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   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 30/12/25 19:39, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 30/12/2025 12:32 pm, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   >> On 29/12/25 20:45, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> On 29/12/2025 11:05 am, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   >>>> On 28/12/25 23:46, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >>>>> On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 22:46:54 +1100, Daniel70   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> Steve and Peter, are you two in Australia, 'cause that's   
   >>>>>> the sort of Temps we've had for Christmas??   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> South Africa in my case, I believe Peter is in Queensland.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Further south than that. We're just getting cold winds.   
   >>>> Queensland is getting floods. But no doubt we'lll all soon go   
   >>>> back to temperatures in the high 30s.   
   >>>>   
   >>> I'm on the old Hume Highway, just south of Seymour.   
   >>   
   >> Tallarook?   
   >   
   > Me .... Broadford, so a bit further away!!   
      
   One of my best friends in high school (Peter Henry) died in Broadford   
   just recently.   
      
   >> That's a coincidence. I grew up in Seymour. But I moved to   
   >> Newcastle 57 years ago,   
      
   > Why??   
      
   To do a Master's degree; but Newcastle is a nice place, so I never left.   
      
   >> so I'm starting to lose my Victorian accent.   
   >   
   > Why??   
      
   That's what happens when you live in a new place. At another time, I   
   spent a year in California, and it took me about another year to lose my   
   American accent.   
      
   >> I remember the old Hume Highway. Back in the 1950s it took four   
   >> hours to drive from Seymour to Melbourne.   
   >   
   > Four Hours!! You've got to be joking!!   
      
   It was a long and winding road. Especially on the steep bits crossing   
   the divide.   
      
   >> Now it's about one hour.   
   >   
   > One hour .... on the right afternoon!! The Government MUST surely be   
   > looking at adding another lane each way .... or two!!   
      
   If it's any consolation, driving in Sydney is even worse. Although it's   
   hard to match Melbourne's Monash Freeway for walking-speed traffic.   
      
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   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
   Newcastle, NSW   
      
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