The totally off-topic thread

[cove]

We are just starting to give our first class ladies toiletries kit to a women's refuge instead of a charity store. A lady at my pool is involved and says many women leave home with nothing but bruises.

 

[Denali]

This is where I donate my hotel supplies: Every Little Bit Helps, they also support womens shelters.

I also donate $ to them when someone does something nice for me (ie, freebie PJs in the AFF Free forum), pass on the good will.

Some women and children are lucky if they leave with anything. Terrible cycle to be trapped in, because often long before the first hit, theres the emotional abuse that isolates, belittles or shames you.

 

[Pushka]

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.
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Is the difference being in what we aspire to be? Many kids grow up wanting to play Test Cricket (insert other sport/unique profession) for Australia. No one wants to be involved in domestic violence. So in the first situation we can see dreams being dashed, in the domestic violence situation it’s something we just don’t want to see and certainly not aspire to.

 

[JohnK]

Some people should not be allowed out in public.

One day it may also be possible to refuse alcohol service to certain people.

 

[RooFlyer]

We are just starting to give our first class ladies toiletries kit to a women's refuge instead of a charity store.

Yep, that's where all my amenity kits, PJs etc go. Always appreciated.

 

[Quickstatus]

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

Turnbull should be getting his no 30 negative soon

 

[love_the_life]

Some people should not be allowed out in public.

One day it may also be possible to refuse alcohol service to certain people.

At a coffee shop last week I saw a bloke wearing a QF J pj top. Not a good look.

 

[Denali]

At a coffee shop last week I saw a bloke wearing a QF J pj top. Not a good look.

Most people dont know there are PJs at the pointy end. Average flying punter doesnt know there are even handed out so most would have seen a QF tshirt and thought nothing of it.

The QF fabric isn quite good, I can imagine someone wearing it as a long sleeve tshirt.

 

[Pushka]

The EK tops with the front pockets are quite nice. And almost fit!

 

[love_the_life]

Most people dont know there are PJs at the pointy end. Average flying punter doesnt know there are even handed out so most would have seen a QF tshirt and thought nothing of it.

The QF fabric isn quite good, I can imagine someone wearing it as a long sleeve tshirt.

Do you mean the fabric is quite good? I think it's cheap and nasty. The top the guy had on was all out of shape, crooked around the bottom and baggy in all the wrong places. It looked awful, even if people didn't know it was a PJ top.

 

[Denali]

Do you mean the fabric is quite good? I think it's cheap and nasty. The top the guy had on was all out of shape, crooked around the bottom and baggy in all the wrong places. It looked awful, even if people didn't know it was a PJ top.

Comparing them to VA, QF is much better. You can wash/dryer them multiple times and they dont shrink to hobbit size and husband prefers them being baggy/wiggle room. He only started wearing them to bed on really cold nights last year.

 

[Denali]

So Im in the office this weekend and hubby is trying to convince me that yesterdays left over chicken is todays Easter Friday's "other fish meat" for lunch.

 

[Bindibuys]

I am at my veranda office, picking out the Must Dos in Bhutan & marking their location on map. Think I have better deal Denali

 

[Denali]

For the dog owners; Shane had been ill and in the hospital for weeks. When he came home, his dog didn't recognize him...until this moment.

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[Pushka]

View attachment 121816 I am at my veranda office, picking out the Must Dos in Bhutan & marking their location on map. Think I have better deal Denali

Must be the day for travel sorting. Just sorted out all our Europe plans.

 

[JessicaTam]

For the dog owners; Shane had been ill and in the hospital for weeks. When he came home, his dog didn't recognize him...until this moment.

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Thank you Denali; just what I needed today.

 

[JohnK]

At a coffee shop last week I saw a bloke wearing a QF J pj top. Not a good look.

One has to ask why but I don't think I'd want to know.

 

[Denali]

Happy end of FBT year!

And one of my drivers is telling me he has driven 74,186klms in 3 months Dont think so.

 

[Quickstatus]

Hate FBT time - just after Dec BAS just before Apr Bas and just after tax return for prior year

 

[cove]

FBT is annoying for the amount it raises versus the time it takes. I feel certain politicians have no idea how long it takes. They don’t care.Tonight I have to record the mileage.