Re: TRAMWAY MUSEUM GAINS SUPPORT
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Thursday, December 6, 2001 6:48 AM
Bill:
You've got to be kidding.
Not one or all of those "attractions" is/are enough to make Melbourne worth
getting on a plane for. Nor are sidewalk cafes unique. San Francisco, Milan,
Rome, the Greek Islands, Tel Aviv, Barcelona all are full of them.
I just don't think you get it about this place, or about its people, or the
people of San Francisco, for that matter. Quite odd because Sydney and SF
have a lot in common including spectacular harbours, sweeping views from the
hills, narrow streets etc etc. but then maybe you live in Parramatta and
don't even have those things. Don't know but you don't get it.
The thread is getting tedious to me.
There is no evidence of a stink because Melbourne bureaucracy is bloody
minded to the point of absurdity. It has been thus through any number of
Labor and Liberal Governments.
It's almost as if being colourful, or passionate about this city is a crime.
In the end it just got boring.
It's not boring in the bush. We got more good stuff going on in the hills
around a town of 200 people than I ever knew about in Melbourne during 20
years there.
I'm happy to leave them to it.
Unless a handful of knowledgeable people want to get together to really go
to the trouble to grab these colourless donkeys by the curlies and force
them to do interesting things.
Sometimes the "powers that be" in Melbourne remind me of a cross between
Manchester in the UK and some provincial town in Ohio or Indiana. Thank god
for the wogs and the dinks. They've remade this town but it's mostly the
young people and the imports that are hip to it. The official side stumbles
on through the fog.
Funny how the same kind of idiots tend to get attracted to public transport
and police work no matter what city you are in.
Bob Murphy
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Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] TRAMWAY MUSEUM GAINS SUPPORT
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You've got to be kidding.
Not one or all of those "attractions" is/are enough to make Melbourne worth
getting on a plane for. Nor are sidewalk cafes unique. San Francisco, Milan,
Rome, the Greek Islands, Tel Aviv, Barcelona all are full of them.
I just don't think you get it about this place, or about its people, or the
people of San Francisco, for that matter. Quite odd because Sydney and SF
have a lot in common including spectacular harbours, sweeping views from the
hills, narrow streets etc etc. but then maybe you live in Parramatta and
don't even have those things. Don't know but you don't get it.
The thread is getting tedious to me.
There is no evidence of a stink because Melbourne bureaucracy is bloody
minded to the point of absurdity. It has been thus through any number of
Labor and Liberal Governments.
It's almost as if being colourful, or passionate about this city is a crime.
In the end it just got boring.
It's not boring in the bush. We got more good stuff going on in the hills
around a town of 200 people than I ever knew about in Melbourne during 20
years there.
I'm happy to leave them to it.
Unless a handful of knowledgeable people want to get together to really go
to the trouble to grab these colourless donkeys by the curlies and force
them to do interesting things.
Sometimes the "powers that be" in Melbourne remind me of a cross between
Manchester in the UK and some provincial town in Ohio or Indiana. Thank god
for the wogs and the dinks. They've remade this town but it's mostly the
young people and the imports that are hip to it. The official side stumbles
on through the fog.
Funny how the same kind of idiots tend to get attracted to public transport
and police work no matter what city you are in.
Bob Murphy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bolton" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] TRAMWAY MUSEUM GAINS SUPPORT
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:26:19 +1100, Michael wrote:highSorry Bill, but as a resident here
Which means you probably don't see what is shown to non-residents in
the form of explicitly promoting tourism for Victoria.
Lots of images of things like:
AFL
Colonial Stadium
The Arts Centre
The Yarra
Puffing Billy
Victoria Markets
Sidewalk Cafes
Collins St Shops (trams but no Ws)Unfortunately Bill, however much you argue, although people would rather
travel in an air conditioned B on a stnking hot summer day, there is a
'brand recognition' of the W class being the 'Melbourne Tram'.
It may be high within Melbourne, but is has declined significantly
elsewhere.And if you were to get rid of them in favour of modern cars, the people
of Melbourne would kick up a stink.
You seemed to have failed to notice that they have effectively "got
rid of them". I visit Melbourne frequently on business and I don't
see any evidence at all of a stink about it.
Cheers,
Bill
Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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