commented on the post, When a comedy phrase becomes common discourse 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I do like to mark the end an event with: “Well, that went as well as could be expected, didn’t it?” Helps having a Yorkshire accent.
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mutikonka commented on the post, Tony Abbott ! May the Lord have mercy on your souls. 5 months ago
As a health reporter I interviewed Abbott a few times when he was health minister. He’s a complete opportunist and flakey in his views. As a former journalist himself, he knows exactly what to say and do to make […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, How not to manage a quarantine hotel 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Despite being a Labor state, Victoria has a preference for outsourcing public services- especially in the security sector. Highest rate of private prisons in the country if not the world- 30%
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mutikonka commented on the post, Personal dilemma – ATM. 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Isn’t this really about the difference between online/social media chat and face-to-face get togethers? I have the same problem with some groups that I joined of old school friends from the UK (I’m now in […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, Befriending Australians. 9 months, 1 week ago
I was kind of half joking. The friends I have made here are from places like Malaysia, Serbia, Turkey, Fijian-Indian and New Zealand Maori. I suppose we are all Aussies (I’ve been here 2 decades) but none of us […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, Are you wearing a mask when you go out? 9 months, 1 week ago
Yes but it doesn’t really work when I’m trying to order ham at the deli and the lady can’t hear what my muffled voice is saying, so have to take it off … I think they may work as a public health measure but ‘m […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, Befriending Australians. 9 months, 1 week ago
I haven’t and I live in Sydney.
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mutikonka wrote a new post, Oh No. Wreckless Eric has coronavirus. 9 months, 1 week ago
He hasn’t had a good year, Mt Goulden. He’s become an old age pensioner, lost his [US] health insurance and his wife Amy Rigby was on stage when fold singer David Olney died in mid set. Now he’s tested positive […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, How are we all doing? 10 months, 1 week ago
Strange times here in Sydney where I’m now working from home (not really a problem, I’m a journalist). But it seems to be business as usual in the inner city area (Newtown) near where I live. I biked down to Bondi […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, Coronavirus/Covid-19: Are we doomed? 11 months, 1 week ago
I seemed to have dodged a coronavirus bullet after just being in China. I left in mid January, just before it all became public, but presumably the virus was already circulating, in Wuhan at least. I won’t make […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, Post Brexit day. 1 year ago
Son has just come back from a sabbatical uni term in Dublin, where he was able to study due to EU tuition fee rates. That window of opportunity has now closed. As the French friend he made on the course said; […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, 1917 1 year ago
Entertaining film due to the ‘single shot’ thing but I had to suspend all my critical faculties while watching it. Of course the Germans were terrible shots and it’s possible to run through artillery shell […]
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mutikonka wrote a new post, Australian police shut down rap group – a bit racist? 1 year, 1 month ago
I’m no fan of rap but I was surprised to read this on the Australian ABC site. Our local plod are taking ‘proactive policing’ to a new level in their targeting a drill rap group. As the article states, they aim to […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, 24 Hours in Liverpool 1 year, 6 months ago
I lived in Liverpool in the 80s as a student and had no interest in the Beatles (and neither did anyone else back then, it seems). I only recently found out that our student friends’ flat on Gambier Terrace was […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, The Boring Thread 1 year, 6 months ago
I recently asked my wife to get two spare wheel nuts from the Auto Parts store. When she came back she said they were very expensive and had bought two complete wheel lugs sets. How we laughed when she realised […]
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mutikonka commented on the post, Beggar's day, UK 1 year, 6 months ago
Here in Sydney, my son is in prison, and many of the young guys he is in with are in a repeat cycle of homelessness/drug use/arrest/prison. Some of them even welcome going back to prison for a short sentence […]
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