The totally off-topic thread

[Happy Trails]

Spotted this in the UK Telegraph. Some peolple can't bear waste

Woman drinks an entire £120 bottle of cognac at airport security because liquids aren't allowed in hand luggage - Telegraph

So she got wasted instead.

 

[andye]

I've known people get bare too in such circumstances

 

[Flashback]

So she got wasted instead.

I heard she felt a little hairy afterwards.

 

[drron]

So she got wasted instead.

Hong Kong papers report she was denied boarding as under the influence.

 

[RAM]

Hong Kong papers report she was denied boarding as under the influence.

..and she didn't care?

 

[RooFlyer]

Spring is on the way. My miniature peach ready to let rip!

 

[Buzzard]

What afic and argo buy price you have?

AFIC below $6.00, Argo I'm thinking around $7.50. More inclined to go with AFIC. Still contemplating Cash Converters around $0.50c

 

[whatmeworry]

AFIC below $6.00, Argo I'm thinking around $7.50. More inclined to go with AFIC. Still contemplating Cash Converters around $0.50c

Cash Converters would be a risk with lawsuits against it and banks cutting ties with it.

 

[NFF]

It's a work of art.
https://youtu.be/EAN-PwRfJcA

 

[JohnK]

But I do John as I am very rarely running behind time-the 5th patient did turn up and I saw her 15 minutes before her appointment time.
All of them were rung Friday so knew they had an appointment.If they knew they weren't going to come they should cancel the appointment so someone else from the waiting list could come.

LOL. You must run an efficient outpatients clinic.

Some of the outpatient clinics I visit at Princess Alexandra hospital in Brisbane are bad. Give 40 people the same appointment time then be a doctor/registrar down and run >1 hour behind schedule. You wouldn't want to be the 40th person to be seen after turning up on time.

 

[Pushka]

Anyone (else ) buy tickets to the Hugh Jackman performance using the pre-release Qantas code?.....

 

[Bindibuys]

Anyone (else ) buy tickets to the Hugh Jackman performance using the pre-release Qantas code?.....

Had a squeeze at it, but going to wait until Monday to see if we can pick up better seats. Looks like our office will be closed on the Tuesday, as everyone will be in Sydney the night before.
Did look at a club room at ParkRoyal for somewhere to stay, but wont book until we have tix.

 

[cove]

Yes Mrscove bought 5 for the Perth show about 30 minutes ago.

 

[Pushka]

Had a squeeze at it, but going to wait until Monday to see if we can pick up better seats. Looks like our office will be closed on the Tuesday, as everyone will be in Sydney the night before.
Did look at a club room at ParkRoyal for somewhere to stay, but wont book until we have tix.

Never thought there might be better tickets available in the usual release. Saw his Boy from Oz show twice - he was fantastic.

 

[RAM]

There is certainly something to be said for living in the times we do - blogs like AFF, and media graphics to play with...

The Guardian has created an interactive guide to the impact of China on every trading partners' economy from the current y-t-d down turn in imports. I may have missed it in the normal press but it says that Y-t-d Chinese imports from Australia are down 25+%. Given the fall in the AUD vs Yuan (until the end of July BEFORE the devaluation by China) the size of the fall surprises me.

Plug it into the chart (OK pull the circle down) and it suggest that Australia could go into a recession due to the lost GDP from Net Exports! Not in 10 years but by Dec 2015.

If the Y-t-d fall of 25.8% remains the same for the full year then that is 3% off Australia's GDP purely from lost exports. On top of that you need to add the lost wages, shipping, handling etc within Australia. Perhaps I've been too cute in buying this year's Euro requirements.

How China's economic slowdown could weigh on the rest of the world | World news | The Guardian

 

[Buzzard]

Cash Converters would be a risk with lawsuits against it and banks cutting ties with it.

Very true, which is why the shares have fallen to this level. However, it is a long established business with good exposure and I am confident that it will bounce back. Certainly I could be wrong hence I am still thinking.

 

[docjames]

LOL. You must run an efficient outpatients clinic.

Some of the outpatient clinics I visit at Princess Alexandra hospital in Brisbane are bad. Give 40 people the same appointment time then be a doctor/registrar down and run >1 hour behind schedule. You wouldn't want to be the 40th person to be seen after turning up on time.

I have deja-vu. I think we've had this discussion before either in this thread or another.

They do this due to the number of "dna's" (do not attend's) so that the expensive resource (essentially - the doctors) are kept constantly busy and see the maximum number of patients in the allotted clinic time (rather than booking 1 patient per time slot and then have them idle for 15 mins if someone dna's).

There are arguments for both methods - some would say if they ran to time, you could book it at 15 minute per appointment and people would respect the bookings more and show up more. Others argue that given the price paid ($0) some patients don't value what they are getting and would no-show anyway.

As i say, multiple arguments, pros and cons to each position.

There are also issues where there is a certain demand (say 40 patients) but only 20 appointments in total. The 40 need to be seen so everyone ends up unhappy - but at least if 40 are booked and 30 show up, all get seen instead of 20 booked, 20 missing out and only 10 being seen (when 10 no-show).

 

[RooFlyer]

There is certainly something to be said for living in the times we do - blogs like AFF, and media graphics to play with...

The Guardian has created an interactive guide to the impact of China on every trading partners' economy from the current y-t-d down turn in imports. I may have missed it in the normal press but it says that Y-t-d Chinese imports from Australia are down 25+%. Given the fall in the AUD vs Yuan (until the end of July BEFORE the devaluation by China) the size of the fall surprises me.

Plug it into the chart (OK pull the circle down) and it suggest that Australia could go into a recession due to the lost GDP from Net Exports! Not in 10 years but by Dec 2015.

If the Y-t-d fall of 25.8% remains the same for the full year then that is 3% off Australia's GDP purely from lost exports. On top of that you need to add the lost wages, shipping, handling etc within Australia. Perhaps I've been too cute in buying this year's Euro requirements.

I have no particular insights (that may be obvious ) but wouldn't the 25+% in value of Chinese imports be largely due to fall in iron ore and maybe coal price (ie as opposed to volume)? Volumes have certainly fallen, but if the difference is largely price, and volumes are not too much off, then Australian employment etc is less impacted. They are still digging the stuff up, so rail, ports etc still working, and employing. Definitely a hit to company profits, and Mr Hockey's tax take (and Barnett's royalties!!). If the Chinese just stopped buying, then local mining and related operations would be hit huge, as well as companies' revenues.

Still could generate a recession, though.

I'm involved in the Canadian gas sector - fascinating there how the glut of shale gas in Nth America has kept the gas prices low and caused the US to be net self sufficient in energy (I think that's true - that's what they are saying). Completely unexpected as of a few years ago and gives the US additional leverage against the gulf states too (although the present incumbent seems reluctant to crystallise that leverage).

Edit: That last bit is a change-of-subject; not linking it to China-Australia trade!

 

[JohnK]

I have deja-vu. I think we've had this discussion before either in this thread or another.

Thanks for replying.

I don't disagree with your theory but if you are going to run a clinic for 3 1/2 hours in the morning say from 8:30am-12:00noon then you spread the load out.

6 appointments at 8:30am
6 appointments at 9:00am
6 appointments at 9:30am
6 appointments at 10:00am
6 appointments at 10:30am
6 appointments at 11:00am
4 appointments at 11:30am

That way if you have no shows you are covered, if you run behind time >1 hour you are covered as people are not waiting that long and make sure you see everyone in the order of their appointment not in the order they arrive unless there are special circumstances. In some clinics I have seen where a person has say an 11:30am appointment and arrives at 10:45am their file is put above the person with an 11:00am appointment who arrives at 10:46am.

Doctor I saw for over 20 years was the worst. Used to have 10 minute appointments and names were written in pencil. I lost count the number of times I had the first or second appointment weeks in advance and by the time I arrived the were 2 names penciled in each 10 minute time slot and names before my appointment which was first appointment. But there were also times where I turned up without appointment and saw the doctor in 30m-1h. That was one highly stressed doctor having patients in 2 offices at once.

 

[medhead]

And as i've mentioned before, I have seen an example of a clinic that tried to do appointments. All the patients just turned up at the start of the day.