Jacket discovery
I got motivated yesterday to sort through some old clothes for despatch to the op shop. They were from my "big man" days when I weighed 14-15 stone. I’ve been under 13 stone for more than a year now, so it seemed safe to dispose of them and clear some space in the wardrobe.
Among the pile I discovered a nifty sports jacket from my youthful pre-big man days. It’s the first dress coat I ever owned and I think I bought it 17 years ago while working as a journalist at the Gippsland Times.
The picture above shows me (right) wearing the jacket, aged 21, interviewing then Defence Minister Kim Beazley at RAAF East Sale in 1988.
The jacket has gone to the dry cleaners, with a view to being recommissioned.
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Now that’s a great post.
Is that AM Ray Funnell? I seem to recall he was Chief of Air Force at the time.
Thanks Andrew. I’m 99 percent sure that’s Ray Funnell. I would never have remembered the name without a prompt, but I reckon that’s him.
Ahh Michael you look so spiffy! Better get that jacket happening again!
Hanging on my wall is my Commission as an officer of the RAAF … signed by Kim Beazley as “Minister of State for Defence”.
Congrats on the weight loss — which I believe is about 28 pounts (1 stone = 14 pounds).
I’ve got clothes I haven’t worn in 15 years that I’m finally getting back in. And I’m tossing the big stuff.
(I have brand new fifteen-year old underwear. Thank goodness boxers never go out of style.)
Kim’s the “big man” in that photo! And he still is.