The totally off-topic thread

[mrs.dr.ron]

I know toe peeper boots ! How crazy for winter


I don't have any boots. I had to give them away after I broke my ankles. I could not get them on anymore as my ankle just wont bend ! I cried when I gave away my Texas cowboy boots

 

[Pushka]

Does anyone find they are wasting more food when at a cafe/restaurant? When did food serves ever get so huge? Had a croque monsieur at a French cafe today and could only eat half.

 

[Denali]

Naughty.
It was actually a good flight. No Y pax entering the J toilets Boarding was very efficient as no seemed to pfaff around. No one buying off the food trolley so that didn't hang around long. I couldn't even see anything to take a photo off.

I did think of mrsdrron when I spied these:
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All I could think of is that the designer had a toe fetish. As for the buyer? Too much money to spend. Sorry it's blurred. She was walking at the time.

At least her heels are warm... that important in winter.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Having great fun with work computers.Cant access public email sites due to the recent hacking.But trying to access the work email I get the message-
"the custom error module does not recognise the error."

Ah that's the old programmer's note for "Do not write code for errors you are nit prepared to handle."

 

[JohnK]

Does anyone find they are wasting more food when at a cafe/restaurant? When did food serves ever get so huge? Had a croque monsieur at a French cafe today and could only eat half.

I find food serves too small but I probably eat too much.

 

[rogerkambah]

Just leaving this here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DJ_a_N3Nqo

When I see headbangers like those 2 guitarists I worry about what they are doing to their brains.

 

[rogerkambah]

Can anyone explain why a footballer's testicl_s are the lead item on the news?

Perspective people, perspective.

Dontcha know JT anything to do with footballers is very very important.

I was impressed by the speed at which he was put under the knife. No waiting like us mere mortals!

 

[Pushka]

Dontcha know JT anything to do with footballers is very very important.

I was impressed by the speed at which he was put under the knife. No waiting like us mere mortals!

They acted incredibly quickly for MrP. In to see locum in the morning, immediate referral to urologist that day and the primary removed that night.

 

[TomVexille]

I was impressed by the speed at which he was put under the knife. No waiting like us mere mortals!

To be fair they knew for at least a few days before the news was released/he went in for surgery. But I don't think you're too far off the mark.

 

[JohnK]

It's a public health measure.Well known is the obesity epidemic and exercise is one of the factors to counteract this.Personally speaking by targeting JQ and TT pax they are tatgetting the right demographic.

It wouldn't hurt to target those flying QF either.

 

[Pushka]

To be fair they knew for at least a few days before the news was released/he went in for surgery. But I don't think you're too far off the mark.

I suspect maybe the club pays for all medical treatment regardless of whether footy related.

 

[TomVexille]

I suspect maybe the club pays for all medical treatment regardless of whether footy related.

I suspect you're right. And we're rapidly moving to a user pays system.

 

[whatmeworry]

The players Union would make sure they had top notch coverage considering the billions the AFL brings in.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

This is the thing that really bugs me about media. They presume/think/manage/push us to say we are interested and publish absolute garbage then try peddle it to say it's what readers want. Kardashian rubbish of the world.

With the exception of state media, the rest of them exist for a sole purpose... to sell advertising. And advertising fees are linked to viewers/readers. Media will deliver whatever draws in the biggest crowd (therefore have a vested interest in what readers want).

 

[Hvr]

I suspect maybe the club pays for all medical treatment regardless of whether footy related.

Actually players are required to have top level health insurance which they pay for themselves.
Don't know about other costs but suspect the players will bear most if not all of them.

I do know that the clubs have arrangements with hospitals to get their players treated quickly if required. I found this out many years ago when having minor surgery and a well known player (of the time) was reported as also being in the private hospital for treatment.

The club sent all their players there and the hospital staff confirmed they treated many footballers.

 

[Milboo]

I don't know but apparently she is famous.

It was Bella Hadid. American model - sister to Gigi Hadid.

 

[get me outta here]

One of the few words I recognise there is, "American".

It was Bella Hadid. American model - sister to Gigi Hadid.

 

[JohnK]

It was Bella Hadid. American model - sister to Gigi Hadid.

Who? Famous? The word is used very loosely.

 

[straitman]

Off shortly on a Jetstar flight ADL - MEL. Qantas wanted $750 for an economy fare one way

Wow.

Last week I bought MEL-ADL tickets on VA for $75 each.

 

[burmans]

Who? Famous? The word is used very loosely.

The Oxford dictionary definition of famous is "known about by many people". In a celebrity obsessed America the Model of the year 2016 meets that criteria. What JohnK thinks or knows about her nor whether he agrees with that fame is not part of the Oxford definition.