The totally off-topic thread

[Hvr]

What am I missing?

The door person's role is also about having a face at the door to try and prevent people walking out with stock. By letting scumbags know that someone is at the entrance it may deter them.

 

[Denali]

Anyone into gardening and is in the Hawkesbury area, Collectors' Plant Fair

This is being touted as a place to get long lost/not often seen/rare plants.

 

[TomVexille]

So is the Australian Open tennis moving to the Nine television network? Apparently there will be an announcement this afternoon.

If true it would seriously impinge on their ability to afford the cricket.

Although the cricket rights may have had a serious cut in the last week.

 

[JohnK]

Money keeps the world turning and our dollar keeps dropping.

 

[RB]

Money keeps the world turning and our dollar keeps dropping.

Graph makes for interesting reading

XE: AUD / THB Currency Chart. Australian Dollar to Thai Baht Rates

 

[Pushka]

The door person's role is also about having a face at the door to try and prevent people walking out with stock. By letting scumbags know that someone is at the entrance it may deter them.

But when it’s busy it’s a nonsense. They have narrow security gates next to the main counter. I’d rather have someone serve people than just standing there doing nothing.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Money keeps the world turning and our dollar keeps dropping.

It’s just because you are going OS isn’t it?

Or is it to make Denali’s XE and Fiat more expensive?

 

[juddles]

Maybe totally off-topic for the off-topic thread, but I am in a state of momentary bewilderment. I am in the J lounge at SYD, waiting for the delayed QF550 to BNE. I went and grabbed a glass of shiraz - half-filled the glass as per normal decorum. Sat down, opened laptop, and the cleaning lady swang by, removing my glass of red?????

Why on earth would you take a glass of wine from beside a person???

 

[RB]

Maybe totally off-topic for the off-topic thread, but I am in a state of momentary bewilderment. I am in the J lounge at SYD, waiting for the delayed QF550 to BNE. I went and grabbed a glass of shiraz - half-filled the glass as per normal decorum. Sat down, opened laptop, and the cleaning lady swang by, removing my glass of red?????

Why on earth would you take a glass of wine from beside a person???

Maybe she was taking it out the back to Steve Smith before he was to front the press

 

[TomVexille]

Maybe totally off-topic for the off-topic thread, but I am in a state of momentary bewilderment. I am in the J lounge at SYD, waiting for the delayed QF550 to BNE. I went and grabbed a glass of shiraz - half-filled the glass as per normal decorum. Sat down, opened laptop, and the cleaning lady swang by, removing my glass of red?????

Why on earth would you take a glass of wine from beside a person???

I'll agree that seems odd

 

[JohnK]

Graph makes for interesting reading

XE: AUD / THB Currency Chart. Australian Dollar to Thai Baht Rates

This is the lowest I've seen since 2003.

 

[RB]

I question where we are as a country. Our PM grandstands in the press re the cricket and from my prior listening to him, I believe he has limited knowledge of the game. Today hidden away in the press is an update of the Storm Financial debacle. I doubt the press will approach the PM (he has a strong background in finance) for comment and I doubt the PM will call a press conference to give an opinion. Obviously I am not privy to all info of the case but I wonder what you have to do to incur the max fine
Storm Financial heads fined $70,000 each

 

[Milboo]

I near on lost the will to live today while trying to deal with a share registry.

I need to change my name details on my holding, but to do so I need my SRN. So I ring them up to get access to it as I can’t find it in my papers. Seems they will only provide it by sending it to my address on file - which I lived at 10 years ago. But oh I can submit a change of address form - but that too requires the SRN...

So I can’t get the number without it being sent to me, but to change the address so it is sent to me, I need the SRN!

Surely there is another way? Why yes - you can write to us (no email) and enclose a copy of a photographic ID, something with my current address on it and something with my old address - as I have to ‘prove’ I am connected to both addresses. Ask if I can use my drivers licence to satisfy ID and address (given it is government issued) - NO!

And how to get around producing something showing old address when I have nothing. Oh - you just need to say in the letter you used to live there...

But if I want my SRN to then be sent to me vs waiting for next dividend payment then I have to pay a $55 Admin fee!

I get the need to treat an SRN securely but they don’t seem to understand how circular there process is. There is no reason they should not accept a certified government issued Identification document as sufficient.

I really want to file it in the too hard basket but I have $400 of dividends sitting there to be paid to me!

 

[Pushka]

I near on lost the will to live today while trying to deal with a share registry.

I need to change my name details on my holding, but to do so I need my SRN. So I ring them up to get access to it as I can’t find it in my papers. Seems they will only provide it by sending it to my address on file - which I lived at 10 years ago. But oh I can submit a change of address form - but that too requires the SRN...

So I can’t get the number without it being sent to me, but to change the address so it is sent to me, I need the SRN!

Surely there is another way? Why yes - you can write to us (no email) and enclose a copy of a photographic ID, something with my current address on it and something with my old address - as I have to ‘prove’ I am connected to both addresses. Ask if I can use my drivers licence to satisfy ID and address (given it is government issued) - NO!

And how to get around producing something showing old address when I have nothing. Oh - you just need to say in the letter you used to live there...

But if I want my SRN to then be sent to me vs waiting for next dividend payment then I have to pay a $55 Admin fee!

I get the need to treat an SRN securely but they don’t seem to understand how circular there process is. There is no reason they should not accept a certified government issued Identification document as sufficient.

I really want to file it in the too hard basket but I have $400 of dividends sitting there to be paid to me!

The SRN should be in your online account. It’s the same for all your shares.

I’ve had the same kind of week with passwords.

 

[rock86]

I question where we are as a country. Our PM grandstands in the press re the cricket and from my prior listening to him, I believe he has limited knowledge of the game. Today hidden away in the press is an update of the Storm Financial debacle. I doubt the press will approach the PM (he has a strong background in finance) for comment and I doubt the PM will call a press conference to give an opinion. Obviously I am not privy to all info of the case but I wonder what you have to do to incur the max fine
Storm Financial heads fined $70,000 each

The funniest thing he's said lately (not that it isn't true) is that cricket needs to stamp out sledging as professional sportspeople shouldn't be calling each other names and it isn't a good look.

I nearly spat my coffee out with laughter when I heard that, must not have heard the saying about people in glass houses......

 

[Milboo]

The SRN should be in your online account. It’s the same for all your shares.

I’ve had the same kind of week with passwords.

Except I’ve never had an online account

After that experience I could not bring myself to call my Super Fund to tell them to stop issuing me stuff with the wrong spelling of my name when it’s correct on the actual account.

 

[JohnK]

Yes it is interesting to see politicians weighing in on the cricket sledging debate.

 

[Denali]

I near on lost the will to live today while trying to deal with a share registry.

I need to change my name details on my holding, but to do so I need my SRN. So I ring them up to get access to it as I can’t find it in my papers. Seems they will only provide it by sending it to my address on file - which I lived at 10 years ago. But oh I can submit a change of address form - but that too requires the SRN...

So I can’t get the number without it being sent to me, but to change the address so it is sent to me, I need the SRN!

Surely there is another way? Why yes - you can write to us (no email) and enclose a copy of a photographic ID, something with my current address on it and something with my old address - as I have to ‘prove’ I am connected to both addresses. Ask if I can use my drivers licence to satisfy ID and address (given it is government issued) - NO!

And how to get around producing something showing old address when I have nothing. Oh - you just need to say in the letter you used to live there...

But if I want my SRN to then be sent to me vs waiting for next dividend payment then I have to pay a $55 Admin fee!

I get the need to treat an SRN securely but they don’t seem to understand how circular there process is. There is no reason they should not accept a certified government issued Identification document as sufficient.

I really want to file it in the too hard basket but I have $400 of dividends sitting there to be paid to me!

Went through the exact thing a couple of years ago. Took a while to sort it out, good luck.

Re cricket. Twitter blowing up with the baffoon from the Jackie and Kyle show at the press conference. Not following the saga, was he a idiot at the conference?

Now I'm concerned about the cricketers mental health. From photos he looks young and for him it must seem his life is crashing down.

 

[Denali]

A couple of days ago, a call was routed to me from an regional community assisting drought affected farmers, wanting to purchase our products at discounted price to assist a local community. They were prepared to pay for the product, just was hoping to stretch the $ further with a discount as this was community raised funds (and to be honest, it wasnt a lot of $/a lot of Lions club sausage sandwiches sold to raise it).

Told the lady, discount is doable but "no promises but let me see what we can do, wont know until I ask".... because farmers in drought. Spoke to Dept heads who agreed (free product and further donation to be reviewed). Very proud to say I work for this company

 

[Denali]

Im guilty of not knowing about these sportsmen violent events.

Comment: If you think ball-tampering is our national sporting shame, you haven't met Matt Lodge.


Powerful truth.