ABC general chat forum

[Garpal Gumnut]

Yeah that fine, but have you got one of Virginia Trioli in leather ?

I will post one shortly.

gg

 

[MrBurns]

You haven't taken to religion, Burnsie, have you. You appear different in your posts.
These ABC reffos haven't put anything in to your Milo?
gg

Just older I guess

(love the choice of icons, on the ABC site you only get an "I Love Labor" one)

 

[rumpole]

Just older I guess

(love the choice of icons, on the ABC site you only get an "I Love Labor" one)

Where is that icon ? I've never seen it.

You were always most reasonable on the ABC Trumpy even when we disagreed.

 

[MrBurns]

Where is that icon ? I've never seen it.

You were always most reasonable on the ABC Trumpy even when we disagreed.

Thanks - under the icons on the right there is a link that says [more]

 

[Calliope]

You were always most reasonable on the ABC Trumpy even when we disagreed.

Ah Burnsie (or is it Trumpy?), all is revealed. Now we know where you got reconstructed as a Sensitive New Age Guy.

 

[MrBurns]

Ah Burnsie (or is it Trumpy?), all is revealed. Now we know where you got reconstructed as a Sensitive New Age Guy.

I mentioned that a while ago but yes Trump on ABC Burns here, Gillard in Parliament

 

[IFocus]

Close, IFocus, but we are not all galloping lefties, I have a share portfolio, and, no doubt will benefit from some fresh ideas. The ABC site had a good cross section of ideas, ABC television discussion would often be a springboard for other forms of discussion, generally light hearted, often extremely insightful. It really had a dynamic that was very unique, and, hopefully it can be replicated here.

I will just pop an icon in here, to test this out, this being my first post.

It would be excellent if the standard of the discussion is raised here no matter what the political persuasion of the posters.
As you will find and expect of a trading forum the general majority of posters are quite conservative but from my perspective makes it all more fun if you have some sort of a social conscience.

 

[IFocus]

Actually, I don't think anyone "over there" was a galloping leftie. I'm looking for investment options as well. Does this forum go into small business ins and outs, or is there something similar that does ?

Rumpole there are a number of small business operators (some quite successful)that do post on site mostly about trading / investing but if you throw up a thread I am sure some of them will turn up to have a chat.

 

[Superb Parrot]

It would be excellent if the standard of the discussion is raised here no matter what the political persuasion of the posters.
As you will find and expect of a trading forum the general majority of posters are quite conservative but from my perspective makes it all more fun if you have some sort of a social conscience.

"It would be excellent if the standard of the discussion is raised"

A tad pompous, don't you think ?

 

[Solly]

GG,

I know you are well connected in the media, political circles and other spheres of influence, do you think there's a chance that "Big Bear" @abcmarkscott could be lurking in this thread or even joined ASF under a clever pseudonym ?

S

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

GG,

I know you are well connected in the media, political circles and other spheres of influence, do you think there's a chance that "Big Bear" @abcmarkscott could be lurking in this thread or even joined ASF under a clever pseudonym ?

S

With the influx of reffos from the ABC's defunct blog, one feels rather like a Trojan looking at a big wooden horse. Perhaps Mark does lie with a pseudonym, waiting to burst upon the solvent ASF membership like a Greek eyeing a Frankfurter.

And talking of the ABC, the luvvies at the Media Watch tried to do a hatchet job on that great lady Jennifer Morahasy who has done so much to repel the hordes of scientific green modellers from the Murray Catchment debate.

Visit my old friend Prof Bunyip for a good read and Jennifer for a rebuttal of the Media Watch beatup. Next poor ole Jonathon Holmes will have a sixty minute clock ticking beside his cadaveral visage.

http://bunyipitude.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/media-botch.html

http://jennifermarohasy.com/2012/03/media-watch-under-scrutiny-2/

gg

 

[sails]

"It would be excellent if the standard of the discussion is raised"

A tad pompous, don't you think ?

Ahh, you will get to know our resident galah is usually a tad pompous...

 

[Sitar]

I'm also a refugee from the ABC message board.....greetings to all you old bloggers out there!

I look forward to, hopefully, raising some hackles in the future. My name, by the way, has been stolen from my beautiful black cat, Sitar.

 

[Superb Parrot]

Thanks for the links, gg. I knew of Jennifers argument, I did not realise that it reached Media Watch's attention.
SP

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Thanks for the links, gg. I knew of Jennifers argument, I did not realise that it reached Media Watch's attention.
SP

Thanks mate,

This incarnation of the ABC is like ole Joe Stalin's Communist Party.

For all you know they probably have a file marked " Superb Parrot ".

Their attitude, to steal a phrase from further west is " Ve ask the questions " , at least on Media Watch.

gg

 

[Julia]

For all you know they probably have a file marked " Superb Parrot ".

Apologies for being a bit off topic here but it's not worth a thread of its own, and the reference to a file on all of us sparked the following comment.

My water bill arrived yesterday, showing I'd used more than twice as much as in any other four monthly period, so I phoned the Water Corp and questioned it.
I was really taken aback when the clerk was able to tell me how much water I used and exactly when.
e.g. on a particular day, she noted that at 5.30 am there were two separate amounts of 10 litres used. She said "obviously two people in the house went to the toilet at that time."

So they even know if you have someone staying in the house and what you're doing at a particular time.

This is pretty creepy imo.

 

[bellenuit]

Apologies for being a bit off topic here but it's not worth a thread of its own, and the reference to a file on all of us sparked the following comment.

My water bill arrived yesterday, showing I'd used more than twice as much as in any other four monthly period, so I phoned the Water Corp and questioned it.
I was really taken aback when the clerk was able to tell me how much water I used and exactly when.
e.g. on a particular day, she noted that at 5.30 am there were two separate amounts of 10 litres used. She said "obviously two people in the house went to the toilet at that time."

So they even know if you have someone staying in the house and what you're doing at a particular time.

This is pretty creepy imo.

That is a worry. I know they couldn't do that with me as I have an old style meter out front that only gets read periodically (and only counts cumulative litres used) since first installed.

If the clerk could say, without doubt, "obviously two people in the house went to the toilet at that time." then not only are they recording in small time buckets or even in realtime, but it would suggest that they are recording for every single outlet, which I find too hard to believe. Otherwise the most likely explanation for two 10L usages at 5am is that someone flushed the toilet twice.

 

[Paradocs]

.............del.....
e.g. on a particular day, she noted that at 5.30 am there were two separate amounts of 10 litres used. She said "obviously two people in the house went to the toilet at that time."

So they even know if you have someone staying in the house and what you're doing at a particular time.

This is pretty creepy imo.

Yes, 'creepy' covers it nicely. It beats me why we still have to lodge tax returns, 'they' seem to know more about us than we do already.

 

[LaughingMan]

Hi.

 

[sails]

Hi.

Welcome...