READERS WRITE

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Firstly, a thank you to the people who emailed me get well wishes., appreciated it.

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Ron T in the US, a Bytes regular, sent me an email commenting on some of my photographs of Sydney coastal and harbour scenes which I had mailed to him:

Otto, good evening [our time],

Last weekend we celebrated the "official" start of the summer season with Memorial Day.

The history of it evolved from Decoration Day, when the graves and markers of the military deceased had flowers and other decorations placed. Now, it's time greatly noted for the first of summer and outdoor activities.

But . . . I want to again thank you again for those beautiful pictures of your Nation's magnificence.

Many, many times since Christmas they were an absolutely blessed aid to help me get through [alas - poor me] the winter days' early dark, the temperatures below zero [F degrees], and provide a gentle reminder that Spring will come.

I'd often drive over bridges spanning rivers and streams frozen solid, and then reach home and have my "fix" of your beautiful shores, all on laminated cards. Happy, happy, happy.

Wishing you, Kate, your family, and all your other loved ones all the very best.

Kind regards,

Ron

Thanks Ron, glad you enjoy them

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Tim B, also in the US, sent me an email responding to the On This Day post about George Floyd:

Good morning Otto,

Just to set the record straight, the third paragraph about George Floyd depicts him of living a crime free life after moving to Minneapolis. That is far from the truth. Primary cause of death was indeed asphyxiation and he did not deserve to die that way, but the autopsy revealed he had fentanyl, meth, cannabinoids, and morphine in his system, plus heart disease. He was also trying to pass counterfeit money so for weakepedia to suggest

he was a model citizen is not true. The drugs in his system, and his heart disease caused him to not do well under stress. My take on this case is that he was not murdered. I don't think Chauvin put him on the ground with the intent to kill him and to be convicted of murder there has to be intent.

I would suggest that George should have paid attention to Chris Rock's video about "How not to get your ass kicked by the police" and he would possibly be alive today, but probably not with his drug use and heart disease.

Hope you are having a good weekend,

Tim

Thanks Tim.

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Steve M, a friend (although you wouldn’t always know it from some of his comments, mainly over our disagreements about films), sent me an email in response to my favourable post about the movie Stardust (one of the films in the Fourth Top 10 + 2 series):

Thanks for the mention of Stardust, Otto. It provides me with an opportunity to make a note not to watch it!

All the best

Steve m

Thanks (??) Steve.

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Another from Ron T in response to a Thought for the Day: My wife treats me like a god... She takes very little notice of my existence until she wants something.

Ron’s comment:

Otto,

My wife, too, thinks I'm a god. She provides burnt offering every evening.

Hope Barb hasn’t seen this, Ron.

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Appreciate the feedback, people.

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