The totally off-topic thread

[coriander]

The tip-off included information about Vong's travel patterns and his friendships outside work. While many other staff in the department were heading to Dromana or Rye for their four-week break, Vong was jetting off overseas, returning with a tan and stories of adventures in glamorous destinations, including the Caribbean and Mexico. Word about these trips spread around the department's compliance team, and into the broader border security community.

Read more: The mouse versus the dragon: Law enforcement struggles against alleged customs drug network ​

Looks like a lot of AFFers could be attracting AFP interest, flying overseas, doing status runs to places like SJU, PTY, writing trip reports..........
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[love_the_life]

The tallest one ever is occurs around age 30-35. After that shrinking occurs due to drying out of the vertebral discs.

Oh dear, and I was only short to begin with. If I shrink too much I might just disappear.:shock:

 

[RAM]

Maybe I am a little too suspicious sometimes however

I know she's watching but mrsdrron is very good with brussel sprouts usually in a stir fry.And her cauliflower in cheesy sauce is a real favourite of mine.

... that has to be one of the one of the best/most Machiavellian dinner requests I've seen in a long time.

I know she's watching

bait the hook....

but mrsdrron is very good with brussel sprouts usually in a stir fry.

wait for the bite and...

And her cauliflower in cheesy sauce is a real favourite of mine.

reel her in.

Exemplary!

All bow to the master.

Did you happen to buy some brussel sprouts and cauliflower this week perhaps?

 

[drron]

No but she is joining me tomorrow.But I doubt she will be cooking.Eating out for the week is on the menu.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

No but she is joining me tomorrow.But I doubt she will be cooking.Eating out for the week is on the menu.

Eating out is DEFINITELY on the menu !

 

[JohnK]

Oh dear, and I was only short to begin with. If I shrink too much I might just disappear.:shock:

Don't worry too much. I was 173cm-174cm depending on how much hair I had at the time and now 172cm.

 

[Quickstatus]

Oh dear, and I was only short to begin with. If I shrink too much I might just disappear.:shock:

Benefit is that Y will begin to seem like J

 

[Major]

JohnK
I hope you are in CNX tomorrow because it's Visakha Bucha day. Looks like fun

Visakha Bucha Day, Chiang Mai, Thailand - 2016

 

[love_the_life]

Don't worry too much. I was 173cm-174cm depending on how much hair I had at the time and now 172cm.

But I was only 151cm to begin with! Perhaps I need to move to a beehive hairstyle.

 

[QF WP]

Brussel sprouts, love them or hate them? I used to hate them as they always had the cough boiled out of them, recently I discovered that when they are overcooked, they release a sulphurous compound.

Now I buy baby brussels and cook gently, a recipe for success, (groan!) How To Cook Brussels Sprouts So Everyone Will Love Them So, if when growing up you had overcooked sprouts, give them another chance

From the above site, quote "Brussels sprouts contain things called glucosinolates. They're compounds that actually have all sorts of health benefits, but have the unfortunate tendency to release lots of sulfur the longer they're cooked. The result? The taste of overcooked Brussels sprouts might remind you of rotten eggs."

So that's why my wife hates them - her mum overcooked them:!::shock:. Meanwhile I am like love_the_life, in that I love them (probably due to my mothers cooking). We trialled butter, salt & pepper, Worcester sauce, BBQ sauce, even melted cheese.

 

[RooFlyer]

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24 lifts , celebrity chefs, 42 Bars , one bar is just robots making you a drink.

40 Billion dollars the industry is worth yearly especially in the Asia Pacific region.

1.2 billion dollars investment in this ship!

Billion ton of sewerage produced yearly

Outbreaks of novo virus major cause of sickness !

Large luxury goods shops onboard make extra revenue for them.

Cruise potential 24 million expecting extra 45 million.

5000 eggs consumed everyday on the ship.

Let's not mention water consumed per day!

So everything's good, then? I like the sound of robots making you drink! But if the ship stands up like that, isn't there a lot of stairs? Do they have elevators?

The ships create their own water supply and ethically manage sewerage. So they are doing better than land based consumption. Noro occurs everywhere, the media just likes the cruise ship stories. Eggs will be consumed whether on land or sea.

True that logic up there with Spock(the Vulcan)

I have no idea what you mean?

Neither do I. "True that logic up with Spok(the Vulcan)" Wasn't that a TV show a couple of decades ago? Did they do cruises with ships gliding on their sterns?

Much higher chance of being abused by a priest then a transgender person.

Is that a quote from Vulcan? Have these odds been measured by bet365? Interested readers want to know.

 

[Steady]

I love Brussel Sprouts- even better when fresh from the paddock

 

[irv]

Eating out is DEFINITELY on the menu !

A few good spots in PQQ, I have already mentioned one to you however there are a few more, and some not that good. No different to anywhere else.

 

[irv]

Like I needed in Hilton Perth. I commented that the height of the ironing board was suitable for a shorter stature person, but not me @ 6' 3" (185cms for those challenged by the imperial measurement). The reply:

I must admit in the 37 years I have been married I have tried it a handful of times (would be able to count on one hand) and I appreciate my wife's skills at this task, so I mow the lawn and do all the outside jobs, as well as tasks she can't (won't) do. A perfect compromise.

 

[Moindardt]

Much higher chance of being abused by a priest then a transgender person.

And you have empirical data to back this up? And the total number of priests and the total number of interactions with children v the same for transgender? How about historical? Oh.. and lets look at all the good things deeds of priests v transgender people.. hmm..

 

[Buzzard]

Ten hours after my win8 laptop installed win10 software, after about an hour of use, ms popup asked me how I like it!

And how do you like it?

 

[marki]

MY new house( I wish)...
(CNN)A madcap proposal for a concrete house inside a cliff went viral last year -- and now it's set to be built, thanks to the internet.

 

[JohnM]

I love Brussel Sprouts- even better when fresh from the paddock

Brussels sprouts, Steady . I love them too. Try them steamed and buttered with a bit of nutmeg sprinkled over. Works a treat IMHO.

 

[whatmeworry]

Is that a quote from Vulcan? Have these odds been measured by bet365? Interested readers want to know.

Have a look at the known insistences of known priest molestations versus the known molestations by a trans person in the USA for example. Thousands by priests, one known insistence by a trans person.

 

[JohnK]

This is just too scary.

As mentioned earlier my Samsung S5 restarted itself 4 times within an hour.

Last night I shut down the laptop and a few hours later started it back up again but did not log on.

This morning I logged back on and it would appear my user profile has been initialised again. I didn't do it. The desktop is gone. And with it all my spreadsheets and text files used to store flight bookings. The USB has not been updated since 26/11/2015.

I have not been well all week. I knew something was wrong. Before I shut the laptop down yesterday I thought I haven't taken a copy of the desktop onto the USB for a while.

I am using Windows Vista. Any idea what has happened to the files on my desktop? I cannot see them in the recycle bin. Have they just disappeared or has the system taken a copy of them somewhere before removing them? Can I restore my user profile?

Any thoughts because right now I am going to go crazy trying to work out what Windows Vista thinks it needed to do.