The totally off-topic thread

[blackcat20]

Packing up someone else's house is exhausting work, especially when they've kept evey single thing they've ever bought.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Very happy I didn't open that Cyprus bank account:shock:

Anything Euro looks very dodgy at the moment.......the mattresses throughout the zone but be getting very stuffed.

Nothing did, ever since Plastic Bertrand? "Ca Plane Pour moi...."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDfmn_TMkI&sns=em

 

[Mal]

Packing up someone else's house is exhausting work, especially when they've kept evey single thing they've ever bought.

Yeah it is. Been there seen that.

 

[Mal]

Very happy I didn't open that Cyprus bank account:shock:

Anything Euro looks very dodgy at the moment.......the mattresses throughout the zone but be getting very stuffed.

There's a Cyprus hotel on PC pointsbreaks. Risky to enter the country... potential riots, and you never know when or if they'll implement a new tourist tax or other measures.

 

[blackcat20]

Yeah it is. Been there seen that.

I've done it before, but this is made harder by the fact we can't get rid of things, as the owner has moved into care. Just boxing and storing mostly. Found food that expired in the early 90s :shock:

 

[amaroo]

Nothing did, ever since Plastic Bertrand? "Ca Plane Pour moi...."

Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi - YouTube

I use to dance to that......when I was very, very drunk! Great memories

 

[JohnK]

Found food that expired in the early 90s :shock:

Was it still edible?

 

[anat0l]

Nothing did, ever since Plastic Bertrand? "Ca Plane Pour moi...."

Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi - YouTube

I think that almost every time a film or documentary (the not so David Attenborough conservative kinds) does an establishing shot somewhere in Europe as a whole, this song is up on the list of accompanying soundtrack.

 

[amaroo]

Nothing did, ever since Plastic Bertrand? "Ca Plane Pour moi...."

Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi - YouTube

I'll raise you 99Luft Balons Nena- 99luft Balons - YouTube

 

[JohnK]

Sleep in today - 0630!

Difficult to find a reliable alarm clock these days!

 

[Mal]

I've done it before, but this is made harder by the fact we can't get rid of things, as the owner has moved into care. Just boxing and storing mostly. Found food that expired in the early 90s :shock:

Wow. Antique food. There's a series in the uk called extreme cleaners (or something like that) ... shows some very interesting house cleans.

 

[SeatBackForward]

I'll raise you 99Luft Balons Nena- 99luft Balons - YouTube

Lol...considering both those songs are before my time..I'll concede defeat rather than turn it into a race to the bottom of Europop.

 

[Pushka]

Landlords of our business premises used to have an account with the "bad" Cyprus Bank account until about 12 months ago. Bet they're lucky they got out now.

 

[Hvr]

Landlords of our business premises used to have an account with the "bad" Cyprus Bank account until about 12 months ago. Bet they're lucky they got out now.

I'll bet they're glad they got out then and they can consider themselves lucky they did.

With these situations I wonder why bank executives who caused this aren't in prison with their assets seized? Will the get off scot free and be able to have others pay their losses? Surely this is a case of a private business going broke, so why shouldn't they just go broke?

 

[Pushka]

I'll bet they're glad they got out then and they can consider themselves lucky they did.

With these situations I wonder why bank executives who caused this aren't in prison with their assets seized? Will the get off scot free and be able to have others pay their losses? Surely this is a case of a private business going broke, so why shouldn't they just go broke?

Yes, they are pretty clued and knew that when Greece went belly up then others would follow.

But, it's only called the bad Bank because the Government is putting all the debt into it - not because the Bankers did anything wrong. Accounts that have less than $100,000 are being transferred into the "good" bank.

I'm betting there are a lot of angry Ruskies right now.

 

[Hvr]

I'm betting there are a lot of angry Ruskies right now.

Not a country/group of people you want angry at you either.

 

[Katie]

Packing up someone else's house is exhausting work, especially when they've kept evey single thing they've ever bought.

My ILs have been clearing up a bit since my great-aunt-in-law died two years ago, and they had to do the bulk of the clean up at her house. I took some unopened sheet packs to a donation station. They had Coles New World price stickers on them, and the cost was something incredible for a single sheet (even under a dollar maybe!).

 

[Pukka]

Nothing to do with frequent flyers but I've been laughing at this photo all day.

Like everything in life you get what you pay for.

This guy would be the Kazakhstan Airlines of the dental world

 

[Simo]

I am not sure which Op up thread to apply this to but last night at AFF drinks in BNE I only ordered a 300g steak and got a 500G steak instead.

Winning

 

[JohnK]

Yes, they are pretty clued and knew that when Greece went belly up then others would follow.

Mum and dad have a little bit of money left in Greece.

They wanted to bring it back 4 years ago when the exchange rate was 1AUD=0.6 Euro but I told them to wait until the exchange rate improved. Anyway mum is bringing it back with her in July assuming the world economy does not go belly up before then.

And by the way I do not understand all this global financial crisis. The whole world is in trouble yet a few people are still able to get away with megabucks in salaries and bonuses.