Re: Australia's Biggest Dog to Watch Trains

["Chris French" <cfrench@starwon.com>]

Hi all,

You know, this posting sounds as though it's about four months too early.

It would have made a great April fool's joke...  ;-))  Unless it's true... 
:-O

One can only wonder in awe and despair, at the chronic waste of tax dollars
at projects like this. Still, money-wasting isn't confined to Victoria. 

Here in Western Australia there's a rediculous plan to 'sink' the perfectly
good Riverside Drive along the Perth foreshore, in order to build a
so-called 'asthetically pleasing' (to whom?) bell tower (with the Premier's
name cast on it I might add - talk about ego))!

All this at a time when public hospitals are crying out for money and, more
relevant to this list, is the need to provide a fast rail service to
Rockingham and Mandurah. Sometimes I really think our pollies and planners
live on another planet - I sure wish they'd move there.!

CF

David Bennetts <davibenn@pcug.org.au> wrote in article
<01be3438$656fef00$414c0acb@davibenn.pcug.org.au>...
> I know this is the silly season, but yesterday on ABC Radio there was a
> story about a six metre high dog, to be made of recycled timber, to be
> constructed near the railway line at Fairfield, Melbourne.  The local
> council are funding its construction cost of $50,000 as a public artwork.
> The dog will be "interactive", ie it will be able to bark, wag its tail
and
> waggle its ears, and its eyes will light up.  It will also be able to
> deliver community messages.  Its activities will be set off by passing
> trains, and it is expected to be completed by mid-1999.  About the only
> thing it can't do is cock its leg, but then maybe it's a bitch!  
> 
> Happy New Year!
> 
> David Bennetts
> Canberra
> 
> 
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