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Suburban Cowboy

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Trumpeting a year of insanity

Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt and manages to find someone crazier than him to be his running mate.
Shane Budden
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Going cold on idea of fridge update

The numbers for takeaway places are buried beneath magnets from plumbers, tree loppers and politicians, plus of course calendars from real estate agents, some of which are so old the year only has three digits (the calendars I mean, not the agents).
Shared meal
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All aboard for next review

We have stacks of on-line reviews, movie reviews, restaurant reviews – and we are even constantly asked to do reviews ourselves.
Shane Budden
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Breaking up popular opinions

Breaking was very popular back in the 1980s, possibly due to the amount of additives contained in food in those days.
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Election bombardment under way

An election campaign is a great time to be a voter, because for a few short months – and only for those months – politicians of every stripe care about your opinion.
Shane Budden
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Stealth required for car purchase

What I really need when car shopping is one of those camouflage suits the aliens in the Predator movies have.
Shane Budden
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Patient loses patience with procedures

So my doctor has gone through his list and decided there are a number of unpleasant tests I had to endure before we part company.
Shane Budden
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A trivial reason for going to law school

Back before the development of the internet, smartphones, and the practice of combining them to cheat at trivia nights, I was a useful person to have on your trivia team.
Shane Budden
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Those posties really pack a punch

Recently, I posted that it'd be good if we were allowed to put our mailboxes one metre from the road, so that the postie didn’t ride on the footpath and collide with mothers pushing prams; plus the grass would be able to grow...
Shane Budden
gladiators
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Saxons v gladiators: The drones cometh

As regular readers are aware, I tend to stay away from outright political discussion in my column, because I think it is important that we serious columnists should maintain a professional impartiality. Also, I don’t want to get shot.
Shane Budden
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends

It's starting to seem a lot like the ’80s. For a start, my gym has started playing decent music. The big way this feels like the ’80s, however, is that Tony Fitzgerald is back conducting an inquiry into corruption.
Shane Budden
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