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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Turnsky on March 25, 2004, 04:31:49 am

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Post by: Turnsky on March 25, 2004, 04:31:49 am: i'm messy, i'll admit it.. but i decided to clean my room today, and well..
and you thought the couch contained ****loads of change
;)

(http://users.bigpond.net.au/Turnsky/images/DSC00297.JPG)

*note: the small piles of change on the desk amount to $13 bucks exactly
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Post by: Setekh on March 25, 2004, 04:50:49 am: :lol: You're rich!

Actually, I just cleaned my computer table recently too. It's amazing the stuff you take. I dunno, the table almost looks wrong when it's so clean... must get more junk on table... ;)
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Post by: Gortef on March 25, 2004, 06:10:50 am: now go to the arcade :D
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Post by: Taristin on March 25, 2004, 06:16:29 am: Is it just me, or is that money huge? :eek:
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Post by: Turnsky on March 25, 2004, 06:24:03 am: Quote
Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Is it just me, or is that money huge? :eek:

yeah, kinda..

the gold ones are $1 and $2 coins.. the largest ones with flat sides on 'em are fifty cents..;)
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Post by: Tiara on March 25, 2004, 06:28:20 am: :eek: Even my desk is cleaner then yours :eek:

:p:D:p
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Post by: Setekh on March 25, 2004, 06:41:06 am: Quote
Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Is it just me, or is that money huge? :eek:

Australian coins aren't that big... :D
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Post by: Gortef on March 25, 2004, 07:00:49 am: chirst it's the size of my hand... O_o

:p
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Post by: Setekh on March 25, 2004, 07:06:14 am: :D For the record, that coin is about 1.5cm in diameter (little over half an inch). :)
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Post by: Thorn on March 25, 2004, 10:41:59 am: I found a 20 wedged between my burner and CD drive once....
Hell if I know how it got there....
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Post by: mikhael on March 25, 2004, 11:49:18 am: Turnsky's an aussie? Who knew? :)
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Post by: Tiara on March 25, 2004, 11:52:30 am: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
Turnsky's an aussie? Who knew? :)

I did :D
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Post by: kasperl on March 25, 2004, 11:59:06 am: hell, even I knew.
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Post by: Odyssey on March 25, 2004, 02:35:31 pm: [color=cc9900](http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/Odyssey/coins.jpg)

My change pot needs emptying. Not onto my desk, unfortunately.[/color]
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Post by: 01010 on March 25, 2004, 02:36:10 pm: BUY DRUGS!
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Post by: Odyssey on March 25, 2004, 03:14:05 pm: [color=cc9900]I am so bored:

(http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/Odyssey/coin_tower.jpg)

It fell over soon after being caught on camera. That's only half the change I've got lying around. Guess I should have gone two-towers-esque.[/color]
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Post by: Rictor on March 25, 2004, 03:38:39 pm: Give it to homeless guys, they don't care that its in such small denomination. Money is money,
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Post by: Darkage on March 25, 2004, 03:43:27 pm: My Desk, Atleast part of it.

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/inferno/darkage/desk.jpg)

(http://www.itsupplies.net/images/sun/monitors/365-1383-med.jpg)

(http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/Monitor/images/365-1383.gif)

And tomorrow i'll have this monitor:D

21" Inch CRT
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Post by: Grey Wolf on March 25, 2004, 03:55:38 pm: Umm... My computer desk is actually fairly clean. Don't use it very much though, as it has an old, beat-up 15" monitor and a computer with a Pentium MMX 233 CPU. The family computer desk is a mess, and that's the one I use the most :p
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Post by: Jiggyhound on March 25, 2004, 03:58:43 pm: pffffffft

i filled up one of those massive bottles up last year to about half way. About £60 worth of bronze alone, 60 pound coins and some notes.

Hell dont even know what silver i had...
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Post by: Darkage on March 25, 2004, 03:59:19 pm: About a year ago my desk would be filled with plates and breadcrums.

So it's abit cleaner then it used to be. But since I have more desk space it takes longer to fill it up:D
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Post by: Grey Wolf on March 25, 2004, 04:00:54 pm: Hmm... I think that beats my $160 worth of quarters.
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Post by: Thorn on March 25, 2004, 04:38:17 pm: I just got a new desk, so its pretty much spotless in comparison to the way it was before...
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Post by: diamondgeezer on March 25, 2004, 05:42:59 pm: Odyssey, that coin tower is the most fantastic thing I've ever seen. My hat goes off to you, sir :D
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Post by: Knight Templar on March 25, 2004, 05:59:53 pm: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
Turnsky's an aussie? Who knew? :)

Me.
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Post by: Thorn on March 25, 2004, 09:02:27 pm: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
Turnsky's an aussie? Who knew? :)

Just about everyone but you it seems :p
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Post by: delta_7890 on March 25, 2004, 10:01:33 pm: Even *I* knew. Oo;;;
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Post by: Grey Wolf on March 25, 2004, 10:04:10 pm: EDIT: Deleted
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Post by: Knight Templar on March 25, 2004, 11:40:06 pm: It practically bleeds from him once you get him talking.
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Post by: Setekh on March 26, 2004, 03:05:45 am: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
Turnsky's an aussie? Who knew? :)

:nervous: You didn't know? He's Tasmanian. :)
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Post by: Taristin on March 26, 2004, 08:36:48 am: Davenport IIRC.

And, Setekh, what kind of coin did you post? It's cool. :nod:
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Post by: Turnsky on March 26, 2004, 08:46:43 am: five cent piece
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Post by: mikhael on March 26, 2004, 11:02:43 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh

:nervous: You didn't know? He's Tasmanian. :)

Oh... he's from...er... THERE... ;)

Seriously, I had no idea. Looks like I'll be joining a nice crew when I move. You lot, and my in-laws will be pretty much the only people I know when I get down there.
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Post by: kasperl on March 26, 2004, 11:05:50 am: your moving to Australia?
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Post by: mikhael on March 26, 2004, 11:10:36 am: Um. Yeah. I've mentioned this dozens of times before. :D

My wife's an aussie from Adelaide. We'll be moving back there in the next year or so. Depends, really, on when we can afford it. Being jobless is NOT helping the finances.
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Post by: kasperl on March 26, 2004, 11:13:20 am: must have missed all the other times :)

and sorry to hear you're still without a job...
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Post by: Knight Templar on March 26, 2004, 06:31:19 pm: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
Um. Yeah. I've mentioned this dozens of times before. :D

My wife's an aussie from Adelaide. We'll be moving back there in the next year or so. Depends, really, on when we can afford it. Being jobless is NOT helping the finances.

Not even **** retail work?
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Post by: mikhael on March 26, 2004, 10:46:26 pm: Its an interesting thing KT: if I go get a retail job or whatever, I'll make LESS than I make on unemployment, and I won't get any benefit from it.

The system in this state encourages you to go for only jobs within your skill area. Its odd.
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Post by: Setekh on March 27, 2004, 01:58:06 am: Quote
Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
And, Setekh, what kind of coin did you post? It's cool. :nod:

Quote
Originally posted by Turnsky
five cent piece

:nod:

Very small, but it's my favourite. Spiny anteaters are cool. :D

When you get over here Mik, make sure to be lou dabout it. We'll schedule a get together for yourself, Turnsky and me at least. :)
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Post by: Knight Templar on March 27, 2004, 03:05:56 am: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
Its an interesting thing KT: if I go get a retail job or whatever, I'll make LESS than I make on unemployment, and I won't get any benefit from it.

The system in this state encourages you to go for only jobs within your skill area. Its odd.

That's.. erm.. interesting. Although hardly suprising. All the more power to you I suppose.
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Post by: mikhael on March 28, 2004, 11:34:43 pm: Missed your responses, KT, Steak.

Steak, I'll make sure you know when I get there. :)

KT: I don't much like the system, but I understand it. I may not go for fast food jobs, but I do go for pretty much any job I can do within my industry. I'm a highly skilled, very qualified, extremely well trained, and very experienced systems administrator. What I'm NOT is a programmer. So I go for all sorts of sysadmin jobs, tech managment jobs, tech support jobs, etc.

I'd feel bad about not going for the burger jobs, except all I'm getting back from the state is the money I paid in for the express purpose of covering my ass in a situation like this (unemployment compensation here is paid into by the employee as well as the employer and the state).

If this goes on for much longer though, I'm going to be seriously considering going back into the Navy, or going back to school full time and collecting on my veterans benefits.
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Post by: Turnsky on March 28, 2004, 11:55:09 pm: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael

Oh... he's from...er... THERE... ;)

HEY!;)

i might take the ferry up to sydney onna these days, it's only a 22 & 1/2 trip :p
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Post by: Setekh on March 29, 2004, 06:02:32 am: But totally worth it. :D What do you guys want to do when you get here? A night on the city, go bowling, hang around at my house and just play some FS? :p
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Post by: Nico on March 29, 2004, 06:15:40 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh

:nervous: You didn't know? He's Tasmanian. :)

Watata-Pllllll-prrrrrr-watatatazzzzz!!!!

Sorry, the little voice in my head just kept telling me to do it.
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Post by: Setekh on March 29, 2004, 06:17:45 am: Quote
Originally posted by Nico

Watata-Pllllll-prrrrrr-watatatazzzzz!!!!

Sorry, the little voice in my head just kept telling me to do it.

:lol: :lol:

For all the uninitiated:

(http://www.balloonshop.com.au/Balloons/Amazing%20Balloon%20Shop_files/tassiedevil.jpe)
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Post by: Turnsky on March 29, 2004, 06:20:42 am: Quote
Originally posted by Nico

Watata-Pllllll-prrrrrr-watatatazzzzz!!!!

Sorry, the little voice in my head just kept telling me to do it.

irony, they do sound a little like that;)
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Post by: Gloriano on March 29, 2004, 09:18:48 am: everyone is moving to Australia? oh well some day I will move there too Nice house with Garden that is only i need somewhere in Sydney maybe but I Keep coming to Australia many times I can

and thinkin moving there but Really I need is new Job thats Decide where I move
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Post by: Setekh on March 30, 2004, 03:40:13 am: What job would you be looking for, HIG? I'll add it to the list of jobs I'm hunting down for HLPers. ;)
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Post by: Gloriano on March 30, 2004, 06:37:38 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
What job would you be looking for, HIG? I'll add it to the list of jobs I'm hunting down for HLPers. ;)

something about marketing/PR