Cowboys go Celtic
Mickey Pragnell of Kiama suspects the Lone Ranger's first name (C8) was Kim and that his surname sounded vaguely Irish: 'That's what Tonto called him, anyway. Like Superman, he had a mild-mannered alter ego. Worked in the bank, organising mortgages.' Peter Miniutti of Ashbury even spells it out: 'He was the well-known Irishman Kim O'Sabe.'
John Clarke of Lorn might be closer to the mark: 'It's John Reid. I remember reading it in a Lone Ranger comic in the late 50s or early 60s, and it also appeared in a 'flashback' episode of the TV show. Apparently, he was a former Texas Ranger, and Silver, his horse, is named after the precious metal from which he manufactured the bullets for his Colt 45s.' Janice Creenaune of Austinmer confirms this via her local U3A Western Film Discussion Group.
'One of our children commented once that he couldn't understand why I enjoyed those simplistic old westerns,' admits Donald Hawes of Peel. ''You can't stand Yanks' ('their general cultural behaviour, not the genial individuals,' I corrected) and you hate guns'.'
Subtle advice for medical centre receptionists from Col Begg of Orange: 'When an elderly patient arrives for the results of a significant diagnosis, please don't ask if the centre can keep a copy of your Advance Care Directive!'
Mark Roufeil of Wollongong writes: 'Reading of Roger Harvey's mum (C8) reminded me of a pitch made to our local funeral director to sponsor the 18th hole at our course, with a sign headlined: 'Your final hole, proudly sponsored by …''
'While the C8 stonemasons chisel out elegies, across on the Letters page, correspondents seek to resurrect the Obituaries,' notes Allan Gibson of Cherrybrook. 'Maybe the Herald let go of the Obituaries because the journalists assigned saw it as a dead-end job?'
Geoff Turnbull of Ashfield is in the house! 'In the 1950s my best mate Rob and I laboriously excavated our fortified cubby (C8) out of the steep bank of the local creek. The bulrushes in the creek were a valuable source of arrows for our homemade bows. Tipped with lead purloined from the roof of a nearby derelict house, the arrows were quite effective in repelling attempts by any invaders to take over our cubby.'
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Cowboys go Celtic
Mickey Pragnell of Kiama suspects the Lone Ranger's first name (C8) was Kim and that his surname sounded vaguely Irish: 'That's what Tonto called him, anyway. Like Superman, he had a mild-mannered alter ego. Worked in the bank, organising mortgages.' Peter Miniutti of Ashbury even spells it out: 'He was the well-known Irishman Kim O'Sabe.' John Clarke of Lorn might be closer to the mark: 'It's John Reid. I remember reading it in a Lone Ranger comic in the late 50s or early 60s, and it also appeared in a 'flashback' episode of the TV show. Apparently, he was a former Texas Ranger, and Silver, his horse, is named after the precious metal from which he manufactured the bullets for his Colt 45s.' Janice Creenaune of Austinmer confirms this via her local U3A Western Film Discussion Group. 'One of our children commented once that he couldn't understand why I enjoyed those simplistic old westerns,' admits Donald Hawes of Peel. ''You can't stand Yanks' ('their general cultural behaviour, not the genial individuals,' I corrected) and you hate guns'.' Subtle advice for medical centre receptionists from Col Begg of Orange: 'When an elderly patient arrives for the results of a significant diagnosis, please don't ask if the centre can keep a copy of your Advance Care Directive!' Mark Roufeil of Wollongong writes: 'Reading of Roger Harvey's mum (C8) reminded me of a pitch made to our local funeral director to sponsor the 18th hole at our course, with a sign headlined: 'Your final hole, proudly sponsored by …'' 'While the C8 stonemasons chisel out elegies, across on the Letters page, correspondents seek to resurrect the Obituaries,' notes Allan Gibson of Cherrybrook. 'Maybe the Herald let go of the Obituaries because the journalists assigned saw it as a dead-end job?' Geoff Turnbull of Ashfield is in the house! 'In the 1950s my best mate Rob and I laboriously excavated our fortified cubby (C8) out of the steep bank of the local creek. The bulrushes in the creek were a valuable source of arrows for our homemade bows. Tipped with lead purloined from the roof of a nearby derelict house, the arrows were quite effective in repelling attempts by any invaders to take over our cubby.'
Sydney Morning Herald
12 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Cowboys go Celtic
Mickey Pragnell of Kiama suspects the Lone Ranger's first name (C8) was Kim and that his surname sounded vaguely Irish: 'That's what Tonto called him, anyway. Like Superman, he had a mild-mannered alter ego. Worked in the bank, organising mortgages.' Peter Miniutti of Ashbury even spells it out: 'He was the well-known Irishman Kim O'Sabe.' John Clarke of Lorn might be closer to the mark: 'It's John Reid. I remember reading it in a Lone Ranger comic in the late 50s or early 60s, and it also appeared in a 'flashback' episode of the TV show. Apparently, he was a former Texas Ranger, and Silver, his horse, is named after the precious metal from which he manufactured the bullets for his Colt 45s.' Janice Creenaune of Austinmer confirms this via her local U3A Western Film Discussion Group. 'One of our children commented once that he couldn't understand why I enjoyed those simplistic old westerns,' admits Donald Hawes of Peel. ''You can't stand Yanks' ('their general cultural behaviour, not the genial individuals,' I corrected) and you hate guns'.' Subtle advice for medical centre receptionists from Col Begg of Orange: 'When an elderly patient arrives for the results of a significant diagnosis, please don't ask if the centre can keep a copy of your Advance Care Directive!' Mark Roufeil of Wollongong writes: 'Reading of Roger Harvey's mum (C8) reminded me of a pitch made to our local funeral director to sponsor the 18th hole at our course, with a sign headlined: 'Your final hole, proudly sponsored by …'' 'While the C8 stonemasons chisel out elegies, across on the Letters page, correspondents seek to resurrect the Obituaries,' notes Allan Gibson of Cherrybrook. 'Maybe the Herald let go of the Obituaries because the journalists assigned saw it as a dead-end job?' Geoff Turnbull of Ashfield is in the house! 'In the 1950s my best mate Rob and I laboriously excavated our fortified cubby (C8) out of the steep bank of the local creek. The bulrushes in the creek were a valuable source of arrows for our homemade bows. Tipped with lead purloined from the roof of a nearby derelict house, the arrows were quite effective in repelling attempts by any invaders to take over our cubby.'
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