Mebourne Bits 1
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Trains
Melbourne has some odd use of english that I feel I need to document here
- An Express train will not stop at all the stops it goes past, like in other countries
- A Limited Express train has the same definiton, but presumably stops at more stations that an express
- A Direct service, as in a the 5:08 Direct service to Sandringham, will stop at all the stations it passes.
I don't mean to be overly pickly, but aren't the adjectives express and direct much more like synonyms than antinyms?
Airports
The departures information boards at Melbourne airport are good. For the flights that are not due to board yet, the line says relax, nice framing!
Melbourne Lindy Dance Floors
The dance floors in Melbourne are very big but also very crowded. It was necessary to adapt your dancing style to be much more compact, which I found tricky.
The floors did thin out a bit after about 1 am, however that feels like 3 am if you are just in the country!
Also would have benefitted from some suede soled shoes, which I have yet to purchase, the floors were designed for you to be wearing them.
Also, this is post 456, which is the name of the first album by a group called The Grid. The first song on their first album is awesome, I've yet to repurchase it after loosing the album somewhere.
2 comments:
Suede soled shoes? They sound very impractical in most situations.
How were the icebergs?
You were notably missed at post-birthday drinks. The Hawthorne Lounge reminded us of you. All classy.
Suede soled shoes are strictly dance floor only shoes, they are destroyed by any other kind of wear. I'll buy some in the next couple of months.
The Icebergs were tricky. I ran into the timezone makes you a zombie iceberg, the busy dancefloor iceberg, and the loose track of time for 12 hours with an old friend iceberg.
However the particular problem & opportunity that prompted me to want to go to Melbourne in the first place is unresolved due to last minute factors outside my control.
I am in limbo for some time until the cost centre that finishing my kitchen represents stops flexing its large, shiny, rock hard muscles.
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