The totally off-topic thread

[drron]

Could't change to 978 at 0700 so on tomorrow's first flight.Do think they pulled the plug on 976 a little early.

 

[markis10]

Could't change to 978 at 0700 so on tomorrow's first flight.Do think they pulled the plug on 976 a little early.

Probably, its changing pretty quickly, Mackay and Ricky will have issues.

 

[RooFlyer]

Could't change to 978 at 0700 so on tomorrow's first flight.Do think they pulled the plug on 976 a little early.

Yield management by another name ....

 

[Pushka]

Just checked prices on our Santorini accommodation booked last November for July 2014 to see if prices had come down. Nope. Just I room left and prices now three times the price of our booking. (1,000 euros now 3,000 euros for 5 nights caldera view).

Nothing like supply and demand.

 

[JessicaTam]

Everyone defines 'meat' differently.

Is octopus, calamari, mussels etc meat?

Um, of course.

 

[JohnK]

Well I've been Ita'd.Townsville flights cancelled.
But a forced upgrade to J at 0640 tomorrow.

Some people have all the luck with cancellations.

The best thing I can say about VA flights OOL-MEL return in 5D yesterday and today is I slept through both.

 

[amaroo]

Great song for anyone that needs a pick me up! Seems to be a few here on AFF that need it :!:

BOBBY HEBB & RON CARTER - SUNNY.LIVE ACOUSTIC TV PERFROMANCE 1972 - YouTube

 

[QF WP]

Was home alone last night - wife and kids still on Gold Coast. Now to watch the Masters

 

[Major]

Off to report for Jury duty...and it's my birthday...just great

 

[amaroo]

Off to report for Jury duty...and it's my birthday...just great

Happy birthday.....commiserations on the duty.

 

[QF WP]

An unbelievable wooden sculpture from a 12 metres long tree. The photographs speak for themselves. The Chinese artist worked on this for a full 4 years:

 

[QF WP]

Last two pictures:

 

[TomVexille]

That's insane. The skill to be able to envision such a piece, then actually implement it must be remarkable.

 

[JohnK]

I still think airport @ $125 then pick up hire car next day.

You definitely should do a tr if you stay at a $65 motel....

I stayed at the Ibis Glen Waverley on the weekend. Not quite a $65 motel but it cost me $77/night.

Small(ish) room but more than acceptable.

 

[markis10]

The man who many regard as the father of the senate has passed away at a young age (79) , Brian Harradine.

 

[Pushka]

Stupid me being honest in telling Transport Dept I was on mild dose for hypertension. Now I have to have a medical every 3 years. For everything. Yet the old guy next door to my mother in her village faints and drops to the floor like a stone every few weeks. While walking or sitting and gets carted off to hospital. He still has his licence. What a stupid system.

 

[robd]

I have a work "irk". People who email large Excel spreadsheets that have absolutely NO calculations in them. They've obviously sat at their desk for hours with a calculator working out, in this instance fx rates, manually, and then typed them into the spreadsheet. What a waste of time. And they will do it all again if the rate rises or falls. It does my head in.

 

[anat0l]

I have a work "irk". People who email large Excel spreadsheets that have absolutely NO calculations in them. They've obviously sat at their desk for hours with a calculator working out, in this instance fx rates, manually, and then typed them into the spreadsheet. What a waste of time. And they will do it all again if the rate rises or falls. It does my head in.

There are those who don't know maths. And there are those who don't know how to program.

That subdivides them relatively well.

Of course, if that person's profession is supposed to include some technical functional usage of Excel, that's a very good reason why you should be irked.

 

[Pushka]

I have a work "irk". People who email large Excel spreadsheets that have absolutely NO calculations in them. They've obviously sat at their desk for hours with a calculator working out, in this instance fx rates, manually, and then typed them into the spreadsheet..

One word. Why?

 

[robd]

There are those who don't know maths. And there are those who don't know how to program.

That subdivides them relatively well.

Of course, if that person's profession is supposed to include some technical functional usage of Excel, that's a very good reason why you should be irked.

I'm not sure how you would determine if their profession should include this technical function. For example, should an accountant know or a sales manager?

I think I'd just be happier if the spreadsheet was PDF'd and that way I wouldn't know if there were any formulas in it. :/