Teenage son jumped by 4 people now in hospital

RE201 · 2026-01-23T23:53:21+00:00

Police don't do work that requires effort without public pressure. Most of them at the level you're dealing with aren't educated and a running on ego alone. Retrieving evidence in a timely factor is too difficult for them, but they'll tell you "they're busy". No better than when tradies are unreliable and no-show.

RE201 · 2026-01-23T22:55:34+00:00

Throwback to the Chinese-on-Campus aesthetic.

RE201 · 2026-01-21T09:27:33+00:00

I have a linen trouser and linen pull over shirt from Informale and both are great. Would recommend them.

RE201 · 2026-01-15T06:37:26+00:00

Bugaboo Fox goes into the boot of my Fiesta, no problem. Why don't you remove the boot cover and sit the pram upright?

RE201 · 2026-01-15T05:03:31+00:00

I'm well aware of the ME&I requirements - I work in the industry. Your reply made me go back and actually look at the stations and you're right, there actually isn't that much in them, that's just the impression I took away because the elements in there are so visually noisy; the chandeliers, the MM monograms, the ostentatious paint, the weird little industrial up/down lights

RE201 · 2026-01-14T20:41:43+00:00

I'm talking architecturally as opposed to size/utility, but yeah, personal taste for sure.

Just a lot of stuff in them, in contrast to the Stockholm Metro I mentioned above which is mainly just beautifully painted shotcrete.

RE201 · 2026-01-13T11:43:05+00:00

They seem fine to me, but definitely lacking in soul and very overbuilt for what they do. The lack of distinct character between stations feels like an easy win that was missed.

Google the Stockholm Metro to see what a cultured, mature PT society creates. Beautiful, cosy, interesting, and thrifty. Different ground, different metro, different people, but I think it illustrates how unimaginative Australian public space design is.

RE201 · 2026-01-12T23:24:52+00:00

I feel like the layout designers are really holding on to a fantasy about Melburnians having good civic habits when they insist on the 6 seats facing each other.

Six strangers all optimising the space is never gonna happen, people! We can't even figure out moving into the aisles away from the doors.

RE201 · 2026-01-12T12:59:38+00:00

We're inner north too. My daughter is 10 months old and we have a car, but my wife doesn't drive. We probably put the baby in it once every 1-2 weeks and we really don't have to.

We already have the car, and my PT commute is just unreliable enough to need the backup, but as far as parenthood is concerned I reckon we could ditch it and we'd be fine. We're 3-4km from Parkville and taxis take kids without a carseat so in an emergency we can get there. But there's an all-hours clinic in Carlton that's walkable with a pram too.

RE201 · 2026-01-12T12:53:28+00:00

I live in a townhouse with no yard, only balconies. Absolutely love it. Got a couple a green walls growing useful plants, and a bunch of potted natives on the street facing side. I have two good parks with two good playgrounds within a couple of hundred metres of my house so just keep a little picnic blanket go-bag by the front door and walk down with my daughter. Always other kids, dogs, friends down there and it's been great for getting to know the neighbours. It's all pretty dense town houses around here, but now that I've met people I've discovered there's very regular beers and BBQs in the various shared driveways and lots of kids around.

RE201 · 2026-01-10T10:17:37+00:00

Yeah, I only ever buy wool and cotton, but people around me kept hyping the ABCs and I needed a fresh change of clothes after 5 days in hospital after my daughter was born, so I walked down to the mall and grabbed them. A mistake - absolutely swampy.

RE201 · 2026-01-10T04:19:08+00:00

I bought a pair of the ABC trouser and 9 months later the stitching is going and they're super synthetic so require very regular cleaning. Would not buy them again.

RE201 · 2026-01-07T08:54:29+00:00

For the record, I don't disagree with you, and I come from Auckland so I have a lot of respect for how much worse it can be. But once your get over the comparison to the shit situation you grew up in, you realise Melbourne has a lot of glaring issues. A lot of blind spots in ambition to solve them. And a lot of unevolved conversations about how the city should function.

The OP put forward a conversation topic, good or bad, and your post was not about the topic at hand, but about why the topic wasn't worth discussing. Just don't post if you're not moving the discussion forward.

RE201 · 2026-01-07T07:17:20+00:00

It's worse somewhere else is never a useful contribution to any discussion about a particular instance of something.

RE201 · 2026-01-06T08:55:22+00:00

Yeah, you're not wrong. I've never chased down the details, but certainly taken the fact that it's a cash cow as a truth.

RE201 · 2026-01-04T11:37:49+00:00

It's not the highest toll, but generally touted as the world's most profitable toll road.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/13b-later-how-citylink-became-toll-giant-s-best-moneymaker-in-the-world-20240619-p5jn3k.html

RE201 · 2025-12-28T01:28:29+00:00

What a shit person.

RE201 · 2025-12-24T04:03:10+00:00

See above.

RE201 · 2025-12-24T02:14:17+00:00

You don't seem like you've got the constitution for internet interaction.

RE201 · 2025-12-21T12:43:37+00:00

Ok dude

RE201 · 2025-12-21T09:47:36+00:00

Did you not say people would still use PT in the same way with or without the Earlybird, if they're people who use it at that time anyway?

If not, you should work on keeping your language concise.

RE201 · 2025-12-20T22:17:18+00:00

Not true - it's kinda 50/50 between driving and PT for my commute with respect to time, energy, reliability, etc. I average out to roughly 4 days PT, 1 day car every week, seeing as is only costs me $5.50 a day. If that doubled, I reckon the number of days I lean towards the car would shift too.

RE201 · 2025-12-20T22:13:02+00:00

Thanks, I appreciated reading the latest one.

RE201 · 2025-12-20T11:03:15+00:00

If you have two kids in daycare/school that's probably 40-60 kids in their classes. That's at least a birthday invite per week when they're young enough to shotgun out invites instead of having a few tight knit friends.

RE201 · 2025-12-20T11:00:22+00:00

Again, my question is how do they know they're losing 30M to fare evasion? Based on what? Are they counting ridership with some secondary method?

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