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Dodging busted Telecom pits
an experience of city and town
I used to work for Telecom in the mid 80s, installing telex machines (remember those?) and modems. A great job. Sure, people always moaned that it took 'forever' to get a phone connected to the home or office. But I found people inside Telecom to be very committed to quality of workmanship, and workmanship took time. We didn't rush things if it meant doing a half-baked job. I was proud to work for Telecom back then. So, after several years overseas I find the experience of being an Australian on the footpaths of Australia a surprising and disappointingly risky affair -- just look at the trouble one can get into. HEY -- who is supposed to be looking after these things? Wouldn't happen in my Telecom days. Seems being Australian is running the risk of breaking your ankle inside in a neglected ex-Telecom/PMG telephone cable pit. Not such a good 'Australian' experience.
Thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne on 16/06/2005
Other Experiences of Doug Kirkpatrick
Those ticking street posts , Frequent flyers?? , Max the dog , Flag on a dumpster , My backyard clotheslines , Clever street art , Australia Day in Port Hedland , Passing road trains , Lawn in the Pilbara , Big Australian Sky , Flying art , Lunchtime for 'Wombat' , Hand of Friendship , Tuned in to the nation , Hanging out to dry , Swimming Pool for One , broken flags , Genuine Aussie gladiators... , Shark Wrestling in South Australia , The Sydney-to-Hobart , Fantales - things of beauty , Street Junk , Dining IN , tradie's bit for the nation , Clean-up Day , ANZAC biscuits help keep peace in Kashmir , Cops on the beat , Spiders lurking , Eating Violet Crumbles , Coastal sandstone , Living among the gum trees , Feeling of wool , Outdoor shower , Regarding the 'Coathanger' , Pausing to honour the 'Diggers' , The rural gatepost where yarns are had , Celebrating Australia Day in Port Hedland , P-Plate , Kirribilli commute , Oz Day in the city , Dancing with the Stars - in Milson's Point, Sydney , Weekday oasis of calm , Bondi Beach - historic more than bohemian , Riding into history on a vintage train in Tasmania , Plunging escarpments ain't always pretty , Feeding wild lorikeets on the verandah at home , Walking the streets of Sydney , When you're driving in Australia... , Melbourne Cup in Martin Place , Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 1 of 2 , Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 2 of 2 , Cyclone Tracy revisited , Hot date with a Maytag washer in Darwin , The Port Hedland detention centre , Not ice, nor 'Ice', nor snow. Just Pilbara salt , Railmotor from Werris Creek , Camping with wild pigs , Telephone sockets in Australia , Werris Creek Station , Leaving their mark in stone , Being Australian on Christmas Day (Bondi Beach pt1) , Christmas Day at Bondi Beach (pt2) , Christmas Day at Bondi Beach (pt3) , Camping holiday - best way to see Australia
Other experiences of city and town
Those ticking street posts by Doug , My backyard clotheslines by Doug , Clever street art by Doug , local help by wp7713 , Moorook S.A by Gard , Tuned in to the nation by Doug , the big back yard by dylan , Keeping the beach safe by Apph , Swimming Pool for One by Doug , Kookaburra comes to school by wp7713 , Cleaning Up by Mora , tradie's bit for the nation by Doug , home sweet home by suzie , Australian drought by larnza , Waterways of Sydney by aintnomountain , My world by amandal , My Town by maryls , Kirribilli commute by Doug , Walking the streets of Sydney by Douglas , Australian architecture: where hip and historic coexist by Matty , House on stone block by Jay , A visit to the Southern Highlands by Rodney , Highest court in the land by Matty , Cyclone Tracy revisited by Douglas , The Angel of Edgecliff by Fran , Life in Newman, WA by Matty , Old Sydney buses had character by Fran , Werris Creek Station by Douglas , Leaving their mark in stone by Douglas , Australia: Diversity, sun, fun and fabulous Sydney harbour by Jo , A Commitment to Australia... by Sunflower10 , Eureka! by Sunflower10 , The Eureka Playground by Sunflower10 , Aussie coat of arms by Jasie
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She made me proud by Gillian , Cleaning Up by Mora , Urban river goes to sea by Shelley , Puddling about in filth by Fran , Living with cane toads, an imported menace by Matty , Off your trolley or just fleeing it by Fran
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