The totally off-topic thread

[whatmeworry]

What benefits ??? I have one and I haven't had any benefit from it !!

My mum got 10% off tradies job. Every Wednesday 5% off at Dimmeys-Forges and Kmart I believe accept the Seniors card every Tuesday.

 

[Foreigner]

Daylight saving time ends in about 3 weeks. Seems overdue. Look to getting an extra hour sleep time on 03 April.

 

[cove]

Western Australia remains free of daylight saving. Our Perth office opens earlier to cope with the time changes in parts of the eastern states.

 

[Foreigner]

And the UK gets 7 months of daylight saving from 27 March.

 

[Flashback]

And the UK gets 7 months of daylight saving from 27 March.

We sure do! Looking forward to it.

 

[serfty]

Ahh yes, the 10pm sunset ...

... but no wonder you are looking forward to it with ~3pm sunsets in Winter ...

 

[coco50]

The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. ​Gov David Hurley

Jessica - I thought that this quote was attributed to retired Gen. David Morrison - current Australian of the year. I could be wrong though!

​

 

[straitman]

I am keeping up. I am getting younger so don't understand the concept of getting older.

We just got an invite to our daughter's 8th birthday. Seems she has forgotten about the other 30 :!:

 

[JohnK]

Daylight saving time ends in about 3 weeks. Seems overdue. Look to getting an extra hour sleep time on 03 April.

You can get an extra hour sleep anytime. You can't play golf until 8:30pm anytime.

 

[straitman]

You can get an extra hour sleep anytime. You can't play golf until 8:30pm anytime.

Thank goodness for that :!:

 

[Foreigner]

You can get an extra hour sleep anytime. You can't play golf until 8:30pm anytime.

I am sure the 19th hole is open to play well beyond 8:30 pm

 

[penegal]

We just got an invite to our daughter's 8th birthday. Seems she has forgotten about the other 30 :!:

Perhaps she is aging backwards also?

 

[JohnK]

Thank goodness for that :!:

You can say that again. Slow golfers are better off going to crochet or cooking classes....

 

[RAM]

Wasn't aware Rupert had connection with AN:

Unfortunately extremely big connection and at the worst possible times.

News Corp was going through some hard times and was hemorrhaging cash like there was no tomorrow. The 'strike-breaking' of Fleet Street had pretty much used up much of their cash reserves/hollow logs and so mastheads started getting revalued upwards and all sorts of 'creative accounting'.

So when Ansett needed capital to upgrade its fleet and lounges etc - Rupert said no repeatedly.

The rest is history.

A little simplified version of a much longer (sadder) story. I regret not keeping all those boarding passes as Ansett was my domestic airline of choice and flew probably 2 to 3x as much as Q. They were much more obliging in pushing me onto earlier flights back from Melb (despite booked on cheapest tickets going).

Sniff, sniff.

Interesting test for everyone's memory (and do not post their names):

• How many different domestic Australian Airlines, that you've flown on, can you name and what years did they operate?

I was surprised just how many there were through the late 80s to 2000 - one stash of boarding passes not discovered during previous clean-outs.

 

[Cossie]

Not a good way to go, (if there is indeed a 'good way').

Keith Emerson's Girlfriend Sheds Some Light on Keyboardist's Suicide | Billboard Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer found dead aged 71 | Music | The Guardian

 

[hummel]

Strong wind today here at work.. parked the work truck next to my car and as I got out the wind caught the door and smacked into my 3 month old bmw.

Now to find someone to fix it!

 

[love_the_life]

Strong wind today here at work.. parked the work truck next to my car and as I got out the wind caught the door and smacked into my 3 month old bmw.

Now to find someone to fix it!

Now that was unfortunate. Was the air blue?

 

[GarrettM]

My wife signed us up for this last week, which turned out to be a not unpleasant way to start a Saturday. Something for those of you - if any - who like a bit of a fitness quest.

Carine Glades parkrun | Carine Glades parkrun

There are similar things in other major cities so we might try the Albert Park version next month. Or not.

I'll admit I was sceptical at first. She has a tendency to sign us up to these things without asking me first, or organising me to pick something or other up that she's found on Gumtree. It can be draining.

But this one was ok.

 

[get me outta here]

She sounds like a project manager / organiser. I bet she's very useful person to have around.

My wife signed us up for this last week, which turned out to be a not unpleasant way to start a Saturday. Something for those of you - if any - who like a bit of a fitness quest.

Carine Glades parkrun | Carine Glades parkrun

There are similar things in other major cities so we might try the Albert Park version next month. Or not.

I'll admit I was sceptical at first. She has a tendency to sign us up to these things without asking me first, or organising me to pick something or other up that she's found on Gumtree. It can be draining.

But this one was ok.

 

[get me outta here]

Thanks very sad, I saw them in LAX quite some time ago. Really enjoyed it.

Not a good way to go, (if there is indeed a 'good way').

Keith Emerson's Girlfriend Sheds Some Light on Keyboardist's Suicide | Billboard Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer found dead aged 71 | Music | The Guardian