The totally off-topic thread

[anat0l]

And what a name! Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson Wright Clarissa Dickson Wright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OMG !!!! :shock: How do you fit that on your passport !

The front page folds out to A4?

With that name probably A3.

Maybe you just abbreviate the middle names. So Clarissa TPAMJAETLE Dickson Wright.

First person to anagram the bolded letters wins a prize.

Can you imagine a situation that could come up like: "NO! You've got the wrong Clarissa. I'm Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson Wright, not Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Elaine Dickson Wright!"

On the bright side, lucky she wasn't born in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

 

[JessicaTam]

Maybe you just abbreviate the middle names. So Clarissa TPAMJAETLE Dickson Wright.

First person to anagram the bolded letters wins a prize.

Can you imagine a situation that could come up like: "NO! You've got the wrong Clarissa. I'm Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson Wright, not Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Elaine Dickson Wright!"

On the bright side, lucky she wasn't born in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Let Jam Pate?

 

[TheEmu]

Make room you two - I haven't seen any of them either. Game of Thrones is the closest I've come to watching a movie...

Game of Thrones is a movie as well? Just read a 2 chapter sample in iBooks...

 

[Flashback]

Managed to get some tickets to see Bastille at Summer Series at Somerset House</br>with American Express^® : Somerset House - handy to have AMEX e-mail out a pre-sale as Bastille tickets will pretty quickly no doubt.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Game of Thrones is a movie as well? Just read a 2 chapter sample in iBooks...

not quite a movie, but a tv series, of which season four is about to start in April. The TV show doesn't strictly follow the storyline of the books, but is an adaptation of the main elements and characters.

 

[JohnK]

Still no internet access. I tried diagnostics.

- Successfully connected to ftp.microsoft.com
- HTTPS: Error 12029 connecting to Microsoft Corporation: A connection with the server could not be established

Same for HTTP.

I have called Optus. Apparently I am connected to tower so someone needs to find out why I cannot access internet.

 

[amaroo]

Managed to get some tickets to see Bastille at Summer Series at Somerset House</br>with American Express^® : Somerset House - handy to have AMEX e-mail out a pre-sale as Bastille tickets will pretty quickly no doubt.

Somerset House is a real beauty! Can recommend Tom's Kitchen for a bite http://www.tomskitchen.co.uk/somerset-house#/website/9

 

[tuapekastar]

OMG !!!! :shock: How do you fit that on your passport !

Not to mention filling in your passenger immigration card!

 

[QF WP]

Make room you two - I haven't seen any of them either. Game of Thrones is the closest I've come to watching a movie...

Game of Thrones is a movie as well? Just read a 2 chapter sample in iBooks...

No, just the closest I've come to watching a movie - unless childrens' ones are allowed (if so, then Rise of the Guardians I have watched 3 or 4 times with my kids - just brilliant).

 

[QF WP]

Qantas could learn something about airbnb's reaction to this happening:
Inside Airbnb s rapid orgy response - Yahoo!7 - Yahoo!7 Personal Finance

(ie. Give the missing points from the Xmas voucher offer and then fix up the issues behind the scenes, including making sure that 2014 offer works flawlessly BEFORE releasing it.)

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Any of you good people have access to or knowledge of supplier of database from Yellow Pages?

 

[JohnK]

I took Optus dongle to work and tried it on a friends' laptop and able to get internet access.

This would suggest that Malwarebytes or ChrisPC ad blocker have somehow hijacked my internet access.

 

[Bindibuys]

Any of you good people have access to or knowledge of supplier of database from Yellow Pages?

we are just dealing with them now to get a database. How soon do you need it?

 

[JohnK]

Mum has been trying to call me all day. I called back earlier.

Apparently a letter has arrived from Princess Alexandra Hospital for an appointment at Department of Hepatology next month.

It was not an appointment I was expecting. And considering how difficult it is to get appointments at that hospital this worries me even more.

 

[Mal]

Johnk. Hopefully some tests will clear things .

 

[ReLoad]

I like ice cream. That is all, carry on.

 

[Flashback]

Work related: today will end either with a feather in my cap or in tears :mrgreen:
Travel related: I finally have an N series passport Kudos to submitting the renewal in London and having the new passport back in my hand 6 business days later.

Still no internet access. I tried diagnostics.

- Successfully connected to ftp.microsoft.com
- HTTPS: Error 12029 connecting to Microsoft Corporation: A connection with the server could not be established

Same for HTTP.

I have called Optus. Apparently I am connected to tower so someone needs to find out why I cannot access internet.

Start > run > inetcpl.cpl
Connections > LAN Settings - see if there is anything in there e.g. it may have hijacked and setup a local proxy
Start > run > cmd /k ipconfig /all - check your DNS settings as well in case anything there has changed
Also might be worth doing Start > run > cmd /k netsh int it reset c:\reset.log

Somerset House is a real beauty! Can recommend Tom's Kitchen for a bite Tom's Kitchen Somerset House - Restaurant, Bar, Brasserie And Private Dining

Have been to a Summer Series gig there before - good fun! Will keep that in mind for a meal beforehand, cheers!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

we are just dealing with them now to get a database. How soon do you need it?

ASAP - as always - but not life or death - any advice / assistance / guidance greatly appreciated.

 

[Bindibuys]

ASAP - as always - but not life or death - any advice / assistance / guidance greatly appreciated.

OK, as soon as I know, I will pass on to you. I believe YP are coming to our office on Friday, I don't normally work on a Friday (housework has to get done) so may be next Monday before I have any info.

 

[rogerkambah]

Work related: today will end either with a feather in my cap or in tears :mrgreen:
Travel related: I finally have an N series passport Kudos to submitting the renewal in London and having the new passport back in my hand 6 business days later.

What's an N series, is that one with a chip? Got our chip pps a few years ago but even doing it at DFAT in CBR took 10 biz days.