RT @johnb78: This “FDR sends tweets from 1936” account is quite a pleasing conceit
@JustJimWillDo @erkpod Going to Newcastle?
@erkpod I’d guessed that’s where they were going.
@JustJimWillDo Lol I haven’t watched it yet either. I’ll save it for when I’m back at base.
@JustJimWillDo Lol I thought you’d jump at this.
“Course Set For Tomorrow†(18m15s) https://t.co/wr9Z9bUGj6
“A survey of the Royal Australian Navy’s new ships and… https://t.co/g3Bi2GRJBF
@throwsshadows You can’t copyright a style.
@JustJimWillDo @NewtonMark It’s true, I saw a taxi earlier. And a fire engine. The population is 40,000 these days.
@manindotblack Definitely.
@NewtonMark [Rolls eyes] After the mountain, Mark.
@DavidFengTrains That’d be great, except here’s some of what we had to deal with today. Really tight curves. We dro… https://t.co/XK4o20sfCw
@manindotblack That’s fuckin’ terrible lol.
@NewtonMark Perhaps. :) There’s plenty of good food to be had.
irc (ComradOtter) “A train station is where a train stops. A bus station is where a bus stops. On my desk I have a workstation…”
@manindotblack I say I say I say, why is a goose like a NSW train?
@DavidFengTrains And the #purpletrain V-Set replacement, the Mariyung D-Set, is pretty much ready to start rolling… https://t.co/Cc5yT1l1yn
@DavidFengTrains Again, funny that. Being built to a bi-mode CAF Civity design. Very Spanish.
@JustJimWillDo @DavidFengTrains I’ve done first class airline travel once, when I was upgraded from Las Vegas to LA… https://t.co/he8iqZMEnZ
@DavidFengTrains Funny that. ;) https://t.co/kCRdqLyXzE
@DavidFengTrains That’s interesting, because the XPT is based on the UK’s InterCIty 125. Tuned down a bit because s… https://t.co/YcPmYVpgbx
Oh, and inside. https://t.co/VFH1UZvN3k
@DavidFengTrains And inside the first class car. So very 1970s. https://t.co/ZVXFGCm05B
Here you go, @DavidFengTrains, a thread from this morning. https://t.co/SQUNRkT6vt
Regular reminder: There was a new podcast on the weekend. https://t.co/EN6nTh6ccQ
QUICK REMINDER FOR SUPPORTERS OF “THE 9PM EDICT†PODCAST. https://t.co/LBrDzDmWoD
@_midofo_ It’s all pretty fancy out here these days.
Lol I missed this. From Crikey’s Post this morning, news of a Pauline Hanson-voiced cartoon series. pic.twitter.com/QIBx3QnWPy
@JustJimWillDo That’s more private operators than the government though. At least at the shop floor level.
@franksting @tobiasziegler @FrKarlSinclair Oh right! Tempting, though I can’t drink much cider these days. I end up… https://t.co/5XiW3YBavi
@awelder @NickyWill100 Is it? Well I shall use that fact, thank you.
@JustJimWillDo Barry’s a great bloke.
Meanwhile, “Attorney-General Vickie Chapman was seeking to declare conflict over Kangaroo Island port matter, email… https://t.co/ezkHtmb4n0
“Labor leader wore wire to record former SA MP accused of blackmailing him, court documents state.” Ah, South Austr… https://t.co/b2gP6isiUC
G’day, Barry. pic.twitter.com/gl1Ip1LB87
@awelder @NickyWill100 Lol they seem to be quite different towns.
@JustJimWillDo Lol never done that route. Either of them.
@JustJimWillDo Yeah it’s overrated in my opinion.
Histreepix A woman performs CPR on a ghost. Ticknall, 1876. pic.twitter.com/8TXwgCYaO9
@ADM19833825 @annaclarity1 @FrKarlSinclair Heh. I thought you might be. :) All good. Yeah I want to see the full ra… https://t.co/QdK1YqJRBm
@JustJimWillDo I remember when my late friend was still in RANR as a diver (yes) before going Army and came back fr… https://t.co/5QFpLBddUJ
@JustJimWillDo Indeed.
@ADM19833825 @annaclarity1 @FrKarlSinclair Thank you, I think. Karl was saying that he wants to show me that it’s n… https://t.co/QSGESqoRAh
@JustJimWillDo They’re charging $6 for a side of mashed potato, so sure. We are getting old, Jim.
I love pub irony. pic.twitter.com/DZIJ2X23Vu
@JustJimWillDo @wolfcat @tobiasziegler @franksting Lol there was mile after mile of this scenery.
@franksting @tobiasziegler Indeed. @FrKarlSinclair keeps saying “It’s my day off, so if you want me to drive you an… https://t.co/B7ZITpBUkf
@tobiasziegler @franksting Oh man! I’m originally from South Australia. Two years of La Niña weather and the whole… https://t.co/E7hBGLeKZv
@NickyWill100 It’s just delightful today.
@NickyWill100 There’s also this. https://t.co/VRXyOUt2K5
@tobiasziegler @franksting Ah! This makes sense, I guess. Anyway, your city seems quite lovely.
@franksting Apparently so. https://t.co/VJexMewwNa
@nicophotodesign Oh right. What a mess. :(
@NickyWill100 I take that back. https://t.co/VJexMewwNa
@NickyWill100 Lol nah I think they’ve just left the banners up because all the other festivals would have been canc… https://t.co/UUuaTz1eEd
@annaclarity1 It’s my first time here. @FrKarlSinclair wants to show me the poor bits of town too. We’ll do that tomorrow.
@JustJimWillDo Well the important fact about Orange is that they grow so much fruit near here… except oranges.
@JustJimWillDo You can. Three of these pubs are across the road from the park, which is beautifully kempt. But not… https://t.co/ow3XFHLlee
I know things can seem slow in regional Australia but NAIDOC Week was in July. pic.twitter.com/h7Fzf7665N
@EnsignR @JustJimWillDo @yaycee You’re too kind, but I have yet to be inaugurated.
@JustJimWillDo Isn’t it just. However it too appears to be closed tonight. But I’m staying at the Parkview and curr… https://t.co/o8omQiPwwp
The Victoria Hotel is less impressive but it’s literally the other side of the (railway) tracks. pic.twitter.com/ij5o1NRUCu
@JustJimWillDo @yaycee Lol I feed. But they mean NFTs. It’s all bullshit to pump they market. If I were Tsar I’d ha… https://t.co/ACeWTBLp9r
A selection of pubs, Summer Street, Orange… although the Hotel Orange is closed on Mondays. pic.twitter.com/hjckIZwBwM
@yaycee The Windows NT File System? ;)
@Brad2428 Thanks. All done, it’s just a three-hour trip. And although that train definitely needs a wash it works just fine.
@HiHarryHere @markc It’s the right colour but it seems to be more on the bird’s undersides than the top? Wandering… https://t.co/x8saomLeSQ
RT @ConSelfOwns: “adorpion†https://t.co/idCvRShk6J
RT @cameronwilson: one of the best ways to recycle is by throwing your rubbish (plastics, electronics in particular) directly into the sea…
BTheorists Vicpol arrest a bloke with a crossbow out the front of parliament as cookers camped on the steps scream obscenities. pic.twitter.com/HLTc30YWLs
@BrandDNA No there is a ton of mash under there. They are big sausages.
Hello, Big Boys! pic.twitter.com/AsUWiDCre6
@paulwallbank Only for a few days.
@JonoInAotearoa No, I find motor sports extremely tedious and I’d rather not go.
@markc I haven’t seen it first-hand but it’s usually because they’ve been arseing around where there’s paint or dye.
@NanoRaptor Hahaha orly? *waves*
Gare de l’Orange, or something like that. pic.twitter.com/6QZdUyiDbL
Passing through the more or less abandoned Newbridge station. A sign reads “Danger Naturally-Occurring Asbestos” an… https://t.co/FxMwenOZOY
Bathurst.
I’d post some photos but (a) mobile reception is flipping between 3G and nothing, and (b) can’t be arsed.
@erkpod Indeed. I know that 45 cars is the limit up this way.
@baltoria @franksting @indiescribe That’s not the root cause though. The kitchens could be changed it there was the… https://t.co/DtPv2clI9U
CSMFHT Neptune’s army mustering to fight off Caligula’s invasion, 1st Century AD (colourised) pic.twitter.com/VdGRM1bc0j
@JonoInAotearoa These are magnificent, thank you!
Arriving at Lithgow. There’s a whole bunch of New InterCity Fleet (NIF) D-Set trains lined up in the yard, all shin… https://t.co/XcrqDuLy3E
I’m in Car B, capacity 56 first-class passengers. Today there’s 16. Car C has a capacity of 23. Today there are 6.… https://t.co/DFIzkyJbEV
@jplonie It didn’t give me any flowers though.
@sleepingdingo Yes, it’s perfect.
Here you go @jxeeno @DavidFengTrains @aussiewongm @johnb78, a pie. The tea and coffee selections were Roberts Timms… https://t.co/9doHFdkVYt
Oh no! All the breakfast food has sold out because I joined the train 1h40m into the journey. So all I could get wa… https://t.co/dyD1MTWY0k
My journey proper to Orange begins on this NSW TrainLink XPT. #blueandwhitetrain pic.twitter.com/JN4n6qxgUM
@paulwallbank Trick question. Australia has no future.
Katoomba station comes with jerkbirds. pic.twitter.com/q71Ad3VuXe
My train is on its way. pic.twitter.com/J68h5lgtte
Here, have a locomotive, then three more locomotives, then 45 big hopper cars containing coal. Because this is Aust… https://t.co/dYN0z4pMly
Mobile.
@GavFunky Yeah that’ll do it.
Yeah as I said, soggy and maybe stormy. pic.twitter.com/K4YDYAMnDU
Further alleged plans and links to interesting things may be found in the Weekly Wrap. https://t.co/AOrce5lOxE
Mon plan: 0900 train to Orange; podcast pre-production and administrivia en route; check-in and lunch; remainder TB… https://t.co/lngElTJZK7
More likely last night’s lightning. Anyway it’s somewhat annoying. I have reverted to the Internet of Trees, which… https://t.co/tzcxZa3V5J
@leoniedoyle I’m not so sure you can read things like that into dreams, but thank you.
I won’t be posting my usual weather tweet with the graphics until that’s fixed because bandwidth. But it’s wet and… https://t.co/n2oLvOYdvz
Hmmm. There’s been around 50mm of rain in the last 22 hours and my mobile connection is reverting down from 5G to… https://t.co/99ORLSbyZu
atrupar Happy Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day to those who celebrate
Anyway how’s your morning?
It seemed clear to me that the mutant kitten would not survive. The other kittens and even its mother were hissing… https://t.co/YHjJts1p4g
I went to the fridge to find some food, but when I returned the mutant kitten had obviously found something to eat… https://t.co/Yzyg7Kx1po
The mutant kitten was a ginger tabby, with a cute little face about the size of my little fingernail. It was hungry.
The mutant kitten was very long and thin, smaller than my little finger but about 20 cm long, with about 40 or 50 p… https://t.co/yUMWeLz3HZ
From behind the furniture emerged some kittens. One of the cats had been pregnant but we hadn’t realised! The kitte… https://t.co/q5eDcWJzaL
Last night I dreamed that I was in a small apartment with a plant-filled atrium, a cream deep-pile carpet, and an o… https://t.co/GBkqrjN9Ae
Monday. Some of the world’s most remarkable discoveries were made on a Monday. You were not involved, and never will be. Monday.