Waiting on a friend at Wategos.
Is Jim Rogers of Byron Bay taking the Mick? “A few years ago, I emerged from the surf at Wategos Beach to find two young ladies in swimmers patting my border collie on the back of my old ute parked outside Raes on Wategos. A dishevelled gentleman dressed all in black, sitting on the rock wall smoking nearby who appeared to know them, then asked me a few monosyllabic questions about the dog, my surfboard and the weather.
“When my father underwent acuity testing during Malcolm Turnbull’s tenure as PM, he used our long-standing nickname that recalled a number of Alan Moir cartoon characterisations from this very journal,” says Greg Oehm of Western Creek . “Apparently, ‘Napoleon’ isVicky Marquis of Glebe can relate: “When my mother was in her 90s, she was given an acuity test and was asked who is the prime minister.
Time is money, reckons Judy Jones of Thornleigh: “I feel it is very misguided to accuse the people who can afford to ‘wear a house on their wrist’ and suggest they should be on a guilt trip when there are people struggling to make ends meet. Many well-to-do people are self-made. They started with nothing and, through risk, skill and recognition of opportunity, have done well. Many of them are also benefactors to charity and do their share for the community.
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