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"I definitely drew on my time in the Cross later on," she said.

Then the war started. The family returned to Queensland to work in an ammunition factory in Brisbane's West End. There she lacquered hand grenades and inserted the pins.

"I loved that job," she said. "Of course the grenades weren't loaded with powder at that time so we were in no danger, but it still felt exciting."

After a year in the job Estelle, then 16, signed up with the American Ambulance Unit in the east Brisbane suburb of Balmoral. There, US soldiers and civilian Australians transported wounded soldiers from the airstrip to hospital.

"At first I was an orderly," she said. More>>

Americans spend $40 billion a year on weight-loss programs and products. They answer Jenny Craig's enticement to "lose 20 pounds for just $20" ("plus the cost of food") or Trimspa's offer of a seven-day supply of chocolate Hoodia weight-loss supplements for $24.95.

We buy books and magazines that offer the insightful revelation that we overeat because we're bored. There are publications that promote weight loss via "food combining" or a diet that corresponds to blood type.

Most offensive are alleged fitness experts who issue such advice as: "Keep your nose out of carrots, bunny. They're full of sugar. Pears, too—pure sugar." Meanwhile, they recommend chemical-laden diet soft drinks and salt-choked low-calorie frozen meals. More>>