Melbourne BUG suggested this idea to council back in May 2005. Yesterday I contacted Melbourne City Council and they stated that: "Melbourne City Council is...
Do you know where the term furphy comes from? If you care read on. Last Saturday night when I was bagpiping at the Beaumaris RSL I noticed a display of Furphy...
The one factor that makes this situation interesting is that it is not necessary to remove or replace car parking to drastically improve the area for bicycles....
... Incidentally, I never could find the public toilets anywhere in the CBD, whenever I needed them. Parliament is interesting -- I found the womens in the...
Tim Connors
Tim.W.Connors@...
Nov 2, 2006 4:49 am
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'The one factor that makes this situation interesting is that: it is not necessary to remove or replace car parking to drastically improve the area for...
... There's a fourth, not unlikely, possibility - that the proposal is the subject of a fight between rival factions in the MCC staff, and the person you spoke...
amorton@...
Nov 2, 2006 7:21 am
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As I understand it, "Furphy" as a name for gossip did indeed come from wartime water carriers. I believe the original production of ironware was at Kyneton,...
Gordon Macmillan
gmac@...
Nov 2, 2006 9:53 am
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Yep, I saw the same explanation on the Leyland Brothers when I was a wee lad. And if Mike & Mal say it's true, then who am I to argue? :)...
Remember - tomorrow is Walk Against Warming. Here's info about the walk + details of walk locations cheers, c;) ****** International Day of Action on Climate...
cfsmtb
cfsmtb@...
Nov 3, 2006 12:22 am
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Hi, you may be interested in attending this screening, thanks, peter vaughan- Please see attached poster for details for the premiere Melbourne screening of...
Peter Vaughan
pv223@...
Nov 3, 2006 3:23 am
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On November 2, 2006, the Kyle and Jackie O program on 2Day-FM broadcast the following segment: click here for mp3 file. ...
cfsmtb
cfsmtb@...
Nov 6, 2006 12:09 am
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Call to action: I am writing on behalf of a group of people who are doing community outreach as part of the Stop G20 events in Melbourne (between the 14th and...
living revolution
living.revolution@...
Nov 6, 2006 5:56 am
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Six flyers to a page, designed to print double sided, a variety of designs, some old favourites and the new one from Belgium. (I'm not a graphic designer so...
Article from the New Yorker, lengthy but thought-provoking reading. Holy Rollers: The city's bicycle zealots ...
cfsmtb
cfsmtb@...
Nov 8, 2006 7:04 am
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Also, Joseph Furphy, part of the tank making family, was also known as Tom Collins, the author of Such Is Life. It has the best opening line of any book ever:...
Heyall, I'm gonna make a run of exclusive critical mass reflective safety vests, hopefully in time for the november ride. At this point it looks like the price...
victor rajewski
askvictor@...
Nov 13, 2006 3:16 am
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I made a T-shirt yesterday - it said that... heh heh...
G'day All, Buy Nothing Day is on Friday November 24th. It's a twenty four hour period where we encourage people... Not to shop. Simple really. The Melbourne...
I haven't got time to read this right now: http://www.cera.com/aspx/cda/public1/news/pressReleases/pressReleaseDetails.aspx?CID=8444 -- Cheers Euan Send...
Is anyone available to leaflet people and bikes fresh out of being razzed up by Al? I can't make it, but this would be a great opportunity to get a few new...
I heard on the radio that the ALP is claiming Ted Ballieu's motherinlaw is an ALP member ... Steve Bracks' late father in law was president of box hill liberal...
Hi Euan , when you do get time to read it. Read a more realistic assessment as well. CERA Launches Another Optimistic Report on Peak Oil (ODAC Bulletin ...
Alan Parker
alanpar@...
Nov 16, 2006 12:56 am
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Now this is the way to do it! .................................................... Bike Scouts of America: Car Camping by Bike Published November 15, 2006 by...
There is a response at http://www.energybulletin.net/22442.html...
victor rajewski
askvictor@...
Nov 16, 2006 5:55 am
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Ask Al what he thinks of my book, The Sustainable Way http://intergon.net/tsw He wrote me to say that he received his copy and the framework. You can see a...
Hey Lionel and everyone, Do we want to open the floodgates for partisan political comment on this list? richard _____ From: cm-melb@yahoogroups.com...
Richard Duffy
ricarduf@...
Nov 16, 2006 12:52 pm
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Sorry Richard. I don't vote for anyone - not meant to be partican or political at all. I just thought it was funny that the kettle was saying that the pot...
