You've heard of tunnel vision, but tunnel hearing? Presumably this has been going on the whole time I've been in Australia, but I just discovered tonight that when you go through the tunnel under the Sydney harbour, it automatically changes your radio station to give you important driving updates. I heard it saying something and turned to my friend going, "gee, that was kind of creepy -- it was almost like your radio knew just where you were driving," with flashbacks from The Truman Show playing in my mind.
"Oh, but it did," she said, which didn't exactly comfort me.
"Uh, what?" I said.
From there she went on to explain that the tunnel automatically supersedes all radio stations to tell you, say, in our case, "There is a vehicle stopped in the left lane."
"But what if you're not listening to the radio?" you might ask. "What if you're listening to a CD? Or not listening to music at all?"
I had the exact same question.
"See those red lights that say 'turn on radio'?" she asked.
Ah. Yes. Apparently they did think of everything.
Except finding a way of getting that vehicle out of the left lane.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
quicko: mark schwarzer
I had no idea he was anyone important, but I bought stamps today hoping for the beautiful fishies I got last time only to discover every stamp was covered with a picture of Mr. Mark Schwarzer. Evidently he is an "Australian Legend of Football."
The stamps also inform me of literally everything else I know about him, reading as follows (yet still not terribly instructively ...):
"No Australian sporting fan will ever forget 16 November 2005 at ANZ Stadium in Sydney. The Socceroos played one of the powerhouses of South American football, Uruguay, for a spot at the 2006 World Cup final in Germany ... 'That was one of the most heart-stopping and emotional nights of my career. The buzz was magnificent before, during and after the game. The media attention was out of this world. I was so proud to have played such an important role. We were finally off to the World Cup finals and it seemed Australia had gone Socceroos crazy.'"
Anyway, if you get a letter from me, sorry if you missed the fishies. They were really pretty cool.
The stamps also inform me of literally everything else I know about him, reading as follows (yet still not terribly instructively ...):
"No Australian sporting fan will ever forget 16 November 2005 at ANZ Stadium in Sydney. The Socceroos played one of the powerhouses of South American football, Uruguay, for a spot at the 2006 World Cup final in Germany ... 'That was one of the most heart-stopping and emotional nights of my career. The buzz was magnificent before, during and after the game. The media attention was out of this world. I was so proud to have played such an important role. We were finally off to the World Cup finals and it seemed Australia had gone Socceroos crazy.'"
Anyway, if you get a letter from me, sorry if you missed the fishies. They were really pretty cool.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
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