*shakes head*

This thread is for the times that make you just shake your head.

I will kick of proceedings with the Victor Harbor Fish and Chip shop owner who was interviewed on the TV on the weekend.

Given that his shop was within 50 metres of party central, you would expect him to throw open his doors 24 hrs and make an absolute killing would you not? Thousands of teens hankering for recovery breakfasts and lunches, stomach lining dinners, and late night deep fried snacks, you can hear the tills a ringing.

No, this bright spark decided he’d close the entire weekend. WADH.

*shakes head*

Obviously didn't need the money G/N.

I was told recently that a fellow i know was standing next to a BBQ chatting away while the cook was rotating the snags etc... he didn't notice the full can of petrol sitting under the BBQ until the fumes ignited it and it set of like a type of flame thrower burning his arms and face, not bad enough for skin grafts but still bad enough. He's recovering ok now.

That to me just typifies "Victor Harbor" !!!!

Like going back to the 1940s!!!

Its embarrassing!!

...and they say South Australia is progressive!!

Dead right Southee.

FB - He's bloody lucky he got out of that one without serious burns!

Gingernuts wrote:This thread is for the times that make you just shake your head.

I will kick of proceedings with the Victor Harbor Fish and Chip shop owner who was interviewed on the TV on the weekend.

Given that his shop was within 50 metres of party central, you would expect him to throw open his doors 24 hrs and make an absolute killing would you not? Thousands of teens hankering for recovery breakfasts and lunches, stomach lining dinners, and late night deep fried snacks, you can hear the tills a ringing.

No, this bright spark decided he’d close the entire weekend. WADH.

*shakes head*

OMGosh that definitely is shakes head material.
All those $$ go begging.

In defence of the man, he might value his mental sanity over any cash. I would.

I know I have turned down some good $$ and other jobs because of management or it didn't seem to fit. I must be chasing down the wrong jobs though because I keep failing to win them or sustain them for a long period of time.

I used to complain that SA never would progress anywhere, but now living in Tassie, you guys are doing a fairly good job in comparison!

Just saw this on a local 'buy swap sell' facebook page...

want free please

hey has anyone got like a lil kidies pool thats plastic just to have for ma puppy becoz she keeps swimming in my sheeps water so just after sumfin i can fill with sum water for her to play in please??? also any dog or toy pplz wanna throw out ill have becoa they just gona get chewed by her and culd please drop off to woolies victor harbor

Say what translation please... lol.

PS: GN - I just realised there is a 'common' theme happening here !!!

Not sure if this belongs on this particular thread, but nevertheless, thought this was worth a mention.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-30/smokers-believe-plain-pack-cigarettes-taste-worse/4400748

What the hell is wrong with people out there..

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/two-arrested-after-shots-fired-in-pooraka-drive-by/story-e6frea83-1226546203592


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/man-18-dies-after-shooting-on-sixth-ave-warradale/story-e6frg6n6-1226545888172


..plus this one interstate- where fortunately there has now been an arrest.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/man-glassed-in-st-kilda-cafe-attack-20121228-2bysa.html
(above link contains video that shows glassing)

There has always been violence in society, and more than likely statistics show that crime is currently down, but regardless, its bewildering why people have to act like this.

Adelaide is turning into a real violent society at the moment.

Statistics show crime might be down but per capita in Australia we are right up at the top of that pyrimid.

What scares me is the youth of today 13 to 21 year old doing alot of the violent crimes than they did a few years ago.

Not cool at all.

Families Minister Jenny Macklin who earns $6,231 a week claims she could live on the dole.

I doubt she would say "no I couldn't live on the dole", because then the welfare sector would jump up and down even more.

She probably should have deflected the question, but then again, she would have been criticised for not giving a straight answer.

I don't see anything wrong with her saying yes she could live on the dole (even though we all know that's probably very far from the truth) what is 'wrong' though is when the transcript from her office says 'inaudible' - we all heard it...lol.

i remember us all saying ''only in America'' sadly we are getting as bad if not even worse than the Yanks........perhaps if the justice system issued stronger penalties rather than the 'slap on the wrist' that seems to happen more & more we'd be a better society & while i don't condone chopping off of hands we don't see much if any stealing in the countries that have harsh penalties like that & heaven forbid but perhaps rapists & child molesters should have there 'members' chopped off in those circumstances

my father keeps saying about the 'good old days' meaning the 1950's & 1960's.......i keep thinking the good old days are the 1970's & 1980's..............so surely they wont be saying this era is the ''good old days'' in another 20 to 30 years, if so i'll be happy to be nearing the end of my life if it hadn't finished already

A Mum wrote:I don't see anything wrong with her saying yes she could live on the dole (even though we all know that's probably very far from the truth) what is 'wrong' though is when the transcript from her office says 'inaudible' - we all heard it...lol.

That was the worst for me. Inaudible .....absolute Northern China stuff that !

What's the deal with all these complaints about hot buses? Are people really that soft these days?

Hell, when I was at uni (only 15 years ago) you were bloody lucky if you managed to score a bus with air conditioning. Sitting on baking hot vinyl on a bus built in the 60's was par for the course.

Now it's a big enough issue for the transport union to get involved apparently. I can't believe it's the major headline in this state. Talk about first world problems.

Agreed Gingernuts.

The non-airconditioned buses they're referring to (the ex O-Bahn Mercedes O305's) were the ones I used to catch home from school back in the day - and they were just as hot back then! Never heard a complaint back then.

Also, some of those buses go to North Adelaide - literally around the corner, before you're back on an air-conditioned train anyway.

Also, besides these ex O-Bahn buses, all of the other buses are air-conditioned, including several buses that are so new the Adelaide Metro livery hasn't even gone on them!

a school at Glenelg North digging up their cement cricket pitch this week, i ask how does this entice kids to 'be active' by taking another form of exercise away from them ?

When I was a kid

Never heard of air-conditioning, the bus was h.o.t., and full of cigarette smoke.
Didn't do me any harm....cough, cough....

redandblack wrote:When I was a kid

Never heard of air-conditioning, the bus was h.o.t., and full of cigarette smoke.
Didn't do me any harm....cough, cough....

and we use to go outside and play
very soft generation now

Remember that was 15 or 20 years ago.

It's hotter now due to climate change.

We need air conditioning to battle that as the world will get warmer ......

So we are being told !!!!!!

Southee wrote:Remember that was 15 or 20 years ago.

It's hotter now due to climate change.

We need air conditioning to battle that as the world will get warmer ......

So we are being told !!!!!!

i don't believe in 'global warming' but i do think we get more hot days over 40 than we did 20 years ago, or maybe i'm just softer these days, thankfully i'm on holidays but i was told that our shop (drycleaning shop) was 58 degrees last Friday & i believe it because i know how hot it is in there on hot days when i'm at work

blacky wrote:

redandblack wrote:When I was a kid

Never heard of air-conditioning, the bus was h.o.t., and full of cigarette smoke.
Didn't do me any harm....cough, cough....

and we use to go outside and play
very soft generation now

So much so, it ***** me to tears...

i remember 25-30 years ago & was told that my generation has it so soft it isn't funny, with lines like how could/would you cope with either of the World Wars, the Depression, no Air Conditioning & so forth........so perhaps it is us that's made them softer !!