The totally off-topic thread

[Hvr]

From the 3aw website:

[h=1]Irishman caught snorkelling in NGV moat[/h]I love this comment:

Oh, I forgot. Qantas needs all the coin it can get.

 

[bass_ke]

Folks folks!

I've arrived back in PER(thshire) and got my first ever invite to a Managers Drinks and Canapes at the Holiday Inn for tomorrow night.

Are they worth heading out to? I've got the time spare and I'm thinking about it. What should I expect?

 

[Robbi]

That's what I tell any patient who complains about getting old.

You are a Dr of Philosophy it seems

 

[Flashback]

Sleep when you're dead?

Sounds like a plan.. looks like another 16+ hour day again today, with much the same tomorrow..... wife gets home in an hour or so, so I guess I'll be forced to stop then!

 

[erkpod]

Folks folks!

I've arrived back in PER(thshire) and got my first ever invite to a Managers Drinks and Canapes at the Holiday Inn for tomorrow night.

Are they worth heading out to? I've got the time spare and I'm thinking about it. What should I expect?

Free booze? What could go wrong?

 

[erkpod]

Gripping your pillow tight?

:shock:

Exit life....

 

[erkpod]

For those of us who need to look at a Tube map, here's some wacky alternatives....

17 London Underground Maps You Never Knew You Needed

 

[drron]

Well my ego got a great boost this morning.A 90 year old told me that she thought I would make a good toy boy for her.

 

[TomVexille]

For those of us who need to look at a Tube map, here's some wacky alternatives....

17 London Underground Maps You Never Knew You Needed

I enjoyed that.

 

[JohnK]

I take it all back. Sleep is important. Trying hard to stay awake at work.

 

[JohnSydney2000]

Best wishes John.

 

[JohnK]

When I was younger dad worked shift work and I used to go shopping with mum on Thursday nights. I would push the trolley and she would hand me the items. I would keep a running total in my head and mum would know how much she was spending before we got to cash register. Very rare to see a mistake.

I miss those days. Something went wrong somewhere along the way.

 

[Pushka]

When I was younger dad worked shift work and I used to go shopping with mum on Thursday nights. I would push the trolley and she would hand me the items. I would keep a running total in my head and mum would know how much she was spending before we got to cash register. Very rare to see a mistake.

I miss those days. Something went wrong somewhere along the way.

You grew up. Well, I hope you don't still do this.

 

[JohnK]

You grew up. Well, I hope you don't still do this.

No. Something intervened around 11-12 years of age. I have a theory. Perhaps fate. I was never the same.

And I still mentally keep a tally when I go shopping. It was a game I enjoyed when I was young and I try to hold on to it.

 

[Cossie]

You grew up. Well, I hope you don't still do this.

A friend of mine who is a computer systems analyst still does this. He reckons it started at his first job which was a teller for a large bank.

 

[JohnSydney2000]

Hey John, I am a maths guy, but I have no idea what they mean. Nonetheless, I assume they are good stats.....so well done ( I think! ) John.

 

[JohnSydney2000]

I remember calculators being around in 1975 but being hugely expensive. As all teenage boys are want to do we quickly learnt to misuse them and write rude words using the numbers.

I actually learnt to use a slide rule but for the life of me couldn't use it now.

Is trigonometry still taught using those books with lots of little figures?

I recall in 1973 , acquiring a hand calculator for around $40? to help in my high school mathematics. As a comparative.....I was a check out chick at Woolies Toowong, and earned $4.71 net for my Saturday morning shift. John.

 

[JohnK]

Hey John, I am a maths guy, but I have no idea what they mean. Nonetheless, I assume they are good stats.....so well done ( I think! ) John.

Maths is great. I love numbers. My mind goes non stop even when I am not thinking. I can remember all my bank accounts. I can remember almost any numbers if I have seen them once or twice.

I am good with finding relationships and patterns in numbers. I should have gone into research and try and use my skill. I settled for computing instead.

 

[Cossie]

Interesting reading: Apple pays $193m tax in Australia on $27b revenue as Federal Government vows to capture lost taxes - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Following on from the tax office having to pay back rupe over $880 million, no wonder the country is stuffed..............

Hang about, I just realised it's all the fault of the unions!

 

[cove]

Meanwhile over in our ATO thread we just continue to pay without dodging or weaving.