When the day arrived that the boy was to be skipper, the weather was calm and fine, but he called all men to reef sails, so the ship had scarcely any sail on her.
With employees prepping to flock back to the office amid easing COVID restrictions, many are faced with the same dilemma — how to switch off “goblin mode” now that they’re around other people.
There are a lot of Pommies in Australia; travelling round, looking for work, and Dad reckoned you could pay them peanuts. […] If Sissy couldn′t go back to school, I thought she should help out more, then we wouldn′t have to hire a Pommie house girl.
All have hot water, cable TV and free wi-fi (plus a desktop downstairs for the laptopless).
