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The Story Behind Mal

Mal is a VW Beetle and the other day I thought about where had his idea originated from and would that be an interesting piece for you to read?

 

By DEBBIE NICHOLSON

Originally, the idea came from the car itself.

When in my younger years, I saw the movie Herbie, I became infatuated with the car, the way it talked, it’s personality, the storyline, the people involved – the whole drama.

I grew a bit more and on my wedding day, my in-laws loaned my new hubby and me their white VW beetle which looked exactly like Herbie – we drove it for many hundreds of miles enjoying every minute of it and the memories it conjured up with the movie both of us had seen earlier in our lives.

I grew some more and one day I was driving around and there was another shape of Herbie on the road and of course I was instantly smitten.  How could a car affect my emotions so much over such an extended period of time?

I grew some more, and one day my husband said that I could choose the car I wanted this time.  So what did I do?  I looked around and my eyes fell on the sales page of my later to become Mal in a village 20 minutes drive from us.  We went and had a look and he said “Yes!” I could have it!!

“The VW Beetle Is Dead Because They Made It Too Good

After seven decades and three generations, the beloved Volkswagen Beetle is dead.

When they produced my Mal shape, the ideas put forward did not hold any special effects and therefore it was not very much like the original beetle.  The engine came in the front rather in the back – AND was front-wheel drive.  Consequently the luggage storage was now in the back rather than the front – much like an ordinary run-of-the-mill car.  It had a round shape and to some it looked like a foolish bit of a joke.  Fortunately for me, they kept producing them from the onset date of 1997 right up to 2011.

Now there is a new model that came out in 2012 which takes the beetle family into it’s 3rd generation.  Of course there are differences – it’s longer, and comes with a more modern approach to style.

They say it is better than the new beetle which is my Mal.  They say it is fine.  But does fine work with teenagers who need “safe” for their first car?

There’s even talk of it coming in as an electric car.  I have often thought that if I could afford one of those do-overs I would replace Mal’s engine with one that is powered by electric.

Of course, that is only a pipe-dream at the moment.

However, who knows what the future will bring?

original Mal
3D Cover Mal & The Move

I wrote Mal & The Move when we first downsized from our huge home of 5 bedrooms and 3 baths, to our Mobile home which is called Ken. 

It’s all about trundling up the road to a picturesque spot in a holiday park surrounded by native trees and birds and all about the various things that both Ken and Mal passed on the way. 

It is about saying goodbye to our old home and location and saying hello to our new home and location.  It is all about how from here on in, our lifestyle would change dramatically to match our age that keeps going up and will never go down.

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The other day I sent out a children’s book for reviews to be included in my new book publication and I got such a
great little request from a five-year-old customer.  He was very interested in a follow up book to the one his mother had just read him. 

Well, my heart just melted and at the time I was looking at a Tomato on my kitchen bench and the thought rushed through my mind to start this little five book series on Tom Mato.

When I read books (I can assure you I read many, many books as often as I can) I often wonder what would have been the inspiration for the words I read from others. 

I know in my Mal’s Adventure Series, I was very taken with the shape of the Volkswagen Beetle and my father mentioning to me that it appeared to have eyes in the front as well as the back.  Plus, I am a great fan of Herbie which was a very popular movie in my younger days about the real-life feelings of my Mal’s predecessor the Volkswagon itself.

I have thought over many days about Tom Mato and all the things I could teach young children about how important the fruit, the tomato is in our lives and most importantly in our tummies.

Let’s hope you and your children enjoy what I have started today and put together to become an educational trip along the life-span of a tomat

Some pictures in our book

Tomatoes keep best unwashed at room temperature and out of direct sunlight. It is not recommended to refrigerate them as this can harm the flavor. Tomatoes stored cold tend to lose their flavor permanently

"Tomatoes are a fruit that is also considered a vegetable by Nutritionist Experts.

A beautiful book series educating young people on the importance of and the growing of this fruit in our lives.
Debbie nicholson

Tasty to eAT

The tomato is now grown and eaten around the world. It is used in diverse ways, including raw in salads or in slices, stewed, incorporated into a wide variety of dishes, or processed into ketchup or tomato soup.

Tomato vines

Sweet And Fleshy, Often Red

There are many varieties of Tomato coming in all colours, sizes and flavours.  Organically grown are the best because then you know that no harmful chemicals have been added to it’s growing stages.

Growing Stages

High Definition time lapse of three tomato plants sprouting and growing. The days listed in the bottom left corner of the screen are days since planting. The text in the bottom right indicates when the plants were watered.

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The History of the Humble Tomato
The tomato as we know it, can be traced back to about 700 A.D. to the Aztecs in the early days of the Americas.

That very first pizza was originally designed with three basic colours in mind – each of those colours representing the colours of their new Italian flag.
• The Red was symbolised by the tomato.
• The White was symbolised by the mozzarella cheese.
• The green was symbolised by the basil topping

Tom Mato

 A tomato may be a fruit, but it is a singular fruit. A savory fruit. A fruit that has ambitions far beyond the ambitions of other fruits. E. Lockhart.

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Published 23 November 2019

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