Horry

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:54:16 +0000, Jock wrote:

> "Horry" <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:g98gb6$6li$2@news.datemas.de...
> : On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:194 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>
> :
> : Why would it matter if every human being on the planet were to die :
> tomorrow?
> :
> the computers would keep taking periodic payments till we were all in
> default and the world would keep on spinning. Crazy times!

Shirley those of us with Amex Centurion Cards would continue to be
debited for all eternity?

Mal

Horry wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:54:16 +0000, Jock wrote:
>
>> "Horry" <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:g98gb6$6li$2@news.datemas.de...
>> : On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:194 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>>
>> :
>> : Why would it matter if every human being on the planet were to die :
>> tomorrow?
>> :
>> the computers would keep taking periodic payments till we were all in
>> default and the world would keep on spinning. Crazy times!
>
> Shirley those of us with Amex Centurion Cards would continue to be
> debited for all eternity?
Who's Shirley and what's she got to do with it?

Knobdoodle

"Jock" <jock@hisplacedrinkingdrambuie.ahh> wrote:
> "Horry" <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote:
> : On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:194 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>
> :
> : Why would it matter if every human being on the planet were to die
> : tomorrow?
> :
> the computers would keep taking periodic payments till we were all in
> default
> and the world would keep on spinning.
> Crazy times!
>
For about 12 hours until the last of the UPS's and power-stations cease
functioning....
After that dogs would grow opposabe thumbs and take over.
--
Knob

Zapkvr

On Aug 29, 4:32*pm, jackbadger56 <castl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 29, 4:26*pm, Noddy <GordonLightfoot...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth of
> > Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for The
> > Don?
>
> > Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.
>
> > Regards,
> > Noddy
>
> isn't it 99.94?
> Either way there was a story last 2 weeks ago (another one i'm too
> lazy to link to) about Don having scored a 4 in some match very early
> in his career that seems to have been attributed to his partner. If it
> does turn out to be an error it's enough to lift his average above the
> ton.
> I just thought it was a cute story. ;-)

Of course it's 99.94.

It's the same numbver used for the PO. box for the Ay Bee See in every
Australian capital city.

Trevor Wilson

"Horry" <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:194 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>
>> "TG'sFM" <suvvdj@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
>> news:8ee3e1ce-e3f4-4829-
> affb-48a70fbf6eb1@k36g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
>> On Aug 29, 5:25 pm, "Trevor Wilson"
>> <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
>>> "Noddy" <GordonLightfoot...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:aaaebf28-6029-4e8c-
> b7dd-57c28750ccde@n38g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>> > This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth
>>> > of Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for
>>> > The Don?
>>>
>>> > Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.
>>>
>>> **Well Gordo, why don't we celebrate someone who has REALLY contributed
>>> to our society?
>>
>> Yes, like Mark Priestly from All Saints who was electrocuted a couple of
>> days ago.
>>
>> **Who is Mark Priestly? What has he done for our society? Was he a
>> surgeon? A cancer researcher? A micro-biologist?
>
> Why the preoccupation with "society"?
>
> Why would it matter if every human being on the planet were to die
> tomorrow?

**I don't understand the preoccupation with some guy who could hit a little
red ball with a lump of wood.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

TG'sFM

On Aug 30, 9:11*am, "Trevor Wilson"
<trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
> "Horry" <horacewach...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:g98gb6$6li$2@news.datemas.de...
>
>
>
> > On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:194 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>
> >> "TG'sFM" <suv...@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
> >> news:8ee3e1ce-e3f4-4829-
> > affb-48a70fbf6...@k36g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> >> On Aug 29, 5:25 pm, "Trevor Wilson"
> >> <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
> >>> "Noddy" <GordonLightfoot...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>> news:aaaebf28-6029-4e8c-
> > b7dd-57c28750c...@n38g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
>
> >>> > This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth
> >>> > of Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for
> >>> > The Don?
>
> >>> > Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.
>
> >>> **Well Gordo, why don't we celebrate someone who has REALLY contributed
> >>> to our society?
>
> >> Yes, like Mark Priestly from All Saints who was electrocuted a couple of
> >> days ago.
>
> >> **Who is Mark Priestly? What has he done for our society? Was he a
> >> surgeon? A cancer researcher? A micro-biologist?
>
> > Why the preoccupation with "society"?
>
> > Why would it matter if every human being on the planet were to die
> > tomorrow?
>
> **I don't understand the preoccupation with some guy who could hit a little
> red ball with a lump of wood.

That's because you've never lived through the depression, nor have you
ever experienced financial hardship to the extent that you don't know
how you are going to feed your family tonight. You have always been
handed everything without any effort on your part, so of course you
don't understand how some guy who can hit a little ball can be the
ONLY positive thing in a very very bleak world. These days when times
get just a little tough, people book into a 23rd story hotel room and
jump from the balcony. The problem with the depression is that nearly
everyone was in the same boat. Getting together and watch a
wonderfully talented sportsman entertain thousands of people at one
time was a very very big deal. But I don't expect you to understand
that.

amallrat

"Mal" <m99@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Horry wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:54:16 +0000, Jock wrote:
>>
>>> "Horry" <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:g98gb6$6li$2@news.datemas.de...
>>> : On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:194 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>> :
>>> : Why would it matter if every human being on the planet were to die :
>>> tomorrow?
>>> :
>>> the computers would keep taking periodic payments till we were all in
>>> default and the world would keep on spinning. Crazy times!
>>
>> Shirley those of us with Amex Centurion Cards would continue to be
>> debited for all eternity?

> Who's Shirley and what's she got to do with it?


One of TG'sFM *Many* Sockpuppets ;-)

TG'sFM

On Aug 30, 1:13*pm, "amallrat" <xix...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Mal" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
>
>
> > Horry wrote:
> >> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:54:16 +0000, Jock wrote:
>
> >>> "Horry" <horacewach...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:g98gb6$6li$2@news.datemas.de...
> >>> : On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:194 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>
> >>> :
> >>> : Why would it matter if every human being on the planet were to die :
> >>> tomorrow?
> >>> :
> >>> the computers would keep taking periodic payments till we were all in
> >>> default and the world would keep on spinning. Crazy times!
>
> >> Shirley those of us with Amex Centurion Cards would continue to be
> >> debited for all eternity?
> > Who's Shirley and what's she got to do with it?
>
> One of TG'sFM *Many* Sockpuppets ;-)

Whooooooooooooosh

Kelpie

"TG'sFM" <suvvdj@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
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On Aug 30, 9:11 am, "Trevor Wilson"
<trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
> "Horry" <horacewach...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:g98gb6$6li$2@news.datemas.de...
>
>
>
> > On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:194 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>
> >> "TG'sFM" <suv...@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
> >> news:8ee3e1ce-e3f4-4829-
> > affb-48a70fbf6...@k36g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> >> On Aug 29, 5:25 pm, "Trevor Wilson"
> >> <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
> >>> "Noddy" <GordonLightfoot...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>> news:aaaebf28-6029-4e8c-
> > b7dd-57c28750c...@n38g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
>
> >>> > This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth
> >>> > of Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for
> >>> > The Don?
>
> >>> > Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.
>
> >>> **Well Gordo, why don't we celebrate someone who has REALLY
> >>> contributed
> >>> to our society?
>
> >> Yes, like Mark Priestly from All Saints who was electrocuted a couple
> >> of
> >> days ago.
>
> >> **Who is Mark Priestly? What has he done for our society? Was he a
> >> surgeon? A cancer researcher? A micro-biologist?
>
> > Why the preoccupation with "society"?
>
> > Why would it matter if every human being on the planet were to die
> > tomorrow?
>
> **I don't understand the preoccupation with some guy who could hit a
> little
> red ball with a lump of wood.

That's because you've never lived through the depression, nor have you
ever experienced financial hardship to the extent that you don't know
how you are going to feed your family tonight. You have always been
handed everything without any effort on your part, so of course you
don't understand how some guy who can hit a little ball can be the
ONLY positive thing in a very very bleak world. These days when times
get just a little tough, people book into a 23rd story hotel room and
jump from the balcony. The problem with the depression is that nearly
everyone was in the same boat. Getting together and watch a
wonderfully talented sportsman entertain thousands of people at one
time was a very very big deal. But I don't expect you to understand
that.


If Sylvia Else has her way, there will be no more Don Bradman's as she'll
make sure there are no more rain water collection tanks. Future aspiring
batsmen will have to go down their local desalination plant and hit a ball
up against it.

Trevor Wilson

"gumby" <aadrianr@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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>
>> **Well Gordo, why don't we celebrate someone who has REALLY contributed
>> to
>> our society? Howard Florey, for instance. Don Bradman was famous for
>> being able to hit a little red ball with a lump of wood. BFD.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Trevor Wilson
>> www.rageaudio.com.au
>>
>
> ummm, well everyone I talk to of that generation agrees that he did a alot
> for Australia in the years of the depression.

**Those people you spoke to probably owe their lives to anti-biotics.
There's a good reason why Florey received a Nobel Prize and Bradman did not.
Hitting a ball with a lump of wood, is not generally regarded as something
which is of earth-shattering importance.

The Don gave them a sense of
> self-belief.

**By hitting a little red ball with a lump of wood. Yes, we've established
that.

> Why are you crossposting anyway?

**I'm responding. Take the cross-posting up with Gordo.

My comment stands: Why praise some guy with a talent for hitting a ball with
a lump of wood and ignore the developer of Penicillin?


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au