Transport Trivia Friday
Presenting milestones in Victoria’s transport landscape...
This week: 1974
| January | The last red swing-door train (commonly known as a ‘Dogbox’ or ‘Doggie’) is retired from passenger service. Carriages on these trains were narrow to prevent an open door hitting an oncoming train.
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- Source: Transport Research and Policy Analysis Bulletin, Autumn 2010
Next week: 1975 ! !
posted by Jacob A. Stam at 5/07/2010 08:50:00 AM
4 Comments:
Metric road signs were introduced. Who was the PM? None other than Edward Gough Whitlam. The interesting thing is that in that same year, socialist, Mitterrand narrowly lost the election in France - birthplace of Metric. The Mitterrand socialist couldn't get what he wanted in his homeland so settled to work with his client, Gough Whitlam to subject Australia to metric. Two socialists working together to eliminate the English language from speed signs and introduce red circles and numbers. It's hardly cause to celebrate. Quite sick.
The French also hoped to subvert our old weights and measures system with the term avoirdupois.
Bring back the cubit. While we're at it Middle English too - modern English has become so "Yanky-fied"...
Whan folk hadde laughen at this nyce cas
Of Absolon and hende Nicholas,
Diverse folk diversely they seyde,
But for the moore part they loughe and pleyde.
Ne at this tale I saugh no man hym greve,
But it were oonly Osewold the Reve.
Bycause he was of carpenteres craft,
A litel ire is in his herte ylaft;
He gan to grucche, and blamed it a lite.
Oh, and bring back ancient celtic!
My heart races whenever I hear Roger Waters' classic soundscape 'Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict'.
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