The totally off-topic thread

[Pushka]

Harsh! What I was trying to say is that I actually still am QF WP but AFF no longer believes me

That was a joke Joyce.

 

[hummel]

Ran the half marathon in MEL this morning, then to the airport for my flight to BKK. Never have I appreciated a lounge shower so much! Now settled in the nice busniess class on TG with champagne in hand. What a day.

 

[UpInTheAir:)]

Ran the half marathon in MEL this morning, then to the airport for my flight to BKK. Never have I appreciated a lounge shower so much! Now settled in the nice busniess class on TG with champagne in hand. What a day.

Photos??? View from my office maybe...

 

[UpInTheAir:)]

Poor Mercedes AMG

 

[docjames]

Ran the half marathon in MEL this morning, then to the airport for my flight to BKK. Never have I appreciated a lounge shower so much! Now settled in the nice busniess class on TG with champagne in hand. What a day.

Never have the pax seated near you appreciated a lounge shower so much!

;-)

 

[JohnK]

I think I need to start looking for a new job; the behaviour of my boss this week was just about the final straw for me....

Good luck.

I wish I could have the luxury of being able to look for a new job. Tied in until end March with flights and lease.

Our management dont care about anyone except for themselves. They continue to hire the most selfish people I have ever come across in my 30 years in IT. And for the past 3 weeks my desk still faces the corner.

I am retreating to the solitary quiet room earlier each day. This can't be good for my health.

 

[medhead]

Well, I've said multiple times that the cut speed limits for safety brigade would not be happy until the speed limit was zero. Here is the next step, even after the failed trial of 40km/h in Adelaide city.


No Cookies | The Advertiser

[h=1]Heart Foundation wants speed limit cut to 30km/h to get people riding bicycles and walking[/h]

THE Heart Foundation wants speed limits on suburban streets cut to 30km/h to encourage more walking and cycling around Adelaide.

And limits on busy roads which have high pedestrian and cycling traffic should be cut down to 40km/h.

Might as well just cut to zero straight away. Stuff drivers, stuff the utility and benefits of the car as a means of transport.

 

[Rox]

I don't think my car ( or I) could sustain 30 kph.

 

[Pushka]

And for manual transmissions we'd all be tootling around in 2nd or 3rd gear.

Adelaide City is not designed for bikes.

 

[medhead]

So work have screwed up my ability to sync my briefcase files, yet again. Apparently, it is a security issue, so instead I'm supposed to let them install things on my personal computer.

Then I'm also locked into working from that one computer at home and can't just whip out the laptop at the airport, or when on holidays.

 

[RAM]

Am I the only one who has managed to work in office environments where colleagues are not all so conceited that you are concerned about your stuff from your computer, your stationary, your chair and whether you'll even have a desk to be able to sit at tomorrow?

(Being self-employed doesn't count.)

No I never had that issue despite travelling say 20-30 times a year - just this one winge-a-lot who was always quick to make fun at someone else's expense.

Karma! (NO as i sat near him I did not take a single item but then again I did adopt the Sgt Schultz approach.

We must thank open cubicles and hot desking for this. Does the guy look like anything like this?

No but I did buy my own stapler - able to staple 40+ pages with no problem. Perhaps the hammer I'd twirl kept people from souveniring it...

Hot pink is part of our company branding. .

So no visiting Blackcat20's office then - to much temptation!

We need to have a chat then.


My first thought was just totally inappropriate.

But no problems. I can teach the girls how to swing a golf club. But 4 women and me in the one house just doesn't go. For starters the toilet seat must be up....

Sorry - re-education time - the toilet set used to have to be up....

At first I thought 'sounds dangerous' but then on reading "sounds like a good idea"...

Of the nearly $2.5 billion in spending reported in the forms, 81 percent came from cash and property seizures in which no indictment was filed, according to an analysis by The Post. Owners must prove that their money or property was acquired legally in order to get it back.

Ok, show me the receipt? Where did you get that $200,000 in cash from again?

Asset seizures fuel police*spending | The Washington Post

FYI - In 2001, Don Weatherburn (Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research in Sydney since 1988) gave an address and one thing he said that was of note was that based on the data from 2000 - it suggested that of every $10 spent in NSW each week - $1 was proceeds of crime or purchasing illegal goods mainly drugs (60% of spend estimated).

So much cash...

 

[JohnK]

Adelaide City is not designed for bikes.

Where do these clowns get these ideas?

Reality check. My body is not designed for bikes. Struggling to walk as well.

 

[Hvr]

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At first I thought 'sounds dangerous' but then on reading "sounds like a good idea"...

Of the nearly $2.5 billion in spending reported in the forms, 81 percent came from cash and property seizures in which no indictment was filed, according to an analysis by The Post. Owners must prove that their money or property was acquired legally in order to get it back.

Ok, show me the receipt? Where did you get that $200,000 in cash from again?

Asset seizures fuel police*spending | The Washington Post

FYI - In 2001, Don Weatherburn (Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research in Sydney since 1988) gave an address and one thing he said that was of note was that based on the data from 2000 - it suggested that of every $10 spent in NSW each week - $1 was proceeds of crime or purchasing illegal goods mainly drugs (60% of spend estimated).

So much cash...

It is a good idea when used to target unexplained wealth but the person with the money must have the opportunity to explain it and how they actually came into possession of the money etc. The article shown points out that cash is seized without any chance for the owner to explain its legitimacy and they have to take legal action to recover it.

Basically 'you're guilty and prove your innocence'. Not surprisingly local US law enforcement love it because they get to keep what they seize. Due process is essential to a) target people with genuine unexplained wealth and b) ensure people with legitimate reasons for carrying cash are allowed to explain and retain their cash without expensive legal actions.

And finally c) if the police do not have proper oversight, some of them will behave unethically and damage the reputation of their agency and lose the trust of the community they are meant to serve.

Crime fighting in Australia is starting to make more use of asset forfeiture and doing it in partnership with the Tax Office and other institutions who can determine that there is no legitimate way the wealth could be accumulated on reported income. Much more effective in fighting organised crime and seizing assets (including cash).

One of the joys of getting points from the credit card spend is that it is very easy to show from where the income is gained and where it is spent.

 

[JohnK]

Sorry - re-education time - the toilet set used to have to be up....

Re-educate me? Sorry but I didn't buy any shares in the feminist concept.

If you live with me you will quickly learn seat up or you may get a wet bottom.

 

[blackcat20]

Re-educate me? Sorry but I didn't buy any shares in the feminist concept.

If you live with me you will quickly learn seat up or you may get a wet bottom.

Hard to leave the seat up when the lid should be down once you finish....nothing feminist about it.

 

[medhead]

Yep, someone is missing the point entirely. Put the lid down. Then whoever uses the toilet next has to lift something up, feminist or not.

 

[whatmeworry]

Scottish girl has leech stuck up her nose for a month.

Ms Liverani, originally from Glasgow, told the Sunday Mail: "Two weeks before I came home from Asia, I started having nosebleeds but I'd fallen off a motorbike so thought I'd burst a blood vessel.
"After I got home, the nosebleeds stopped and I started seeing something sticking out of my nostril. I just thought it was congealed blood from the nosebleeds.

Read more: British backpacker Daniela Liverani had leech up her nose for weeks
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[JessicaTam]

I have Foundation and Practitioner. Did a 5 day training class, with the Foundation exam occurring on day 3 and the Practitioner exam on Day 5.

Even though I don't use it (not relevant to my current role), it's still handy to have if you are doing project management.

I didn't find it too hard really. Just understand the concepts and understand how they want you to answer questions according to their methodology and the exam should be simple enough.

Cheers Mal,

Thanks.

 

[JohnK]

Hard to leave the seat up when the lid should be down once you finish....nothing feminist about it.

Seriously? I don't buy the theory of both seat and lid down and I certainly don't buy the theory of seat down and lid up.

That only leaves one other combination when the toilet is not in use....

 

[DC3]

Someone please remind me what's the purpose of the lid? The seat, I understand.