tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2161451086031992497..comments2024-03-19T07:20:02.485-05:00Comments on Althouse: 50 years ago yesterday: "It was a quintessential Australian death. On 17 December 1967, Australia’s 17th prime minister, Harold Edward Holt..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16467647354384893612017-12-18T16:38:23.291-06:002017-12-18T16:38:23.291-06:00I'm not a great swimmer but in any case once g...I'm not a great swimmer but in any case once got caught in a rip current that took me along the beach--absolutely helpless in it. It finally slowed and I got out. Nothing as strong as that rough surf in the photo.ccscientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497281371083491686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66616373462503023072017-12-18T16:04:24.255-06:002017-12-18T16:04:24.255-06:00Eddie would Go
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie...Eddie would Go<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_AikauHowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048255624944551506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14322086380726812642017-12-18T14:49:32.569-06:002017-12-18T14:49:32.569-06:00Holt's demise by rip current reminds me of the...Holt's demise by rip current reminds me of the passage in "Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why" where the author recounts his escape from wintry Chicago to Honolulu for a vacation and, within minutes of reaching his hotel on Waikiki Beach, decides to go swimming. He just happens to chat with a lifeguard before plunging in to that lovely surf.<br /><br />I say no more but it is a wonderful little story.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17054880952377156375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71280927934737263512017-12-18T14:02:54.045-06:002017-12-18T14:02:54.045-06:00By modern American standards, he's assaulting ...By modern American standards, he's assaulting at least two of his daughters-in-law. Probably harassing the third. He's lucky he's dead.Jupiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008508862847561845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14372567091148012442017-12-18T12:49:49.586-06:002017-12-18T12:49:49.586-06:00I've listened to the audiobook hundreds of tim...<i>I've listened to the audiobook hundreds of times.</i><br /><br />Yay! I thought as much. I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325799399154580481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26608375224629218082017-12-18T12:42:25.027-06:002017-12-18T12:42:25.027-06:00Actually, it sounds suspiciously like an insurance...Actually, it sounds suspiciously like an insurance fraud case I read about where the guy feigned drowning and 'disappeared' but actually resurfaced quite a distance from where he fell in. He then fled to Mexico but eventually got caught when he returned for the life insurance money his wife collected.mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64524305117177276012017-12-18T12:34:22.292-06:002017-12-18T12:34:22.292-06:00"His clothing was found and it was assumed a ..."His clothing was found and it was assumed a shark got him."<br /><br />Must have been a Butler shark. They eat you, but they leave your clothing neatly folded on the beach.Bob Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217663230833386582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20091529636805633282017-12-18T10:51:32.820-06:002017-12-18T10:51:32.820-06:00HEH was quite the ladies man, a lovable rogue back...HEH was quite the ladies man, a lovable rogue back in the day.<br /><br />In a candid interview, Dame Zara [HEH's wife] confirmed the clandestine relationship saying she was "very aware" it had been taking place.<br />"I felt like telling Marj about the other half dozen in the same position," Dame Zara told a documentary crew, rolling her eyes.<br />"He was a womaniser. He loved them. He loved them," she said.<br />"He was a charming man, for women. He didn't have any men friends, or many. He had friends, but he didn't have one great friend … a man, but he had a lot of women. He was a menace," she recalled affectionately with a laugh.<br />Dama Zara said Holt was an expert at hiding his many affairs from his wife.<br />"He was charming to me. He really hid them beautifully," she said. "I might know, and I saw … and I didn't see, for I knew if I saw I'd have to make a fuss and that'd be it and I'd have to leave him and have to bring up three children.<br />"Anyway I loved him. I had to make my mind up about that very early in my marriage and I decided alright, if that's it, I'll look the other way. Which I did."<br />"He was having affairs everywhere and he made a big thing of never having a guard anywhere near him. I know why. He should have had a guard with him."<br />BarrySanders20https://www.blogger.com/profile/01789985176386759263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48911037368647575152017-12-18T10:36:36.443-06:002017-12-18T10:36:36.443-06:00I care about Oz to the extent I read Tim Blair &am...I care about Oz to the extent I read Tim Blair & Andrew Bolt daily & The Quadrant on a weekly basis.MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02470183737660481980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43228264574739376632017-12-18T10:19:55.830-06:002017-12-18T10:19:55.830-06:00Of course if you stay on shore you can die from be...Of course if you stay on shore you can die from being bitten by one of the many species of very highly venomous spiders (like the Sydney funnelweb) or snakes (taipans, Death Adders, the Eastern Brown Snake). <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6fiUuD6E8A" rel="nofollow">Even their cute little Koalas can turn vicious</a> if provoked.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22738891014042959712017-12-18T10:13:09.374-06:002017-12-18T10:13:09.374-06:00I like the way the person in the picture fades out...I like the way the person in the picture fades out from the legs upwards. Talk about Google cutting someone off at the knees!Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2382408997206738462017-12-18T10:10:48.536-06:002017-12-18T10:10:48.536-06:00The Australian waters are full of things that want...The Australian waters are full of things that want to eat you -- bull sharks, tiger sharks, hammerheads, great whites, saltwater crocodiles -- and things that don't want to eat you, just kill you -- cone shells, box jellyfish, blue ringed octopi. Best to stay on shore.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16505682207008904312017-12-18T09:49:18.749-06:002017-12-18T09:49:18.749-06:00"Althouse PLEASE tell me you've read In A..."Althouse PLEASE tell me you've read In A Sunburned Country. No Bryson fan can talk about Australia until she's read it."<br /><br />I've listened to the audiobook hundreds of times. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83859050508991020972017-12-18T09:35:14.498-06:002017-12-18T09:35:14.498-06:00"But you lot got me. Lucky you."
Yes."But you lot got me. Lucky you."<br /><br />Yes.CWJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598487232861475833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70308598105964420022017-12-18T09:29:41.441-06:002017-12-18T09:29:41.441-06:00I’ve been driven to insouciance, but. It wasn’t th...I’ve been driven to insouciance, but. It wasn’t that interesting so we just kept going. <br />Oso Negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996629147239192401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75607991389641932072017-12-18T09:13:16.134-06:002017-12-18T09:13:16.134-06:00Australia is a fun place. Only been once but hopin...Australia is a fun place. Only been once but hoping to make it back. I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325799399154580481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86307965111892051722017-12-18T09:11:32.753-06:002017-12-18T09:11:32.753-06:00Althouse PLEASE tell me you've read In A Sunbu...Althouse PLEASE tell me you've read <i>In A Sunburned Country</i>. No Bryson fan can talk about Australia until she's read it.I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325799399154580481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64142711743026672562017-12-18T08:54:51.861-06:002017-12-18T08:54:51.861-06:00Stupid is as stupid does!
Does not matter how ric...Stupid is as stupid does!<br /><br />Does not matter how rich, famous, or 'important' you are. Play stupid games, get stupid prizes.... or just die.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635784352780834494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6511723140455863222017-12-18T08:52:20.152-06:002017-12-18T08:52:20.152-06:00My favorite bit of the Harold Holt story is this: ...My favorite bit of the Harold Holt story is this: "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt" rel="nofollow">His death was commemorated</a> in a number of ways, most famously by the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre."Paco Wovéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053886112561036768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84162293200255562812017-12-18T08:49:37.223-06:002017-12-18T08:49:37.223-06:00"insouciance and danger" makes me think ..."insouciance and danger" makes me think of Austin Powers.<br /><br />Which sometimes makes me think of Beyonce wearing a wetsuit.<br /><br />Not sure if Holt ver wore a wetsuit in his swimming excursions. Maybe it would've helped him not die.<br /><br />Hindsight.<br /><br />Hindsight can also be a Beyonce joke, maybe.<br /><br /><a href="https://jamesfirstandlast.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">- james james</a> <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580578614527350699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72034086324491622017-12-18T08:38:11.486-06:002017-12-18T08:38:11.486-06:00Australia is rather expensive as a retirement dest...Australia is rather expensive as a retirement destination. <br />Property is not cheap, we are talking Seattle prices. Which seems curious given how big and blank it is. <br /><br />Hawaii (big Island) is much cheaper to buy in. A bargain really. My wife was there @9 months ago and was looking into it. The cost of living is high though, groceries, gas, electricity. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69472925955335942572017-12-18T08:33:20.198-06:002017-12-18T08:33:20.198-06:00I like Australians. Most of the family is actually...I like Australians. Most of the family is actually in Australia these days. I once worked for an Australian VC firm; and had I not stayed in the US my next gig back in the 80s would have been with an Aussie venture in Papua New Guinea. Or ended up in Australia. <br /><br />But you lot got me. Lucky you. <br /><br />The thing about Australians is they drink. Been drunk under the table by these guys, several times, because I have never drunk much and never got in practice I guess.buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52711859210204822662017-12-18T08:32:30.793-06:002017-12-18T08:32:30.793-06:00Aquatic dingoes ate my prime minister.
I am disap...<br />Aquatic dingoes ate my prime minister.<br /><br /><a href="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/80c65027a5299a643266cefa4ab75511" rel="nofollow"><i>I am disappointed there are no bikini pictures.</i></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14393236039533336442017-12-18T08:28:48.245-06:002017-12-18T08:28:48.245-06:00There is a younger guy at the bar who has talked l...There is a younger guy at the bar who has talked lately of moving to Australia. The idea of getting up root and branch and moving somewhere else is still in the American Psyche. And in the psyche of the immigrants that come to America. So the American Psyche is found in other lands and identified by the decision to leave for America. There is a name for that kind of reasoning.<br /><br />In a far but recent past, such people would strike out from the East and move West. And as the East caught up with them they would move farther West. Some still do: they move to California. For many, the California Dream is bigger than the American Dream. Some even dream of going further West: these people dream of Hawaii and a land of relaxation and beauty and pleasing weather, exotic, but exotic in a way where the English language can get you by comfortably. Hawaii: America, but not too much America.<br /><br />Some of these Westward people made it to Seattle. By which point you are pretty much running out of land to go west, because: ocean. And, as such, Seattle has become a refuge from the East, and from the South: a lot of Californians move north to Seattle. Some from the south stop a little shorter, and stay in Oregon, usually Portland. Which at least takes a few more new arrivals off the congested roads.<br /><br />Anyway, the younger guy at the bar who has talked lately of moving to Australia. Australia can have an Old West vibe, at least from several thousand miles away. Rough and tumble, still. And they speak English, which is always good when you only speak English. Again: see Hawaii.<br /><br />But Australia: the dream of moving ever Westward now takes you halfway around the world. And they have the Aborigine History of sketchy actions, just like America and the Native Americans. So, again: Old West.<br /><br />There is supposed to be good surfing there, too. But the younger guy at the bar who has talked lately of moving to Australia doesn't surf. But it does make the California and Hawaii similarities a bit more cohesive. When talking about Australia in English.<br /><br /><a href="https://jamesfirstandlast.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">- james james</a> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580578614527350699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61645812385695338172017-12-18T08:21:41.956-06:002017-12-18T08:21:41.956-06:00I am disappointed there are no bikini pictures. T...I am disappointed there are no bikini pictures. That is a failure of marketing, Ms. Althouse.FIDOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768886981584556497noreply@blogger.com