The 2014/15 Off Season Thread

[Suitman]

Large cap. 2 sugars thanks mate.

 

[TheParraboy]

$7.50 thanks

 

[strider]

And in nightclubs if your name is Plaxico and you don't think the cops will help you if you lose a dance-off.

nightclubs, rural areas - pretty much the same thing mate

 

[lingard]

Dunno, maybe because most people don't really need one, and people are pretty good at accidentally killing themselves and/or their family with them I guess.

It's a complex issue. Canada's gun laws are not that different to those in the US, but they have a much lower rate of gun deaths. I'm now going to misuse a word to annoy Lingard. It's a confluence of many factors in the US, but a high rate of gun ownership is, at the very least, a facilitating factor in their astronomical rate of violent deaths (for a developed country with a stable political system).

This whole notion that the word 'confluence' annoys Lingard, is a myth. I don't even know what it means. And I never will. In fact I'm going to go out of my way to remain ignorant of its meaning. The next time the guys are standing around the water-cooler talking about how they had a confluence of beers last night, I'm going to block my ears.

 

[lingard]

In what way do you think they breached that responsibility Lingard? Or more specifically....what is the 'responsibility'?


PS: Shots are being fired again in Paris.

Freedom of speech is not the holy grail it's made out to be. I think freedom of speech should never be an end in itself, but more a means. A means to what? To say whatever the f**k comes into your head without any thought to the possible ramifications? I don't think so. These guys at Charlie Hebdo aren't heroes and champions of freedom and liberty - they are just making a buck. I'm not condoning for a second the acts of a group of psychopaths whose behaviour is pure evil, I'm just saying there is another facet to this.

 

[Twizzle]

Freedom of Speech is what got them killed.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Freedom of speech is not the holy grail it's made out to be. I think freedom of speech should never be an end in itself, but more a means. A means to what? To say whatever the f**k comes into your head without any thought to the possible ramifications? I don't think so. These guys at Charlie Hebdo aren't heroes and champions of freedom and liberty - they are just making a buck. I'm not condoning for a second the acts of a group of psychopaths whose behaviour is pure evil, I'm just saying there is another facet to this.

Yeh, I agree broadly. I don't they're heroes by any means, and the bigger your audience the more one should take a breath and think about what it is that one is about to say.

 

[strider]

This whole notion that the word 'confluence' annoys Lingard, is a myth. I don't even know what it means. And I never will. In fact I'm going to go out of my way to remain ignorant of its meaning. The next time the guys are standing around the water-cooler talking about how they had a confluence of beers last night, I'm going to block my ears.

we use confluence at work ... https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence

:sarcasm:


we really do

 

[strider]

Freedom of speech is not the holy grail it's made out to be. I think freedom of speech should never be an end in itself, but more a means. A means to what? To say whatever the f**k comes into your head without any thought to the possible ramifications? I don't think so. These guys at Charlie Hebdo aren't heroes and champions of freedom and liberty - they are just making a buck. I'm not condoning for a second the acts of a group of psychopaths whose behaviour is pure evil, I'm just saying there is another facet to this.

freedom is speech is just some mumbo jumbo made popular by the bloody yanks and their self righteous behaviour

 

[Avenger]

It's funny how how little things make you happy. Here I am in Bangalow at the local pub and a fairly large lizard is just roaming around freely. I love this part of the world.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

f**ken Bangalow! When I was little I lived nearby. I went to Newrybar Public School.

 

[Gronk]

I stayed at Broken Head Caravan Park on the way back from schoolies.

BTW there used to be dirt road running south of the caravan park and you could walk through bush to (what felt like) private beaches. Very cool. Probably developed now.

 

[Gronk]

Still there it seems. We used to hang on our own little beach and drink beer like the Corona ads.

 

[TheParraboy]

that's lovely Gronk

 

[hineyrulz]

Lovely part of the world that's for sure.

 

[Avenger]

f**ken Bangalow! When I was little I lived nearby. I went to Newrybar Public School.

That's near Harvest. Probably one of the best restaurants I have had the pleasure of eating in.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

dont mind byron bay, last time I was there I was trying to work out which local was Casper

 

[carson]

Elite Belle just dropped dead...Heart attack while on a plane to Melbourne.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

That's near Harvest. Probably one of the best restaurants I have had the pleasure of eating in.

Went to byron for my honeymoon and that place was on my list of places to eat, disappointed I couldn't get there but, ran out of time.

The Thursday Byron markets has some amazing produce.

 

[Gronk]

Elite Belle just dropped dead...Heart attack while on a plane to Melbourne.

I'm thinking she's he's either a horse or a Pornstar....