by NRB | 5 Dec 2014 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I must have spent a fair bit of time in doctors’ and dentists’ waiting rooms because I can’t think where else I would have read the Reader’s Digest as often as I did. I had two favourite features – ‘Humour in Uniform’, which contained no doubt pathetically lame jokes,...
by NRB | 14 Feb 2014 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I’m growing a beard, again. The first thing I had to do was seek Jean’s agreement. Some women dislike beards. Others prefer them. I’ve known several men who, on shaving off their beards, have their wives or partners request them to grown them again. Jean offered no...
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