Column 8
Sunday April 27, 1997
NEVILLE, from the Northern Beaches, was overjoyed at a letter from the Comnonwealth Bank: "At the time you had a home loan, you were entitled to a special offer that waived your credit card annual fee for the life of your home loan. Now that your home loan has been repaid, our normal credit card annual fee of $22 will apply ... " Neville, who thought he had another 20 years to go on his loan, offered to pay the $22 fee immediately if the bank would send a letter confirming he'd paid off the loan. Sadly, the bank declined and withdrew the first letter.
HAVING read of the death of Rocky, the rooster in Babe that was displaced by a crowing duck (Column 8, April 16), Kathy Garland, of Grenfell, offers the services of her kelpie Nelly for Babe II. Nelly thinks she's a rooster and barks every morning on the dot of 6 o'clock to wake Kathy up.
TIRED of trains being late? Spare a thought for Waitara commuters. Sometimes their trains are not only late - they also stop, then leave without picking up. The other morning a train rolled in. Passengers hurried to the doors but they didn't open. The guard looked out and asked the stationmaster: "Do I stop here?" The stationmaster said: "Well, who are you?" A quick check and the guard replied: "I'm the 7.50 a m." The stationmaster looked at his office timetable and said: "No, you don't stop here." And the train pulled out, leaving some frustrated travellers.
SEEN in Shadforth Street, Mosman, a metallic-blue Sprite with a Tasmanian plate: NOTNMG.
YET ANOTHER international directory scam. The transport company Corrigans International at Mascot has had a "bill" from Globus Edition S.L., of Majorca, for $US1,130 for listing Corrigans' newly registered trademark in the Globus directory of trademarks. For this large amount, the company will receive one complimentary copy of the directory. Strange that the scam should emanate from Majorca - we'd have thought everyone on that island was as honest as the day is long.
TWO WEEKS ago, after John Snowdon drove from his home at Coogee to Rose Bay, one of his sons realised he'd left his wallet on top of the car and it was now gone. Next day, a package - the son's wallet - arrived from Rose Bay. Last week, John drove from Leichhardt to Dulwich Hill, then realised he'd left his wallet on the boot of the car - gone now, of course. A day later, it arrived in the post. Apart from wanting to thank anonymous finders, he wants to know if this absent-mindedness is hereditary. Should he have analysis? He is, after all, an associate professor of psychiatry.
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