>In article <5s9vft$h01$1@tiger.aba.net.au>,
> pcc@ocean.com.au (Leslie Brown) wrote:
>>"Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote in aus.rail:
>>Snip
>>> "This shows the same scale of vision as does Federation Square. By the
>>>year 2001 Melbourne commuters will be proud of the fact that they have a
>>>transport system designed for the future".
>>>Roderick Smith
>>Rod, this is total bullshit.
>>You are either too late for April 1st or way too early for the next
>>year's.
>>There is no factual information contained in it. You have not detailed
>>who the US consultant is or your source for this information. I think
>>it is highly irresponsible of you to post it as such.
>>Given your position as editor of RNV, please re-consider posting such
>>utter and total crap in the future if you wish to remain a credible
>>source.
>>Les Brown.
>Les,
>Could not you see that Rod's post was tongue in cheek?
>It was quite obvious after the 1st couple of lines that he was writing about
>returning the city's transport back to the 19th century, which is something
>that no sensible government would even consider doing.
>I got a laugh out of it, which I think was the point of his post.
Yes, I realised that John. But don't you realise that others took it
quite seriously. That's my complaint. Whilst we can expect that sort
of thing to occur at a certain time of the year and can have a laugh
over it then, at other times it is deceitful.
Les Brown.