The totally off-topic thread

[JohnK]

Today is my second anniversary as a AFF member,I would like to thank everyone for reading and replying to my contributions,both on this and other threads,....

Happy anniversary.

I can't believe I am fast approaching 6 years as an AFF member.

I hope my posts have made worthwhile reading and I look forward to making more contributions in the future.

Looking forward to your contributions in the future.

 

[Nigelinoz]

Thanks John,
I'd also like to say that your contributions always make good reading.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[Bundy Bear]

Fifth St, Mascot New South Wales 2020, Australia

Now on the transfer bus after a 1 hour delay from AR which I had planned for, expertflyer usual delay of 58 minutes so they were on time.
Sent from my iPhone using AFF Mobile

 

[samh004]

Today is my second anniversary as a AFF member,I would like to thank everyone for reading and replying to my contributions,both on this and other threads,I hope my posts have made worthwhile reading and I look forward to making more contributions in the future.

Congrats, my 2 years will come up next year!

 

[Nigelinoz]

Congrats, my 2 years will come up next year!

Thanks Sam,
With well over 5,000 posts in under 2 years you have excelled already :!:

 

[JohnK]

Hopefully no one feels offended but it was great reading Anthony Mundine knocked out last week by an inexperienced fighter.

Time to hang up the gloves and stop trying to fool the boxing fans....

 

[samh004]

Thanks Sam,
With well over 5,000 posts in under 2 years you have excelled already :!:

As you’ll frequently hear, it’s not the quantity, but quality. It just so happens this year I’ve had a lot of free time and AFF has managed to fill that time quite nicely.

Hopefully no one feels offended but it was great reading Anthony Mundine knocked out last week by an inexperienced fighter.

Time to hang up the gloves and stop trying to fool the boxing fans....

I was very pleased to see it on the news, he’s always so full of himself, so it’s a very good outcome. I don’t mind if he continues boxing, just so long as he changes his attitude a little, as it gets so annoying.

 

[JohnK]

I was very pleased to see it on the news, he’s always so full of himself, so it’s a very good outcome. I don’t mind if he continues boxing, just so long as he changes his attitude a little, as it gets so annoying.

That is not likely to happen. He called himself the greatest Rugby League five-eighth ever when he did not even make the Australian team. :shock:

Sheer arrogance!

 

[medhead]

That is not likely to happen. He called himself the greatest Rugby League five-eighth ever when he did not even make the Australian team. :shock:

Sheer arrogance!

I believe he attributed the failure to make the Australian team to racism in the game.

 

[drron]

Hopefully no one feels offended but it was great reading Anthony Mundine knocked out last week by an inexperienced fighter.

Time to hang up the gloves and stop trying to fool the boxing fans....

Totally agree with you.
In a lighter note my family has had a true Cool Runnings moment.A nephew is working in Calgary.Met a few Aussies and hit it off.Then found out it was the Australian bobsled team.One of their members couldn't make a few meetings so they asked my nephew if he could train with them.That was 3 weeks ago.Last weekend he had his first competitive run in Utah and in a week is almost certainly a member of the Australian bobsled team at the world championships in Lake Placid.Amazing.

 

[beardoc]

anat0l: Optus 3G network goes out in Sydney - Telco/ISP - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au

Oh good, it wasn't just me then.

 

[JohnK]

I believe he attributed the failure to make the Australian team to racism in the game.

It must have been selective racism then!

 

[JohnK]

I am really dreading my decision to switch to Vodafone. It may just well be me but I find the Mumbai call centre is absolutely hopeless.

- I am being billed from the moment they sent the pack and not from when I started using the sim. I have lost about 8 days but no big deal in the grand scheme of things.
- I found out yesterday that I have been using the broadband sim in the mobile phone and using it to make phone calls. And if I am reading the online bill correctly I am being charged $18.00+ as I used the wrong sim. :shock: How was I able to make calls using the wrong sim and why should I have to pay for it when I have $450 worth of calls a month? Even funnier is that the "start talking" envelope in the pack had the broadband sim and the "start surfing" envelope had the mobile phone sim. :shock: How am I supposed to know the difference?

Anyone have a contact at Vodafone. I really do not know how to deal with the call centre when they are not prepared to assist and I have sent Vodafone an email instead....

 

[MissBurrill]

The tally of how many posts that members have made in this thread.



As of this post (and not including this post), the list of people with over 100 posts in this thread are:

1. JohnK 979
2. Flashware 802
3. anat0l 799
4. straitman 678
5. samh004 653
6. Mal 649
7. serfty 565
8. oz_mark 561
9. drron 431
10. Bundy Bear 355
11. Lindsay Wilson 320
12. NM 309
13. QF009 231
14. karens 154
15. Kiwi Flyer 152
16. docjames 140
17. tuapekastar 123
18. Nigelinoz 119
19. markis10 114
20. medhead 114
21. beardoc 111

Woo hoo! A dishonourable mention!

 

[medhead]

It must have been selective racism then!

It was selective, only racism against one of the greatest players that league has ever known.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Woo hoo! A dishonourable mention!

You're the only gal amongst everyone Karen.

Saw the highest charge for excess baggage today in one hit DRW/SYD/NRT 18 pieces of luggage (all fragile) for a Japanese film crew who'd been filming lightening in the NT. Excess of 347 kg x $37.00 per kilo = $12,839.00 ouch! :shock: :shock:

Just goes to show stormchasing ain't cheap!

 

[JohnK]

As we approach 10,000 posts in the Off-topic thread I could not help but notice some of the names who are no longer posting on AFF

Kiwi Flyer
d00t ()
MetroAir
Platy
Shano
Yada Yada
2muchplastic
Evan
sully
cabbage74
Damien
littl_flier
Blacknox
duffshot

Probably missed a few as well....

 

[Mal]

You're the only gal amongst everyone Karen.

Saw the highest charge for excess baggage today in one hit DRW/SYD/NRT 18 pieces of luggage (all fragile) for a Japanese film crew who'd been filming lightening in the NT. Excess of 347 kg x $37.00 per kilo = $12,839.00 ouch! :shock: :shock:

Just goes to show stormchasing ain't cheap!

It's surprising they didn't ask QF (I assume) for additional baggage allowance. I know other media organisations do it!

 

[oz_mark]

As we approach 10,000 posts in the Off-topic thread I could not help but notice some of the names who are no longer posting on AFF

Kiwi Flyer
d00t ()
MetroAir
Platy
Shano
Yada Yada
2muchplastic
Evan
sully
cabbage74
Damien
littl_flier
Blacknox
duffshot

Probably missed a few as well....

I miss d00t, he was such good value.

On a completely unrelated subject, who is this (un)masked man ??

 

[samh004]

I miss d00t, he was such good value.

On a completely unrelated subject, who is this (un)masked man ??

Hahaha. What an interesting read.