Universal Love TRTT Part 7: Swimming & T*ts Variety Bash

[Andre]

Queensland State Housing Minister Mick De Brenni quoted yesterday saying

“last year more Australians bought their seventh home than those who bought their first”

Dafuq

It's arse about for tax deductions for housing. It should be no negative gearing for investment properties, but interest on your mortgage for your primary residence is tax deductible. They could grandfather the deductions for existing properties so it doesn't cause a major market upheaval. That was the problem when Keating took away deductions in the 80's. It made rents unaffordable, without making housing cheaper for the owner-occupier.

 

[SteppingTiger]

Pro tip for the non sleeping child at night. Steppingtiger’s patented sleep method, successful on 3 kids of my own and a few nephews and nieces as well...

1) hold Bub in you left arm with their belly/chest against your forearm, feet point to your right side

2) Bub will be mostly on their left side, but also belly facing downwards

3) bubs weight will push their belly, just below the ribs into the heel of you palm, giving a little bit of pressure.

4) stand in a totally dark room, with a sliver of light coming from the door being slightly open.

5) bubs eyes will focus on the light, so rock/ swing the baby side to side so the the bubs eyes go from mostly open to all the way shut as they try to focus on the light whole time.

Rocking combined with the eyelids tracking to close position, lying sideways/downwards and the slight pressure on the gut = sleep.

Make sure post feeding burp has happened and all nappy change etc has been done.

Don’t guarantee it, but it worked a treat for all mine and others, so best of luck. Either way, you will get through it and enjoy the next stages as they become a little person.

 

[Grave Danger]

Limited News really need to re-think some of the things they place in this section...

 

[bomberclifford]

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

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He doesn't go for a review that would've been overturned and we lose by less than 50 runs.. just lol

 

[ozph1870]

Let's go murphys...

 

[Doctor Feel]

 

[Doctor Feel]

Good things festival, Brisbane

> The Offspring absolutely amazing, by far the best. Dexter hasn't got much left in terms of his voice but none of that mattered. The crowd sung every lyric with booming enthusiasm. Noodles is great. They played AC/DCs Whole lotta Rosie as well which got a huge reception. Bad habit, why don't you get a job, kids aren't alright and self esteem real highlights. You stupid dumbshit God damn mother*errr!

> Bullet For My Valentine, some audio problems is my guess. Vocalist couldn't be heard, bass guitar weak as *. Disappointing.

> Dropkick Murphy's- * these guys were fun. Great performers, earworm songs. Boys are back, rose tattoo, Johnny I hardly knew ya, shipping up to Boston. They closed with Boston and it set the place alight.

> Northlane - upcoming Aussie band, reckon they've got talent. Their vocalist is pretty ******* powerful.

> Stone Sour - Corey Taylor sure knows how to perform. Voice as good as ever. Solo rendition of "Bother" absolutely fantastic.

All Time Low - garbage.

The Used - Jesus Christ guys, just ******* play your tracks and * off. Got political between every single song banging on about Palestine while all wearing "go vegan" shirts. The * is going on there. They did play about 50% of Smells Like Teen Spirit which was cool but also insulting.

All in all great night, a million degrees and 100% humidity but none of that mattered.

Did lol when All Time Low yelled "The sun has gone down at last. * THE SUN!" And the crowd cheered heartily.

Northlane opened by asking the crowd "what's up ya drunk campaigners?"

 

[Dylan8]

Dexter and Noodles

 

[Doctor Feel]

Dexter and Noodles

So good

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Daniel the little campaigner just squirted Johnny with a hose as he was minding his own business.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Ahahahha

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Ahahahha

"Play stupid games, win stupid prizes"

 

[bomberclifford]

 

[Pappagallo]

Formula E on the old GP circuit. High speed racing, tourism dollars, greenie vibes and the old fuds in Rose Park can’t even make noise complaints! Make it happen Adelaide!

https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/motorsport-extra-spark-for-electric-racing-116045

“Australia has never been on the FE calendar, although the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) supports the idea of a round in Adelaide – as do industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, who wants to build electric road cars in South Australia, and technology entrepreneur Valdis Dunis.”

 

[raman]

Formula E on the old GP circuit. High speed racing, tourism dollars, greenie vibes and the old fuds in Rose Park can’t even make noise complaints! Make it happen Adelaide!

https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/motorsport-extra-spark-for-electric-racing-116045

“Australia has never been on the FE calendar, although the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) supports the idea of a round in Adelaide – as do industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, who wants to build electric road cars in South Australia, and technology entrepreneur Valdis Dunis.”

That would ****ing rule.

I'd miss the noise though.

 

[Pappagallo]

That would ****ing rule.

I'd miss the noise though.

So does F1. The noise of the turbo engine is s**t.

 

[Grave Danger]

"Er no, Jaxxon - that was so that people could pass more toilet paper if the occupant had run out."

WA Museum’s ‘glory hole’ acquisition sparks controversy

The boss of the WA Museum says its recent acquisition of a Gosnells “glory hole” was not meant to be controversial and was reflective of the institution’s duty to represent the whole community.

The donated piece is a toilet door with a hole cut into it that was used by gay men in the Perth beat scene for covert sex at a time when homosexuality in WA was illegal.

WAM chief executive Alec Coles said it was an appropriate piece to acquire because public museums needed to represent every aspect of society.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifesty...acquisition-sparks-controversy-ng-b881047511z

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

What has happened to the search function? You get strange and bugger all results.

 

[Steve Dore]

What has happened to the search function? You get strange and bugger all results.

Corrupt indexes probably. The database needs re-indexing.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

This is the swimming s**t fight I talked about in the Kyle Chalmers thread and $$$ is one of the reasons why he might quit - because they dont make much.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/spor...a/news-story/4980dc200041eacb4c07fd316f24868b
Aussie star Cate Campbell has emerged as a key figure in the battle to loosen the iron grip swimming’s world body has on the sport, as athletes and a breakaway competition launch lawsuits against the organisation.Campbell’s outspoken comments to The Daily Telegraph criticising FINA for threatening to ban Australian swimmers from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics if they took part in an independent swimming competition have been cited in two antitrust lawsuits lodged in the US. Campbell and swimming legend Dawn Fraser have thrown their support behind Ukrainian billionaire Konstantin Grigorishin’s plan for a global professional league offering increased prizemoney to swimmers, which FINA has blocked with threats to ban athletes from its competitions.

One lawsuit filed in California last week “on behalf of elite swimmers around the world”, named Hungarian swimming superstar Katinka Hosszu as well as US Olympic relay gold medallist Tom Shields and shortcourse world champion Michael Andrews as the lead plaintiffs. Another lawsuit was filed on behalf of the International Swimming League (ISL), which had proposed the new competition. Both class-actions are suing FINA for violating US antitrust laws by engaging in anti-competitive behaviour and include explosive allegations against a sporting body that has a long history of controversy.

In the documents filed to the US District Court, the ISL said it had been negotiating with FINA about how to set up the new professional league but the talks broke down when FINA demanded a US$50 million (AU$70 million) fee, saying they would threaten swimmers with bans if the money wasn’t paid. ISL refused to pay the fee. “FINA made it clear, however, that such coexistence — i.e., FINA’s agreement not to threaten the world’s swimmers against participating in ISL events — would come only at a steep price,” the court documents said.........
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According to its financial statements, FINA received about $164 million in gross revenues from in 2016 and 2017 but only 12.5 per cent of that amount went to athletes in the form of prize money. Meanwhile, millions were spent on “FINA Family Expenses”, which includes hotel, travel and per diem costs for officials. .....................
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/spor...a/news-story/4980dc200041eacb4c07fd316f24868b

 

[Burningleviathan]

This is the swimming s**t fight I talked about in the Kyle Chalmers thread and $$$ is one of the reasons why he might quit - because they dont make much.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/spor...a/news-story/4980dc200041eacb4c07fd316f24868b
Aussie star Cate Campbell has emerged as a key figure in the battle to loosen the iron grip swimming’s world body has on the sport, as athletes and a breakaway competition launch lawsuits against the organisation.Campbell’s outspoken comments to The Daily Telegraph criticising FINA for threatening to ban Australian swimmers from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics if they took part in an independent swimming competition have been cited in two antitrust lawsuits lodged in the US. Campbell and swimming legend Dawn Fraser have thrown their support behind Ukrainian billionaire Konstantin Grigorishin’s plan for a global professional league offering increased prizemoney to swimmers, which FINA has blocked with threats to ban athletes from its competitions.

One lawsuit filed in California last week “on behalf of elite swimmers around the world”, named Hungarian swimming superstar Katinka Hosszu as well as US Olympic relay gold medallist Tom Shields and shortcourse world champion Michael Andrews as the lead plaintiffs. Another lawsuit was filed on behalf of the International Swimming League (ISL), which had proposed the new competition. Both class-actions are suing FINA for violating US antitrust laws by engaging in anti-competitive behaviour and include explosive allegations against a sporting body that has a long history of controversy.

In the documents filed to the US District Court, the ISL said it had been negotiating with FINA about how to set up the new professional league but the talks broke down when FINA demanded a US$50 million (AU$70 million) fee, saying they would threaten swimmers with bans if the money wasn’t paid. ISL refused to pay the fee. “FINA made it clear, however, that such coexistence — i.e., FINA’s agreement not to threaten the world’s swimmers against participating in ISL events — would come only at a steep price,” the court documents said.........
...............
According to its financial statements, FINA received about $164 million in gross revenues from in 2016 and 2017 but only 12.5 per cent of that amount went to athletes in the form of prize money. Meanwhile, millions were spent on “FINA Family Expenses”, which includes hotel, travel and per diem costs for officials. .....................
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/spor...a/news-story/4980dc200041eacb4c07fd316f24868b

Sounds like swimming is going through its world series of cricket moment. If swimmers can start supporting themselves throuh actual competition it should free up some cash to be distributed to other olympic sports that don't have such a cash flow.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Sounds like swimming is going through its world series of cricket moment. If swimmers can start supporting themselves throuh actual competition it should free up some cash to be distributed to other olympic sports that don't have such a cash flow.

Yeah I said its an IPL/Packer moment in the other thread, but given 40+ events in Swimming and a prize pool of $2.1m USD then it probably means $50k per event is shared, and that still means only a few will make enough $$$ to not have to rely on funding from SportAus / AIS.

Its the reason why in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's so many good Oz swimmers took up scholarships to US Colleges. They got an education for free, accommodation for free and a small amount to live on and regular high end competition and opportunities sometime sprung from the wealthy uni alumnus to help the swimmers post their swim career.

The AIS scholarships changed that in the 1990's, and then the renaissance of Oz swimming starting in 1996 Atlanta Olympics and January 1998 World Champs in Perth, plus the build up to Sydney and the next 8 years after Sydney Oz swimming was a clear #2 in the world and pushed the yanks hard, especially the women, and lots of corporate $$$ flowed in as well as government monies especially 1993-2000 funding elite athletes program to prepare for Sydney. I think it was an extra $123m over 7 years for those Olympic sports . Those glory days are now over for swimming.

 

[Magus]

If you feel like you're having a bad day..

 

[PepeSilvia]

If you feel like you're having a bad day..

Misleading title.