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914OpinionFlying in the Face of Old Age (11): Stupid old man!
Chapter 11 GET OUT OF MY WAY YOU STUPID OLD MAN! You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt-couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my...
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Flying in the Face of Old Age (10): Old Wilbur
CHAPTER 10 Cast me not off in my time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails. Psalms 71:9 Old...
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Flying in the Face of Old Age (9): One Victorious Crocodile and Two Dead Pigs
CHAPTER NINE Public Decency A.E. Housman 1859-1936 Though some at my aversion smile I cannot love the crocodile. Its conduct does not...
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Sissies returns! Flying in the Face of Old Age (8)
In the last chapter of ‘Old Age Ain’t for Sissies’ Joan and I had just escaped the tough cop, the pig dogs...
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Buck and Joan Emberg caught in Queensland!
You may remember that in the last chapter of “Old Age Ain’t for Sissies” We (Buck and Joan) had just escaped the...
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Flying in the Face of Old Age (7): Yank Hating Cop and Pig Dogs on White Utes
“Keep your pants on!” Ken Wakefield 2009 Popular ballad Chapter Seven Yank Hating Cop and Pig Dogs on White Utes Dear Rockie,...
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Flying in the Face of Old Age (6): The Cop Who Hated Yanks
“My home is over Jordan…” Paul Robeson 1933 Chapter Six The Cop Who Hated Yanks It took all night but we finally...
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Flying in the Face of Old Age (5): Counting the Miles and The Troubles
“Nobody knows the troubles I’ve seen. Nobody knows my sorrows.” Gershwin 1935 ‘Porgy and Bess’ Chapter Five Counting the Miles and The...
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Flying in the Face of Old Age (4): I Hear The Call of the Road Today
“Life is like riding a bicycle…in order to keep your balance you must keep moving…” Albert Einstein c.1900 Chapter Four I Hear...
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Flying in the Face of Old Age (3): Retirement begins … Right Now!
“If I only had a brain…” Arlen/Harburg 1939 Wizard of Oz Chapter Three Retirement Begins… Right now! We were near Cow Bay...
