Angling expert and On the Bite columnist Brian Long has handed the rod to new ownership and management at his iconic fishing shop on Shannon Ave.
Brian, who followed legendary dad Ray into the Manifold Heights institution, finished full-time duties last week as he began the descent into a well-earned retirement.
So what does a seasoned retail operator do to keep busy after so many years in the trade?
Golf? Travel?
Silly question?
“Fishing,” answered Brian with a weary smile.
Insurance company Vero might struggle to gain new customers from Geelong given its latest advertising campaign.
The Brisbane Lions sponsor’s latest TV commercial features Geelong’s embarrassing game in round 13 last year when the Cats surrendered a 52-point lead to lose to the underdogs.
Too bad insurance doesn’t extend to losing footy games.
A planned Geelong public meeting on fracking has raised eyebrows after organisers denied permission for a local radio show to record and broadcast the proceedings.
But Mik Aidt, of The Pulse’s Sustainable Hour program, was unsurprised, despite his show broadcasting four other public meetings on fracking in the past couple of years.
“I assume it’s because it’s also the first time Lakes Oil comes to the microphone at a public meeting in our region. They probably have good reasons to be nervous about that,” Mik concluded.
So much for the “public” meeting concept.
Indy reader Peter Mackinlay has noted a discrepency in local fundraising for cancer research.
On this week’s Letters page he discusses the focus on breast cancer, and rightly so, but then highlights the lesser prominence of prostate cancer despite its higher Australian mortality rate.
Pink buns are raising money for breast cancer, Peter observes, but what’s the prostate option? He provides an, er, cheeky suggestion.
For his effort Peter earns two thumbs up, or perhaps a finger.
