The totally off-topic thread

[Bindibuys]

Sitting at my desk with tears. A friend passed away on Saturday, (2 years after a stroke, and just diagnosed with cancer) and another that I went to school with was killed in car accident last week, leaving a 14 year old daughter.

Yes, hug your loved ones.

 

[JohnK]

And I was thinking of driving down to Hobart for the cricket tomorrow.

It was only ever scheduled as a 3 day practice session.

Someone is going to be looking at our batting and bowling averages thinking we have a good team. I won't be forgetting the 60 all out for a while.

 

[Pushka]

Sitting at my desk with tears. A friend passed away on Saturday, (2 years after a stroke, and just diagnosed with cancer) and another that I went to school with was killed in car accident last week, leaving a 14 year old daughter.

Yes, hug your loved ones.

I am sorry to hear that Bindibuys. It seems this week is one of sadness.
And thankyou everyone for your kind wishes. Although that was never in doubt.

 

[love_the_life]

With you in spirit Young Dame.

 

[love_the_life]

Sorry to hear your news as well Bindibuys. I don't think we are ever really prepared for the passing of those we love, I know I am not.

 

[whatmeworry]

How many days it took to get from London in 1914 to anywhere in the world.

 

[anat0l]

I am sorry to hear that Bindibuys. It seems this week is one of sadness.
And thankyou everyone for your kind wishes. Although that was never in doubt.

Sending prayers your way Pushka.

Your theory about this week may be right. My (ex-)flatmate's mother - who I had met before - was recently diagnosed with leukemia. It has taken a few months of various examinations to get to this point. Obviously, my flatmate is very sad at this moment. She is the middle sister of six sisters (or middle child of eight children altogether), but she's been taking the most care of her mother because she has the most free time at the moment.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

penegal's life mantra:

 

[JohnK]

I am sorry to hear that Bindibuys. It seems this week is one of sadness.
And thankyou everyone for your kind wishes. Although that was never in doubt.

Lots of sad news around. Our thoughts are with both of you.

 

[Foreigner]

Article in today's SMH:

http://www.domain.com.au/advice/11-...ed-when-you-move-out-of-home-20151214-glmxht/

Wonder why chiefs in news bureau accept such from their journalists and proceed to publish.

 

[penegal]

The state of Victoria has gone mad.

 

[Foreigner]

The state of Victoria has gone mad.

Please explain

 

[penegal]

Please explain

Beyond all their usual idiocy, and the whole East-West debate??



It was in the paper today that they are spending $12M to renovate a sporting ground for the St Kilda football club. The local council of Kingston is coughing up an additional $5M. The club (~$5M) and the AFL ($6M) will make up the difference. Remember the AFL is absolutely loaded. They made $1 Bn from the last TV deal. Where is all that money going?

It just seems manifestly unnecessary to me for taxpayers to subsidise the richest football code in the country, and one of the richest clubs. Especially when there are so many other more deserving organisations struggling to get by.

To put things in context St Kilda moved their base from Moorabbin to Seaford in 2010 following a $9.5M development down there. I don't see any problem with the Seaford facilities except that the players have to drive a little further to get to training. People talk about the club's "spiritual home" (e.g. ~1950s-2010) being in Moorabbin, but if you want the real spiritual home of the club it is the St Kilda Cricket Ground (aka Junction Oval) where they played their early matches and continued right up until after WWII.

I think the real winners here are:
1) St Kilda players who don't have to drive as far in their $100K+ cars from their $1M+ houses in the inner suburbs to training
2) People of Seaford who will hopefully get the run of the existing ground when the club vacates. Mind you a local club is unlikely to have the funds to adequately maintain such facilities

The losers:
1) State taxpayers
2) Kingston council rate payers


Maybe I am just cynical?

But hey, I wonder if they will cough up another $30M-$50M to redevelop Victoria Park so Collingwood can move back there from the Westpac centre... After all it is their "spiritual home" too?


NB / Caveat - I am not a St Kilda supporter, but even if I was, this seems like a waste of public money to me.

 

[TomVexille]

While I agree with some of your points penegal, a couple notes. St. Kilda are certainly NOT one of the richest clubs. More likely to be in the bottom 5 in the league, or even the poorest according to one article. Junction Oval would have been a dream for St. Kilda, and the idea was thrown around earlier this year, until Cricket Victoria unequivocally shut the idea down. Which is the correct decision unless they also get a redeveloped facility to use.

To add to your list of winners. The Southern Football and Netball League gets a brand new headquarters. The Kingston ratepayers will have a football hub, which is a win.

I also think you're missing the millions that the actual richest clubs get from the government. Like Collingwood getting $11million for the Westpac Centre, or Carlton getting $4.5 million of Federal money for the then Visy Park.

 

[serfty]

Drove past it the "Seaford" (Really it's in "Belvedere Park") facility on Sunday heading to and from Golf at Cape Schank - has heard rumours of them moving back.

I don't see locals winning - it's several acres of land right adjacent to a Freeway entrance - just like the rest of Carrum downs I can envisage warehouses spawning on the location.

 

[whatmeworry]

Beyond all their usual idiocy, and the whole East-West debate??



It was in the paper today that they are spending $12M to renovate a sporting ground for the St Kilda football club. The local council of Kingston is coughing up an additional $5M. The club (~$5M) and the AFL ($6M) will make up the difference. Remember the AFL is absolutely loaded. They made $1 Bn from the last TV deal. Where is all that money going?

It just seems manifestly unnecessary to me for taxpayers to subsidise the richest football code in the country, and one of the richest clubs. Especially when there are so many other more deserving organisations struggling to get by.

To put things in context St Kilda moved their base from Moorabbin to Seaford in 2010 following a $9.5M development down there. I don't see any problem with the Seaford facilities except that the players have to drive a little further to get to training. People talk about the club's "spiritual home" (e.g. ~1950s-2010) being in Moorabbin, but if you want the real spiritual home of the club it is the St Kilda Cricket Ground (aka Junction Oval) where they played their early matches and continued right up until after WWII.

I think the real winners here are:
1) St Kilda players who don't have to drive as far in their $100K+ cars from their $1M+ houses in the inner suburbs to training
2) People of Seaford who will hopefully get the run of the existing ground when the club vacates. Mind you a local club is unlikely to have the funds to adequately maintain such facilities

The losers:
1) State taxpayers
2) Kingston council rate payers


Maybe I am just cynical?

But hey, I wonder if they will cough up another $30M-$50M to redevelop Victoria Park so Collingwood can move back there from the Westpac centre... After all it is their "spiritual home" too?


NB / Caveat - I am not a St Kilda supporter, but even if I was, this seems like a waste of public money to me.

The Bulldogs received 30 odd million dollars from the Federal, State and local government for the Whitten Oval, plus their own funds.

Bulldogs have a turnover of 40 million dollars but only made a profit because the of AFL and the president Peter Gordon kicking in money.

The magpies wont leave the yarra as long as Eddie from Toorak is at the magpies.

Teams like the saints and the bulldogs don't make much money at the docklands because of the bad deals and they could turn a profit if they had games at smaller stadiums.

Cities in the USA splash out hundreds of millions of dollars to attract teams.

Victorians are paying out on the East West link because the Liberal party tried to politically and financially blackmail the state whilst helping out their developer mates in Fishermen’s bend.

 

[love_the_life]

Article in today's SMH:

http://www.domain.com.au/advice/11-...ed-when-you-move-out-of-home-20151214-glmxht/

Wonder why chiefs in news bureau accept such from their journalists and proceed to publish.

Not quite newsworthy or earth shattering I will agree but can't disagree with the list of things needed. Have seen worse articles.

 

[Simo]

Do the accc need to be called.
Pub meal:
1. Picture shows two king prawns on Atlantic salmon $26
2. States with king prawns BBQ
Receive meal..... One prawn.
Give back meal and are told by wait staff been handing out 1 prawn meal all night.
Takes to chef comes back and says picture is one prawn in half WTF!!!!!!
OFFERED REFUND.
Hungry took meal
Is this false advertising?
Every pub in chain has this offer as monthly special!

I went to a chain restaurant and the meal they gave me looked nothing like it and complained and had the meal and got a 50% discount. My main issue was in the photo it had a little bit of sauce and the one I was given need a snorkel as it was drowning in sauce.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Victorians are paying out on the East West link because the Liberal party tried to politically and financially blackmail the state whilst helping out their developer mates in Fishermen’s bend.

And OMG didn't those mongrel Liberals cost us Victorians like a squillion dollars with that grossly overpriced never to be used Desalination Plant!

Whats that you say? Labour built it - sorry - my bad!

 

[Simo]

Football grounds are run as a business in general but the govt has to do the big spend projects. What does the hire fees cover???