Sunday, July 28, 2024

Sunday Selections

I'm joining Elephant's Child, River and others with my usual random unused photos.

Not quite grammatically correct, but I get the meaning. If only dogs could read. 


What is this bird? I should do homework.


I once drove a distinctive car, a Humber Super Snipe. Never again. 


I think I saved this photo to send to Public Transport Victoria to show overcrowding on route 16 after the 3a was cancelled and the weekend service level to St Kilda was halved. That's Ray, the tallest standing closest to camera. Not a seat in sight for a then 74 year old man.


Who knows where, but it is a classy clock.


A sculpture somewhere near a station on the Upfield railway line. 


An elderly driver mistook the car pedals and accelerated into this seat outside South Melbourne Central. The City of Port Phillip quickly replaced the seat. No one was on the seat when it was hit, but it could have been a disaster. Old drivers mixing up pedals is a constant and they need to be removed from our roads. And it's not like local old residents can't use the plentiful public transport. 


I may have mentioned this toaster before. Frozen bread, 15 seconds in the microwave, then the maximum setting on the toaster. Perfect toast. The toaster cost $8. Unbelievable. 


Nice evening light over the suburb of South Yarra, taken from my balcony.


I was once young enough to shop for clothing in Dangerfield. We bought Jo's 2023 Christmas present here. 


A healthy green wall. 

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  1. Elephant's ChildJuly 28, 2024 at 5:42 AM

    I love that green wall. It softens the somewhat stark building well. I 'should' know what the bird is, but don't. It is nagging at my head. If it comes to me I will come back.
    Our public transport is not usually that crowded outside peak hour. First in gets the seat though - it is rare that anyone will get up.

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    1. helsJuly 28, 2024 at 9:35 AM

      I also think open concrete buildings and walls are 'brutal'.. and look like a prison. Thankfully the extensive green plant makes the area look healthy and natural.
      But where does the plant gets its nutrition and water?

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    2. AndrewJuly 28, 2024 at 6:13 PM

      EC, as in a comment by Roentare it is a cormorant. I thought they are the birds that perch with wings outstretched and white. This one is a Great Cormorant. There must be others.
      People on trams are generally quite good at giving up their seats for those who need them, but when it is really crowded, it is less likely to happen. That could be like if you are alone and see someone distressed, you may ask them if they are ok, but if it is a busy area, you assume someone else will do so.
      The green wall is great.

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    3. AndrewJuly 28, 2024 at 6:14 PM

      Hels, you are not a fan of brutalist architecture? Very few are. I don't know how the plants receive what they need to grow.

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  2. JayCeeJuly 28, 2024 at 6:08 AM

    Is that bird a cormorant?
    Some interesting photos again, Andrew. I particularly like the clock.

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    1. AndrewJuly 28, 2024 at 6:16 PM

      JayCee, that is indeed the bird in question, as Roentare confirms below. I wish I remembered where that clock was. It takes time to check back where I was at the time.

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  3. roentareJuly 28, 2024 at 8:08 AM

    That is a cormorant. Very common in city. The pink car is really out there lol. The bird's eye view of the city is lovely

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    1. AndrewJuly 28, 2024 at 6:25 PM

      Roentare, there was a craze in the 80s when you were just a boy, of a car rental place in South Yarra painting Volkswagen beetles that pink colour after turning them into a convertible. They were then rented out and for a short time were very popular with the trendy young things of Toorak and South Yarra.

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  4. BobJuly 28, 2024 at 8:31 AM

    I can't get over the dog pee one!

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  5. RiverJuly 28, 2024 at 11:32 AM

    Nice photos, I like the one with the yellow light over the buildings. Our public transport is that crowded in the mornings and afternnons when kids are getting to and from school and workers getting to and from work. on pension paydays there is also crowding made more difficult by walkers used by many of the elderly.
    I can't put frozen bread in my toaster it has a "cut off" or other type of alert that won't allow it to switch on when there is a chance of water dripping off the icy bits. I thaw the bread first, it only takes a couple of minutes.

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    1. AndrewJuly 28, 2024 at 6:28 PM

      River, winter light can be interesting at times. Even during the day I remember your public transport being busy, especially the buses and the O-Bahn.

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    2. AndrewJuly 28, 2024 at 6:29 PM

      You must have a smart toaster. Mine must a dumb toaster.

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    3. RiverJuly 29, 2024 at 3:11 PM

      $7 cheapie from BigW

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  6. Margaret DJuly 28, 2024 at 3:59 PM

    All is looking lovely, expect for that seat but as you said it was fixed quickly. Beautiful shot from your balcony.

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    1. AndrewJuly 28, 2024 at 6:30 PM

      It is just so fortunate that that normally busy seat didn't have anyone sitting on it at the time, as we were told by cafe staff. Thanks.

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  7. jabblogJuly 28, 2024 at 8:47 PM

    Interesting selection of photographs. Does anybody give up seats these days?
    It's difficult to stop dogs doing what they need to and direct them elsewhere. The green wall would excite them;-)

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    1. AndrewJuly 28, 2024 at 10:42 PM

      Haha JB. The green wall may well interest dogs. I'd not thought of that.

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  8. AnonymousJuly 28, 2024 at 9:51 PM

    My favourites from this selection are the great view from your balcony and the Toaster, which sounds worth its weight in gold 😀
    Alison in Wales x

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    1. AndrewJuly 28, 2024 at 10:45 PM

      Alison, I love my views. The toaster would be about £5 in your money, It does what it should do.

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  9. TravelJuly 28, 2024 at 10:27 PM

    You could wear rude shirts, just for fun.

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    1. AndrewJuly 28, 2024 at 10:48 PM

      Sorry TP. I am not one for rude shirts. I am a conservative dresser now, but I wasn't when I was younger.

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  10. StrayerJuly 28, 2024 at 11:53 PM

    Our two bus routes rarely have more than one or two people on them. But it makes sense, they are cumbersome in their length and seems like they exist only because the feds funded their existence. The two routes go the same direction and it would take all day to get a bag of groceries if one used the bus. I like your toaster. I've had the same toaster for 22 years.

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    1. AndrewJuly 29, 2024 at 8:41 AM

      That's a rather hopeless bus service, Strayer. It leaves many old people trapped at home and dependant on others for shopping and medical appointments etc.

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    2. RiverJuly 29, 2024 at 3:14 PM

      Strayer, that sounds like the Port Pirie bus service, a small midnorth town, it has only two buses, one runs clockwise the other anticlockwise around the town, so if you live far away from a shopping center it can take all day to get there, shop and get home again.

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  11. DebbyJuly 29, 2024 at 1:15 AM

    What IS that sculpture? I've been studying it and studying it.

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    1. AndrewJuly 29, 2024 at 8:45 AM

      Debby, there is a link to follow in a comment below. I'm a little wiser after reading it.

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  12. Steve ReedJuly 29, 2024 at 1:36 AM

    That is a very weird sculpture. I like the "A Good Planet is Hard to Find" t-shirt. And a healthy green wall is a rarity!

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    1. AndrewJuly 29, 2024 at 8:47 AM

      Thanks Steve. I missed that tee shirt slogan. Green walls look terrible if they aren't well maintained.

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  13. CloudiaJuly 29, 2024 at 2:03 AM

    Even your randoms carry lots of feeling and humanity. Thank you Andrew for sharing. Aloha

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  14. RedPatJuly 29, 2024 at 3:01 AM

    Random shots are so interesting. Good ones, Andrew.

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  15. DamselflyJuly 29, 2024 at 3:02 AM

    The sculpture is fascinating! It's found at Jewell Station, and is the work of Fleur Summers (lecturer at the School of Art, RMIT).
    Here's more information: https://melbourneartcritic.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/jewell-station-forecourt/

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    1. AndrewJuly 29, 2024 at 8:49 AM

      Thank you for the link Damselfly. The post was in May 2020 and I understand the thinking behind not touching it. I quite like the sculpture.

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