HG Nelson has driven everything from a gun-packed Kombi to a lime-green ute.

MELBOURNE families with recently installed home insulation could be living under a time bomb of fire danger, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade says.

MEET Sebastian. He doesn't talk much. In fact, he hasn't spoken since we met. The strong, silent type, Sebastian has a round head and lean flanks. He hails from Sweden, along with Gilbert, who lives in my dining room.

JUDY Newell just couldn't work it out. She'd had an early morning shower on Tuesday, cleaned her teeth and was feeling pretty good about the world.

MOST of Burelli St, Wollongong, will be closed for five hours tomorrow, while the city council installs a new smoke exhaust fan on its 10-storey administration building's roof.