Things that give you the sh1ts

[Failed Creation]

While we're talking about Christmas displays, does anyone else get pissed off at the lack of actual Christmas themed displays at the West End Brewery?

[Booney]

Only going to get a bah humbug from me.

[Failed Creation]

Only going to get a bah humbug from me.

Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas, Christmas lights, pageants and displays, but shouldn't they at least be in the theme of the season, secular or otherwise?

[mighty_tiger_79]

Im sure when you visit a Westfield in the near future, again you wont see a Merry Christmas sign around, it will be Happy Holidays

[Footy Chick]

While we're talking about Christmas displays, does anyone else get pissed off at the lack of actual Christmas themed displays at the West End Brewery?

They've been the same for 50 years FC2 - that's what Christmas was all about before it became commercialised.

In other news, I saw the BEST Christmas decoration on the way to work this morning - I want one! I want one!

Picture not that good but you get the idea

[valleys07]

My street getting targeted last night by thieves.

The only thing taken from my car was the garage door remote (getting that re-coded today), but 2 other cars got broken into aswell.


****ing low life pricks.

[Spargo]

Posers that walk around supermarkets talking on their mobiles whilst having it on speaker.
You epitomise what a WANKER is.

[woodublieve12]

Posers that walk around supermarkets talking on their mobiles whilst having it on speaker.
You epitomise what a WANKER is.

shame i can only like this comment once..

[woodublieve12]

before i go any further, i want to stress i have no real problem with religion... you bellieve in what ever you wish...

However SOME born again christians give me the sh*ts....
Don't preach to me about living a wholesome life and following jesus and all that, when the majority or the reason you are born again is because you did a whole lot of stupid crap then turned to god so everything will be ok...

I stress this is only some....

[Psyber]

Posers that walk around supermarkets talking on their mobiles whilst having it on speaker.
You epitomise what a WANKER is.

shame i can only like this comment once..

I rarely ever answer my mobile without it being on speaker as I don't want to hold a source of radio frequency fields anywhere near my brain.
That being the case I don't usually answer it at all in places where having it on speaker would be intrusive on others.

Of course some would argue that it is rude to not answer...

[bennymacca]

Posers that walk around supermarkets talking on their mobiles whilst having it on speaker.
You epitomise what a WANKER is.

shame i can only like this comment once..

I rarely ever answer my mobile without it being on speaker as I don't want to hold a source of radio frequency fields anywhere near my brain.
That being the case I don't usually answer it at all in places where having it on speaker would be intrusive on others.

Of course some would argue that it is rude to not answer...

does that mean you put it near your balls instead?

btw you don't have anything to worry about with holding a mobile phone near your head (a handheld radio or walk talky possibly as they are significantly more powerful)

[HH3]

The amount of radio waves pulsing through the air all around us is probably more damaging than the ones coming from your phone.

Just look at how many places have Wifi, as well as Wimax and wireless internet.

[bennymacca]

The amount of radio waves pulsing through the air all around us is probably more damaging than the ones coming from your phone.

Just look at how many places have Wifi, as well as Wimax and wireless internet.

it is all about the power of the radio waves, not how many different sources.

High power radio waves can act as a source of heating, (exactly what your microwave oven does), which can lead to health issues.

wavelength is also an issue - in the microwave band they are perfect to excite water molecules and hence why they are used in an oven. higher and lower frequencies have less of an effect.

the power also falls off as the square of the distance, so doubling the distance away from you makes the power go down by a factor of four.

[Psyber]

Do you remember the thread about how the prices were far too expensive?
The opponents of the NBN forgot to start a thread about how that was wrong and the prices are really good.

I'm one of those sceptics, and I'm waiting to see whether they stay good after they get enough take up to be able to claim the programme as a success. It wouldn't be the first industry to offer good starter prices in the early days to get a market share established, then adjust later.

My scepticism has been proved right for us light users - I rarely exceed 8GB per month.
When it was first mooted 10GB NBN plans at 25mbps were being offered at $39.95 per month - fairly commensurate with my existing ADSL2+ plan.*
The lowest NBN plan I can find now is a 12 mbps plan offering 30GB (uploads counted too) at $59.95, or $64.95 at 25mbps.

*Adding VoIP and a home phone brings my ADSL2+ plan to $59.95 per month - the same service with the NBN will now be a minimum of $89.85, and that is without allowing for the $10 a month free calls I get now.

So my $59.95 package jumps to something like $99.85 minimum for a doubling of my present speed...

Sure I can afford it but I resent attempts being made to con me and the general community...

[Footy Chick]

You get more radioactive material reheating your dinner in the microwave or listening to AM radio (true story)

That's what I used to tell the old grandma's that called in to cancel their mobile plans

Working for telstra for 5 years gives me plenty of ammo on people who think mobiles fry your brains.

[bennymacca]

You get more radioactive material reheating your dinner in the microwave or listening to AM radio (true story)

That's what I used to tell the old grandma's that called in to cancel their mobile plans

Working for telstra for 5 years gives me plenty of ammo on people who think mobiles fry your brains.

not radioactive - non-ionising radiation

[woodublieve12]

You get more radioactive material reheating your dinner in the microwave or listening to AM radio (true story)

That's what I used to tell the old grandma's that called in to cancel their mobile plans

Working for telstra for 5 years gives me plenty of ammo on people who think mobiles fry your brains.

not radioactive - non-ionising radiation

[HH3]

You get more radioactive material reheating your dinner in the microwave or listening to AM radio (true story)

That's what I used to tell the old grandma's that called in to cancel their mobile plans

Working for telstra for 5 years gives me plenty of ammo on people who think mobiles fry your brains.

One of our reps still uses a Nokia from 2002 because hes a nut, and thinks the new smart phones will fry him.

Im pretty confident the old Nokias more like to do it.

[Psyber]

The amount of radio waves pulsing through the air all around us is probably more damaging than the ones coming from your phone.
Just look at how many places have Wifi, as well as Wimax and wireless internet.

it is all about the power of the radio waves, not how many different sources.
High power radio waves can act as a source of heating, (exactly what your microwave oven does), which can lead to health issues.
wavelength is also an issue - in the microwave band they are perfect to excite water molecules and hence why they are used in an oven. higher and lower frequencies have less of an effect.

the power also falls off as the square of the distance, so doubling the distance away from you makes the power go down by a factor of four.

The central issue is near microwave frequencies concentrated around the antenna, not lower radio frequencies.
AND it is putting the antenna near your head that matters - at 50cm the field is reduced to 1/2500th of what it is at 1cm.

A Neurosurgeon I know who nis interested in the topic says the only way to use a mobile is at arm's length either on speaker or with a wired earphone.
(Wireless/bluetooth puts a concentrating antenna next to your brain too.)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19328536

[bennymacca]

Do you remember the thread about how the prices were far too expensive?
The opponents of the NBN forgot to start a thread about how that was wrong and the prices are really good.

I'm one of those sceptics, and I'm waiting to see whether they stay good after they get enough take up to be able to claim the programme as a success. It wouldn't be the first industry to offer good starter prices in the early days to get a market share established, then adjust later.

My scepticism has been proved right for us light users - I rarely exceed 8GB per month.
When it was first mooted 10GB NBN plans at 25mbps were being offered at $39.95 per month - fairly commensurate with my existing ADSL2+ plan.*
The lowest NBN plan I can find now is a 12 mbps plan offering 30GB (uploads counted too) at $59.95, or $64.95 at 25mbps.

*Adding VoIP and a home phone brings my ADSL2+ plan to $59.95 per month - the same service with the NBN will now be a minimum of $89.85, and that is without allowing for the $10 a month free calls I get now.

So my $59.95 package jumps to something like $99.85 minimum for a doubling of my present speed...

Sure I can afford it but I resent attempts being made to con me and the general community...

(all 12mb services)
Nuskope offer 10gb for $40 and 50gb for $50
Adam offer 20 down and 20 up for $50
Internode offer 30 for $50

adam's phone service is $10 a month, internode offer different options starting from $0 and working up to $20 a month depending on what sort of call rates you have and want etc.

TPG offer an unlimited 12mb with a home phone that gives you unlimited calls to land lines for $70 a month

not sure you were looking hard enough!!