Phil Perry Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 3 hours ago, spacesailor said: GEEZE Australia is looking a lot like MARS, the red planet !. a few pics from a pilot in Dubbo. " https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156420185225095%26set=a.10156420315745095%26type=3%26__tn__=HH-R%26eid=ARDzg_tyY_vgbbvzenUSimguo4qNQzcaddRO9o-F2KOYdJ133sGutiLiY0W416ukwdYnLLGygE0ecg5l Been watching a few of Chris and Scott Hendry's flying around series,. . . but since I have not flown over the same areas since the mid to late 1970s, I can't remember what it looked like back then for a comparison. . . I watched a few last evening, and both Chris and Scott remarked several times how green it looked, even the Simpson Desert ! ! ! I think those particular vids were from late 2016 . . .
spacesailor Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 Not so green now. BUT So Mars, like colours. spacesailor
Phil Perry Posted October 6, 2019 Author Posted October 6, 2019 Scottish soccer results are sometimes difficult to understand at first glance. . . Try saying this quickly after four beers. . . East Fife 4 Forfar 5
old man emu Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 I'd love the Baggie Greens to have the Poms at Forfar 5
spacesailor Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 NOT a patch on the Welsh language. NOW the IRISH are trying to be just as weird. gaelic Blooody hard to spell. [ATTACH]50364._xfImport[/ATTACH] spacesailor
old man emu Posted October 9, 2019 Posted October 9, 2019 RED750 being deleted is really something to gripe about!
facthunter Posted October 9, 2019 Posted October 9, 2019 IF he gets DILUTED he might be Pink 750 or Red 250. Nev
red750 Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 I posted in the wrong thread. I had to type something when I deleted the post and reposted in the correct thread.
spacesailor Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 RED750:ml in bottles, goes well at cellarbrations. Don't dilute. spacesailor
Bruce Posted October 28, 2019 Posted October 28, 2019 Space, I dunno if you saw my mars-like picture taken near Narromine at Ausfly. It was about 2 weeks ago. Those poor farmers... Last time I went to a fly-in at Narromine, it rained 50mm that night! Alas history did not repeat itself. [ATTACH]50418._xfImport[/ATTACH]
red750 Posted October 29, 2019 Posted October 29, 2019 Here's a gripe about something I think we have covered before, but it has raised its ugly head again. Dealing with call centres. My wife has a very small parcel of shares she bought or was given as a Christmas bonus by her employers. So small a bundle that it is a nuisance to the brokers - they're not getting any commission because she doesn't want/need financial advice. The shares were in three lots, one paid a dividend, one was reinvested, and one was the shares from the reinvestment. They have been passed from broker to broker without our knowledge, and the bundles have been combined so we don't know if she will get a dividend, or all reinvested or what. To make things worse, the brokers cannot locate the shares, because someone, without her authority, has a) changed her address, and b) changed her title from Mrs to Ms. We got a letter saying they were forwarding confirmation of the address change to our "old" address in case of fraud. Wha??? We have lived here over 40 years, and she has been Mrs. for 49 years. Now they tell us they have given her a new Holder Identification Number and cancelled her old one, so trying to trace anything is going to be a nightmare. The letter by the way, was addressed to her using her full first and second names, no Mrs. or Ms. The address was spelled out in full on the letter - Avenue, but they can't find a match because their records use the post office preferred Ave. Common sense went out the window years ago. When you contact a call centre to try and work things out, they can't identify you because THEY have changed your details, you can't speak to the same person twice, you have to rehash the whole saga each time you call. You loose your cool and raise you voice and they remind you that the call is being recorded, as if that's some sort of threat. Obviously no one listens to the recorded calls, because no one attempts to sort things out. And you can't ask to speak to a supervisor - apparently they don't have them. Needless to say, my wife is almost out of her wits over it all. God only knows how we are meant to explain it all to the ATO.
Old Koreelah Posted October 29, 2019 Posted October 29, 2019 Red there must be more ethical companies who can do a better job. it's time to move those shares- if they can be found.
octave Posted October 29, 2019 Posted October 29, 2019 I just started trading shares with an online broker, seems easy and trouble free so far.
spacesailor Posted October 29, 2019 Posted October 29, 2019 Red Call the police, as it all looks suspect. I had an incident with W pak bank. Almost 12 months to chase my money, & no help from that bank, until I said I,m going to the police. That put the "cat amongst the pigeons ". They rang two or three daysk later . Spacesailor
red750 Posted October 29, 2019 Posted October 29, 2019 It involves one of the oldest and most "respected" broking firms, and one of the major banks securities divisions, Which Bank? Can't say, but they can.
Bruce Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 I agree with Space. Promise to report the whole thing to the police, the media, the tax dept, and your local MP's. But don't hope for too much from any of them. Mind you, those brokers will have to assume that somebody in authority might present them with a please explain.
Marty_d Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 Shouldn't have to explain it to the ATO - they already know about your shares. About 20 years ago a whorehouse in Melbourne got floated on the ASX ("Planet Platinum"). Well, for a laugh a couple of mates and I threw in $20 each and bought a few shares. So the first year they'd brought in this automated system (must have been 5 or 6 years ago?) my wife and I are sitting with the accountant doing our tax with the form showing on a big screen. He goes to the section on shares and says "Ah, so you own some shares in Planet Platinum..." I was quite surprised, had totally forgotten about it. Then had to explain to my wife, who hadn't been my wife at the time we bought them, why I had shares in a knocking shop!
Old Koreelah Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 How we you enjoying sleeping in the shed?
facthunter Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 Robo debt is still out there and another cock up to increase the suicide rate. I'm ready to quit which Bank. Who can you trust? NO ONE. Nev
nomadpete Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 Marty, Sounds like a great investment. Shares in the oldest profession! Couldn't lose! What I want to know is, Was the dividend good? Do you collect your dividend in person????
spacesailor Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 I wanted to answer that. BUT After 57 years of marriage, decided valour is not my thing. spacesailor
Marty_d Posted November 9, 2019 Posted November 9, 2019 Marty, Sounds like a great investment. Shares in the oldest profession! Couldn't lose! What I want to know is, Was the dividend good? Do you collect your dividend in person???? Let's see - even if my initial investment doubled over the years, that's still only $20 worth. Unless they started charging by the second, I doubt they could have delivered the dividend in services....
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