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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10j0ai4$1nmne$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Peter Moylan   wrote:   
   >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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