[…] Traveler had shown up looking for some suppositories to cure his bronchitis, and out of the explanation he had got from Talita love had foamed up like shampoo in a showerbath.

forking the sheaves on the high-laden cart

Where most primates have a respectable pair of grasping rear hands we have two changelings: long arched pads with rounded chins at one end and stumpy thumbs straight-jacketed to baby fingers at the other.

Most grey nomads have retired from paid work and now have time at their disposal to travel around Australia at their own pace. Mings (1997) interviewed 306 couples in 41 caravan parks between Mossman and South Mission Beach in Queensland, concluding that there were major differences between the lifestyles of snowbirds and grey nomads.