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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 random
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Ugh I was just a bit rude to a charity cold caller and I feel slightly ashamed. But I really wish they wouldn't call. How can you trust them not to be scammers anyway?

timrichards,
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@augustusbrown Unfortunately charities are exempt from the register

frogglin, to random
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Today's complaints from work (so far).

  1. Someone who bought a different brand of car because the brand I work doesn't make a minivan, and wants the brand I work to pay half his car payments since he had to go elsewhere.

  2. Someone who was asked for her phone number when she dropped her car in for servicing and is deeply offended that she has to hand over her personal information like that. Presumably she was expecting to find out when her car was ready via ESP.

timrichards,
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@frogglin What does that second person think phones are for?

davidtoddmccarty, to random
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When historians look back on the fall of Western Civilization, I predict a major turning point will be when people started watching strangers react to videos the people had already seen, followed closely, of course, by kids watching videos of other kids playing video games, and finally by those who watch people open boxes of things they’ve purchased.

https://youtu.be/okL5LMVjv_4?si=bVOB_uvWJTI95f5e

timrichards,
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@davidtoddmccarty The unboxing thing is particularly strange. I mean aside from anything else, who has the time?

timrichards, to auspol
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Who privatises their national postal service? Even the neoliberals here never tried that on with Australia Post. https://mastodon.social/@DaveWhittle/112525629963030503

timrichards, to Israel
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Good read. Netanyahu was already trying to sideline the courts before this brutal war, he doesn't have much use for democracy.

The ICC arrest request is a fire alarm for Israel. Will it take heed? - Jo-Ann Mort

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/23/the-icc-arrest-request-is-a-fire-alarm-for-israel-will-it-take-heed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

davidtoddmccarty, to random
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Cars have gotten so stupid. So expensive. So overbuilt. It’s insanity.

timrichards,
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@davidtoddmccarty Happy I live somewhere I can do without one. Still have to deal with those ridiculous huge SUV/trucks on local streets, though.

timrichards,
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@davidtoddmccarty I've been thinking some of the country towns here should consider adding low-rise apartment buildings to their town centres. Would be nice to live somewhere like that without a car.

1Sauerlaender, to architecture

The town hall in Zamość (south-east Poland) in Italian Renaissance style.
(March 1977)
(Foto scanned from the slide: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Rathäuser, #city_halls, #architecture, #Architektur, #Renaissance, #Zamość, #Polen, #Poland

timrichards,
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@1Sauerlaender It looked in much nicer condition when I was there in 2012 :)

james, to random
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Ha! Of course there is a chat system in Google Maps.

From: @arstechnica
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112525709506074334

timrichards,
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@james @arstechnica First I've heard of it!

andreaswiedenhoff, to sydney
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Boarding the 🇦🇺 at Central. The train is almost 30 cars long. The 4,352 km long journey to , on the other end of , will last 65 hours they say. Plenty of mileage ahead then. And what a beautiful train!

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timrichards,
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@tml @andreaswiedenhoff The Ghan from Adelaide to Darwin sometimes gets longer, up to 37 carriages - almost 1km long.

skinnylatte, to food
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There has been a surge in the no of pretty good Korean places in San Francisco. I don’t love going to the west side and I don’t love most of the Korean restaurants there (other than Muguboka). I tend to just pop into Oakland for Korean food.

But now, three pretty good ones near me: Yasijang, Sikdang Woori and Mashita Galbi Jjim

(I like one where you stand in line for an hour, but I’ve never felt like standing in line for an hour.)

timrichards,
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@skinnylatte I will do anything to avoid queuing at restaurants; eg we'll visit a hot new place at 3.45pm on a Tuesday to dine without lining up. :)

timrichards,
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@skinnylatte Yeah life's too short

andreaswiedenhoff, to sydney
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#Sydney’s 🇦🇺 commuter network is not only land-based: a range of passenger ferry lines are serving neighbourhoods bordering the harbour. And the fine catamarans operating on these waterborne routes provide some nice sightseeing opportunities. 😊

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timrichards,
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@andreaswiedenhoff Nice. I like taking the ferry over to Watson's Bay and having lunch there. Cockatoo Island is interesting too.

timrichards, to Trains
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On a train from Bendigo back to the metrop. Is this the most Aussie railway station name? #Train #Trains

timrichards,
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@allrite To use two Victorian station names: Kangaroo Flat comes after Hoppers Crossing.

skinnylatte, to random
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I find the vast majority of yogurt products in American grocery stores to be totally inedible, except the stuff made by immigrants and sold at immigrant markets (desi yogurt, or Lebanese or Turkish labneh). Way too much sugar, or hype, sometimes both. My stomach also does better with the dairy from immigrant markets.

timrichards,
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@skinnylatte "Way too much sugar" describes the majority of American foodstuffs, right? ;)

timrichards, to Ukraine
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Photo taken on this date in 2016 - that time I was in an underground cafe in Lviv, Ukraine, and the waiter caramelised stuff with a blowtorch. Perfectly normal occ health and safety. #Ukraine #Coffee

timrichards,
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@skry At the table, though?

geordie, to sydney
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The gloriousness in #Sydney today pounds you directly in the apricots. #SydneyWeatherTooting

timrichards,
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@geordie It's May

timrichards, to random
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Not a headline you read every day.

Allegedly naked passenger forces Virgin plane to turn around on flight from Perth to Melbourne - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-28/passenger-allegedly-runs-naked-on-virgin-plane-perth-melbourne/103901778

timrichards, to Trains
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Another V/Line train trip today. I'm heading to Bendigo to have lunch with my brother. As you do. A bit easier now that the country train fares in Victoria Victoria have been capped at $10.60 per day.

#Train #Trains #Victoria

timrichards,
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@jamesbannan Just rock up. Same transport card (Myki) as used in Melbourne. Though once you get beyond 2 hours (or so) from Melbourne there are long-distance trains you need to buy a ticket for.

scott, to random
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It’s ridiculous we put up with sidewalks being so narrow and overcrowded. There’s plenty of space if we didn’t give the lion’s share to cars

timrichards,
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@scott @Simplicator We call them footpaths here in Oz.

andreaswiedenhoff, to sydney
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Early morning sees quite a number of #InterCity services coming and going to and from #Sydney 🇦🇺 Central. These services are usually worked by very nice trainsets that look familiar to the British traveller: their design is very close to the #InterCity125 #HST.

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timrichards,
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@andreaswiedenhoff Ah nice, I've been on that train several times; you'll enjoy it. Are you spending much time in Perth?

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