Howdy Forumites, Sometimes we Aussies say: "Better than a poke in the eye with a burning branch." ================ "it's a hoot. (American expression for 'quite humourous')" ================ Over here owls do that Cheri - LOL! Norm, I think you have all the qualifications to join our gang. Welcome aboard. Cheri, that was good to send out the SOS to LeBob. He's another clear thinker whose comments I have missed here for too long. Gary

Gary - would you do me a small favour? I had an old mate who used to live in Melbourne, who I heard had moved to Perth and opened up a Laundrette. His name is Peter Briscoe, which is sufficiently odd a name to possibly catch the eye. Would you mind looking in your telephone directory and see if the name is listed? I would appreciate it. Thanks. I am going through that phase of trying to find lost friends around the place - notably in Oz. I have re-discovered about three so far - which has been great. Cheers, Norm

Gary, Oz: "Better than a poke in the eye with a burning branch." Texan: "Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick." We're not so different. Cheri

Hi Norm, No problem. There are two listings - both PJ Briscoe. One is PJ Briscoe of North Fremantle - at the port. The other is PJ and DF Briscoe of Clarkson - in the upper northern suburbs of Perth. If your friend is married then it is likely to be the latter. I can PM you with either telephone number. Here's a shovel, here's a matic, take your pick. Gary

Heh Cheri, =============== "We're not so different." =============== That is so true in more ways than one. If you treat people with courtesy, respect and kindness then those qualities will cross international boundaries. The converse is also true. Which leads me to my next point - and has relevance to the reason that I started this entire thread in the first place... ... there are two ladies at Adland, both of whom share the same first name. I am sure that they are both very nice individuals in their own rights. However, EVERY day and often several times a day they send me weird, wacky emails to join all sorts of crazy things that are of absolutely ZERO interest to me. The sheer volume of the emails that they send is despairing. I have never been interested enough to join any of their "ventures" and yet still the emails keep coming, some are pages long about the most boring drivel. What should I do? Gary