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    Mr Ron And His Remarkable Flying Machine
    Mr Ron And His Remarkable Flying Machine
    Mr Ron And His Remarkable Flying Machine
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    Mr Ron And His Remarkable Flying Machine

    By Lindsay Johannsen

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    It was 1973. "Look at this!" I said, showing my bride a picture in a magazine. "What IS it?" she asked. "It's an elemental flying machine," I replied. "I'm going to buy one." (And here I quote the BBC's famous Goons: "Are you mad?" / "I have a certificate." / "But it will mean certain death!" / "...it is, um, a Death Certificate.") ...and yet! Here I am, many adventures later, still alive and writing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLindsay Johannsen
    Release dateFeb 2, 2017
    ISBN9781370659401
    Mr Ron And His Remarkable Flying Machine
    Author

    Lindsay Johannsen

    There's not a lot to tell really, though on reflection, looking back on it through the lens of one’s recollections and memories, the whole business seems more akin to an extended Huckleberry Finn adventure, but set in the vastness of Central Australia. Born, raised and schooled in Alice Springs; taken from the leafy glades of learning mid-way through Year-eight to work at my father's remote little copper mine; later employed for some years driving his cattle-hauling road trains – him having pioneered road trains and the cattle hauling business (see "Kurt Johannsen: A Son of the Red Centre"). Married in the fullness of time; built a bush homestead on the northern edge of the Simpson Desert and raised a family there, all while running a small tungsten mining business and provisioning the hundred or so Aboriginal people local to the area who adopted us. Sold our mine and homestead a few years after the kids had flown the coop, acquired a forty foot (12m) touring coach, converted it into a big steel-wheel mobeel Palaise-de-passion motor home and took to the roads of this great land of Oz - in the main visiting our offspring (most of whom had moved to coastal regions), our grandchildren generally and a couple of great grandies, plus various friends and associates from years gone by. So these days all I have to do is keep the missus happy – my Bride my Precious Lamb and Flower of the Early Mid Morning. 'Anywhere you wish, my darling,' I tell her. 'You just say the word and we'll be on our way.' So it's free as the breeze, we are now, out and about having wild and exciting adventures and being amazingly cool generally. Best job I ever had.

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      Mr Ron And His Remarkable Flying Machine - Lindsay Johannsen

      MR RON AND HIS REMARKABLE FLYING MACHINE

      Published by Lindsay Johannsen at Smashwords

      Copyright Lindsay Johannsen 2017

      Smashwords Edition Licence Notes.

      This story is presented to you free of cost. I insist on maintaining my copyright, however, though until such time as I amend this notice please feel free to disseminate, reproduce, copy or distribute it amongst your friends and/or enemies to your heart’s content, provided you do this for non-commercial purposes only and the story remains complete and in its original form. My preference, however, is for you to recommend to others that they download Mr Ron And His Remarkable Flying Machine from Smashwords themselves, so enriching my life with a warm glow of satisfaction in lieu of monetary reward.

      Thank you.

      National Library Of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication data:

      Author: Johannsen, Lindsay Andrew

      Title: Mr Ron And His Remarkable Flying Machine

      Cover art and design bungled by the author.

      Also published at Smashwords by one’s sylph: the novels McCullock’s Gold and The Cassidy Chronicles, plus poems, some short story rubbish, travelogue things, children’s stories and Christmas Stories.

      To order the McCullock’s Gold paperback version or contact the author please visit

      www.vividpublishing.com.au/lajohannsen

      MR RON AND HIS REMARKABLE FLYING MACHINE

      G'day. A little while back I was in the supermarket doing some grocery shopping when I happened to meet my good and great friend Jim Thomas. What are you like at after-dinner speaking? he

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