On 4 Mar 2014, at 21:51, "Bob W-PDML" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4 Mar 2014, at 21:29, "Stan Halpin" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 10:00 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >> ... >>> >>>>> Yes it is - and it's certainly still there. >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Street_Station >>>> >>>> Glad to hear it's still there. It's good to find out what the clocks were >>>> for, too. I should have Googled it myself... >>> >>> It interested me because I was born in Melbourne, so I might have been to >>> that station when I was a baby. >>> >>> B >>> -- >> >> If you were there, they would probably have a plaque or something >> commemorating the event. At least I hope that is the case! > > My sister and her husband went to Australia a couple of years ago. She was > born in England, but is 3 years older than me and remembers Oz. They visited > Melbourne and have assured me that there is indeed a well-tended shrine at my > birthplace, and a long waiting list of lusty young maidens dedicating > themselves to a life of chastity until my return. > > My elder brother was also born there, but apparently his birthplace has > fallen into disrepair and is being used to store old floppies.
Incidentally, that Wikipedia article contains a rather classic piece of (non-)editing: "It is the busiest station [...] with some 26.2 passenger movements recorded in 2011-12". B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
