RSS feedDateline: Canberra airport, 8:20am, Tuesday morning.
RBF: The city thanks, the Melbourne building on Northbourne.
The radio in the cab is up loud and the news is on. Taking the aural cue, I assume that we’re supposed to be listening to it, so I do.
Cabbie: Ahhh, I always get confused which one is which, although both buildings have their names on them.
RBF: That’s OK, I know which is which, I’ll show you when we get there.
Cabbie: I think the Melbourne building used to have ….. [insert unmemorable, unrecognisable name of pub here] in it. Or was that the Sydney building?
RBF: No idea. It’s the one closest to Civic.
Cabbie: They’re both in Civic actually.
RBF: OK, well it’s the one on the left.
Cabbie: Well, it depends which direction you’re coming from, doesn’t it.
Well, unless you’re going to drive up north then re-enter the city from the opposite side of town than the airport, which is where I’m coming from, then yeah sure, I guess it depends which direction you’re coming from. I try listening to the news.
Cabbie: Did you see Millionaire last night?
RBF: No.
Cabbie: Guy is unemployed for 10 years, then gets a job with Telstra, then gets on Millionaire 2 days later!
RBF: Oh. But did he win anything?
Cabbie: Dunno, I went to bed.
Cabbie: You know you can’t get a job without experience, and you can’t get experience without a job.
RBF: Except with Telstra it would seem.
Cabbie: What?
RBF: Nothing. Right, Melbourne building, coming this way it’s the second one…
This morning it is 0 degrees, which is an improvement on the same time last week when it was -7 degrees, the coldest day in Canberra for seven years.