Curl Curl is a district of Sydney. I bummed around a little when I was
young!
Andrew
On 31 May 2017 at 20:55, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Sheila, Patrick. I am a wheely case man nowadays. Sigh.
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 31 May 2017 at 10:52 pm, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > This banter too obscure for me, Andrew. Curl Curl?
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Wed, 31 May 2017 at 8:54 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I saw a number of trunks when I was a scavenger on Curl Curl tip when I
> >> was
> >> 19, so this calls up memories a plenty, Bill!
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >> On 31 May 2017 at 14:28, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Bill, this piece hefts hefts even perception retrospectively. The
> >> musings
> >> > on the shapes lull us into a natural reflective trance.
> >> >
> >> > Very well done!
> >> >
> >> > On May 30, 2017 11:21 PM, "Patrick McManus" <
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >> > >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Bill Trunks heave with history,
> >> >
> >> > line I like it
> >> >
> >> > On 31/05/2017 02:57, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Pack a trunk
> >> > > you're really going somewhere
> >> > >
> >> > > and not coming back any time soon,
> >> > > shifting house, shifting nation even
> >> > >
> >> > > or of course, you could be going nowhere,
> >> > > stashing no-longer-necessaries in the attic.
> >> > >
> >> > > No rolly trolleys, trunks co-existed
> >> > > with flat-bottomed metal rubbish bins,
> >> > >
> >> > > both capable of absorbing
> >> > > the roughest of treatments
> >> > >
> >> > > requiring finger clutching
> >> > > and sustained arm hefting.
> >> > >
> >> > > With their metal handles and flick latches,
> >> > > trunks were chunky rectangular cuboids,
> >> > >
> >> > > lockable, portable, sit-on-able,
> >> > > easily stackable and re-usable.
> >> > >
> >> > > Trunks could be labelled, ticketed,
> >> > > even compartmentalised.
> >> > >
> >> > > Store suits, shirts, socks, shoes,
> >> > > swimming trunks, boxing trunks,
> >> > >
> >> > > all manner of trousers,
> >> > > truncated or not.
> >> > >
> >> > > Trunks heave with history,
> >> > > hope and possibilities of movement.
> >> > >
> >> > > bw
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andrew
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> >>
> >
>
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