The totally off-topic thread

[Pushka]

What happened to the rest of my post?

Nodded off mid post maybe?

 

[TheRealTMA]

Reminds me of "
Interviewer: Vince, after he nailed your head to the floor, did you ever see him again.
Vince: Yeah.....after that I used to go round his flat every Sunday lunchtime to apologize and we'd shake hands and then he'd nail my head to the floor.
Interviewer: Every Sunday?
Vince: Yeah but he was very reasonable. Once,one Sunday, http://www.montypython.net/sounds/sketches/nailhead.wav"]when my parents were coming round for tea I asked him if he'd mind very much not nailing my head to the floor that week and he agreed and just screwed my pelvis to a cake stand."

 

[cove]

In the Illinois state lottery if you win more than a few hundred dollars they will issue you with an IOU. Great stuff ...you win ....you wait.....and this has been going on for months.

 

[anat0l]

In the Illinois state lottery if you win more than a few hundred dollars they will issue you with an IOU. Great stuff ...you win ....you wait.....and this has been going on for months.

Most lotteries in the US offer two options: one is to take a small percentage of the winnings as a lump sum, or the entire amount as an annuity.

Either way, the IRS rakes in a healthy percentage of it. I'm sure the IRS don't accept IOUs...

 

[cove]

It's only $280 million behind on lottery payouts so the IRS cannot get their share just yet from the Illinois lottery winners.

 

[anat0l]

It's only $280 million behind on lottery payouts so the IRS cannot get their share just yet from the Illinois lottery winners.

Fantastic state finances. Next, they'll be randomly replacing hospital medication temporarily with placebos...

 

[cove]

That would help the funeral industry in Illinois.
I think they should cough up but lucky we are not "winners".

 

[amaroo]

Absolute inspiration!

TRUE GRIT TURNED LIFE AROUND

http://www.golf.org.au/newsdisplay/vale-james-dixon/90855

Life wasn’t always so glamorous for Dixon, who became a prisoner of war held by the Japanese in the renowned Changi camp before, as one of the fittest prisoners, being seconded to work on the infamous Burma-Thailand Railway.Dixon worked at the Burmese end of the railway in horrendous conditions, then was kept on the railway’s maintenance crew right up until the Japanese surrender in 1945. So badly was Dixon injured throughout this torturous phase of his life that he spent almost all of 1946 recovering in a Queensland hospital.
It was there that Dixon, who’d previously only completed Year 10 studies, decided that he would study to become a doctor. He completed his Year 11 and 12 studies in one year in 1947, then studied medicine at university before becoming a general practitioner in his own clinics in Moorooka and later in Queen St in Brisbane’s CBD. He was later a Commonwealth medical officer, too.
Dixon spent much of his life volunteering to help others and noble causes. He had a long-time involvement with Legacy and was a member of the Lady Musgrave Lodge Committee that helped women without housing throughout Queensland.

 

[JohnK]

Nodded off mid post maybe?

No. Was boarded for flight to SYD. Hmmm.

 

[Pushka]

Does anyone else use the iPad upside down? That is, home button up top? I usually put my left hand between the folded back cover and have to turn it upside down to do that.

 

[Princess Fiona]

This pic was taken onboard US1939 the final flight from SFO-PHL
Kind of reminded me of the family with the toddler in the stroller booked on the QF767 final who rocked up to the boarding gate and looked horrified

 

[JohnK]

Travelling Tiger to OOL today.

I haven't looked at prices at airports recently. Don't need a drink.

 

[cambriamarsh]

Travelling Tiger to OOL today.

I haven't looked at prices at airports recently. Don't need a drink.

Good luck, hope it went well.

 

[JohnK]

Good luck, hope it went well.

LOL. Survived but reinforces to me that if I can't afford to fly Qantas or Virgin that I shouldn't be flying.

Seat is cramped, no lounge access before or after flight, seat kicked by toddler behind for duration of flight. Do you say anything or just shut up? Best to just shut up.

 

[Dr Ralph]

Gogglebox - is actually funny!

But a poor imitation of the original UK version which has been running for several years now.

It's very obvious that the Australian version has attempted to capture the same dynamics represented by the couples/houses in the UK version and that makes the Australian one so disappointing.

 

[Pushka]

But a poor imitation of the original UK version which has been running for several years now.

It's very obvious that the Australian version has attempted to capture the same dynamics represented by the couples/houses in the UK version and that makes the Australian one so disappointing.

Sometimes its good not to have a basis of comparison. Enjoy it for what it is maybe.

 

[straitman]

What happened to the rest of my post?

No idea John.

It does not show to me as having been edited and that's something I can normally see.

 

[serfty]

...

Seat is cramped, no lounge access before or after flight, seat kicked by toddler behind for duration of flight. Do you say anything or just shut up? Best to just shut up.

My JQ trick is to aim for the back row ... no kicking then

Can't do anything about the cramped seats though ... it comes with the cheaper cost ...

 

[JohnK]

No idea John.

It does not show to me as having been edited and that's something I can normally see.

Maybe Pushka is right. I am getting old and I fell asleep.

But in my defence I always finish posts with .... dots not just .. dots. Very strange....

 

[clazman]

Any one tried 1Above | The Flight Drink or similar ?