Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[*PAF]

Where do generals keep their armies.

In their sleevies.

 

[TheArtfulTodger]

Name me a health minister who has been a doctor - health/hospital administrator outside of Dr Michael Wooldridge at federal level and even at various state governments. They are policy wonks or cost controllers.

Yes they are usually lawyers. I'm sure they leave most of the policy making to the bureaucrats but there is some merit in the American system where the president assigns non-elected "experts" to head federal departments. And with ministerial responsibility an anachronism making minister such a stupid title now, should really be Govt Health Spokesperson.

 

[SilenceOz]

Sierra Madre...is that the one with the burnt bloke? I don't know if I ever finished that one.

Sierra Madre is the casino that is closed down and has ghost sort of people around it and poison.
Honest Hearts has the burned man and tribal war thing going on.

Both were terrible and OWB wasnt my type of humour.
Lonesome road was ok but I didn't really like Ulysses

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Yes they are usually lawyers. I'm sure they leave most of the policy making to the bureaucrats but there is some merit in the American system where the president assigns non-elected "experts" to head federal departments. And with ministerial responsibility an anachronism making minister such a stupid title now, should really be Govt Health Spokesperson.

That's why I like someone who has been an air traffic controller - have to be able to think on their feet act calmly to solve a problem under stress - much like a doctor in emergency room. Hard to bullshit and lie about a situation and solve an issue when you have 2 planes trying to take the same airspace coming in at around 600km/hr.

Dont need another lawyer or professional party person who hasn't done anything except for politics since they left uni.

 

[CrimsonRaven]

Tossing up weather to re-download Witcher 2 : Assasins of Kings.

Never really got stuck into it properly but what I have heard it is very good.

 

[Dylan8]

Tossing up weather to re-download Witcher 2 : Assasins of Kings.

Never really got stuck into it properly but what I have heard it is very good.

I did this then it laid about for a year and a bit but when I got into it I couldn't get out, I'll give it that praise.

 

[StuMan]

Tossing up weather to re-download Witcher 2 : Assasins of Kings.

Never really got stuck into it properly but what I have heard it is very good.

I did something similar a couple of years ago. I played it for about an hour and just didn't feel it, and was kind of sucking at it. I installed it again about 6 months later and got addicted to it. Give it another go, I think.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Yes they are usually lawyers. I'm sure they leave most of the policy making to the bureaucrats but there is some merit in the American system where the president assigns non-elected "experts" to head federal departments. And with ministerial responsibility an anachronism making minister such a stupid title now, should really be Govt Health Spokesperson.

Good grief no. Never mind the blue-collar unions, the AMA is one of the most powerful lobby groups in Australia and has enormous sway over decisions made in health, despite the attempt at apparent independence by government ministers of all hues. Government is beholden enough to them without giving them the keys to the pantry.

Sussan Ley on her Q&A appearances comes across as the rarest of beasts, a small l liberal in the current Liberal Party. Whether her air traffic control experience saves her from a Cyberman conversion in the Cabinet room remains to be seen, but at the moment she displays intelligence mixed with compassion and common-sense. But Health is a fearsome Federal portfolio because it is trench warfare with the states while staying onside with the AMA. Tough gig for a first up minister, almost looks like a woman minister being set up to fail. I'm sure that's not the case by the former Howard Government health minister.

 

[Garibaldi Red]

Just finished watching Thrilla in Manila on ABC2. I forgot how brutal that 3rd Ali v Frazier fight was - especially Rd 14. Ali told Angelo Dundee to cut off his gloves and Frazier couldnt see. Frazie's trainer stopped the fight just before Rd 15 was about to start, Ali got up to celebrate but collapsed and was on the canvas for over a minute. One of the journos said he asked Frazier's trainer a few months after the fight if he regretted stopping the fight. He said no - he had seen 8 fighters die - went thru in detail how it happened and said he didnt want to see a 9th. Cant helieve I havent seen this doco. Went thru the first two fights and background stuff.

Next Saturday - When we were kings and Saturday after that Facing Ali.

All great docos. SBS usually roll out the Thrilla in Manila every few months. It's frightening what the two fighters went through. They left the best part of themselves back in that ring. A brutal fight and build up. It's sad that Ali taunted Frazier so cruelly that it forever destroyed the friendship they had back in the 1960s and any respect between the two.

The Norman Mailer book 'The Fight' about the Ali v Foreman Rumble in the Jungle is a fantastic companion read to When We Were Kings.

I love seeing any of the Ali documentaries, here's hoping he make a full recovery from his bout of pneumonia.

There are a couple of stories I particularly like.

1. There is a documentary that involves Ali, Frazier, Holmes and, Foreman (apologies to anyone I have missed) sitting on a couch reminiscing about their fights. Frazier says to Ali that he was crazy and kept saying "You can't hurt me Joe" and asks Ali to respond. Ali just has a twinkle in his eye and says "I lied".
2. The second one is from the Foreman fight where Ali describes being hit and it send him of to la la land for a little while and so he goes into survival mode just knowing that he has to get through it.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I love seeing any of the Ali documentaries, here's hoping he make a full recovery from his bout of pneumonia.

There are a couple of stories I particularly like.

1. There is a documentary that involves Ali, Frazier, Holmes and, Foreman (apologies to anyone I have missed) sitting on a couch reminiscing about their fights. Frazier says to Ali that he was crazy and kept saying "You can't hurt me Joe" and asks Ali to respond. Ali just has a twinkle in his eye and says "I lied".

I think that's the 1989 Champions Forever documentary. Rarely seen and unusual for Frazier to be there too. Another gem.

The Parkinson interview with Ali after the Foreman fight is another fascinating insight and shows glimpses of Ali's darker side at the time.

 

[Stromageddon]

Oh I got one.

What's yellow and smells like my post-coital goo?
Your mum's vomit.

Too far?

 

[Schulzenfest]

What's brown and rhymes with Snoop?

Dr. Dre.

 

[I Dont Care]

Oh I got one.

What's yellow and smells like my post-coital goo?
Your mum's vomit.

Too far?

Just a touch

 

[Magpiespower]

Batman and Robin running away from shit

 

[bomberclifford]

Got a brand new PA monogram hat as an early xmas present to myself.
My wife asked why I needed another one.
I said that the new one is now my 'dress' hat.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Got a brand new PA monogram hat as an early xmas present to myself.
My wife asked why I needed another one.
I said that the new one is now my 'dress' hat.

Full range available again ?

 

[Stromageddon]

My first two PA hats are now completely brown from being worn in the sun so much.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

My first two PA hats are now completely brown from being worn in the sun so much.

Same.

 

[bomberclifford]

Full range available again ?

Only the white stitching on black cap in the larger sizes.

The friendly girl in the shop told me that they're likely to have the black stitch on black caps again early in the new year.

 

[bomberclifford]

My first two PA hats are now completely brown from being worn in the sun so much.

Same here.

 

[bomberclifford]

Batman and Robin running away from shit

This will be me at 4pm, leaving work before another client calls...

 

[tribey]

Only the white stitching on black cap in the larger sizes.

The friendly girl in the shop told me that they're likely to have the black stitch on black caps again early in the new year.

The black on black PA New Era cap is pound for pound the best piece of non-guernsey merch the club has ever produced.

 

[Stromageddon]

The black on black PA New Era cap is pound for pound the best piece of non-guernsey merch the club has ever produced.

>not the mysterious PORT POWER cap with a teal brim and stand-alone fistbolt from 1997 that the Hartlett bros popularised

 

[Dylan8]

I've been stuck wearing a blackonblack yankees hat for the time being, since when i was going to order the black on black PA it disappeared

 

[tribey]

>not the mysterious PORT POWER cap with a teal brim and stand-alone fistbolt from 1997 that the Hartlett bros popularised

I being told that was part of the guernsey and knickerbocker set when the Portonians bested the Train Station Massive in that fateful preseason friendly in dickety-sevs when 'Wilf' Wanganeen-Smythe had a to-do with an official and excluded himself from Round 1 proceedings - and is thus exempt from the criteria.