One of my favourite Aussie Christmas activities:

And that's what's unleashed on my hometown right now.

Absolutely gorgeous.

(November 13, 2014 at 4:25 pm)Beccs Wrote: Absolutely gorgeous.

You don't have to deal with pissants from Vienna puking on cars.

But the city is pretty cool. Exists since Roman times.

(November 13, 2014 at 4:26 pm)abaris Wrote:

(November 13, 2014 at 4:25 pm)Beccs Wrote: Absolutely gorgeous.

You don't have to deal with pissants from Vienna puking on cars.

But the city is pretty cool. Exists since Roman times.

Well, where I live in Oz I've heard people complain the same way about people from Sydney. And then make excuses when I say I'm from Sydney.

(November 13, 2014 at 4:29 pm)Beccs Wrote: Well, where I live in Oz I've heard people complain the same way about people from Sydney. And then make excuses when I say I'm from Sydney.

No, it's a special time of the year. The so called Leopoldi festival. That's a giant fair in celebrtion of the towns patron Leopold III. All around this square you see in this picture, there are big public halls with the only purpose of serving cheap wine and getting people pissed. This attracts a very special crowd from the nearby capital.

When I was young I used to enjoy it, but I did a stint at working as a paramedic for the Red Cross in my town and it's unimaginable how many drunken bodies, victims of beatings and such you pick up in any given night during this festival.

I was especially refering to one night some 30 years ago, when I returned late at night to find my car hadn't only been barfed on, but also frozen piss on the door handle.

But you're right. The perpetrator being local is a distinct possibility. When doing m rounds through the local pubs, I've even found towns council members lying in the gutter.

(November 13, 2014 at 4:37 pm)abaris Wrote:

(November 13, 2014 at 4:29 pm)Beccs Wrote: Well, where I live in Oz I've heard people complain the same way about people from Sydney. And then make excuses when I say I'm from Sydney.

No, it's a special time of the year. The so called Leopoldi festival. That's a giant fair in celebrtion of the towns patron Leopold III. All around this square you see in this picture, there are big public halls with the only purpose of serving cheap wine and getting people pissed. This attracts a very special crowd from the nearby capital.

When I was young I used to enjoy it, but I did a stint at working as a paramedic for the Red Cross in my town and it's unimaginable how many drunken bodies, victims of beatings and such you pick up in any given night during this festival.

I was especially refering to one night some 30 years ago, when I returned late at night to find my car hadn't only been barfed on, but also frozen piss on the door handle.

But you're right. The perpetrator being local is a distinct possibility. When doing m rounds through the local pubs, I've even found towns council members lying in the gutter.

Oh, gotcha.

I can sympathise with working with drunks. I've worked A&E on the nightshift over Christmas. You do see the worst of humanity.

(November 13, 2014 at 4:42 pm)Beccs Wrote: I can sympathise with working with drunks. I've worked A&E on the nightshift over Christmas. You do see the worst of humanity.

The turn of the year is even worse. Drunks, suicide attempts, the whole bundle of joy.

(November 13, 2014 at 4:47 pm)abaris Wrote:

(November 13, 2014 at 4:42 pm)Beccs Wrote: I can sympathise with working with drunks. I've worked A&E on the nightshift over Christmas. You do see the worst of humanity.

The turn of the year is even worse. Drunks, suicide attempts, the whole bundle of joy.

Yup.

And I've ridden ambulances and had a beer bottle thrown at my head, too.

(November 13, 2014 at 5:09 pm)Beccs Wrote: Yup.

And I've ridden ambulances and had a beer bottle thrown at my head, too.

How did a beer bottle make it into the ambulance?

Usually, when we had very drunk and disorderly or disturbed people, a police officer would ride with us.