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Feb 16, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

If this post had started with "Had a week in Yamba with Jane and a bottle of expensive Japanese whisky" the ending would've been a happier one. Learnings for next time ...

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Save the bottles, put tea in them in preparation for your next holiday. Hide the new bottles. You have a guard kitten don't you?

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It seems that your house is infested with the same invisible liquor gremlins that were in my house growing up. Tricky little things. Unfortunately, there is no way to get rid of them....they just seem to disappear over time.

They will also dilute vodka with water. Be careful. They made my poor parents look like cheapskates during a dinner party once.

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It appears that the struggle is in fact, real. Best lock up the good booze in future too.

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The first rule of holidaying in Yamba is...

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Yamba is hard to beat. Too bad about the whisky. To paraphrase from Scooby Doo “.... those pesky kids....”

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