Day: 2007-07-18

You’re not worth it.

By lauredhel on 2007-07-18 • ( 3 )

As Tigtog discussed while I had this post desultorily in draft (it’s school holidays here!), the Daily Telegraph has posted a followup on CityRail’s complete lack of any workable emergency evacuation plans for people who can’t walk: CityRail plan to… Read More ›

Disabled in a disaster? Just wait until we’ve helped all the real people, all right?

By tigtog on 2007-07-18 • ( 5 )

Lauredhel had a post a few days ago noting the plight of a quadriplegic man abandoned while the ablebodied passengers were evacuated during the train breakdown on the Sydney Harbour Bridge recently and told he would be evacuated “in two… Read More ›

Paris takes new tack to attract Rugby World Cup spectators

By tigtog on 2007-07-18

Hmmm. It certainly got at least one Londoner’s attention.

Wednesday Wow

By tigtog on 2007-07-18 • ( 3 )

The photo below, apart from being beautifully composed, spoke to me simply by evoking the great white cold so effectively. It’s not quite that cold here, but yesterday was Sydney’s coldest day in 20 years.