Random thoughts not worthy of a thread (Part I)

[Arden]

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Should have gone to Havana

 

[Grogg]

To brighten everyone's mood I put a north membership sticker on this old rust bucket in Havana today

Foreign propaganda, vale Ben..

 

[ferball]

The gap between the fortunate and the needy has grown so wide, it's nearing the levels which spawned the French Revolution.

At one point recently I knew someone who started buying properties in Detroit for less than 100 bucks each.

People reckon its getting better since then but who knows.

White, middle aged, uneducated men are starting to die younger for the first time in US history. A big part of it is loss of manufacturing work (stuff touched on by that 80s movie about the Jimmy Barnes song - Working Class Man) then inter-generational poverty. Similar to what happened in the UK when Thatcher closed all the coal mines. Working class men associate their worth with work.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/a...americans-left-behind-and-dying-early/433863/

Similar to whats been happening here since the 80s too. And especially recently with the destruction of the auto industry.

This is what is driving Trump, Pauline Hanson and UKIP/brexit in the UK. None of those people would care about immigrants if they had work to give them money (to provide their families with resources and opportunity) and more importantly meaning in their lives. If they felt they and their loved ones (especially kids) had futures. Maybe some would but the vast majority wouldn't.

Neo cons and Neo liberals (on both "sides" of politics) controlling Globalisation is what has caused this I reckon. Working class standards of living are what drives the prices of things up. They also spread the wealth in a way that drops the gap between the haves and have nots. The more workers have money to spend (and free time to spend it in) the more small businesses using that money and cycling it thru society a society can support. That is what made Australia a great place to live in the 2nd half of the 20th century.

 

[Cold Gin]

To brighten everyone's mood I put a north membership sticker on this old rust bucket in Havana today

Only thing better is the number plate...

 

[muttley45]

Jimmy Bartel should give Max Gawn a few tips about beard growing and maintenance

 

[Kimbo]

Spent a couple of hours in a cafe in Albany tonight, waiting for my wife to finish an evening course.

Noticed a woman come in wearing a NMFC hoodie. Went up, commended her for her bravery and loyalty in the face of recent loses. She was very upbeat about our prospects with injured players returning and said "We're still in the eight!"

As she went to leave we had a brief chat and, as I suspected, she was from Mt Barker, 50 kms north, where Jimmy and Phil come from. I asked about the family connection and she's their youngest sister and was at the '96 premiership reunion and, presumably, the induction of Jimmy.

Pointed to her wrist and said "See, blue blood running in these veins."

 

[jess_1804]

You reckon our season's been a rollercoaster? Has anyone tried watching the latest season of Wentworth!? Good god!

 

[Twinkletoes]

Spent a couple of hours in a cafe in Albany tonight, waiting for my wife to finish an evening course.

Noticed a woman come in wearing a NMFC hoodie. Went up, commended her for her bravery and loyalty in the face of recent loses. She was very upbeat about our prospects with injured players returning and said "We're still in the eight!"

As she went to leave we had a brief chat and, as I suspected, she was from Mt Barker, 50 kms north, where Jimmy and Phil come from. I asked about the family connection and she's their youngest sister and was at the '96 premiership reunion and, presumably, the induction of Jimmy.

Pointed to her wrist and said "See, blue blood running in these veins."

Superb

 

[goalieboy82]

59 years ago today:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/mil...od-under-nuclear-test-1957/?hl=1&noRedirect=1

 

[ferball]

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59 years ago today:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/mil...od-under-nuclear-test-1957/?hl=1&noRedirect=1

100 years ago today a large chunk of the future of Australia was slaughtered around a French town called Fromelles cos european royalty had a family spat.

(edit)

That war led directly to those guys standing where they did. Madness.

So's this:

You wouldn't read about it:

http://knowledgenuts.com/2013/11/11/the-forgotten-atomic-bomb-parties-of-las-vegas/

 

[blackshadow]

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100 years ago today a large chunk of the future of Australia was slaughtered around a French town called Fromelles cos european royalty had a family spat.

(edit)

That war led directly to those guys standing where they did. Madness.

So's this:

You wouldn't read about it:

http://knowledgenuts.com/2013/11/11/the-forgotten-atomic-bomb-parties-of-las-vegas/

If you're ever in Vegas the atomic test museum is awesome.

 

[shniko11]

I wasn't aware of this but i had no idea some primary schools have banned hugging, singing, clapping etc.
Political correctness gone overboard just abit...

 

[Dugdale2Dwyer]

I wasn't aware of this but i had no idea some primary schools have banned hugging, singing, clapping etc.
Political correctness gone overboard just abit...

I used to live next to a school, and was a shift worker, I wish they'd ban bouncing balls and sirens.

 

[Mr_Nyah]

Anyone see Buckley on Masterchef? I can't see him, but they keep referring to figjam...

 

[Kimbo]

I wasn't aware of this but i had no idea some primary schools have banned hugging, singing, clapping etc.
Political correctness gone overboard just abit...

For what reason? Why is it 'political correctness'? Seems weird and absurd.

 

[shniko11]

For what reason? Why is it 'political correctness'? Seems weird and absurd.

I can understand the hugging one with personal space and strangers.
But the other ones blow my mind
Not singing Xmas Carols, celebrating Australia day, not singing bah bah "black" sheep, not calling them girls or ladies for some gender nutral thing
Blows my mind !
Try news.com

 

[Dugdale2Dwyer]

Do cigarette companies slip a fiver to the networks when they play old footage from the 80's with ciggy adverts on the boundary, watching Fox footy now and the game is at Moorabin which has Winfield and Marlboro adverts, Cricket has this with Benson and Hedges, also Rugby Leauge does it as well with old replays? Seems like a loophole in the legislation.

 

[Shermanator]

Spent a couple of hours in a cafe in Albany tonight, waiting for my wife to finish an evening course.

Noticed a woman come in wearing a NMFC hoodie. Went up, commended her for her bravery and loyalty in the face of recent loses. She was very upbeat about our prospects with injured players returning and said "We're still in the eight!"

As she went to leave we had a brief chat and, as I suspected, she was from Mt Barker, 50 kms north, where Jimmy and Phil come from. I asked about the family connection and she's their youngest sister and was at the '96 premiership reunion and, presumably, the induction of Jimmy.

Pointed to her wrist and said "See, blue blood running in these veins."

Need more than a Hoodie down there mate. Bloody Antartic temperatures on a good day.

Great story

 

[Kimbo]

I can understand the hugging one with personal space and strangers.
But the other ones blow my mind
Not singing Xmas Carols, celebrating Australia day, not singing bah bah "black" sheep, not calling them girls or boys for some gender nutral thing
Blows my mind !
Try news.com

Okay, thanks.

Hugging, also spreading flu. But, yeah, banning vs 'be aware, be respectful'?! Personally, however, I prefer a circumstance where things like this can be brought to awareness and responsible conversations encouraged, vs mandated.

Singing re carols? Same, even though I'm personally happy for religion to be banned in general. Key is respecting differences, rather than an automatic assumption of Judeo-Christian, or religious, beliefs.

I'm also vehemently opposed to Australia Invasion Day, but while it remains our official national day, how do schools ban celebration of it?

 

[Kimbo]

Need more than a Hoodie down there mate. Bloody Antartic temperatures on a good day.

Great story

Pfft. Weak-arse desert boy!

 

[shniko11]

Okay, thanks.

Hugging, also spreading flu. But, yeah, banning vs 'be aware, be respectful'?! Personally, however, I prefer a circumstance where things like this can be brought to awareness and responsible conversations encouraged, vs mandated.

Singing re carols? Same, even though I'm personally happy for religion to be banned in general. Key is respecting differences, rather than an automatic assumption of Judeo-Christian, or religious, beliefs.

I'm also vehemently opposed to Australia Invasion Day, but while it remains our official national day, how do schools ban celebration of it?

Yeah i'm with u on all of that and the reasoning behind them. But it's reading about it for the first time and how much has changed to when i was young that shocked me more.

 

[Kimbo]

Yeah i'm with u on all of that and the reasoning behind them. But it's reading about it for the first time and how much has changed to when i was young that shocked me more.

It was a more (apparently) homogeneous world back then. We're aware of more diversity and having to learn to accommodate it more, as we need to be if we're to be respectful, compassionate, prosperous. The learning curve is steeper for some. For some it's a sheer cliff.

 

[shniko11]

It was a more (apparently) homogeneous world back then. We're aware of more diversity and having to learn to accommodate it more, as we need to be if we're to be respectful, compassionate, prosperous. The learning curve is steeper for some. For some it's a sheer cliff.

Yeah u make alot of sense, different times now compared to then i suppose. We are more aware of alot now and must be respectfull and teach the kids the same.

 

[Arden]

It was a more (apparently) homogeneous world back then. We're aware of more diversity and having to learn to accommodate it more, as we need to be if we're to be respectful, compassionate, prosperous. The learning curve is steeper for some. For some it's a sheer cliff.

You saying we should tolerate opposition supporters?

Stupid hippy

 

[Kimbo]

You saying we should tolerate opposition supporters?

Stupid hippy

There's a line!