The totally off-topic thread

[JohnK]

If I've read things correctly the summons is to appear in the Magistrates Court. This means there is a chance he won't end up before a jury. I don't feel he is guilty. If it does come to a trial with a jury in a higher court I hope there are ways of finding an impartial jury.

It would be impossible to find an impartial jury.

 

[JohnM]

No. These are indeed adult versions of the Famous Five books. A little bit naughty. I devoured Enid Blyton as a child.

Read Famous Five & Secret Seven as a kid. I haven't read any of Bruno Vincent's take on the FF but they look to be a bit of fun.

Quite a large and topical selection available : https://www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=famous five bruno vincent&search=Find+book

 

[Denali]

Heaven help the man that brings this perfume home as a gift, someones having a laugh.

http://shop.davidjones.com.au/djs/en/davidjones/moschino-fresh-edt-100ml

Moschino Fresh EDT 100ml
A surprising and ironic perfume which plays with fresh and joyful accents and a tempting femininity.

 

[JohnK]

I heard on the radio this morning, "and Canberra is minus 6".

Part of me died at the idea.

I could be mistaken but I don't remember so many cold days before winter in SYD and BNE this year. It feels like temperatures have been in the single digits more than usual.

Off to Thailand for 10 days to defrost.

 

[coriander]

I haven't read any detailed descriptions of the stories but I get the impression they are some sort of satire or comedy. I'm curious but not prepared to pay money to read them. The description in the post is from a book called something like "Five go on a strategy planning away day".

[h=1]Here you go.... from Book Depository.
Five Go on a Strategy Away Day[/h]

Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront a new challenge: what exactly is this puzzling scrape referred to as a 'strategy away day'? The Five have gone on their greatest adventure yet - to become an even better team! They are booked into an exciting hotel right next to the jolly motorway services, where the nice (if somewhat nervous and sweating and depressed) man teaches them a number of exercises that will make them work better. But wait! Who's been sneaking messages through the hotel dumb waiter about secret assignations? Is there a smuggler's plot afoot? Or is Shelly from Production shagging Postroom Luke? All will be revealed ...Ideal for those who are allergic to corporate jargon and will throw a sickie before having to play a trust game with colleagues.

 

[Pushka]

It would be impossible to find an impartial jury.

And that totally works both ways

Selection of Jury members is quite the art.

Don't assume if he goes the Jury route that the members wont be scrutinised to the hilt, and guess what - the Vatican has a few billions of dollars more assets than the State of New South Wales and Victoria combined to make damn sure he gets the best QC's to represent him. The Catholic Church has a lot more to defend here than just Pells.

 

[JohnM]

[h=1]Here you go.... from Book Depository.
Five Go on a Strategy Away Day[/h]

Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront a new challenge: what exactly is this puzzling scrape referred to as a 'strategy away day'? The Five have gone on their greatest adventure yet - to become an even better team! They are booked into an exciting hotel right next to the jolly motorway services, where the nice (if somewhat nervous and sweating and depressed) man teaches them a number of exercises that will make them work better. But wait! Who's been sneaking messages through the hotel dumb waiter about secret assignations? Is there a smuggler's plot afoot? Or is Shelly from Production shagging Postroom Luke? All will be revealed ...Ideal for those who are allergic to corporate jargon and will throw a sickie before having to play a trust game with colleagues.

It's worth reading on Bookdepository the precis for each book - Five Go Gluten Free is a goody. Interesting to see that there are quite a few more titles still coming. Might make a good boxed set for a Xmas gift to self one day .

 

[rainbowgirl]

Read Famous Five & Secret Seven as a kid. I haven't read any of Bruno Vincent's take on the FF but they look to be a bit of fun.

Quite a large and topical selection available : https://www.bookdepository.com/search?searchTerm=famous five bruno vincent&search=Find+book

I had no idea they were releasing more apart from the ones mentioned above. I laughed at some of the titles.

 

[Denali]

[h=1]Here you go.... from Book Depository.
Five Go on a Strategy Away Day[/h]

Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront a new challenge: what exactly is this puzzling scrape referred to as a 'strategy away day'? The Five have gone on their greatest adventure yet - to become an even better team! They are booked into an exciting hotel right next to the jolly motorway services, where the nice (if somewhat nervous and sweating and depressed) man teaches them a number of exercises that will make them work better. But wait! Who's been sneaking messages through the hotel dumb waiter about secret assignations? Is there a smuggler's plot afoot? Or is Shelly from Production shagging Postroom Luke? All will be revealed ...Ideal for those who are allergic to corporate jargon and will throw a sickie before having to play a trust game with colleagues.

Join Julian, George, Dick, Anne and TImmy the dog as they embark on a day of activies designed to bring them closer together. But will it work, or will it tear them apart?"

Sounds like some of the free kindle cough Ive downloaded, because it was free, and it needs a bow chicka wow wow soundtrack!

 

[Pushka]

Sounds like some of the free kindle cough Ive downloaded, because it was free, and it needs a bow chicka wow wow soundtrack!

I created a cough folder on my kindle a few years ago.

 

[Denali]

I created a cough folder on my kindle a few years ago.

Sometimes we will be watching some junk on TV and someone will say something (MILF, vajazzle, pegging ect) and my husband will look at me and I will explain what it is.

Him: How do you know these things!?
Me: Kindle cough

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Sometimes we will be watching some junk on TV and someone will say something (MILF, vajazzle, pegging ect) and my husband will look at me and I will explain what it is.

Him: How do you know these things!?
Me: Kindle cough

I had to google two out of those three - :shock: the trouble is now I cant "unknow" it !!!! :shock: I only knew what vajazzle was because Oprah talked about that on her show !

 

[love_the_life]

[h=1]Here you go.... from Book Depository.
Five Go on a Strategy Away Day[/h]

Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront a new challenge: what exactly is this puzzling scrape referred to as a 'strategy away day'? The Five have gone on their greatest adventure yet - to become an even better team! They are booked into an exciting hotel right next to the jolly motorway services, where the nice (if somewhat nervous and sweating and depressed) man teaches them a number of exercises that will make them work better. But wait! Who's been sneaking messages through the hotel dumb waiter about secret assignations? Is there a smuggler's plot afoot? Or is Shelly from Production shagging Postroom Luke? All will be revealed ...Ideal for those who are allergic to corporate jargon and will throw a sickie before having to play a trust game with colleagues.

Remember the episode from The Games where they went away for a corporate team building exercise? It was so funny but oh so true! This looks similar.

 

[Flying mermaid]

I heard on the radio this morning, "and Canberra is minus 6".

Part of me died at the idea.

Nope - you just don't get out of bed until 10am and it is all good. Took the dogs for a walk at 1pm and it was beautiful

 

[love_the_life]

It wasn't that bad - overnight it was only minus 4.3. Supposed to be a bit cooler over the weekend though. There is nothing like a crisp still morning with the sparkle of frost.

 

[RB]

So how does this work? I bought some pork trays from Coles (not often I buy meat there). All tray barcodes were showing $9 a kilo. Weights on labels were .735kg, .824kg, .827kg and .677kg.
When I happened to look at the docket later the price per kg had printed as $13 a kilo and weights were .509kg, .571kg, .572kg and .468kg.
The meat seemed to weigh what was on the barcodes and the total price charged equated to the weight X price of the barcodes.

Incidentally anyone else annoyed with how the scanners at Coles self serve seem to now have a long lag time that makes you think the item hasn't been read?

 

[drron]

I was more into the Secret Seven....

My favourite was Biggles.
4 days and off to Thailand for 3 weeks.

 

[Pushka]

So how does this work? I bought some pork trays from Coles (not often I buy meat there). All tray barcodes were showing $9 a kilo. Weights on labels were .735kg, .824kg, .827kg and .677kg.
When I happened to look at the docket later the price per kg had printed as $13 a kilo and weights were .509kg, .571kg, .572kg and .468kg.
The meat seemed to weigh what was on the barcodes and the total price charged equated to the weight X price of the barcodes.

Incidentally anyone else annoyed with how the scanners at Coles self serve seem to now have a long lag time that makes you think the item hasn't been read?

I have had issues with the self scanners for a couple of weeks now - since they reverted back to weighing the items. Last shop I had to call over the person three times which is pathetic. Today, only bought five items and two of them didnt weigh properly.

 

[Denali]

.... Incidentally anyone else annoyed with how the scanners at Coles self serve seem to now have a long lag time that makes you think the item hasn't been read?

I refuse to use self check out, even if I have to wait with one item. Self check out is closing check outs and we have to do the staff job without any discount to the user.

Did you read how the UK are going to introduce lunch time/after work surge pricing and how its going to hit our shores soon after? They're going to have to change their shelves to digital pricing first.

 

[whatmeworry]

My niece, who recently moved to Albury for work, was posting "suffer suckers, now you'll know what Ive been putting up with" because apparently an artic vortex is heading Sydney way.

I told her that her parents were planning on burning all the belongings she left in her old room to keep warm

3 degrees for Melbourne Saturday Morning, 6 for Sydney Sunday Morning.