Mega Thread The Questions Thread - Part II

[MrsEddieBetts]

At what point did you get the wristbands though? Surely they dish them out inside the stadium and not at the gates.

At the gates or at the door to the floor is what I've seen at previous concerts

 

[JD Tomahawk]

Didn't know where else to post this. Please tell me I'm not crazy and this is doppelganger to the extreme first one is George Jones a country singer from the 50/60's and the other is obviously Jim Carrey

George


Jim

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

terrible

 

[Doss]

Nah not really. Same buzz cut but otherwise there are a fair few differences.

I have a friend who could easily be Andy Murray's twin brother. Quite uncanny.

 

[perthblue]

Electronic scanning has ruined everything. Back in the day we could get a dozen people into the members at the cricket with two tickets.

electronic scanning would have prevented Hillsborough

 

[Jack Stevens]

My mate will buy a cheaper ticket to scan into the ground. So he will get in with no issues. My plan is to use my new ticket, give him the old ticket just to show people that he is meant to get down to the ground. Obviously, if they scan this again it won't work, but if its just like at the footy and they just look to see if your meant to be in that section we will be sweet.

Just use a pass out

 

[Whispering_Jack]

Just use a pass out

Underrated post.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

I understand the meaning of the proverb "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones", but why is it "glass house"?

Is it because glass is transparent? Or is it because glass is brittle and can be easily shattered by a stone?

 

[Catfish Alley]

I understand the meaning of the proverb "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones", but why is it "glass house"?

Is it because glass is transparent? Or is it because glass is brittle and can be easily shattered by a stone?

The latter.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Thoughts on portable air cons ? Pros and Cons

 

[Catfish Alley]

Thoughts on portable air cons ? Pros and Cons

They are good. Spend a bit more to get a high quality one with enough BTU to cool whatever size area you need. Get one with a dual hose. We have a Haier and it works well.

Cons would be that they can be noisy, need constant draining and they are never going to be as good as having a proper air-con system.

 

[Catfish Alley]

had a few quotes for wall mounted installed. Much cheaper to do portable. Room is only small.

Should be fine then. I'm trying to remember. I think ours is 12000 BTU and it cools a few rooms down.

 

[Silent Alarm]

What's with chicks wearing chokers, and more pressingly, why do so many men get a hard on for them?

I was just in the music forum and it reminded me. Four years ago it was unheard of, but now there's no qualms in wearing the sort of shit mostly seen on Rammstein or in BDSM videos. I know culture goes in cycles, fashion is fluid, people change their ideas, niche becomes the norm... but this is just weird. Girls wear the most bold shit and it's barely even worth noting.

I mean I get the whole 90s ones, I get the way everyone wears 501s now. But it's still confounding.

 

[craigos]

If a friend of a friend was to purchase a speed camera detector, which one would be best purchased by this friend of a friend?
Beerfish ?

 

[Beerfish]

If a friend of a friend was to purchase a speed camera detector, which one would be best purchased by this friend of a friend?
Beerfish ?

I have a Whistler Pro. It's the only one I have any experience with. I'm sure there's probably better ones but it does the job I need it to.

Looks almost identical to this but mine is probably 5+ years old now so superseded (mine doesn't have an OLED display for example). It still works fine though. As far as buying goes, I went to a shop in Perth at first and they wanted $600 for one. After I picked myself up off the floor I went home and checked ebay. Found a seller in the US and got mine for $180 inc postage.

 

[Power Raid]

Am doing a feature on a local winery for the newspaper.

When I spoke to the owner the other day, he said he had brought out a '2013 personal reserve shiraz'.

TF does personal reserve mean? Part of me thinks its exclusively his but I don't want to assume and get it wrong.

The wine maker liked a wine so much, they decide to put a batch away and sell the rest. The batch becomes known as the reserve.

The personal reserve suggests no intention of selling but that's probably just marketing.

 

[Gough]

To Catfish Alley or anyone else whose tried it. I have just bought a vape machine and am not buying cigs. Do they work? Down to ten a day anyway, should I expect cravings?

 

[Beerfish]

To Catfish Alley or anyone else whose tried it. I have just bought a vape machine and am not buying cigs. Do they work? Down to ten a day anyway, should I expect cravings?

If it's got nicotine in it then you're not solving the problem. Also tended to suck on them a lot more than was probably 'necessary'. That's what i found when i used them anyway.

 

[Catfish Alley]

To Catfish Alley or anyone else whose tried it. I have just bought a vape machine and am not buying cigs. Do they work? Down to ten a day anyway, should I expect cravings?

I was a pretty light smoker to be honest. I've been using mine for over a year though and it entirely takes care of any craving. Definitely get a good quality kit where you adjust the intake. The juices for it come in various nicotine ranges too so you should be able to work out what is best for you.

 

[Catfish Alley]

If it's got nicotine in it then you're not solving the problem. Also tended to suck on them a lot more than was probably 'necessary'. That's what i found when i used them anyway.

While you still have a dependency, it's still a better alternative.

 

[Beerfish]

While you still have a dependency, it's still a better alternative.

Sure but the dependency is the problem. Vaping does nothing to solve that. You're just delaying the inevitable one way or another. I found it was too easy to just slip back into smoking. Everyone's different though etc

 

[Jack Stevens]

My old boss quit cigarettes with a vape, and has had about 10 of his employees do the same. The only time any of them have gone back to cigs is when their vape has died, or they've run out of juice. You keep your nicotine dependency, but some of the guys have told me that they find themselves going longer between vapes than between cigarettes.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Vaporisers are disgusting.

'Vape' is the worst word.

Either they look filthy to smoke tobacco from, or you'e way too much of a dedicated weed smoker to use them for buds.

 

[Run n Spread]

I understand the meaning of the proverb "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones", but why is it "glass house"?

Is it because glass is transparent? Or is it because glass is brittle and can be easily shattered by a stone?

Because you can see right through it.

 

[Run n Spread]

Vaporisers are disgusting.

'Vape' is the worst word.

Either they look filthy to smoke tobacco from, or you'e way too much of a dedicated weed smoker to use them for buds.

Smoke is disgusting. I was at a party where smoking of various substances was done the other week. Smelt my shirt the next morning and nearly past out. 1 thing the health nazis got right. Christ knows what that shit does to peoples lungs.