Swill waters run deep

August 20, 2026 — 9:00pm“Apropos David Sayers’ soft drink saga (C8), in my teens, I worked at the local lolly water factory in Muswellbrook in the holidays,” writes Denis Cartledge of Tenterfield. “It was a Friday afternoon event for one particular worker to be thrown in the softwater tank that supplied the factory. He rarely washed, and his workmates thought they’d help his cleanliness regime. Looking back, I don’t think the tank was drained, cleaned and/or refilled. It was around that time we decided to stop buying a mixed crate of lolly water every few months.”The current dress code discussion (C8) is revealing a few workarounds. Here’s Bev Matthews of Wallerawang: “Back in the early ’80s, three friends and I tried to get into a club in Parramatta. One of the boys had a collarless shirt