The totally off-topic thread

[medhead]

For those interested there is an eclipse of the moon on Wed night

http://home.mira.net/~reynella/skywatch/Total Lunar Eclipse October 8 2014.pdf

So happy I booked into a night photograph course for Wednesday night when I heard about the eclipse. Wishing the clouds away.

 

[Major]

So happy I booked into a night photograph course for Wednesday night when I heard about the eclipse. Wishing the clouds away.

This bloke offers a few tips for photographing the eclipse

Astroblog: Watching the Total Lunar Eclipse of 8 October, 2014.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Wonders will never cease. Josh Thomas making sense. A lot of sense.

Say it isn't so...

Last time I saw him, he was rather intoxicated and making a fool of himself.

Well he was on national TV on the ABC program Q&A, and this weeks episode was about mental health, so you would hope he wasn't intoxicated.

 

[medhead]

A small update with this, it is very early as well just a "might be possible" situation. Nothing confirmed. But the news is very positive. Just wanted to update and thank anyone that might have contributed. The group gained 2000 members in about a week, which must've helped get the word out.

Thanks to anyone who helped, so far.

I've received permission from admin to make this post.

I'm passing on a request of a friend from my school days. They have a very ill child and are looking for help making contact with hollywood people, the full details are below.

As a note about why I'm posting this request. Normally this stuff wouldn't be on my radar. In this case, I've followed the developments over the last few years and seen someone who is just trying to make the best of their life. They have spent most of this year on a major fundraising drive for Starlight Foundation. That involved a starting target of the cost of 1 wish to finishing up raising more than the cost of 3 wishes. That so many people would support the fund raising drive indicates that this is a person worth helping. So I'm posting this here as my small contribution to try to help with their request. It is being run via an open Facebook group, I'd suggest it is best to contact them directly. Or I will facilitate exchange of contact details if someone can help who doesn't use Facebook.

Anyway, they can tell the story vastly better than me.

Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/374794346004198/

The background and request:




Thanks for reading if you got this far.

 

[penegal]

Well he was on national TV on the ABC program Q&A, and this weeks episode was about mental health, so you would hope he wasn't intoxicated.

I don't watch Australian Television... It's rubbish

 

[Bundy Bear]

I don't watch Australian Television... It's rubbish

Living in the west has its advantages, I might see a Facebook friend recommend a show to watch so then an hour later its on in the west.

Last night was "I am Jack" recommended by our very own Princess Fiona, later on was the Q &A with Mental As, recommended by turtlemichael

If you happen to be overseas then good shows are usually on the ABC iview.

Not sure if anyone saw the Four Corners program, about #privacy#lost, just a little bit unnerving, but then if they are collecting data on everyone must be a lot of useless data to sift through.

 

[JohnK]

I don't watch Australian Television... It's rubbish

I don't watch TV. Full stop. Reality shows are rubbish and I don't even want see advertising for them.

I do miss the Sci-Fi channel though.

 

[RAM]

Wonders will never cease. Josh Thomas making sense. A lot of sense.

The medication has started working....

 

[whatmeworry]

Wonders will never cease. Josh Thomas making sense. A lot of sense.

Never seen Bob Katter so quiet in his life.

Bob Katter struggles for words on Q&A about mental health problems faced by gay community

 

[Pushka]

I really, really dislike Josh Thomas. He is on the Optus Yes advertisement. We are with Optus and when logging in was asked, "what do you want us to say Yes to?" I asked for them to remove Thomas from their ad. They obviously said No as he is still there.

 

[BadgerBoi]

Never seen Bob Katter so quiet in his life.



Bob Katter struggles for words on Q&A about mental health problems faced by gay community

I've never thought much of Katter, he's a nasty person, but all the same I was astonished to see him behave like a petulant little teenager when the woman from the audience confronted him and then Josh Thomas called him out on his behaviour.

 

[JessicaTam]

I've never thought much of Katter, he's a nasty person, but all the same I was astonished to see him behave like a petulant little teenager when the woman from the audience confronted him and then Josh Thomas called him out on his behaviour.

Agreed.

True colours.

 

[medhead]

Abc iview is not available outside Australia

Sci-Fi channel has just been renamed, it still exists.

 

[amaroo]

I've never thought much of Katter, he's a nasty person, but all the same I was astonished to see him behave like a petulant little teenager when the woman from the audience confronted him and then Josh Thomas called him out on his behaviour.

He is from FNQ :idea:

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Noticed signage on coffee machine in Koru Club in MEL last visit:



Would I be out of line if I suggested this is clear evidence that those rocket scientists from over the ditch cannot actually count to 3?

 

[whatmeworry]

70,000 Jehovah's Witnesses are about invade Melbourne, October 17-19.

Reservations for everything from caravan parks to five-star hotels started flooding in a year ago and hotel booking websites report travellers coming from overseas, and more than 100 locations across Australia, with a "huge increase" from Perth.
The average nightly rate for a CBD hotel room during the conference has risen to $500, compared to $150 for the weekend before, according to wotif.com. Reservations for the booking website's 600 Melbourne properties have soared, with 80 per cent of city hotels already sold out.
And Wotif product director Donna Rodios said prices were still rising, forcing travellers out to the suburbs and as far as Geelong and Torquay.
"The outer northern, southern, eastern and western suburbs are recording a combined [week-on-week] increase of more than 100 per cent," she said.

Read more: CBD rooms at a premium as Jehovah's Witnesses flock to Melbourne for convention
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[BadgerBoi]

Noticed signage on coffee machine in Koru Club in MEL last visit:

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Would I be out of line if I suggested this is clear evidence that those rocket scientists from over the ditch cannot actually count to 3?

ha, they missed the button for Jandals as well, eh bro?

 

[JohnK]

What's the cheapest option to cancel all human noises around you without listening to music etc?

This is starting to get ridiculous.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

OMG - any of you dudes completed a recent survey for Cebu Pacific - so damn exhaustive!

Cebu Pacific Survey

 

[Flashback]

ha, they missed the button for Jandals as well, eh bro?

I was thinking 'All Blacks' as they have long and short.

What's the cheapest option to cancel all human noises around you without listening to music etc?

This is starting to get ridiculous.

Earplugs / grommets.