The totally off-topic thread

[medhead]

You expect me to be nice.:shock:Just because we agreed on 1 subject.
Now you really are going too far or else I need more medication.

It's ok, in the nicest possible way is a relative term. I wouldn't expect your nicest possible way to be as nice, in absolute terms, as my mum's (for example) nicest possible way. But you might be more nice than SWMBO.

 

[JohnK]

What a weird test match in South Africa.

I cannot believe Australia has lost by 8 wickets on the 3rd day after scoring 284 and getting South Africa out for 96.

Oh well, could take a while for this team to gel.

 

[NM]

What a weird test match in South Africa.

I cannot believe Australia has lost by 8 wickets on the 3rd day after scoring 284 and getting South Africa out for 96.

Oh well, could take a while for this team to gel.

Or perhaps for the pitch to gel?

 

[JohnK]

Or perhaps for the pitch to gel?

Australia had no issues with the tail scoring 70 runs in the morning for the loss of 2 wickets or the South Africans scoring 81 runs late on the 2nd day for the loss of 1 wicket.

Not a good time to be an Australian cricket supporter but perhaps we can beat New Zealand, West Indies and Zimbabwe again....

 

[medhead]

I missed the test but I thought I heard that 23 wickets were lost in a day.:?: There has to be something dodgy with the pitch, surely. :?:

 

[Vinny]

So glad I have no interest in cricket at all.

 

[JohnK]

I missed the test but I thought I heard that 23 wickets were lost in a day.:?: There has to be something dodgy with the pitch, surely. :?:

Pitch was a little green and seamed a lot but professional cricketers should be able to handle those sort of conditions. And to be fair to the pitch they normally play at Newlands in January when the conditions are much more pleasant.

 

[NM]

Pitch was a little green and seamed a lot but professional cricketers should be able to handle those sort of conditions.

Yep, those prefessional bowlers sure did handle those sort of conditions pretty well on day 2!

 

[LiamR]

The Gold Coast just won the right to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games!

 

[QF WP]

As a cricket tragic, I went from euphoria getting SA out for 96 (particularly the post lunch period), to watching the Aussies capitulate.

Haddin had a brain explosion with his shot - it's a Test match not 20/20. Some soul searching required before the 2nd Test. It will also give the NZ team heart for their Test Series against us starting 1 Dec at The Gabba.

No prizes for guessing where I will be

 

[QF WP]

The Gold Coast just won the right to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games!

Awesome, no competition from Sri Lanka though, was a lay down full house.

 

[Mal]

The Gold Coast just won the right to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games!

The smiling bandicoot (Anna Blight) now has a reason to smile... Election to be called shortly is the rumour.

 

[cove]

Could Anna run a pay dunny in her next career move ??

 

[QF WP]

That should mean an upgrade to OOL then - they have 6 years

 

[QF WP]

Scarily, she will do what the rest of the Premiers have done - gone into private enterprise (consultanty to legal firms) or on the Boards of government instrumentatilies.

Could Anna run a pay dunny in her next career move ??

 

[Meggsy]

That should mean an upgrade to OOL then - they have 6 years

Hopefully this is the case. All of the new apron works are going ahead as planned and this at least gives them much greater capacity for parking large aircraft. It is early days but I wonder if other projects such as the rail line extension to OOL from Varsity will get accelerated now as well.

 

[straitman]

Awesome, no competition from Sri Lanka though, was a lay down full house.

Eight votes the other way would have made a tie.

Hardly 'no competition' IMHO.

 

[ejb]

That should mean an upgrade to OOL then - they have 6 years

Hopefully QF will return.

ejb


Sent from my iPhone so please ignore auto corrects!

 

[Mal]

Scarily, she will do what the rest of the Premiers have done - gone into private enterprise (consultanty to legal firms) or on the Boards of government instrumentatilies.

We haven't seen one go to jail ... YET.

 

[oz_mark]

We haven't seen one go to jail ... YET.

Has happened in WA though :shock: