Mark Schier

@metrotrains And it drags on and on and on and on for the nighttime Werribee line. Please give us back our evening trains - #fairgoforwesternsuburbs

@metrotrains Not convinced - meanwhile we suffer night ‘consolation prize’ buses and weekends without any trains. Hardly fair when we need to do things in the city and it adds an extra 30 minutes on a trip home and having to change at Newport under all weather conditions and the dark.

🚧 Werribee line: Buses replace trains between Newport and Werribee from 8.30pm to last train tonight while project works take place. Info: tinyurl.com/545u3eyu

@metrotrains @metrotrains I understand testing new equipment. Why the Werribee line when these new trains will only run on Sunbury/metro tunnel/Cranbourne line? And why 4 months of disruption to Werribee service?

Hi, Mark. We’re testing Melbourne’s new trains. They are undergoing a rigorous testing program to ensure the safety of passengers and reliability of this new fleet. During testing, buses will replace trains at night on parts of the Werribee Line throughout 2025. These new trains will help us retire our longest-serving fleets and create a more efficient, accessible and reliable network.

@metrotrains Thanks @metrotrains for removing evening/night Werribee line trains for ~2 months to test trains for the new @metrotunnelvic. Important, but please test them on Sunbury/Frankston lines where they will actually run.

🚧Werribee line: Buses replace trains between Newport and Werribee from 8.30pm to last service each night, Sunday 11 May to Thursday 15 May, while project works take place. Info: tinyurl.com/4bp3ksea

@dontattempt Rucksaq (put on the red light)

Best punny business name? More to come on ABC Vic after 8: I Should Be Souvlaki Just Falafels Bread Pitt (bakery) Lord of the Rinse (laundromat) Florist Gump Madame Leash (dog walking) Sit Happens (dog training) Blonde Dye Bleach Alley Barber Beau Thai

@dontattempt Stonehenge (Cairn terrier)

Dad-joke dog names: Strepsil (husky) Pfizer (lab) Utzon (Great Dane) Devo (whippet) Faith (heeler) Joe (cocker) Laser (pointer) Yahtzee (Dalmatian) Mayweather (boxer) Gollum (golden retriever) Von Peep (German shepherd)

@dontattempt Reading the room Managing upwards

Corporate Olympics: Envelope-pushing Walking the talk Spitballing Data-crunching Paradigm-shifting Circling back Heavy lifting Deep diving Outside-the-boxing

@dontattempt Easy Monet

Painting Pictures: Throw MOMA From The Train Vermeer To Eternity Gloss of Innocence Splatter Island Brush Hour Born Frida Hello Dali Sistine Act Titian Impossible Pretty in Oyster Pink The Grapes of Rothko Ferris Bueller’s Van Gogh

@dontattempt Or apostrophes are phoenix commas

Commas are just apostrophes with a fear of heights

@dontattempt Don’t count your chickens before they spoil the broth

MALAPHORS are the comical mash-ups of two idioms. Such as: “We’ll burn that bridge when we get there.” “It’s not rocket surgery.” “You hit the nail right between the eyes.” “The road to hell wasn’t built in a day.” “When the rubber hits the fan.”

@dontattempt pa rt

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@dontattempt Tastify might be useful

English has no word meaning to summon a sound from memory. Or a taste, a touch, a smell. Only sight has that privilege with “visualise”, or “picture”. Suggestions welcome. #wordquery

@dontattempt @D0CT0R_Dave @EuanRitchie1 @kyliesoanes @PaulaWasiak Too many pieces missing - like some opshop jigsaws puzzles.

Jigsaw puzzle for Team Bio. Found this pile on Phillip island foreshore. ⁦@D0CT0R_Dave⁩ ⁦@EuanRitchie1⁩ ⁦@kyliesoanes⁩ ⁦@PaulaWasiak⁩

@dontattempt Always at a higher volume

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@dontattempt Chuckling - a small bowling indiscretion.

Duckling - small duck Seedling - small seed Curling - small dog Inkling - tiny tat Wiggling - toupee Bowling - ramekin Meddling - first aid kit Starling - B-lister Peeling - tinkle Mingling - small Chinese vase

@dontattempt Most commonly used interchangeably, and probably contextual. For me I would use foreshorten if it was ahead of time (you’re not already on holidays) and shorten if I was already there and have to leave early (but opinion only).

#WordQuery - We had to shorten (foreshorten?) our camping holiday due to bad weather. (Is there a difference between those two possible verbs. If so, what?)

@metrotrains I’m hoping it’s Sun 30 Jul not Fri 30 Jun (2024) ☹️

🚧 Werribee/Williamstown lines: Buses replace trains North Melbourne - Werribee/Williamstown from 8:30pm Fri 28 Jul to last train Sun 30 Jun, while maintenance works take place. Info: bit.ly/43q8iVO

@dontattempt OKay

Ah the wisdom of the @ptv_official and #majorprojectsvic short run the lovely 220 bus and force commuters onto packed rail replacement buses. A hike to VIC market but worth it.