INTRODUCTION & DISCLAIMER - On New Years' Eve 1979 in Sydney Australia, 19-year-old student Greg Tyler resolves that from 1980 things in his life will change. No longer will he be a shy virgin with an unrequited crush on his pretty co-worker Morgan, he will ask her out and finally go on a date.
But for the bumbling but well-intentioned Greg this is easier said than done. If Greg cannot even talk to Jane - a pretty tomboy who works at the petrol station who he doesn't want to ask out - without getting tongue tied, how is he ever going to talk to Morgan and ask her out without looking a fool? Greg taking advice from his Uncle Mervyn probably isn't such a great idea.
Out of the question entirely is asking out Leanne, a stunning six foot four blonde triathlete who looks more suited to Mt. Olympus in Ancient Greece than the suburban swimming pool where she, Greg and Morgan work. She seems miles out of Greg's league, and in any case it appears she already has a boyfriend.
But is Morgan really the right girl for Greg, and has the young man got some assumptions about Leanne all wrong? Find out by reading this hilarious sexual comedy, filled with erotica, nostalgia and politically incorrect humor.
All characters and events are entirely fictional and any similarity to real persons living or dead coincidental and unintentional. Only characters aged 18 and older are in any sexual situations. Please note for North American readers that the expression 'fanny' sometimes used in this Australian story means vagina. Please enjoy Leanne the Lusty Lifeguard.
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The night skies over Sydney lit up with fireworks as the year 1979 and the decade of the 1970s entered its last minute. The clocks continued to tick towards midnight and the fireworks bathed the city skyscrapers, the nearly completed Sydney Tower and iconic Sydney Harbor and its famous landmarks of the Harbor Bridge, Opera House and Circular Quay with myriads of multi-colored lights. Crowds gathered in Hyde Park, the Domain and city streets staring upwards at the pyrotechnic display.
In Sydney's northern suburbs, 19-year-old Greg Tyler, good looking in a smart, bookish kind of way, was one of many people at a New Year's Eve party, the city fireworks audible. The young man, of average height but with a skinny frame devoid of any fat and muscle-tone with dark hair and blue eyes, did not have far to travel for the party as it was hosted by his Aunty Rose and Uncle Mervyn -- always called Merv -- from whom he rented a room after relocating from the regional New South Wales city of Wollongong to Sydney to study accounting at university.
Uncle Merv, the older brother of Greg's father Norm was a tall but portly man with greying untidy hair combed directly back and had definitely had consumed too many refreshments this New Year's Eve and over-indulged at Christmas, evidenced by his ever-expanding stomach. Not bothering to show much discretion as his wife was looking in another direction, Merv poured himself yet another glass of beer and his eyes roamed around the living room.
Merv and Rose had two sons Jeff and Pete, both aged in their 20s and married, and a younger daughter Andrea, a tall, slim, pretty girl with long dark brown hair who was aged 18 and lived at home while attending university and working part time. Merv's eyes bulged at the sight of the cute bottom of his older son's wife, then the shapely legs of his younger's son's wife, before concentrating on Andrea's best friend Sharon, a pretty and very much well-endowed 18-year-old young lady whose massive breasts were the first things one noticed about her. Merv drooled over the sight of Sharon's big boobs.
Greg had heard plenty of his uncle's jokes about Sharon -- that she could never drown, that she was a girl with big things in front of her and that when she had a baby it would never go hungry -- and the young man could only cringe. At times like that Merv fully deserved the unflattering nickname many of the girls in the family had given him of 'Merv the Perve.'
The last ten seconds of 1979 arrived and everybody counted them down until the clock struck midnight and it was now January 1 1980 -- a new year and a new decade. There was the usual cheering and celebration, Uncle Merv loudly slurring his way through 'Auld Lang Syne' and the party continued until about two, before the guests thanked their hosts and went on their way.
In bed after the party had ended, Greg thought about his New Year's resolution. He would start the 1980s by not being a pussy anymore, curbing his bumbling ways around pretty girls and finally mustering the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams.
This New Year Greg would for the first time go out on a date and have a girlfriend. No longer would pretty 18-year-old redhead Morgan Miller, like him a university student who worked part time at the local swimming pool, be his unrequited crush.
* Uncle Merv, who at the age of 52 learned a lesson that he could not drink as much beer as he did as a young man, was as expected much the worse for wear on New Year's Day. He got no sympathy from his wife, Aunty Rose telling Merv that not only did he have to cut back on his drinking but he would be going on a diet too. On January 1 at least Merv was compliant, swearing never to drink anything other than water again and not eating anything at all as the hangover continued all day.
Merv, who worked as a sales manager at a used car dealership and Rose, employed as a school secretary, were on holidays over Christmas and New Year but for Greg it was back to work at the swimming pool on January 2, an overcast humid day across Sydney. Not that Greg minded, he got paid for it and more importantly the object of his affections Morgan would be there.
The day's plans for Uncle Merv was to attend the Test Cricket game between Australia and England at the Sydney Cricket Ground with some of his friends, while Aunty Rose was going shopping at the New Years' sales in the Sydney CBD with her sisters, with Uncle Merv offering Greg a lift to work on his way. Andrea had already gone to work, and taken the old car she and Greg shared.
"Thanks for the lift to work, Uncle Merv," said Greg as the two men went to leave the house.
"Hey, that's no problem," Merv assured his nephew. "It gives me a chance to escape before ..."
"Merv!" came the shrill voice of Rose from the kitchen.
"That happens," said Merv in a low voice. He turned to face his wife as she entered the hallway, her dark hair tied back in a bun which made her expression towards her husband look even more severe. Merv put a big grin on his face. "Hello there my darling Rose, the prettiest flower in the garden by a long way."
"Spare me the bullshit Merv," said Rose. She held up a blue lunch box. "You seem to have forgotten the lunch I prepared for you."
"Sorry darl, I thought I might eat it for my tea," said Merv.
"No, you will eat it for your lunch and for tea this evening you will be having grilled fish with lots of vegetables -- green vegetables," Rose told her husband in no uncertain terms. "You are on a diet, and you are going to stick to it this time. There will be no eating pies, sausage rolls, hot dogs or anything like it at the cricket with those stupid mates of yours today. Otherwise you can come shopping with me and my sisters so I can keep an eye on you. Would you like that to happen, Merv?"
Merv took the lunchbox. "You know me, I always want to do anything that makes my Rosie happy."