The totally off-topic thread

[drross]

When I was young (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth), I was always taught to "eat up" so I could grow up to be big and strong, and we were always told NEVER WASTE FOOD.

Decades later I have "very bad" habits now.

No wonder we have such an obese population. Force feeding children.

'better to have a bad belly burst than let good food go to waste"

 

[penegal]

So you can play golf when you're sober? :mrgreen:

Goodonya still owes us a game of golf at his exclusive golf club.

Yes

and yes, he does...


I am still waiting for him to join me at the bar in the long room. I have been standing here for three years, and he still hasn't shown up....

 

[anat0l]

Comic Sans MS. We all know the font, and for most part, we are disgusted by it. When was the last time you had a PowerPoint presentation or handout that was typeset in Comic Sans?


Turns out there might be method to the madness. I watched an educational video which was talking about how we think. You know that feeling you get when you think something doesn't look quite right, then your mind seems to switch on to a different kind of thinking because you think there is a "trick"? This alternative way of thinking usually makes us more alert and we think more critically.

Something thrown in that is unusual, such as a font change from a standard typeface to a more abrasive or unusual one, e.g. Comic Sans, might just provide that impetus to switch the brain's thinking mode. You may not like the font and how it is presented, but you just might be fooled into thinking harder and more critically.

At least, that was the hypothesis. Thankfully they didn't suggest something like odd colours, e.g. hot pink on fluro green.....

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Somehow as I was flicking channels last night I landed on that 'Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' show - OMG - that passes for television content / entertainment in 2016?

 

[anat0l]

Somehow as I was flicking channels last night I landed on that 'Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' show - OMG - that passes for television content / entertainment in 2016?

You been living under a rock? Haven't you seen the evolution (or devolution) of reality TV right before our eyes?

Also, the show itself is not a new concept - there's been seasons upon seasons of it in the UK already, and many in other countries. Funny enough, there's been various series of the reality show filmed in Australia: some in Murwillumbah and once in Tully.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I have heard about it - never seen it - reality TV not my cup of tea - I have never ever watch 1 second of the Amazing Race or such - as for those fake staged cooking shows - any wonder I drink as I do.

 

[JohnK]

Yes

and yes, he does...


I am still waiting for him to join me at the bar in the long room. I have been standing here for three years, and he still hasn't shown up....

You've got a better chance than me of playing at his exclusive golf club. My year is fully booked and does not look like I have time to be in MEL for a game of golf.

 

[whatmeworry]

Somehow as I was flicking channels last night I landed on that 'Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' show - OMG - that passes for television content / entertainment in 2016?

Generally I avoid reality TV but I still can't believe someone at channel 9 green-lit Here come the Habibs.

 

[whatmeworry]

Why am I charged a booking fee online?

As with many other booking services, we charge a booking fee. Booking online means that you can skip the queue and go straight to the cinema. Booking fees cover the costs associated with administration, development and maintenance required on the software. Booking fees do not apply when you buy tickets at the ticket box.

I call BS on Village cinema's. Doesn't having extra people at the box office cost more then running software?

 

[blackcat20]

I call BS on Village cinema's. Doesn't having extra people at the box office cost more running software?

I agree; surely it costs more for me to be sold a ticket in person than for me to do it myself. Don't even get me started on the $5/ticket for gold class bookings!

 

[Julesmac]

One of my many bad habits is not to throw away food.

One of my many pet hates is seeing other people throwing away food. I've lost count of the number of times I have seen people ordering something like a burger and chips and leaving the burger and the chips half eaten. If you're not hungry order one or the other or order a salad.

I guess because our parents went through a war and a depression, and remembered when food was not always abundant, they had a horror of wasting food. I remember being made to stand out in the kitchen 'until you've cleared your plate'. My tactic was to wait a while and either feed it to the fat black lab, or chuck it through the kitchen window where said fat lab would find and scoff it. I got the devil of a spanking one day when, once again faced with my refusal to eat, Dad said 'remember the starving children in India" to which I replied 'if they want it they can have it'.....however it resolved me never to fight with children about food. If they only like mashed potatoes and peas, well I'm happy to cook em every night, at least that's two vegetables.I figured eventually they'd try something else.
As for me, I still would not eat beetroot or brussels sprouts, not if you paid me a million dollars.

 

[JohnK]

I guess because our parents went through a war and a depression, and remembered when food was not always abundant, they had a horror of wasting food. I remember being made to stand out in the kitchen 'until you've cleared your plate'. My tactic was to wait a while and either feed it to the fat black lab, or chuck it through the kitchen window where said fat lab would find and scoff it. I got the devil of a spanking one day when, once again faced with my refusal to eat, Dad said 'remember the starving children in India" to which I replied 'if they want it they can have it'.....however it resolved me never to fight with children about food. If they only like mashed potatoes and peas, well I'm happy to cook em every night, at least that's two vegetables.I figured eventually they'd try something else.
As for me, I still would not eat beetroot or brussels sprouts, not if you paid me a million dollars.

I appreciate some of the explanations used. Even if the portion size is too big is not an excuse. Order a different meal where you don't throw food away. Or share meals.

A few years ago I spent some of my Thailand trips in Hua Hin. I was sitting at Mai Tai outdoor bar near the Hilton after golf with my jug of beer relaxing. I notice 2 ladies come over for lunch from the real estate agent across the road. They ordered 5 dishes and rice. They proceeded to eat and left each dish half full with plenty of rice left over as well. What a waste of food.

I noticed my then girlfriend do the same type of thing. She would leave food half eaten when we would buy a simple meal like chicken and rice. Why? Her explanation was that Thai people like to sample many types of food when they eat. And I have seen this in the bars where 4-5 bargirls would eat lunch/dinner together.

This would be similar to me going out to dinner and ordering a steak, a lamb chop, a pork chop, half a chicken and chips and taking a small bite out of each. What an atrocious attitude especially from a country where the overwhelming majority are in poverty and don't really know where their next meal is coming from.

My wife knows she could not possibly get away with anything like it unless we go to a buffet and even then we try not to put more than we can eat on the plate.

 

[QF WP]

Well Annie is a fighter. She made it through the last 24 hours but she's in an induced coma. White blood cell count is almost nothing and platelets are similar. My godfather got to see her - checked himself out of hospital at 8am and picked up by my godmother and they spent the day at her hospital with Annie's husband and 2 children. Thought is to do a complete blood transfusion but in Sydney - doubt that moving her is a good idea. She's a fighter and I am willing her to hold on - but I know the chances are slim with bone marrow cancer.

 

[coco50]

Not my generation then.It was the starving children in Africa in my day.

Nobody had heard of Africa when I was a kid. Just Jan Smuts.

 

[Pushka]

JohnK - I'm not a psychic. How do I know how much will be on the plate when I order? And in some cultures eating everything on the plate suggests you haven't been given enough food by the host (when dining at a home)

Too much black and white interpretation in your comments.

 

[RooFlyer]

I have heard about it - never seen it - reality TV not my cup of tea - I have never ever watch 1 second of the Amazing Race or such - as for those fake staged cooking shows - any wonder I drink as I do.

I'm with you. Proud to say I have never watched a 'reality' TV show (the adverts don't appear to show any reality I've experienced) and the only show I watch with voting in it are election night telecasts.

Cooking shows? I just don't see the point. These days I'm down to about 2 hrs TV a day, including an hour of news.

 

[medhead]

I guess because our parents went through a war and a depression, and remembered when food was not always abundant, they had a horror of wasting food. I remember being made to stand out in the kitchen 'until you've cleared your plate'. My tactic was to wait a while and either feed it to the fat black lab, or chuck it through the kitchen window where said fat lab would find and scoff it. I got the devil of a spanking one day when, once again faced with my refusal to eat, Dad said 'remember the starving children in India" to which I replied 'if they want it they can have it'.....however it resolved me never to fight with children about food. If they only like mashed potatoes and peas, well I'm happy to cook em every night, at least that's two vegetables.I figured eventually they'd try something else.
As for me, I still would not eat beetroot or brussels sprouts, not if you paid me a million dollars.

I cannot stand my wife's family with each younger child having a different whim, one doesn't like gravy but has sauce, one doesn't like salad dressing on the salad. One has peas but not beans. It goes on and on. It requires multiple variations of the same meal. I don't believe in pandering to that rubbish.

We do however, order 5 or 6 dishes when having thai. SWMBO had a year in Thailand, she wants all the tastes.

 

[JohnK]

JohnK - I'm not a psychic. How do I know how much will be on the plate when I order? And in some cultures eating everything on the plate suggests you haven't been given enough food by the host (when dining at a home)

Too much black and white interpretation in your comments.

That's me. Judging everyone by my standards. Bad habit.

The leaving food on the plate when dining at someone's home is part of most cultures?

 

[penegal]

What's TV?

I watch Sport live, and that's about it.
Movies and TV Series (without ads) are almost always delayed (e.g. when I have time).

I generally read / view most news online. The regular public news broadcasts have gone downhill in recent years. I feel sorry for older people who get their news and entertainment from free to air TV. It's a wonder they haven't sunk into depression given how emotive and negative regular new broadcasts are now. If you believed free to air news, the world is ending imminently. Any student of English would be appalled at the way the butcher the language. "Utter Devastation This", "Tragedy that", and this is just the generic "Aussie" news, we don't even report the real tragedies going in other parts of the world.

 

[Pushka]

That's me. Judging everyone by my standards. Bad habit.

The leaving food on the plate when dining at someone's home is part of most cultures?

I said some cultures JohnK. .