3rd wheel (Vol. 5, 1983)

We're back after a long hiatus so thanks for waiting for us! In this episode we have a few complaints (podcasting platform Riverside; the NGV's current exhibition of the impressionists out of Boston. We found it hard to be impressed by the impressionists get it?) but we also have a reading from May 1983 for you. Mum heads to Sydney - FINALLY. KON the VW beetle has been fixed and is in good nick (apparently, there are a few hiccups on the road including the 'G' light goes on. What does that mean, Mum and her friends wonder).

They have a great time in Sydney, staying in King's Cross, drinking lots of beer (and an incredibly expensive martini for $4.60. Mum doesn't like it but which 19 -year-old does like a martini??) Also she sees Simon, but we don't get a lot of info about it (surprise surprise). There's a WILD night in Wodonga on the way up which sees 9 people packed into the beetle, as well as less than 3 hours sleep for mummy.

An extended treatise on I Dream of Jeannie, the taping of records, and A NEW KITTEN. Mum makes a lot of assumptions that Gran will be on board with this - no wonder she was very strict with me about animals.

And if you're wondering about the title of this episode, mum finds herself quite happily third wheeling her friend Sarah's romance with Phil from Allniters... the three of them even go to the revolving restaurant in Sydney for dinner!

Meanwhile granddad is ringing mum to say he's got a house she can move in to - bye Sandi! - and granny is actually sending a postcard to the motel in the Cross. Typical granny!

And then it's back to Melbourne and the reality of finishing the computer course, packing to move out and looking after an 8-week old kitten called Sid.

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