Almanac Life – #hourlydaily scenes of life: 7-13 August 2019
A few months ago I had the idea of capturing the words of people; sometimes the connections between people; that I come across each day. This record plays with the idea that the suburban ordinariness of life is what makes it extraordinary. Below are snatches of #hourlydaily conversations from the past seven days; overheard here & there.
(Imagine that!)
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Tu 13 Aug, 2019
Two men, waiting.
-It’s just… I dunno.
-Yeah.
-How much is enough?
-Exactly. How much is enough?
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Mo 12 Aug, 2019
Changing room, City.
-Why don’t you tuck that shirt in?
-Ahh… it’s alright like this.
-But it could look so much better. How many times have I told you?
-Well… I think it’s OK…
-You’ll never learn, will you?
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Su 11 Aug, 2019
Phone call.
-Yeah hi, could I book a table for tomorrow night? For six of us. About 7 o’clock?
-No need to book, honey. Just rock up.
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Sa 10 Aug, 2019
Man walks dog.
-Come on, little mate.
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Fr 9 Aug, 2019
One end of a conversation; woman on the phone.
-Yeah that’s true.
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-It really is.
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-Hmm. Are you gonna get one?
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-Has it? Oh no.
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-Yeah but still…
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-Yeah, that’d be nice.
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Th 8 Aug, 2019
Two middle-aged men, city.
-Mate. She’s awesome. So good. Just… awesome.
-Great to hear.
-Remember when you couldn’t do anything wrong? It’s like that.
-Yes mate; I remember.
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We 7 Aug, 2019
Woman unsuccessfully tries a conversation with a friend’s toddler son. The boy plays on.
-You’re an engineer aren’t you?
-Your mum’s an engineer and you’ve got her engineer’s brain.
-Like your sister.
-Your sister’s an escape artist, isn’t she?
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Last week’s #hourlydaily
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David Wilson is a hydrologist, climate reporter and writer of fiction & observational stories. He writes under the name “E.regnans” at The Footy Almanac and has stories in several books. One of his stories was judged as a finalist in the Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2021. He shares the care of two daughters and likes to walk around feeling generally amazed. Favourite tree: Eucalyptus regnans.
Do you think James Joyce had this sort of idea in Ulysses?
Pub.
Older PhD candidate: My thesis is with the examiners right now.
Retired academic: One of my examiners died marking mine.
Others around the table: What?
Retired academic: Head on the desk. They found him at the start of Chapter 5.