The totally off-topic thread

[love_the_life]

Ah Rene Descartes, studied him in First Yr Philosophy, "I think therefore I am". Actually I failed the unit

 

[wandering_fred]

Someone told me about some study where they gave a group of people the same horoscope. All thought the horoscope was about themselves despite all being born in different months.

Obviously none of them (nor the horoscope) were Virgos.

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[Denali]

Having spent the morning looking at accommodation in the Blue Mountains, I now feel like a need a shower as they are nasty.

They need a Novotel up there.

 

[Steady]

Having spent the morning looking at accommodation in the Blue Mountains, I now feel like a need a shower as they are nasty.

They need a Novotel up there.

Come visit Tassie, stay near RooFlyer (Freycinet), should be clean here

 

[Denali]

Come visit Tassie, stay near RooFlyer (Freycinet), should be clean here

Nice. Might do Tassie next year. I did a status run to Hobart a couple of years ago on Christmas day but we were only there one night.

 

[RooFlyer]

Come visit Tassie, [-]stay near[/-] buy wine for RooFlyer (Freycinet), should be clean here

There. I fixed that.

 

[harvyk]

It's funny the tricks you pick up, the Mrs wants to go up to Syd for the weekend next month to see Aladdin (she's going with her parents and our eldest, I'm staying home to play babysitter), she tried to search for things to do with the trip and it was coming in at over $750pp, which is a little out of our price range for a simple weekend in Syd.

I spend 45 minutes over my lunch break and have managed to piece together an itinerary which comes in at $331 per person, and still has her staying within walking distance of the theatre, still has her doing the train thing (she wanted to take the train, something different), and of course includes tickets to the show. In contrast she'd spent hours struggling to find places.

Furthermore I've even been able to break the payment of the trip down into a schedule so that we can pay for the trip over 3 pays.

Never really put too much thought into why I do things in a certain way, it's just become habit, but considering how easily I was able to piece together the trip and how much difficulty she was having with the first much more expensive itinerary it's just interesting how practice makes perfect.

Just my ramblings.

 

[TomVexille]

It's funny the tricks you pick up, the Mrs wants to go up to Syd for the weekend next month to see Aladdin (she's going with her parents and our eldest, I'm staying home to play babysitter), she tried to search for things to do with the trip and it was coming in at over $750pp, which is a little out of our price range for a simple weekend in Syd.

I spend 45 minutes over my lunch break and have managed to piece together an itinerary which comes in at $331 per person, and still has her staying within walking distance of the theatre, still has her doing the train thing (she wanted to take the train, something different), and of course includes tickets to the show. In contrast she'd spent hours struggling to find places.

Furthermore I've even been able to break the payment of the trip down into a schedule so that we can pay for the trip over 3 pays.

Never really put too much thought into why I do things in a certain way, it's just become habit, but considering how easily I was able to piece together the trip and how much difficulty she was having with the first much more expensive itinerary it's just interesting how practice makes perfect.

Just my ramblings.

Also probably why our friends think we spend a bomb doing what we do, when we really only spend a fraction of that.

 

[Pushka]

My niece said Aladdin was FABULOUS!

 

[Steady]

Also probably why our friends think we spend a bomb doing what we do, when we really only spend a fraction of that.

A fragment maybe, but a fraction of a bomb - that's a new unit of measure for me

 

[TomVexille]

A fragment maybe, but a fraction of a bomb - that's a new unit of measure for me

Kids these days, always making up new sayings...

 

[Denali]

Just booked my car in for its 18mth/30+Klm service

Ive driven only 7,143klms.

Im officially the old lady that drives to the office and the grocery store.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Just booked my car in for its 18mth/30+Klm service
Ive driven only 7,143klms.
Im officially the old lady that drives to the office and the grocery store.

Hey me too, but my car is 15 years old and has only gone 43,000 Kms !! But I really am the OLD lady and the car only goes to the PO and the supermarket :shock:

 

[Pushka]

Hey me too, but my car is 15 years old and has only gone 43,000 Kms !! But I really am the OLD lady and the car only goes to the PO and the supermarket :shock:

Ha, that is so not the reason for the low mileage. YOU ARE ALWAYS OFF OVERSEAS!

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Ha, that is so not the reason for the low mileage. YOU ARE ALWAYS OFF OVERSEAS!

And when Ron is away working I have two cars to drive

 

[wandering_fred]

Also probably why our friends think we spend a bomb doing what we do, when we really only spend a fraction of that.

Isn't that the neighbors comments about the overseas travel most of the AFFers are able to do???

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[TomVexille]

Isn't that the neighbors comments about the overseas travel most of the AFFers are able to do???

Happy wandering

Fred

Correct. Especially when CHC is usually cheaper for me to get to (from MEL) then PER, and it's closer to boot

 

[get me outta here]

This is not a political post, but have to smile at the last Political Insider happening today ... "Tony Abbott received rapturousapplause in question time, the Australian Christian Lobby thanked Bill Shortenfor helping kill off same-sex marriage and the deep fryer in the parliamentarycafeteria broke down which meant hot chips could not be served at lunch time."[FONT=&quot][/FONT]

 

[love_the_life]

This is not a political post, but have to smile at the last Political Insider happening today ... "Tony Abbott received rapturousapplause in question time, the Australian Christian Lobby thanked Bill Shortenfor helping kill off same-sex marriage and the deep fryer in the parliamentarycafeteria broke down which meant hot chips could not be served at lunch time."

Yep, they've covered all the important things there.

 

[Pushka]

Yep, they've covered all the important things there.

MasterP takes part in fire testing. Workers are warned it's just a test and if they hear a certain sequence of sounds then they can safely stay put. But not the public servants from one Federal Dept. At the sound of the first toot they downed pens p) and walked out in the middle of the morning to return after lunch.