Hi Tony,.....To answer your question re the weather here in Sydney at the moment. There's no snow, but it is raining and we're told it will stay the same until Saturday next. Your comments re your youthful self-indulgence at Devitt House whilst aroused by Sister, that vision of loveliness, the original Madonna with the big 'boobies', had me giggling. To be honest though, I found that those glasses she wore with the ultra-thick lens (not unlike the bottom of a bottle) were rather off-putting. Not really to my taste, but to each his own I suppose. It did strike me that, perhaps, you were a late starter in that particular nocturnal activity. If my memory serves, after lights out each night, the hammock bars on the Are' were positively vibrating. Maybe you were too busy to notice(Jester).....Like you, whilst on the Are', my happy memories far outweighed the bad. I have been in touch with Ian Walker (also a SN member), who was on the old girl at the same time as me, and he shares the same view. It was tough at times, but most of us were hardy little bu---rs weren't we? so I'm sure that for most it was a positive experience. One other thing I remember. Each Sunday when we were granted a few hours shore leave, I and a couple of mates would hasten up the hill to a little shop in Chattendene, where we would purchase a packet of 20 Cigs and spend the afternoon wandering aimlessly round Hoo, trying to smoke ourselves to death. The silly things we do when young, but we, of course, thought we were being so adult. Good to exchange this with you, I must try and remember more for another time............cheers, mate, Roger.
