The totally off-topic thread

[drron]

We've had the same. The leak in the property was around the same $$ however, I got a plumber to fix and confirm the cause was an underground leaky pipe - got my money back! Can't recall if this was MSC, SCRC or Unity water ....can only use this trick once every three years.

Have you tried to get a credit?

Certainly did but no effect.

 

[Pushka]

We tried to get a credit for usage four times normal. There was a leak in the meter which was replaced. Water returned back to normal the next quarter but no joy in a credit for us.

 

[QF WP]

Actually, when I just read your message Pushka and re-read my initial comment, was more worried about the "3-way" comment

 

[QF WP]

Now to go home and find out all about my daughters first day in Grade 2...

 

[Katie]

Now to go home and find out all about my daughters first day in Grade 2...

Wonder how hers compares to my daughter's.

Apparently all they did today was unpack, move the tables/chairs around, and then music from 2:30-3! I'm quite sure her teacher would tell a different story.

 

[Katie]

Re the Obama photos, there are interesting comments from the photographer after this blew up on the interwebs. He said Mrs Obama was not as unimpressed as the press have made her out to be, or the overlaid words suggest.
It would also be interesting to compare timestamps of these photos during the multi-hour service.

 

[anat0l]

Wonder how hers compares to my daughter's.

Apparently all they did today was unpack, move the tables/chairs around, and then music from 2:30-3! I'm quite sure her teacher would tell a different story.

Sounds like orientation and induction day for the start of many adult jobs

 

[Flashback]

No Sydney is a dump....

Sounds like orientation and induction day for the start of many adult jobs

s/day/month

 

[Katie]

I think they all behaved badly given it was a Memorial Service. which actually suggests Obama was more than a little taken with the woman - forgetting where he was. And as I've said before, I loathe selfies and think it is a pity that this one was taken when it was - I thought Obama had more class.

Wasn't it more a celebration of life rather than what western cultures would typify in a memorial service? Many hours long, with chanting, dancing, singing, and laughing, and stories being told? Perhaps the atmosphere of the event indicated to the attendees that this was not inappropriate behaviour? It was not an event full of funeral dirges, from what I've been able to research. Maybe every second person was taking selfies, but they didn't make it into the news or the latest internet meme because they're not as eye catching or news worthy as the British and Danish PMs and the US President?
Yahoo!

Is there any outrage at the pic of GW Bush and Bono at the same event that Bush posted on Instagram?? May not be a selfie, but is a posed picture of a former politician and a rock star at a memorial service any better?
Maybe if there was an attractive female politician in between them, and an opportune look from Laura or Ali that be construed as disapproval, but was probably something else entirely?

Obama's Funeral Selfie: This Is Why Context Matters
And more comments on the photos by the photographer and the general atmosphere at the service:
The story behind "that selfie" - Correspondent

 

[medhead]

Wonder how hers compares to my daughter's.

Apparently all they did today was unpack, move the tables/chairs around, and then music from 2:30-3! I'm quite sure her teacher would tell a different story.

A good teacher makes learning seem like fun.

Wasn't it more a celebration of life rather than what western cultures would typify in a memorial service? Many hours long, with chanting, dancing, singing, and laughing, and stories being told? Perhaps the atmosphere of the event indicated to the attendees that this was not inappropriate behaviour? It was not an event full of funeral dirges, from what I've been able to research. Maybe every second person was taking selfies, but they didn't make it into the news or the latest internet meme because they're not as eye catching or news worthy as the British and Danish PMs and the US President?
Yahoo!

Is there any outrage at the pic of GW Bush and Bono at the same event that Bush posted on Instagram?? May not be a selfie, but is a posed picture of a former politician and a rock star at a memorial service any better?
Maybe if there was an attractive female politician in between them, and an opportune look from Laura or Ali that be construed as disapproval, but was probably something else entirely?

Obama's Funeral Selfie: This Is Why Context Matters
And more comments on the photos by the photographer and the general atmosphere at the service:
The story behind "that selfie" - Correspondent

That was my impression as well, otherwise how dare all those people dance and sing.....

 

[Pushka]

Poor kids starting school in SA today. 43 degrees. Really disliking our summer this year.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Now to go home and find out all about my daughters first day in Grade 2...

And you and anyone else, you don't need to post the details on FB, aka (Facebook) thank you.

 

[JohnK]

Sounds like orientation and induction day for the start of many adult jobs

Sounds like my office every time management is bored with the current setup.

 

[Pushka]

And you and anyone else, you don't need to post the details on FB, aka (Facebook) thank you.

I have a relative who puts a lot of personal "stuff" on FB. I'd be cringing if I was married to her. It's just stuff that most people might think but don't spread it across the web. I don't understand this need to "share".

 

[Flashback]

Meanwhile I'm loving our winter. End of January and still getting 10 degree maximums.

 

[anat0l]

s/day/month

Well, running that script on my quote produces:

Sounds like orientation and induction month for the start of many adults jobs

...but doing that on the other quote produces:

No Sydney is a dump....

i.e. nothing different or corrected.

Oh.... wait a minute....

 

[Katie]

And you and anyone else, you don't need to post the details on FB, aka (Facebook) thank you.

But pictures of them dressed up for first day or having a special afternoon treat are OK, right??

 

[Princess Fiona]

I do not like (specialist) doctors who suggest that international travel is "stressful on these children" without actually validating if it is stressful on *my* child (who at 7yo is on her second passport, with 2 EU trips, 2 US mainland trips, 2 Hawaii, and 2 Asian trips under her belt). :evil:

Only one session, and we need to find a new specialist!! :shock:

As a specialist mother of a "special" child I've been there, done that and have the scars to prove it.
Fingers crossed you find someone with a sense of reality and normality. They do exist, good luck

 

[Robbi]

PS/SG/WP/WP1/CL

I get these all bar 1...What is CL?

 

[blackcat20]

PS/SG/WP/WP1/CL

I get these all bar 1...What is CL?

Chairmans lounge.