The totally off-topic thread

[erkpod]

What is it uni students wanting to use me as a case study for being a train driver? LOL.

A guy wants to talk to me about train driver health.

I've done about 3 of these plus ones I've knocked back.

 

[QF WP]

RIP Basil Dickinson.

http://news.smh.com.au/sport/australias-oldest-olympian-dies-aged-98-20131009-2v7fn.html

Wonder who now takes the mantle of the oldest surving Australian Olympian??

 

[QF WP]

• BREAKING NEWS
  • There are reports that infamous criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read has died of cancer

 

[markis10]

• BREAKING NEWS
  • There are reports that infamous criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read has died of cancer

Confirmed by ABC news.

 

[QF WP]

His Wiki page:
"In April 2012, Read was diagnosed with liver cancer.[SUP][12][/SUP] Read underwent surgery in July 2012 to remove tumours from his liver[SUP][13][/SUP] and in late September 2013 he was admitted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in failing health.[SUP][14][/SUP] He died on October 9th 2013.[SUP][15][/SUP][SUP][16]"

Now his funeral is going to be an interesting affair [/SUP]

 

[Simo]

RIP Chopper,

 

[Pushka]

Could care less about chopper. I heard today of a lovely woman who simply died in her sleep - in her fifties, and perfectly well when she went to sleep. RIP B.

 

[whatmeworry]

[h=5]WTF! Riding my bike along the river when out of nowhere a duck tries to bite my leg!

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[cove]

Just google Duckling a l'orange and you will be ok going forward.

 

[whatmeworry]

Just google Duckling a l'orange and you will be ok going forward.

The duck didn't get me but it did crash into my leg with a bit of force suggesting it would have easily fed a family of six!

 

[markis10]

WTF! Riding my bike along the river when out of nowhere a duck tries to bite my leg!

Its Spring and a lot of birds are trying to protect their young, got swooped today by one of the local butcher birds protecting her three chicks, had a word to the parents tonight about manners since I share the odd bit of steak with them!

 

[mono88]

[h=5]WTF! Riding my bike along the river when out of nowhere a duck tries to bite my leg!

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Quack!!! Quack!!! Daffy strikes again.

 

[docjames]

Ducks were on the attack in our seaside town too. Six ducklings per pair to protect will do that.

 

[drron]

I'm known to many magpies.feed them worms and grubs when gardening.have had the experience of mummy magpie sitting on my shoulder awaiting the next morsel when a boy on a bike comes riding down the road.magpie takes off,dive bombs boy then comes back and sits on my shoulder.She also when she had 2 chicks leave them with me whilst she had an hour or so by herself.

 

[whatmeworry]

I was going at least 20-30km an hour, so surprised the duck got as close as it did.

 

[drron]

Also in the obituraries-General Vo Nguyen Giap on 5/10/13 at the age of 102.The architect of Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
Whatever you think of him a man that certainly changed the history of the world.

 

[TheEmu]

• BREAKING NEWS
  • There are reports that infamous criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read has died of cancer

Emphasis on "criminal" - can't say I'll waste a second mourning his passing.

His Wiki page:
"In April 2012, Read was diagnosed with liver cancer.[SUP][12][/SUP] Read underwent surgery in July 2012 to remove tumours from his liver[SUP][13][/SUP] and in late September 2013 he was admitted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in failing health.[SUP][14][/SUP] He died on October 9th 2013.[SUP][15][/SUP][SUP][16]"

Now his funeral is going to be an interesting affair [/SUP]

I'm sure it will bring all manner of grubs and parasites out from under the woodwork.

 

[TheEmu]

I'm known to many magpies.feed them worms and grubs when gardening.have had the experience of mummy magpie sitting on my shoulder awaiting the next morsel when a boy on a bike comes riding down the road.magpie takes off,dive bombs boy then comes back and sits on my shoulder.She also when she had 2 chicks leave them with me whilst she had an hour or so by herself.

Great story, drron! Must have been very funny to watch that unfold - not sure the lad on the bike would have seen the funny side of it though.

 

[Rox]

The things you wish you had a camera for..
A sunny weekday morning in suburbia watching the postie riding his bike down the middle of the road, with a magpie following him all the way , exactly a metre behind.

 

[TheEmu]

Also in the obituraries-General Vo Nguyen Giap on 5/10/13 at the age of 102.The architect of Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
Whatever you think of him a man that certainly changed the history of the world.

Very true, however it was same old same old as far as French military history goes - Sacrebleu! Vere is de vhite flag???