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[Peter Green]

SECOND ATTEMPT
Original text:

Still around, Chris, still alive...

I hear from our Melbourne people that it has been
somewhat brisk down there lately. We've been having rather pleasant
weather for August -- about 18 or 19 deg today, and 17 as I write (9:30 pm
AEST).

Will be doing the Great Ocean Road trip again at the
end of the month, this time from Adelaide back to Melbourne. We have
the relos here since this morning:
 From Sidcup: Daughter-in-law and new granddaughter
(born March)
 From Kirkby-in-Ashfield: Daughter-in-law's parents.
Our son (also from Sidcup) is due here in a
fortnight, after performing in Salzburg.
Having heard our favourable reports from last year,
they were keen to do the trip while in Oz.

Keep the woolly socks (not the Woolies socks) on!

Cheers,

Peter

GLOSSARY
(for Americans)

>> Melbourne:     Capital city of our southernmost mainland State -- 
>> where Chris now lives //
>> somewhat brisk: very cold (We Australians, like the English, go in 
>> for understatement)//
>>  rather pleasant weather for August:  August is generally cold and 
>> windy in Sydney //
>> 18 or 19 deg:     Temperatures in degrees Celsius //
>> 9:30 pm AEST:     9:30  in the evening, Australian Eastern Standard 
>> Time.//
>> The Great Ocean Road: A coastal road from Melbourne to Adelaide 
>> (Capital city of South Australia) --             considered to be one 
>> of the world's best coastal road trips in terms of scenery. //
>> The relos:     The relatives //
>> Sidcup:     A town south-east of London, England //
>> Kirkby-in-Ashfield: A town North-west of Nottingham, England //
>> Salzburg: A town in Austria (a small country south of Germany, not to 
>> be confused with Australia).             Famous for an annual 
>> classical music festival.//
>> Oz:         "Oz"-tralia. It's a joke, Joyce. //
>> Woolly socks:     Undershoe footwear knitted from sheep's hair//
>> Woolies socks:     Socks purchased from the Woolworths supermarket 
>> chain. //
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