ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
There was a time when George Washbrook cared about the environment – but then he became a small businessman.
From that small business, he was able to buy property. Which he then leveraged to buy more property.
Now the successful 68-year-old semi-retired trader is able to live a nice, pleasant life in a house he owns in a suburb with a ‘0’ as the second number.
“I’ve recently joined Facebook,” he said.
“So I can keep up to date with my children who’ve since moved abroad. It’s a great modern development, I’d be at the mercy of the wife to show me if they hadn’t created an account for me before they left,”
“But I’ve also discovered it to be quite an educational tool.”
Speaking to The Advocate via wireless telephone from a mid-century Danish recliner in the rumpus room of his modest 6-bedroom Betoota Grove Federation-era homestead, Washbrook said Facebook has taught him new things on topics such as climate change, single-use plastics and immigration.
He told our reporter that the finds the debate over coffee cups is a bit ‘on the nose’.
“I’ve heard that some leftists by reusable coffee cups even if they don’t drink coffee,” he said.
“Ridiculous. Which is why I always order a jumbo long back – because it comes with two cups and a lid. I need to counter-act the harm these green morons are going to small business. Think of the business owners who rely on people buying coffee cups,”
“Food for thought.”
More to come.
