Recounting a quirky fact you heard on a podcast (or, perhaps, in an explainer) is just one way to kick off a conversation. But how do you keep the chat flowing, and even make a new friend?
Recounting a quirky fact you heard on a podcast (or, perhaps, in an explainer) is just one way to kick off a conversation. But how do you keep the chat flowing, and even make a new friend?
Recounting a quirky fact you heard on a podcast (or, perhaps, in an explainer) is just one way to kick off a conversation. But how do you keep the chat flowing, and even make a new friend?
The Queen was the only reigning British monarch to have ever visited Australia and made 16 tours starting in 1954 when she was just 27. Six Australian prime ministers were also born during her reign.
The long and short of getting older and taller
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Jocasta is sitting at the kitchen table. She has taken it upon herself to calculate my BMI – my body mass index - and needs the latest data.
“How tall are you?” she asks.
With a slight swagger of pride, I supply the required figure. Immediately, she disputes it.
Students at the June Dally-Watkins School of Modelling in Sydney demonstrate how to walk tall.
Credit:Noel Stubbs
“Well, you used to be 185 centimetres but you haven’t had your height measured for years,” she says. “You’d be a lot shorter now. People get shorter as they get older. I’m going to knock off at least five centimetres, maybe ten.”