A godo noticing, Bill, & true.
I note as well some pure Aussie lingo…
Doug
> On Sep 26, 2018, at 5:23 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Cheers Bill all that very touching
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> P Pinching and Pawing -hoho
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> On 25/09/2018 22:41, Bill Wootton wrote:
>> Driving behind cars, you see them clearly,
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>> ranged across glossy duco on boot lids.
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>> Finger marks. As if some brute tune
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>> were to be wrung from mere metal.
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>> Where once a centrally positioned
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>> handle sucked all hands to its chrome vortex,
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>> now rear closure begins flathandedly
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>> from anywhere along that closing rim.
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>>
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>> Once you'd be roared at for touching
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>> any such fine surface, metal or glass.
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>> Today digits glide for hours over phones
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>> and tablets. We pinch and paw at screens,
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>> knowing all the while that gropes and smudges
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>> may be wiped away with a damp cloth.
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>>
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>> bw
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