The totally off-topic thread

[JessicaTam]

I'm assuming mum was told when they were, but either way no one passed the message along. If I hadn't found them myself things could have been interesting given at 10am on a Saturday we could still be in bed...

Perhaps you should be! :evilgrin:

 

[Cossie]

No different to FF pts acquisition for F class travel boomy - the uninitiated and uninformed have ZERO perception of what they are missing! Try to explain it? Nah just giggle inwardly and move on.

Yep that's fine, but some of us don't care about tennis, played it a kid, (like most sports I wasn't very good at it, but that is neither here nor there), decided I much prefered many other sports out there, and trust me there are a lot more than what gets shown on television here.

Obviously this doesn't take anything away from your enjoyment of the game, but thankfully we don't all like the same things, otherwise the world would be a very boring place.

Prepared to get 'ignored' by many more posters for speaking as I see it, but you can't win them all!

P.S. a new series of Midsomer Murders starts next week on the ABC, I can hardly wait,

I removed the purple this morning, it's a messy business, isn't it?

Speaking of which, has anyone heard from our Ice Hocky fan lately? Hope he and his mother are OK.

 

[drron]

Tennis was the sport I had at least a little talent in.Problem was at the local club there was this fellow a couple of years older than me called John something.I decided there was no future there so took up soccer and cricket with very little natural ability in either.

 

[Cossie]

You are so right Cruiser. Friends ask how I can afford to fly J/F on my salary... tried explain how it's done, crunching the numbers putting everything on the table (stuff ppl with little bit ambition can learn on AFF and other free online forums). In the end reaction was "nah it sounds too good to be true, must be a scam. We will keep paying for Y, earning points and redeeming them for more Y like normal ppl". Bahhh

See above!

 

[Pushka]

Was thinking about erkpod just the other day.

 

[drron]

Was thinking about erkpod just the other day.

Scary.So was I.See it is nearly 12 months since he last posted.

 

[love_the_life]

I removed the purple this morning, it's a messy business, isn't it?

And I dropped a bottle of purple nail polish on the bathroom floor this morning while I was rushing to get ready to fly to Melb. Lots of remover needed to clean the tiles

Actually it was an OPI one - KermitMe - was rather pretty.

 

[Cossie]

Of course, erkpod, I couldn't remember his name, and didn't do much of a search, nearly 12 months since he last posted? That's not good, I really hope he is ok. Maybe a pm wouldn't go astray.

 

[Steady]

I wonder how many members get caught out having a conversation via visitor messages when they think they are private messaging

 

[cove]

Erkpod dropped in on us in London more than a year ago.

 

[Pushka]

Scary.So was I.See it is nearly 12 months since he last posted.

Ah. That is scary. 12 months! Yikes.

 

[cove]

I sometimes wonder where nycguy and bossreggie are. I hope they are ok too.

 

[Pushka]

I sometimes wonder where nycguy and bossreggie are. I hope they are ok too.

Didn't bossreggie do a sayonara and move to England? His stories used to motivate me to get into the pointy end - never really thinking I'd get there! Glad I was wrong.

 

[Bindibuys]

Now this is getting "Twilight Zone" I was thinking last week.... where is erkpod these days.

 

[RooFlyer]

Accept I may get into trouble here, but after some thought I have decided to post this anyway, in my belief it's not strictly a commercial thing.

My wife is writing a book about the Esperance Tanker Jetty, but the cost to get it published is prohibitive.
<snip>.

Did you mean to say 'published' (as in by a publisher) or 'printed' (ie self published?)

Not sure what your cost hurdle is, but printing these days is so much, much cheaper than it used to be. I've done 4 books and every time its been cheaper.

One I did last year was 150 copies, 125ppm, B&W, 130gsm paper, digitally printed, perfect bound, colour soft cover 350gsm, delivered from Melbourne to Hobart ... printer cost just a bit over $1,000 (abt $7/copy or 5 cents/page ... cheaper than photocopying!!). Sure, that's still a wad of money, but if the print run is smaller, and pp fewer, then total cost less, but cost per copy goes up.

These days you can get as few as 1 or 2 copies printed! If you are patient, you can also get your books printed in HKG or China, for less again.

Blurb is another option.

How is she doing the book? Using InDesign?

 

[rogerkambah]

Gosh - the chicken balti at the QP was surprisingly tasty. That's me done for dinner with MrP away. Just need to remember to feed the cat!

I'm sure your kittycat wouldn't let you forget to to feed him/her. I know ours would not. She starts demanding dinner about 6.30 pm and is getting frantic if nothing has happened by 7.30.

 

[Pushka]

I'm sure your kittycat wouldn't let you forget to to feed him/her. I know ours would not. She starts demanding dinner about 6.30 pm and is getting frantic if nothing has happened by 7.30.

Little face at the door when I got home.

 

[JohnK]

Tennis was the sport I had at least a little talent in.Problem was at the local club there was this fellow a couple of years older than me called John something.I decided there was no future there so took up soccer and cricket with very little natural ability in either.

And after mastering soccer and cricket then took up golf? A whiz with a one iron?

I loved golf from the first time I played as a 15 year old. Still love the game almost 40 years later. My goal it to play play golf in Palm Springs, Myrtle Beach and United Kingdom especially Scotland and Ireland. Will try and incorporate that with my love of flying with a Oneworld award.

 

[Quickstatus]

And after mastering soccer and cricket then took up golf? A whiz with a one iron?

I loved golf from the first time I played as a 15 year old. Still love the game almost 40 years later. My goal it to play play golf in Palm Springs, Myrtle Beach and United Kingdom especially Scotland and Ireland. Will try and incorporate that with my love of flying with a Oneworld award.

Im hopeless at golf any any sport which involve hitting a round object. But good at skiing. Which is more expensive?

 

[JohnK]

Im hopeless at golf any any sport which involve hitting a round object. But good at skiing. Which is more expensive?

Golf at home is cheap. Golf at resorts or overseas is very expensive.