Heckler on Space
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This is our space, so give it back
Heckler ABOUT a year ago, I started to notice the ''temporary'' functions marquee at the north-east corner of the Opera House forecourt wasn't temporary any more.
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Invisible living in a wheelchair
Heckler YVONNE is disabled by severe arthritis. We often go out for lunch or a film together - she in her wheelchair and me pushing.
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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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Doggone it! I'm sick of being a DP do-gooder
Heckler OK, you know who you are. You, like me, walk your dogs in Centennial Park, probably every day.
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Going to ground with casino plan
Heckler THE redevelopment of Barangaroo has the potential to create a great public space for all Sydneysiders and tourists to enjoy, as well as the chance to restore part of the foreshore of the harbour to a...
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Sunblock solution to global warming
Heckler WEDNESDAY'S total eclipse of the sun has got me thinking. When the sun is blocked out, the part of the Earth in the moon's shadow cools down. Stands to reason when you think about it.
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Coming clean on 'to do list' deadlines
Heckler I like a clean house and yard as much as the next person, but how much am I prepared to put into achieving this goal?
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Reeling with rage over change
Heckler OK, THIS is the last straw. I want to take my kids to a movie at the weekend, and have just looked at the Herald's movie guide.
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Infinite uses, but still just useless
Heckler Like most of you, I have a collection of computer and printer bits such as cables, cable ties, adaptors and instructional DVDs, stored in a box, in case they're ever needed again.
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Right spirit but spare the paper bags
Heckler DROPPING into the bottle shop of a local pub, I bought a bottle of wine. I paid and the young man serving reached for a paper bag in which to place my purchase.
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Empire building nightmare
The Heckler ON JANUARY 21, 1930, in the middle of the world's busiest city, excavation for New York's Empire State Building began. Fourteen months later, on May 1, 1931, the building was officially opened.
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A Kindling affection for not doing it by the book
Heckler I'VE had it with the Kindle haters.
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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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Pooh-pooh to slovenly litterbugs
Heckler THERE was the usual detritus that always makes me cringe: cigarette butts (often in a midden, suggesting a driver has emptied his/her car ashtray out the door), soft-drink cans, fast-food wrappers,...
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There has to be a cure for credulity
Heckler ''AMERICAN doctors are testing microwave technology developed for a space-based missile defence system to shrink breast tumours before surgery.''
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Parental guidance a necessity
Heckler LAST week I made the mistake of eating one of those new low-fat chocolate bars. It was, to put it politely, unpalatable.
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Ruled by the little princesses
Heckler YOU would have thought Ian Freeman's Tuesday heckle covered just about every annoyance known to man. Perhaps he was simply leaving one of the great bugbears for another to tackle.
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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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Forget halls, it's smug shoppers I'd love to deck
Heckler I SPOTTED her across the shopping centre. She was easy to see. Long rolls of wrapping paper sticking out of her trolley and that damn smug look on her face that said, "I've finished all my shopping...
