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Re: On The Beach - accuracy?

Subject: Re: On The Beach - accuracy?
From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 02:51:41 GMT
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Ken Duncan (kaduncan@gil.com.au) wrote:
> I've got to admit, the few minutes of On the Beach I saw had me confused. A
> steam loco ahead of blue Vic Rail carriages, and The Rialto (or some other
> similar building) in the background. There was obviously some sort of phase
> shift in the space:time continuum. (Where have I heard that before.)

The premise was that Australia doesn't produce any oil, but had lots of
coal. That's why there was a steam loco on the country train.

Cheers
David

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