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timrichards

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Travel writer living and working on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, Australia. Rail travel expert, current books on sale include Heading South and Ultimate Train Journeys: World. See my published writing at iwriter.com.au.

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timrichards, to melbourne
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It's dark out there, so it's time to stop working. Them's the rules.

timrichards,
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I quite like how this section of the photo came out, it looks like I've set up a model railway with a Melbourne tram and little figurines. :)

timrichards,
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@brett The iPhone cameras doing their tricksy thing

timrichards, to random
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People are weird

Free the fridges! Make dishwashers great again! US conservatives have odd priorities - Emma Beddington https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/19/free-fridges-make-dishwashers-great-again-us-conservatives-odd-priorities

#USpol #UKpol

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@ajsadauskas Strange hill to die on though - "I want to pay more for my energy use!!!"

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@ajsadauskas Or freedumb

timrichards, to random
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In a cafe which insists on closing at 3pm even though there are always a fair few customers here then. IMO Aussie cafes need to dare to stay open later. I bet they'd get a lot of business straight after work, say 5-7pm.

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@LifeTimeCooking I think it'd be worth it. It's hard to judge now, because no one expect cafes to open after work. It works overseas though, cafes often open to 8pm.

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@LifeTimeCooking it was in the news here recently, because council sensors showed there was a lot of foot traffic from 5 to 7pm but very little open if people wanted to have a coffee or whatever. So there is a push on. I think some places really should get used to doing a second shift. https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/news/yes-businesses-in-melbournes-cbd-will-be-staying-open-later-for-post-work-shopping-sprees-030724

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@sister_ratched Not necessarily in the Melbourne CBD; there are always a lot of potential customers around.

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@sister_ratched @LifeTimeCooking Cafes can be licensed. Brunetti has a big cafe on Flinders Lane that's open very late and is hugely busy. They do serve wine too, but it's not a major part of the operation.

timrichards, to poland
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From the Cinematograpy Museum in Łódź, Poland, taken on this date in 2016. Mobile phones were bigger then. #Poland

timrichards, to random
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I'm thinking, for a change, of not buying a local SIM (or eSIM) for my upcoming trip to Switzerland. It's only ten days, so if I use data sparingly and stick only to wifi on some days, I should be able to use my Australian number on Telstra's $10/day international roaming day pass, and not spend much more than a new SIM. Hmmm worth a try I think.

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@mmb Google Maps. But I'll be with a group of media, so perhaps not much wayfinding needed.

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@nacho_borracho Good question. At home it can be 0.5-1GB per day. My telco's overseas allowance is 1GB a day, so I'm guessing that'll be ok.

timrichards,
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@bgrinter @ThermiteBeGiants I used the Telstra version in my last few days in Europe last year, as the SIM card I'd bought wouldn't operate in Serbia. Worked well.

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@cydonian Hmm can't see that option on my iPhone

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@mike_t143 Good option but that wouldn't work for me, I use a lot of data.

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@bgrinter $10 a day for Telstra, which starts to add up.

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OK in the end I decided to buy an eSIM for Switzerland from Airolo. Will be interesting to see how it goes. Will be the first time I've properly used an eSIM – I had one in the USA in 2022 but for whatever reason it couldn't play nicely with my existing SIM, which had to be removed from the phone for the duration of the trip. #Travel

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@pmoeser The international day passes do, but this'll be cheaper.

timrichards, to random
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Christ I get angry when I have to chase up an invoice payment more than once. The red mist really lowers over my eyes. There's a good chance incompetent accounts people are about to be growled at.

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@sister_ratched Yeah it's SO ANNOYING. I know they'll pay me (it's a local government client), but it's all the wasted time chasing up incompetent accounts people etc that pisses me off.

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One of the good guys.

Plating it forward: Shaun Christie-David is a radical restaurateur who’s started a movement. - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-20/shaun-christie-david-restaurant-giving-away-half-a-million-meals/103771986

NarrelleMHarris, to coffee
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I am at Cafe Bruce in St Kilda this morning. The owner, Bruce, listed all the famous Bruces and found pictures for the wall. Bruce Wayne and Bruce Banner, Bruce Willis and Bruce Springsteen. Robert the Bruce. Bruce Lee. I can see Bruce Spence and Bruce Almighty. So many Bruces.

Coffee is good too.

A wall of Bruce including Wayne, Springsteen, and Banner.
Many more Bruces including Robert the Bruce, a rabbit called Bruce and a sign for Brucedale.
Bruce Almighty, Bruce Lee, Bruce Weber, a cartoonist named Bruce, and Bruce Spence.

timrichards,
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@NarrelleMHarris Love the theme. Original.

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