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Youtube is a bit like wikipedia... you end up on auto-play and through a wormhole into an alternate universe. And then I found this;
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22000973

Seems to me you get bonus points for watching sport (y)
 
Just had a smug campaigner from centrelink tell me if I ignored their request to confirm my income they'd cut my payment off.

No worries dickhead I haven't taken money from you stains since I left uni in 2012.
 
boncer34 said:
Just had a smug campaigner from centrelink tell me if I ignored their request to confirm my income they'd cut my payment off.

No worries dickhead I haven't taken money from you stains since I left uni in 2012.
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Someone at work had the same thing, hasn't had any money from centrelink for over 3 years. Running a tight ship over there.
 
BrewSmackerVeiny said:
Someone at work had the same thing, hasn't had any money from centrelink for over 3 years. Running a tight ship over there.
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Tell me about it.

They decided I owed them a thousand bucks, when I protested the decision the guy on the phone tells me "Yeah look you're right we'll review the decision."

Fast forward 3 weeks I have to organise a payment plan otherwise the debt goes to debt collectors. The fact that I was protesting and likely to have it overturned was irrelevant so I organise a direct debit payment plan albeit starting after their review was due to be complete.

Review gets done and they tell me the debts been wiped. I ask do I need to do anything else or is that it? No payment plan now etc etc. Get told nope everything is done and dusted.

Monday they took the first repayment that I no longer had to do from my account. 2 hours later yesterday they finally work out they need to refund me my cash which will be refunded sometime in the next 2 weeks.

Then this s**t today. * me.
 
Wow. Surely belong in the What shits ya! thread though.

:)
 
boncer34 said:
Just had a smug campaigner from centrelink tell me if I ignored their request to confirm my income they'd cut my payment off.

No worries dickhead I haven't taken money from you stains since I left uni in 2012.
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oh cool i just had this too. i just paid the money though as I figured the sum (same amount as you) was worth less than the complete nightmare of dealing with them and trying to get it overturned. just gonna have to postpone a purchase or two. oh well. i'm half expecting them to send the debt collectors after me anyway
 
Phone said:
oh cool i just had this too. i just paid the money though as I figured the sum (same amount as you) was worth less than the complete nightmare of dealing with them and trying to get it overturned.
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This was my 2nd interaction with them.
 
ive had this thought recently where i realised that i am very rarely ever sick (touch wood), i mean even when things are going about my house or work i might pick them up for a day or something then shake it while others are layed down for ages. I went 6 years straight without taking a sick day at work. only started taking some to look after my kids. We eat all the same foods at home, live in the same environment - so i guess all you can put it down to is good gene stock. or can you?

i was doing a bit of reading and talking to a wellness doctor mate of mine and we got onto the topic of intermittant fasting, and its benefits.

when done properly and without stressors - it can have many health benefits.

Fasting aids cellular repair - the process called autophagy (i think) which removes dysfunctional proteins and waste materials from cells.
Lowers insulin levels in the blood by 20-30% - less diabetes risk
Enachances growth hormone producion x 5
Gene expression - several genes and molecules related to longevity and disease protection
Removes free radiacals - fights oxidative stress and inflamation

anyhow, thats all neither here nor there. Im not here to promote any such benefits.

but in my reading i found out one of the methods of fasting is called the leangains protocol, or the 16/8 method which is basically eating for 8 hours and fasting for 16 hours of the 24 hour day, ie pretty much missing breakfast...but not snacking either

I mean, humans have been fasting for years - if not for religious purposes - mostly out of needs when food wasnt available - our bodies learnt to adapt from hunter gather times when there just wasnt any food at times. Its not a scary concept, like a gaunt model waif thin...

so anyway my point is.

without actually knwoing it i think ive been doing it religously for years, because of my working hours, nearly every day of the mon-fri week i eat my dinner at 5-530pm then dont really eat again til after 10am (im not starving myself, not even hungry.. i just dont feel like eating in the morning)

So as it happens ive pretty much been doing the 16/8 system by the book for years on end.

I wonder if its made me and my cells rock solid inside? maybe thats why im not sick very much.

is this a thing?
 

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Howard Moon said:
ive had this thought recently where i realised that i am very rarely ever sick (touch wood), i mean even when things are going about my house or work i might pick them up for a day or something then shake it while others are layed down for ages. I went 6 years straight without taking a sick day at work. only started taking some to look after my kids. We eat all the same foods at home, live in the same environment - so i guess all you can put it down to is good gene stock. or can you?

i was doing a bit of reading and talking to a wellness doctor mate of mine and we got onto the topic of intermittant fasting, and its benefits.

when done properly and without stressors - it can have many health benefits.

Fasting aids cellular repair - the process called autophagy (i think) which removes dysfunctional proteins and waste materials from cells.
Lowers insulin levels in the blood by 20-30% - less diabetes risk
Enachances growth hormone producion x 5
Gene expression - several genes and molecules related to longevity and disease protection
Removes free radiacals - fights oxidative stress and inflamation

anyhow, thats all neither here nor there. Im not here to promote any such benefits.

but in my reading i found out one of the methods of fasting is called the leangains protocol, or the 16/8 method which is basically eating for 8 hours and fasting for 16 hours of the 24 hour day, ie pretty much missing breakfast...but not snacking either

I mean, humans have been fasting for years - if not for religious purposes - mostly out of needs when food wasnt available - our bodies learnt to adapt from hunter gather times when there just wasnt any food at times. Its not a scary concept, like a gaunt model waif thin...

so anyway my point is.

without actually knwoing it i think ive been doing it religously for years, because of my working hours, nearly every day of the mon-fri week i eat my dinner at 5-530pm then dont really eat again til after 10am (im not starving myself, not even hungry.. i just dont feel like eating in the morning)

So as it happens ive pretty much been doing the 16/8 system by the book for years on end.

I wonder if its made me and my cells rock solid inside? maybe thats why im not sick very much.

is this a thing?
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https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/intermittent-fasting.965961/

Here is a large thread on intermittent fasting on the Health and Fitness board. It can be a decent board at times, but tread lightly, some of the natives are sensitive :D
 
Back to back division 3 mixed netball premiers. I imagine this is how TD felt in 85.
 
Phone said:
thinking of flying down for round 1 as changes in my job actually allow me to do such a thing. anything else happening in Melbourne that weekend
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There's a gathering prior to the game if you want to meet a few folk, but I suspect you meant something more wholesome!
 
AmericanBomber said:
Hi there. New user in these parts. I was advised to come here to this part of the forum by Doss after my opening post on the introduction board.
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Hi and welcome aboard.
 
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