Sent: Sunday 16 November 2008
To: Mark Partridge
Subject: General Rubbish
Hello there Marco and wot a surprise to hear from you! And such a long email as well ...I
can’t possible compete with that kind of typing speed— this little bit has already taken me
14 minutes! And don’t you hate spell checks—there it is glaring at me telling me that “wot”
is spelt incorrectly. I want it is spelt that way! So now I’ve done it! There are alarms on 3
wots, err now four! This could go on and on!
So it’s a little bit cold and wet at this time of year in the UK. Boy, doesn’t that bring back
memories! I didn’t mind winter so much in London. I didn’t have a fridge at one time so all
I had to do was put the milk outside on the window ledge. Which reminds me of the
novelty of having an “iron cow” just down the road. That vending machine was a
revelation! Just put 20p in the slot and the cow would give you a pint of milk! It was
always open and always had lots of milk. I used it so often! Do you still have them?
Maybe I should try to market them here?
Instead of dark and cold we are facing a very nasty storm front. Which is great as the
weather has been extremely humid and sticky and this will cool it down. Thunder just
thundered mightily. Almost shook the planet!!! I love these tropical storms—so
spectacular!
Everything is going ok with us (apart from my typing!) Strictly Bridal was a little quieter in
June and July but Oct was the biggest month ever for us. Ann, by the way, has just won
Qld Bridal Couture Gown of the Year. She is very stoked as it increases her reputation as
a designer. All the press and TV “experts” keep telling us every bloody night how much
better Aust. is placed to get through these “difficult times”..... Global financial crisis it sure
is! We are just hopeful that people will continue to get married even if the planet is falling
to bits! (It’s pouring now! Did you notice? Bucketing!)
Wish I could be a yoga teacher like you Mark. It’s true. I have lost a lot of weight in the
last 5 hours (haha) as I’ve sat here typing away. Wot really worries me is that my hours of
typing are read in 3 minutes or so and then committed to the bin. Delete. Gone. Once
upon a time, around the world, people used to treasure my letters (I think they did!) and
look forward to the next one. Some even said they were saving them for their kids! (just
kidding). And NOW? In the bin in 55secs and forgotten for ever.
Good luck Mark with the childrens book. Didn’t Ms Rowling have 56 rejections before
Harry Potter was published. I submitted an 80,000 word book titled How to Travel for Free
(Hitchhiking guide) to numerous London publishers but gave up after I started receiving
rejection slips followed by notes saying “Never send us anything again”. So I went
travelling instead.
Feels like I have been typing for 15 hours! I’m hungry and exhausted. Far too much
excitement in this writing. So Mark and Heiling, you don’t know how lucky you are that I
have emailed you within a week. Lucky that I have emailed you at all! Why can’t you live
down the road somewhere so that I could just call in for a g’day chat and a cuppa! I’d
really enjoy that! ALL THE BEST! LOVE FROM US.
John, Ann and the rest of us, November 2018
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