Banter 2021 Off-Topic Chat Thread

[Moley Russels Wart]

Watched the best RG Semi Final ever between Djokovic v Nadal this morning. Went till 7:30am 4 hrs of hard hitting unbelievably good angles. Never seen anything like it in tennis before. Unfortunately for me Rafa didn’t win. Novak was GOAT though so I’ll admit it just this once lol….

Had a migraine

 

[Chokito]

Hey guys and gals
im a port supporter in Perth and my wife’s grandmother is missing. She lives in Timboon but hasn’t been seen since Thursday. If you could be aware and kindly share please pass on these details to anyone in Geelong or greater Vic that would be greatly appreciated! We pray for her safety!

she may be with a dark grey 2010 Holden commodore YGT 150
and possibly with a white Maltese shih tzu named Bindi

thanks everyone

Search for missing woman Ethel

Police are appealing for the community’s assistance as they ramp up their search for missing Timboon woman Ethel…

www.police.vic.gov.au

 

[cats_09]

Hey guys and gals
im a port supporter in Perth and my wife’s grandmother is missing. She lives in Timboon but hasn’t been seen since Thursday. If you could be aware and kindly share please pass on these details to anyone in Geelong or greater Vic that would be greatly appreciated! We pray for her safety!

she may be with a dark grey 2010 Holden commodore YGT 150
and possibly with a white Maltese shih tzu named Bindi

thanks everyone

Search for missing woman Ethel

Police are appealing for the community’s assistance as they ramp up their search for missing Timboon woman Ethel…

www.police.vic.gov.au

I've seen this info shared on local Geelong Facebook groups and pages

Hope she's found soon

 

[Catsnlakers]

Hey guys and gals
im a port supporter in Perth and my wife’s grandmother is missing. She lives in Timboon but hasn’t been seen since Thursday. If you could be aware and kindly share please pass on these details to anyone in Geelong or greater Vic that would be greatly appreciated! We pray for her safety!

she may be with a dark grey 2010 Holden commodore YGT 150
and possibly with a white Maltese shih tzu named Bindi

thanks everyone

Search for missing woman Ethel

Police are appealing for the community’s assistance as they ramp up their search for missing Timboon woman Ethel…

www.police.vic.gov.au

Good luck with the search, hope she’s found soon!....I will let you know if anything comes out about it.

 

[Catsnlakers]

Friday was better as I was down Armstrongs Creek and actually controlling traffic so got to do something other than just stand on the spot

I’ll be driving past there on Thursday arvo, but not until after 4, it’s getting built up very quickly out there.

 

[year of the cat]

Peta Credlin receiving an OAM. Give me a break….

 

[cats_09]

Peta Credlin receiving an OAM. Give me a break….

It's not an OAM she's received it's an AO

In terms of how they rank from lowest to highest award:

- The Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) is awarded for service worthy of particular recognition.

- Individuals are appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service in a particular locality or field of activity or to a particular group.

- Individuals are appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service of a high degree to Australia or to humanity at large

- Individuals are appointed aCompanion of the Order of Australia (AC) for eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or to humanity at large

Essentially she's been given the award for her work with Tony Abbott - just be glad he isn't still the PM as she'd likely have been made a Dame

On Monday, Credlin was made an AO for her “distinguished service to parliament and politics, to policy development, and to the executive function of government.”

Prior to her move into journalism, Credlin served as the chief of staff for Abbott between 2009 and 2013, while he was prime minister and opposition leader, and as the deputy chief of staff for Malcolm Turnbull when he was opposition leader.

 

[cats_09]

I’ll be driving past there on Thursday arvo, but not until after 4, it’s getting built up very quickly out there.

I have a friend who used to live there, so I've been there on occasions but not over the past year

Going there last Thursday it was easy to see one of the reasons they were keen to move out of the area - the amount of construction and sub divisions around the shopping centre is nuts, and looking at the area now, not sure it's somewhere I'd really want to be moving to

 

[year of the cat]

It's not an OAM she's received it's an AO

In terms of how they rank from lowest to highest award:

- The Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) is awarded for service worthy of particular recognition.

- Individuals are appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service in a particular locality or field of activity or to a particular group.

- Individuals are appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service of a high degree to Australia or to humanity at large

- Individuals are appointed aCompanion of the Order of Australia (AC) for eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or to humanity at large

Essentially she's been given the award for her work with Tony Abbott - just be glad he isn't still the PM as she'd likely have been made a Dame

On Monday, Credlin was made an AO for her “distinguished service to parliament and politics, to policy development, and to the executive function of government.”

Prior to her move into journalism, Credlin served as the chief of staff for Abbott between 2009 and 2013, while he was prime minister and opposition leader, and as the deputy chief of staff for Malcolm Turnbull when he was opposition leader.

My error. Regardless, it’s garbage she’s recognised for anything other than being incompetent. Chief of staff of one of the most inept governments in our history hardly qualifies her for an award.

 

[cats_09]

My error. Regardless, it’s garbage she’s recognised for anything other than being incompetent. Chief of staff of one of the most inept governments in our history hardly qualifies her for an award.

I agree entirely with what you're saying - the awards have become a joke over recent years

This is from an article on Credlin getting her award:

Credlin’s honour is the latest in a line of appointments made by the honours board to controversial recipients, including Prof Adrian Cheok, a robot sex expert and former far-right political candidate; Bettina Arndt, a sex therapist who interviewed a convicted paedophile and described the behaviour of female students as “sexually provocative”; and the tennis player Margaret Court, who has previously said transgender children were the work of “the devil”.

 

[Spazz Cat]

The sex robot guy deserved it

 

[Down at K Park]

The sex robot guy deserved it

Doing god’s work lol.

 

[cats_09]

 

[cats_09]

For all the shit I said earlier about the Queens Birthday/Australia Day honours, this guy thoroughly deserves the recognition and honour

 

[r32godzilla]

Thank god the sled covered up Bill's family jewels on the way into the water!

 

[cats_09]

Thank god the sled covered up Bill's family jewels on the way into the water!

Yep

 

[cats_09]

My error. Regardless, it’s garbage she’s recognised for anything other than being incompetent. Chief of staff of one of the most inept governments in our history hardly qualifies her for an award.

I love this take on it - MacSween is so out of it she doesn't even know which series of honours this is for

 

[year of the cat]

I love this take on it - MacSween is so out of it she doesn't even know which series of honours this is for

Macsween, Panahi, Devine etc are all just Murdoch whores. Don’t even attempt to disguise their bias.

 

[cats_09]

Does insurance cover cars that have gone sink hole exploring

 

[cats_09]

 

[Spazz Cat]

I love this take on it - MacSween is so out of it she doesn't even know which series of honours this is for

She'd be a few wines in though

 

[cats_09]

She'd be a few wines in though

At 7am it's probably just a continuation of the night before

 

[Spazz Cat]

If I was loaded I'd buy a heap of them for Xmas presents.

 

[Partridge]

If I was loaded I'd buy a heap of them for Xmas presents.

I just love how the mere existence of some people makes heads explode. The perpetual outrage is hilarious.

 

[Spazz Cat]

I just love how the mere existence of some people makes heads explode. The perpetual outrage is hilarious.

I was imagining some lefty unwrapping one of those on Christmas morning.