The totally off-topic thread

[Major]

I think there are a few of us around drron's age. One of my daughters calls me the old boy sometimes.

Some of us are also a bit older

 

[whatmeworry]

Wow i can't believe the audacity of some of these property developers. Near my home, they want to tear down a little cottage and replace it with 3 townhouses and one without parking. The land is not even 300m.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

??? if this is the ideal gift for somebody on your Christmas list

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lif...latulence-smell-of-roses-20141126-11uba8.html :shock: :shock:

 

[erkpod]

Last Wednesday, I was 90 minutes late for work thanks to traffic around Sydney Olympic Park.

As luck would have it, I am doing the same shift today (Wednesday). Going a different way & avoiding SOP, I was 30 minutes early.

Entering the office to sign on, I knew the same sign on clerk from last week was working.

As I entered the room, I had the Rocky theme playing & was given an ovation.

Edit: Was taking a photo of a fire engine.



There was some laughter. Without laughter & doing things for my own amusement, I'd be a lot less sane.

 

[drron]

??? if this is the ideal gift for somebody on your Christmas list

French inventor develops tablets to make flatulence smell of roses :shock: :shock:

I guess I know what I am getting for Christmas.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

I posted this on the LUGGAGE thread - but Ron thought it should go on here !


Best luggage reviewed: 8 suitcases tested to destruction | Skyscanner



but this is the case that I want -

Trunkster suitcase: Is this the world's sexiest suitcase?

 

[Pushka]

That trunkster looks rather nice.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

That trunkster looks rather nice.

Yes, I think so too - but can I wait till next August for delivery !!!

 

[Princess Fiona]

Agreed ladies, I'm getting myself one of those, hope it comes in some different colours

 

[Pushka]

Black is a bit ordinary perhaps. I like the slide opening and interesting it may well be aimed at both genders. Wonder how strong the slide is if it is impacted.

 

[blackcat20]

with respect, they are cricket players leaving the hospital bed of a team-mate who is in an induced coma - I wouldn't expect their reactions to be very good.

I swore that I wouldn't get involved in this discussion, and I hope that I can keep out of it from here on.

Having been through similar with family I can agree that it's a very distressing time.

 

[drron]

Just a prompt to keep this moving please.

3 more votes from me today.
When does voting end?
reminder-

VOTE NOW (PLEASE?)

 

[drron]

And a message of hope for phil hughes-

But the message that resonated the most came from Simmons, whose heart stopped before he required emergency brain surgery to remove a blood clot after being hit on the head by a delivery from English paceman David Lawrence in 1988.
Simmons left hospital after eight days, began playing again in four months and resumed his Test career the following year.
He played the last of his 26 Tests in 1996 and finished his 143-game one-day international career in 1999.

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/25612748/hughes-words-of-hope-from-ex-player/

 

[UpInTheAir:)]

Badgerboi... your avatar drives me crazy

(I'm sure you are a very lovely person and everything... just saying...)

 

[Pushka]

A touching tribute to Phillip Hughes by Molly Meldrum at the Arias. If prayers and best wishes mean anything in this world, he's in good hands.

 

[Hvr]

??? if this is the ideal gift for somebody on your Christmas list

French inventor develops tablets to make flatulence smell of roses :shock: :shock:

A Frenchman has developed a range of pills aimed at making people's flatulence smell sweeter - of chocolate or of roses - which he says will make the perfect Christmas present.

I reckon if I got the roses one I'd find the thorns as they were called into use.

 

[Princess Fiona]

A touching tribute to Phillip Hughes by Molly Meldrum at the Arias. If prayers and best wishes mean anything in this world, he's in good hands.

Not a dry eye in the house there, including Molly

 

[JohnM]

That trunkster looks rather nice.

Agree, but at 7.9 lbs (3.6 kg) net weight, that's quite a lot off your HLO weight limit.

I've given up on roll-ons and gone to a soft-pack that has a shoulder strap, but with enclosed back-pack straps if I really need to lug it a long way. I've decided the advantages outweigh any disadvantages.

 

[QF WP]

Sorry for the following rant.

We have a neighbour who rents the house across the road - a nice single mother with 3 kids who is in the fitness industry. We live in suburbia. We've had good interactions...until this morning

At 5:15 my wife and I are woken up by the thud of leather on leather and voices (one mainly, a male).

I get up to find she's out the front yard having a personal training session. Her boxing woke us up - thankfully not the kids; but I'm not sure who else they've woken. What a way to endear thyself to ones neighbours.

Now as I said to her, as I commenced my dog walking an hour early, "I understand that you are a single mother and can't leave the house (because she has the kids this week and they're inside asleep) but why not do it in your garage? Common sense *Jacqui*, commonsense" as I walk away, gesticulating and shaking my head
*not her real name

She's lucky it was me and not my wife. Still on my walk and will be interesting to see her reaction when I return.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Sorry for the following rant.

We have a neighbour who rents the house across the road - a nice single mother with 3 kids who is in the fitness industry. We live in suburbia. We've had good interactions...until this morning

At 5:15 my wife and I are woken up by the thud of leather on leather and voices (one mainly, a male).

I get up to find she's out the front yard having a personal training session. Her boxing woke us up - thankfully not the kids; but I'm not sure who else they've woken. What a way to endear thyself to ones neighbours.

Now as I said to her, as I commenced my dog walking an hour early, "I understand that you are a single mother and can't leave the house (because she has the kids this week and they're inside asleep) but why not do it in your garage? Common sense *Jacqui*, commonsense" as I walk away, gesticulating and shaking my head
*not her real name

She's lucky it was me and not my wife. Still on my walk and will be interesting to see her reaction when I return.

Initially I had quite a different thought about what she was up to