"Is C8 part of the elite media, asks David Hotchkiss? You bet. Conservatives use the term as a pejorative but the elite media sets the framework within which others operate. For instance Americans have a tradition of naming aircraft carriers after former presidents and back in March [5th], in Column 8, Peter Riley of Penrith opined one day we would see the USS Trump sailing through the Heads. Other media dismissed the guy with the raccoon on his head as a joke, C8 was on the money. Elite," Don Fischer of Goulburn. [C8: All credit to Peter].
And from Peter Riley: "In Australia we tend to walk on the left of the footpath while Americans prefer the right. I've just returned from a cruise to Tasmania and a sign on the promenade deck of the American cruise ship states '3 laps equals a mile and please walk counter-clockwise'. The result is when you allow for people walking the wrong way, the Australians because of their leftist tendencies, walk on the inside with the deck chairs and opening doors, while the Americans walk on the obstacle-free outside with the view. As soon as Don and Mal meet in the Oval Office they'll have to find a solution."
More on Montville war memorial [C8: Rejects] from Ruth Anderson of Red Hill who says it includes the name of her grandfather, L.G. Swain. "He was medically excused from service, as were the others listed, and was pleased to have his name among the 'rejects'. He had been injured on his voyage to Australia from England. He came on a returning Clipper carrying a load of barbed wire when a storm forced crew and passengers to help secure the load. His legs were badly cut. He recovered, but always had 'bad legs'."
"As usual it has been interesting to have a friend from London to stay, as did James Bond he works at The Royal College of Arms for a guinea a year from the Queen and full of tales of Heraldry. Naturally conversation turned to the C8 'comma/of' debate. In Scottish legal documentation, if referred to as Macintosh OF Inverbervie it denoted you were the Laird. If as Macintosh IN Inverbervie, Commoner. Knowing this I will certainly stick to Chris Roberts of Killarney Heights and trust my social standing cannot be misconstrued so far from Scotland."
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