When life was a blast

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

'Time bomb' warning over botched insulation

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

WORDPLAY

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.

'noisy Fan' Leads To Exhaustive Search

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.

Burelli St Shut

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.

Bright Ideas Save Space

IMAGINATIVE use of space is a highlight of this extended and extensively renovated Hamilton house that will be auctioned on November 20. An example is the conversion of a dining room into the main bathroom. The shower recess is where a fireplace used to be and the exhaust fan is in the former chi

Police Call For Special Marijuana Store Rooms

POLICE may be forced to build special marijuana holding rooms in the main police stations because of health concerns. Police have built a storage facility with an external exhaust fan at the Bendigo station after occupational safety concerns that marijuana seizures could lead to officers contrac

A Mynah Challenge For A Gourmet

IN A previous incarnation as an advertising copywriter, I was once recruited to sit on a jury charged with selecting the best print advertisements in Australia. The winner, I recall, was a snappy full-page pitch for a kitchen exhaust fan. It was created, as we used to say, by Lionel Hunt of Melbo

Forget The Exhaust Fan, The Price Is Right

GIMMICK restaurants get me down. At some stage, everyone has had to contend with one (or more) in their quest for a genuinely good place to eat out. The all-too-familiar scenario runs like this: in anticipation of a quiet, tasteful dinner, you bravely enter the restaurant of your choice, o