# OUT and ABOUT # ... at Port Douglas in AUSTRALIA

     AT LAST!!  A trip back home ... to the land of plenty!!  A Vegemite sandwich was calling me  ;)

# WONKY ENGLISH # ... a close shave

     In French,  Mont means mountain.

     For example; ''When I went skiing at Courmayer in Italy,  I could see Mont Blanc ( the white mountain ) everyday''.  And for the sake of trivia it's Monte Bianco in Italian.  The Mountain borders France and Italy. 

     The other day I went window shopping in Ebisu for a new rucksack and came across this sign which said Mont-Bell is ''close''!!

     I took a step back to look around for the mountain but couldn't see it!!  Maybe it was ''close'' but it was dwarfed by all the tall buildings.

     I couldn't do my window shopping at this particular shop because it was ''closed''.

               Talk about WONKY!!     I was ''close'' to confusion!!