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[gringo2011]

With oil prices crashing I've ordered 5 cents of oil. Here's the delivery:

It's interesting the oil prices. The US oil producers have seen the writing on the wall and ramped production and racked up massive debt thinking that they go for 5 years or so then send in the bankruptcy papers. Only, Saudis and Russia decided to do it as well. No one wants to blink so prices plummeted. Then CV hit on top of it which has dropped demand to a trickle. It costs $30 a barrel to produce shale oil and now they are paying to have it taken away. The US won't sell a new car that runs on gasoline in 5 years time and that means there won't be the demand for oil in about 10.

There could be a lot of the worlds environmental vandals who mess in politics going down by natural selection because of CV. Hard to believe that some of the richest and most dominant corporate entities could have hit the skids so quickly.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

I understand your sentiments here, but the issue you have is under funding of the public sector. Nobody's health should be a matter of how much they can afford to spend. It is a human right, not a consumer choice. Prince or pauper, everyone should have the best possible care in such situations.

It already is.
They could screen everyone with MRI's every few years and find problems. But MRI's are bloody expensive.

Hypotheticals:
A surgeon develops a new procedure, he's the only one who can do it. He can only do 50 a year, but 1000 people will die in the next year if they don't get it.
How does he choose?

Private hospital spends a small fortune on an MRI, they should then donate its use?

Kerry Packer needs a kidney transplant, suddenly his helicopter pilot is his best friend.

Have a good look most everywhere else in the world, our health system is pretty good.
I've been grateful to it on more than one occasion.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

It's interesting the oil prices. The US oil producers have seen the writing on the wall and ramped production and racked up massive debt thinking that they go for 5 years or so then send in the bankruptcy papers. Only, Saudis and Russia decided to do it as well. No one wants to blink so prices plummeted. Then CV hit on top of it which has dropped demand to a trickle. It costs $30 a barrel to produce shale oil and now they are paying to have it taken away. The US won't sell a new car that runs on gasoline in 5 years time and that means there won't be the demand for oil in about 10.

There could be a lot of the worlds environmental vandals who mess in politics going down by natural selection because of CV. Hard to believe that some of the richest and most dominant corporate entities could have hit the skids so quickly.

It might bring in the age of the electric car a little bit faster.


I've been thinking Coles has a new promotional idea. A free tank of petrol for every 30 dollars spent in store.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

In the times we are in I'm surprised I haven't seen more of this.

 

[plugger66]

In the times we are in I'm surprised I haven't seen more of this.

Who would know. Usually kept very quiet and for good reason.

 

[Mowman]

Daisy the Labrador has been returned that makes me happy

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Who would know. Usually kept very quiet and for good reason.

I do. I get to see the daily incident reports for Metro every so often. You'd be surprised at some of the shit that delays a train.
Police request is metro's go to:


Same incident. Different wording.

 

[gringo2011]

Daisy the Labrador has been returned that makes me happy

Your dog?

 

[Mowman]

Your dog?

No, Little girl on 9 news had her puppy stolen from her backyard last week it was returned today. 7th birthday present

 

[StFly]

I do. I get to see the daily incident reports for Metro every so often. You'd be surprised at some of the shit that delays a train.
Police request is metro's go to:


Same incident. Different wording.

Unfortunately it's not unusual for our line, there were quite a few stops previously at say St Albans where people were using train schedules for suicide attempts, the crossing was quite notorious for disembarking due to a fatality on the tracks sadly.

This is at the other end though going by that wording, but literally doesn't surprise me any more, as a mates dad was one said train driver and he was scarred for life based on the shit he saw.

 

[Mowman]

The Castle #classic

 

[CaptainRisky]

Just watching the Saints Vs Geelong GF , God we threw that away with pathetic kicking

 

[plugger66]

Just watching the Saints Vs Geelong GF , God we threw that away with pathetic kicking

How can you do that to yourself

 

[CaptainRisky]

How can you do that to yourself

Man thats nothing , i watched the Adelaide GF and the Pies GF as well , I need to go back to work , iv lost it

 

[CaptainRisky]

How can you do that to yourself

The amount of shots we missed from 30-40 mtrs out , oh well

 

[CaptainRisky]

Jeez Gram was a bloody good player for us ,

 

[plugger66]

Man thats nothing , i watched the Adelaide GF and the Pies GF as well , I need to go back to work , iv lost it

Completely. I’ve never watch more than a minute of any of those games. I can watch 1971 though.

 

[CaptainRisky]

Completely. I’ve never watch more than a minute of any of those games. I can watch 1971 though.

I always turn it off before the end , i cant cope with the final siren , too much pain

 

[gringo2011]

Jeez Gram was a bloody good player for us ,

He got constantly underrated. He's like the player we wanted Savage to be.

 

[jwikked]

Jeez Gram was a bloody good player for us ,

In the week leading up to the AFL Grand Final I call it the Gram Final to whoever I'm talking to in honor of him. No one has ever noticed.

 

[Mowman]

Jeez Gram was a bloody good player for us ,

VERY good player
Would be handy to have now

 

[plugger66]

Ancestry.com have a thing at the moment where you can look up war records for a family member for free. I knew my uncle died in ww2 but didn’t know much else. He joined the army in 39 and I saw he was missing in action in 42. He died in 45 so he was a prisoner of war for 3 years before he died. How terrible would that be. He was in Borneo in one of worst war camps and died just before the war ended. How would his mother feel not knowing anything for 3 years. War is shit. If you know your relatives full name year of both and where they were born I suggest you have a look. It’s was sad for some weird reason but very interesting. Probably sad for my grandmother more than my uncle as I knew my grandmother.

 

[CaptainRisky]

VERY good player
Would be handy to have now

And if that idiot Lovett had of been able to behave he would have made the difference against the Pies in 2010

 

[CaptainRisky]

Ancestry.com have a thing at the moment where you can look up war records for a family member for free. I knew my uncle died in ww2 but didn’t know much else. He joined the army in 39 and I saw he was missing in action in 42. He died in 45 so he was a prisoner of war for 3 years before he died. How terrible would that be. He was in Borneo in one of worst war camps and died just before the war ended. How would his mother feel not knowing anything for 3 years. War is shit. If you know your relatives full name year of both and where they were born I suggest you have a look. It’s was sad for some weird reason but very interesting. Probably sad for my grandmother more than my uncle as I knew my grandmother.

I might have to do that , two of my uncles were killed in the wars , it maybe interesting and thanks for the info

 

[CaptainRisky]

I might have to do that , two of my uncles were killed in the wars , it maybe interesting and thanks for the info

Its not easy if you dont have all the info they require , i never met either of my grandpa's and both my nannas died when i was really young , oh well i will keep trying