“What are the chances of two members of one family turning 100 in one month?” asks Bill Hardy of Glenmore Park. “Jack Kershaw of Caddens turned 100 on October 2, and Jack’s brother-in-law, Rex Hardy of Emu Plains, turned 100 on October 29.”

Speaking of high numbers, Allan Gibson of Cherrybrook notes that “Saturday’s edition of the Herald will be the palindromic number 58,685.”

Bruce Spencer of Hope Island (Qld) remembers when “Mum rang me in a panic: ‘Richmond’s digging up the finish line – your father’s under it! Go get his urn!’ Dad, Jack, former vice president and lifelong greyhound man, chose quite the resting place (C8). By the time I got there, the diggers had started. RIP Dad.”

Royal succession cognoscenti, Ted Richards of Batemans Bay says, “Thanks, Eric Scott (C8), but I know

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