Heckler on Drive
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Don't Gogh: it will drive you insane
Heckler I HAVE always been a firm believer in Jean-Paul Sartre's saying that ''hell is other people'', which is why I don't like going to places where there are lots of people.
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Manners set adrift as buoy racers arrive
Heckler IT'S the silly season for houseboats once again. It runs from mid December until the end of February.
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Much to be learnt from nicer LA drivers
Heckler HAVING just spent a month-long holiday in California, it is my sad duty to inform the good citizens of Sydney that there is one area in which our American cousins leave us for dead.
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Driven to distraction by a short memory
Heckler WHEN we moved south we were renting out of town, so there was no way of managing without a second car.
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Hold the phone, I'm practising the piano
Heckler THINKING of ways to fit everything into my busy life, I have come up with a practical way to save time: I practise the piano as I drive to work. That's correct.
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Boy, let's get rid of drop-off delirium
Heckler RAILWAY stations are getting busier. It seems that as the cost of running a car keeps increasing, more people are using public transport. This can only be a good thing.
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Real estate and the art of number crunching
Heckler ''I AM agent, hear me roar!'' Yes, I am a real estate agent, and I am proud - a motivated professional with the stuck-on smile, the suit and tie, and requisite BMW.
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New Google offering has my mind boggling
Heckler I READ the other day that Google have invented ''Google glasses''. They are like spectacle frames with built-in smart things like cameras, microphones, communication systems, computing power and a...
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Give faceless marketers the slip
Heckler IT'S not easy getting myself and two girls ready to leave the house each morning by 7am. So, I usually back out of the front door with the keys already in the lock, because I have six bags balanced...
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Stuck in a drain by the grace of God
Heckler My wife and I were visited by Jehovah's Witnesses on Sunday morning.
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Absence of street names ranks lower than lumbago
Heckler Sign, sign, everywhere a sign - except when you need one!
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An Olympic legacy from which we can't escape
Heckler WITH the London Olympics almost upon us, it's only a matter of time before we see articles in the press about Sydney's legacy from Homebush 2000.
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Joys of jam through rose-tinted glasses
Heckler BARRY O'FARRELL, I don't know what you've done in the past week, but I am tired of arriving at work 15 minutes early.
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Onward chocolate soldiers
Heckler WE WAVED them off at the doorstep. It was a Dickensian moment as the weather suddenly turned to autumn.
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A bit of a blue over the colour red
Heckler THOSE of you with teenagers will know the meaning of omniscience. A wise man once said that when he was a child he thought his parents knew everything, on becoming a teenager he realised they knew...
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Shopper's ill-timed joke fell flat
Heckler ''SHUT up, kid.'' Who would have thought those three little words could have such an effect on my day?
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Welcome to town? Just the reverse
Heckler HERE we go again. We've just survived the influx of capital-T Tourists during the spring school holidays and the wine festival. And now the summer holidays are imminent.
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It's so sad - sorry seems to be the easiest word
Heckler WHY do people constantly apologise to me? If I dash across a road in front of a car, chances are the driver will wind down the window and shout ''Sorry''.
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Give me a non- automatic brake
Heckler MY CAR'S headlights turn on by themselves and stay on when I stop and get out. I did not ask them to do that. When I drive off, all the doors lock. I did not ask them to do that, either.
