"This car was parked in the staff car park of a rest home in Albany, when I returned my Dad home after an outing on Sunday," writes a reader.
A little off colour ... on April 1
"I took my 14-year-old daughter shopping to her favourite store North Beach," writes a reader. "We both found some jeans that were a perfect fit. Mine were a deep, deep dark blue and had a warning label on them that read something like 'don't sit on your mum's cream sofa when wearing these - the colour will rub off'. I asked if the fabric was prone to fading and the young shop assistant told me the jeans aren't really meant to be washed. 'Just pop them in the freezer - that'll kill the bacteria, and wipe them with a cloth if you spill something on them'. It was April 1. I thought she was joking. She wasn't."
News nostalgia
In 1908 a man named Malone was fined at Northampton for breaking hotel windows. He said he earned his living by catching rats and going from place to place exhibiting freshly-caught rats. These he tethered to a table with string, giving them a certain latitude, and then, with his hands tied tightly behind him, he fought and killed a rat with his teeth. Nine times out of 10 he was said to succeed, but frequently the rat bit him severely.
