The Perth Thread

[kane249]

$5 for a can of Coke this morning at Nth Cott beach!

Damn those Giants!

 

[kane249]

went to the giants today. It was great. Organised chaos with people watching the giants slowly walk past, then racing off to the next vantage point to take more photos. Was a great buzz about the city, and i cant remember any other event having so many people turn out and watch.

Couldnt give 2 stiff shits what others say about tax payers money. Its a drop in the ocean.

How much money would it be injecting into the CBD this weekend as well with people getting food, drinks etc.

Worth the investment IMO

 

[Borry]

 

[The Speaker]

I can't believe they haven't cleaned that up yet.

 

[bradrowe#32]

So the giant girl took a piss in the street yeah?

 

[Noobz0r]

I can't believe they haven't cleaned that up yet.

It's been there for ages.

 

[The Speaker]

It's been there for ages.

I know. Perhaps they think it adds to the place.

 

[Noobz0r]

I know. Perhaps they think it adds to the place.

Pretty funny stuff!

 

[Off The Couch]

I can't believe they haven't cleaned that up yet.

I think they got sick of cleaning it up

I love the place because it sells cake but it shits me because the cakes aren't that flash but there aren't any other places that do the same thing of an evening that I know of

 

[Spirit Level]

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Was on oxford st just over an hour ago, had a chuckle at that

 

[Spirit Level]

Is there a Perth accent?

 

[Keys]

Whatever your interest (or lack thereof) in the giants you can't argue that taxpayers money was wasted given the crowds that went to see them

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Midlands gives me the creeps at night.

Train station seems to be the place for idiots

 

[Kram]

Once coming back from a night drinking in Northbridge on the morning train I fell asleep, thank **** a guard woke us up just before my stop at Meltham. Getting stranded at Midland station around 2.30am is about the last place you would want to be, especially on you own..

 

[Noobz0r]

Caught the train back there last night, it was frightening though ultimately uneventful.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

People say Northbridge is unsafe but Midland is worst.

At least Northbridge has heaps of cops on Fri & Sat nights

 

[Off The Couch]

It wasn't as bad when midland gate was the Central shopping centre but now that's a ghost town it's become the last place you would want to be stranded at.

 

[Kram]

Maybe lucky but I don't reckon I ever really felt 'unsafe' in Northbridge, always people around and a police presence. On the other hand I'd feel fairly nervous walking anywhere around the Midland area in the middle of the night.

 

[Reginald Perrin]

Whatever your interest (or lack thereof) in the giants you can't argue that taxpayers money was wasted given the crowds that went to see them

Really? How many million people would you estimate attended KS?

 

[bok_party]

I don't care what anyone says, those giants were mental! So so so impressive.

 

[Keys]

Really? How many million people would you estimate attended KS?

50 hundred million

 

[Reginald Perrin]

50 hundred million

Money well spent then. I heard a figure of 500K, which is actually not too bad, but highly dubious.

I never figured you'd turn Perth-centric. How did they finally turn you?

 

[Stronzo]

I've told the giants about your poor attitude towards them Reg.

If water starts coming through your window tonight, it isn't rain.

 

[Keys]

Money well spent then. I heard a figure of 500K, which is actually not too bad, but highly dubious.

I never figured you'd turn Perth-centric. How did they finally turn you?

I moved here

I have no idea of the numbers that will see the puppets but from the news reports a lot of people have gone into the city to see them although I'll agree that 500k seems a stretch. But even if its 200k then the governments contribution of $3m is still pretty good value for money - they've spent a lot more in the past for worse results so viewed in isolation I think this has been money well spent.

If you want to frame the spending in a wider context of a history of money being spent in Perth and not in the regions then there is no doubt that problem still exists despite royalties for regions and theres any number of projects in Perth that illustrate that point well. What you should be taking from this is that money can be spent wisely on something that will succeed which only serves to highlight to wasteful spending that occurs elsewhere

 

[Illinois Nazi]

And more fool you if you bought it

Unfortunately I sent one of kids to get it for me.