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New chapter in the Saga of the Toenail Ridge

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Phil; This all sound like the town where I was born and spent the early part of my life. I wont mention the name of the town nor the surname of the most of the people invoved and this all happened 60 years ago. The town in outback NSW (New South Wales) was out near the black stump not beyond it but near it, hot, red dust, dead flat for hundreds of miles, heat haze (mirages) are common. It is said the dust storms are so bad the crows fly backwards to keep the dust out of their eyes. My father was the town tailor having learned his trade back in the old country (Scotland) his name was Jock, my brother Gordon was the local telegram boy, his mate Jack was the postman and the female version of your hero was a widow; Mrs Herbert. The 3 blokes (guys) involved were all Masons and stuck together as do Masons world over. Jack used to stop off at my fathers shop to have a cold beer form time to time and one day he stayed there for most of the afternoon. Mrs Herbert promptly reported him to the Postmaster, Jack was in trouble and called on my father for support. The postmaster asked Mrs Herbert how she knew Jack was in my fathers shop all afternoon and she said because his bike was out the front. But Jack maintained that because it was hot, he had decided to deliver the mail by foot leaving his bike in my fathers care. Mrs Herbert said she didn't believe him, if his bike was there so was he. The next night Jack parked his bike in Mrs Herberts front yard for all to see and left it there all night; the complaint was dropped and no more was said about the matter. So the moral is; appearances can be decieving. And what you see may not be what you get. Rgds from Sunny Queensland in the middle of winter.
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