The totally off-topic thread

[JessicaTam]

A while ago, I mentioned about getting a drink machine for a mealroom.

We now have 2 machines, both of a similar type. The first machine had a $1.20 coin kit & the second has a $1 kit. We converted the first machine to a $1 kit.

The first machine had a part in the motor area burn out but is now going well.

Where did you end up finding them?

 

[Hvr]

So a few days ago we 'celebrated' Halloween. Yet nobody has mentioned the celebration we used to have tonight. I guess you have to be old enough to remember when we had a cracker night?

 

[OATEK]

So a few days ago we 'celebrated' Halloween. Yet nobody has mentioned the celebration we used to have tonight. I guess you have to be old enough to remember when we had a cracker night?

Good show on TV the other night about the first terror attack in England - the gunpowder plot. Does not bear thinking about the punishments meted out to the plotters.

 

[serfty]

... Yet nobody has mentioned the celebration we used to have tonight. I guess you have to be old enough to remember when we had a cracker night?

I guess Guy Fawkes night'd days were numbered with the general abolition of DIY fireworks ... (doesn't stop many on NYE however ...)

 

[JessicaTam]

I guess Guy Fawkes night'd days were numbered with the general abolition of DIY fireworks ... (doesn't stop many on NYE however ...)

Or most weekends around my neighbourhood! :evil:

 

[erkpod]

Where did you end up finding them?

Looked on eBay but one of my colleagues picked both of them up for around $350 each on Gumtree. Meanwhile, some of the same type are closer to $1000 on the same sites.

 

[Flashback]

So a few days ago we 'celebrated' Halloween. Yet nobody has mentioned the celebration we used to have tonight. I guess you have to be old enough to remember when we had a cracker night?

Remember, remember... The fifth of November!

I guess Guy Fawkes night'd days were numbered with the general abolition of DIY fireworks ... (doesn't stop many on NYE however ...)

Fortunately (or unfortunately) not here. Going to be a long noisy night... Unfortunately work is really busy so won't be making it to the barrel rolling this year like I had planned.

 

[jukebox333]

Sending a parcel isn't cheap. A 100gm satchel to Greece is ~AUD120.

Sorry, John, but I'm calling BS on that. Here's the AusPost online calculator. Someone had a lend of you.

 

[Buzzard]

Sending a parcel isn't cheap. A 100gm satchel to Greece is ~AUD120.

How are you sending (you didn't say posting)? Private courier flying F??

 

[JohnK]

Sorry, John, but I'm calling BS on that. Here's the AusPost online calculator. Someone had a lend of you.

Apologies. I should have said Fedex.

I am trying to send perfume to my aunt in Greece and Australia Post will not accept it. I was looking at Fedex but ~AUD120 to send a ~AUD20 gift is ludicrous and I think not possible anyway.

How does perfume get delivered here from USA online retailers?

 

[Flashback]

Well the weather here is terrible. Pouring rain. Good luck to those trying to set off fireworks....

Apologies. I should have said Fedex.

I am trying to send perfume to my aunt in Greece and Australia Post will not accept it. I was looking at Fedex but ~AUD120 to send a ~AUD20 gift is ludicrous and I think not possible anyway.

How does perfume get delivered here from USA online retailers?

Would it not be easier to purchase at online through a Greek company and have them deliver? Or can you not get this particular one there?

 

[whatmeworry]

Pictures of Melbourne Tornado 2015.

 

[serfty]

Pictures of Melbourne Tornado 2015.
....

Hmmm the second image is interesting - shadows make it look like is about 2:30PM - in HNL. Either that or we've gone onto to some Super Daylight savings time with sunrise at 14:00 and sunset at 04:00* ...

(*Although that'd suit a few younger dudes I know ...)

 

[JohnK]

Would it not be easier to purchase at online through a Greek company and have them deliver? Or can you not get this particular one there?

I'd already purchased the perfume here. Trying to send is a different story. Can't send it from Thailand either.

 

[coriander]

Just noticed this on taxis in SFO - rear passenger can watch out for cyclists before opening rear door.

 

[coriander]

Pictures of Melbourne Tornado 2015.

More stoicism and determination in the face of adversity:



(from "The Age")

 

[mannej]

More stoicism and determination in the face of adversity:

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(from "The Age")

Lol that one has been used before

 

[blackcat20]

Lol that one has been used before

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Its also used every time Melbourne has an earthquake.

 

[JohnK]

I'd love a device that is able to render all gadgets inoperable in public. Even better if it worked on people too.

Music without headphones, music with headphones leaking noise, 40 minute phone conversation still going, 17 different conversations each one trying to outdo the other.

Where did it go wrong?

 

[JohnK]

Serves me right for posting.

Bad weather in SYD tonight? The 6:05pm OOL-SYD was retimed to 7:05pm, then 7:20pm, then 7:35pm and now 7:50pm.

Have been here since ~4:45pm. I was bored well over an hour ago.