The totally off-topic thread

[rogerkambah]

My friends was a white one, it had a Holden 6, it was very quick, but traction was a problem, needless to say he now regrets getting rid of it.

Yep, first gear was only good for tyre burning. On a wet road had to start in 2nd. I sold mine to finance a house deposit, but it was a great car. Believe it is currently for sale.

 

[Quickstatus]

There is some difference between a broken leg and a broken hip.
Did they think you wouldn't notice that it was a different part of the body?
Hope she is on the mend and that the MRI doesn't show anything serious.
My aunt was in her early 80s when she had a hip replacement due to a fall. A fair amount of time in rehab but is fine now.

Actually the same.
But hip is the joint not the bone. Typically a #hip means a # of the top part of the femur which is part of the leg. If # too close to the “ball of the hip” then = hip replacement. If further away from ball then a plate or pin is inserted for stabilisation.

Similarly no such thing a a fractured wrist or ankle. But most understand that the meaning

 

[love_the_life]

Actually the same.
But hip is the joint not the bone. Typically a #hip means a # of the top part of the femur which is part of the leg. If # too close to the “ball of the hip” then = hip replacement. If further away from ball then a plate or pin is inserted for stabilisation.

Similarly no such thing a a fractured wrist or ankle. But most understand that the meaning

True but one would think that if you were told someone broke their leg, that it would mean down the leg somewhat from the top of the femur where it requires a hip replacement (as in neck of femur). Probably splitting hairs but.

 

[Denali]

In my brother in laws head, broken leg sounded better than broken hip

 

[Denali]

Opened a bag, i brought home 5.5kgs in hotel toiletries to donate to Every Little Bit Counts.

Thats enough unpacking for the day.

 

[Quickstatus]

True but one would think that if you were told someone broke their leg, that it would mean down the leg somewhat from the top of the femur where it requires a hip replacement (as in neck of femur). Probably splitting hairs but.

Not all neck of femur # requires a hip replacement.

 

[Pushka]

She does it to me for other things. One is parking her car so that when I park it’s very hard to open my door.

I don’t get why couples play games like that. Although thinking of toilet seats.........

So my angle grinding is all done. All of my bits are totally unscathed.

Benches and cupboard installed today covering most of the tiles I’d agonized over. The angle ground tiles are going around the loo, that will be covered by a mat. I always have a mat on the laundry floor as I don’t fare well on concrete. So pretty much all the tiles are covered. Seriously stoopid.

The bench now covers the dryer and washing machine and central basin. Taps going in tomorrow. Tiles over bench going in next week. All straight. Angle grinder put away but it was actually a bit of fun.

 

[Bindibuys]

Opened a bag, i brought home 5.5kgs in hotel toiletries to donate to Every Little Bit Counts.
Thats enough unpacking for the day.

LOL. within an hour of getting home from a 6 week holiday, I have the 3? large bags and all others emptied, washing in piles in the laundry and all the rest dispersed into it's relevant room (prob not put away, but close.)

 

[VPS]

Quick quiz.

You've just picked up your hire car in Israel, and you are finding the traffic on the freeways a bit stressful (think multiple cars doing multiple lane changes, at speed.

The rental mob didn't tell you, and you forgot to ask about tolls (ie tag, cash, other etc).

Suddenly this looms into view - there is NO English anywhere except the couple of words you see.

What do you do?

a) Scream ARRRRRGH!, bang the steering wheel, park and try to find someone who speaks English
b) Drive straight through - DTKWIA?
c) Stop on the toll plaza and sob until some-one comes over
d) Turn around, go the wrong way for a bit and find another way.

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Definitely c for me

 

[Denali]

Thankfully, only two shirts and one polartec jumper to wash. Everything else is clean and/or left last day clothes in the hotel bin.

 

[Denali]

I say use the cash line or just go for it and pay the tolls with the rental agency.

 

[OZDUCK]

The best toast I ever had was cooked on the bright embers in a Metters Wood Fired Oven late at night - sitting up with my father and listening to Alan McGilvray commentating on the Ashes from the UK.

 

[Pushka]

The best toast I ever had was cooked on the bright embers in a Metters Wood Fired Oven late at night - sitting up with my father and listening to Alan McGilvray commentating on the Ashes from the UK.

Priceless.

 

[Milboo]

LOL. within an hour of getting home from a 6 week holiday, I have the 3? large bags and all others emptied, washing in piles in the laundry and all the rest dispersed into it's relevant room (prob not put away, but close.)

I’m the same. Except tonight I found a bag tucked away of the misc things like adapters, camera, lint roller etc etc which clearly never got sorted and put back into their respective homes!

 

[JessicaTam]

When I buy my next house I just want one appliance in the kitchen made by Smeg. So when I need to cook something I can just "Smeg it".

 

[TomVexille]

When I buy my next house I just want one appliance in the kitchen made by Smeg. So when I need to cook something I can just "Smeg it".

Cheapest I found in my brief search

 

[Bundy Bear]

What a cough work day; our company internet was down for the whole day; and not sure if its going to be working tomorrow.
The technician working on it has now idea what might be the cause or even the possible cause, he is blaming Telstra, I think Telstra may have had a hand in it and they are about as useless as our software support staff.

Today I found out, I am worth more dead as against being alive, both figures were above what I thought I was but not enough to just retire just yet, another 18 years of work left in me; I think; I can't pay for business class tickets without steady work.

 

[Pushka]

What a **** work day; our company internet was down for the whole day; and not sure if its going to be working tomorrow.
The technician working on it has now idea what might be the cause or even the possible cause, he is blaming Telstra, I think Telstra may have had a hand in it and they are about as useless as our software support staff.

Today I found out, I am worth more dead as against being alive, both figures were above what I thought I was but not enough to just retire just yet, another 18 years of work left in me; I think; I can't pay for business class tickets without steady work.

I’ve been tethering my laptop to my phone for the last 6 weeks. Same scenario. Sometimes it’s great then wham, gone. Have had 2 technicians out and on Monday Telstra.

 

[JohnK]

I don’t get why couples play games like that. Although thinking of toilet seats.........

LOL. Very difficult to train a woman to lift the toilet seat when she's done.... enough said as it's about to become 2-to-1 against in my household.

 

[RooFlyer]

Speaking off hip etc replacements. When I was at uni, a mate suffered from chronic arthritis ( from when he was about 14). Multiple joint replacements. Got his hip done as we started uni. Had the ball joint put first into a jar, and then mounted on the top of his car gearstick, as the thing you grasp to change gears.

He said it was a total chick magnet, but I had my doubts.