The totally off-topic thread

[blackcat20]

Was never hooked on Barbecue Shapes fortunately. I was hooked on coffee and then Diet Coke and have been off both since 1994. Twenty two years without that caffeine coughtail has worked out nicely.

Neither; I'm all about Chicken Crimpy Shapes.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Prince dead. WTF is this the year legends die?

Prince, American music superstar and pioneer, dies aged 57 | Music | The Guardian

A huge loss
I think Simongr said it well on Facebook today
"Public service announcement. If you are/were a popular artist (music or acting) during my formative years, irrespective of whether I liked you at the time I suggest you get checked out by your doctor ASAP."

 

[Pushka]

A huge loss
I think Simongr said it well on Facebook today
"Public service announcement. If you are/were a popular artist (music or acting) during my formative years, irrespective of whether I liked you at the time I suggest you get checked out by your doctor ASAP."

How is Simongr since he left here a while ago? He certainly kept up his resolve to break from here.

 

[Cossie]

Update to the posts regarding the Adelaide cemetery:

Cemetery's response to digger's grave concerns 'unacceptable' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

[Pushka]

Update to the posts regarding the Adelaide cemetery:

Cemetery's response to digger's grave concerns 'unacceptable' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Digging up their remains and putting them elsewhere doesn't really constitute RIP, does it. And this bit:
The parameters are yet to be set, but this would include service personnel that hold significant military service history and awards such as medals of honour.

My Grandfather was so disgusted that he had to apply for service medals that he just didn't bother - figured they weren't true memorials to service.
And surely the trench soldier deserves recognition as much as those who won medals of honour.


All three brothers, off to war, all under 20. How on earth did mothers and fathers cope with that?

 

[love_the_life]

Methinks Centennial Park are playing semantics, trying to make it look like they are honouring those who gave service but in truth trying to weasel out as soon as they can. Bet they did not expect to make the media. I read the bit about "significant military service history" etc and was appalled. Not everyone who served was awarded medals of honour, most just got on and did what was required of them.

 

[drron]

My great uncle won no medals of honour.However he survived Gallipoli and was awarded a field promotion instead.That is what got him killed leading his men over the top on the western front.
In some ways he is fortunate.The French are taking great care of the cemetery he is buried in and there is no talk of relocating his remains.

 

[anat0l]

An interesting typo in Fairfax reports of the new QLD environmental bill nicknamed the Clive Palmer bill-

The interesting thing out of this is that even though I harbour a great distaste of him, his "defence" about the culpability of the QN operation on the environment may be correct. That is, it may be a legacy issue from the previous operation. QN may only be liable for either any further or new damage caused, or none at all (especially if the damage is actually better than the previous owner).

No one has really taken a good hard look into whether that claim is correct or not. Although suffice to say, even if they can prove that QN should really be liable for all the damage caused, it is still going to be difficult to almost impossible to get Palmer to cough up the money, which means that the government will be ordinarily saddled with the clean up bill. In any case, I don't think any one seems to be rushing to fix up the damage anyway.

 

[Pushka]

My great uncle won no medals of honour.However he survived Gallipoli and was awarded a field promotion instead.That is what got him killed leading his men over the top on the western front.
In some ways he is fortunate.The French are taking great care of the cemetery he is buried in and there is no talk of relocating his remains.

My brother and SIL are going to the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Pozieres this year in July. They were there a couple of years ago and the French are admirable in their recognition of the Aussie (and allied) efforts. They are going to the French Government celebrations, rather than the Australian ones, which are open only by Invitation. A shame that direct descendents aren't able to be directly invited.

 

[medhead]

The interesting thing out of this is that even though I harbour a great distaste of him, his "defence" about the culpability of the QN operation on the environment may be correct. That is, it may be a legacy issue from the previous operation. QN may only be liable for either any further or new damage caused, or none at all (especially if the damage is actually better than the previous owner).

No one has really taken a good hard look into whether that claim is correct or not. Although suffice to say, even if they can prove that QN should really be liable for all the damage caused, it is still going to be difficult to almost impossible to get Palmer to cough up the money, which means that the government will be ordinarily saddled with the clean up bill. In any case, I don't think any one seems to be rushing to fix up the damage anyway.

At face value his claim is a furphy, a classic bit of distraction. I'll even say completely incorrect. Why? Because standard business practice is that liabilities transfer when the business is sold. I'll bet 3 schooners of xx_X that BHP clearly included the environmental clean up in the contract of sale. If Clive didn't do due diligence and extract a reduced price based on those environmental liabilities that's his problem.
Maybe he was expecting Joh, the mad peanut farmer from kingaroy, to bail him out of his obligations.

 

[drron]

Clive bought QN in 2009.Joh died 2004.
The premier in 2009 was Anna Bligh.And for another 3 years.

 

[Princess Fiona]

How is Simongr since he left here a while ago? He certainly kept up his resolve to break from here.

He's good Pushka

 

[anat0l]

Anyone here studied psychology at university?

(That includes all those male engineers who needed an excuse to find an environment with a greater female : male student ratio)

 

[amaroo]

Clive bought QN in 2009.Joh died 2004.
The premier in 2009 was Anna Bligh.And for another 3 years.

Clive Palmer was/is BHP's Alan Bond moment.

http://m.smh.com.au/business/bhp-offloads-yabulu-nickel-refinery-20090703-d7vk.html

 

[moa999]

Clive Palmer was/is BHP's Alan Bond moment.

http://m.smh.com.au/business/bhp-offloads-yabulu-nickel-refinery-20090703-d7vk.html

Not really. He bought it for almost nothing, and cut wages and staff.

Then the nickel price went up and he was handing out Mercs and holidays and making a motza.

Now it's back to being worth about nothing

 

[moa999]

just watched an international visitor try to wheel a loaded airport baggage trolley on to the train at Sydney international airport.
Wheel between platform and train, young girl, guard whistling...

How did they get it anywhere near the train??

 

[Pushka]

Anyone here studied psychology at university?

(That includes all those male engineers who needed an excuse to find an environment with a greater female : male student ratio)

ummm, maybe? Depends on the question.

 

[amaroo]

Not really. He bought it for almost nothing, and cut wages and staff.

Then the nickel price went up and he was handing out Mercs and holidays and making a motza.

Now it's back to being worth about nothing

Well, they don't have to worry about the closure cost anymore.

Doubt the Palmer "hold, fold and flick to the taxpayer trick" would have worked for BHP.

 

[Bindibuys]

Anyone here studied psychology at university?

(That includes all those male engineers who needed an excuse to find an environment with a greater female : male student ratio)

Daughter graduated last week with Honours.

 

[straitman]

I was received an awesome book in the mail today.