May I respectfully bring to the attention of posters here that we have now adopted a new regime on derailing threads. 

The rules are being brought in restrospectively so our team of moderators will start work on Monday at page 1. The process is expected to last about six weeks at the end of which the thread should be reduced to no more than four pages.

We look forward to your assistance and co-operation in assisting us with this task.

Thank you.

WJ... In all reality this thread is all about derailment 

Just now, beelzebub said:

WJ... In all reality this thread is all about derailment 

I take that as a confession on your part and, in accordance with the AFL sanctions policy, ban you from posting for one month backdated to 1 October, 2016.

 

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

WJ... In all reality this thread is all about derailment 

Point of order, your Honour. The only known way to derail this thread is to mention a certain former Melbourne player.  Otherwise any charge of derailment won't stand up under cross examination ... ?

7 minutes ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

Point of order, your Honour. The only known way to derail this thread is to mention a certain former Melbourne player.  Otherwise any charge of derailment won't stand up under cross examination ... ?

plus, banana bashing should be subject to immediate banishment

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

plus, banana bashing should be subject to immediate banishment

With no appeal allowed 

4 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

May I respectfully bring to the attention of posters here that we have now adopted a new regime on derailing threads. 

The rules are being brought in restrospectively so our team of moderators will start work on Monday at page 1. The process is expected to last about six weeks at the end of which the thread should be reduced to no more than four pages.

We look forward to your assistance and co-operation in assisting us with this task.

Thank you.

I favour the global deletion. Might be good practice for when The Donald takes over.

5 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

May I respectfully bring to the attention of posters here that we have now adopted a new regime on derailing threads. 

The rules are being brought in restrospectively so our team of moderators will start work on Monday at page 1. The process is expected to last about six weeks at the end of which the thread should be reduced to no more than four pages.

We look forward to your assistance and co-operation in assisting us with this task.

Thank you.

four [censored] pages! this will be akin to the wanton destruction of the library at alexandria. at least thanks to modern technology we will have the wayback machine

51 minutes ago, Dr John Dee said:

I favour the global deletion. Might be good practice for when The Donald takes over.

Donald taught me how to argue  my way to scandal.

Now that he has achieved power you seem to be adopting a Hillary like approach to governance.

Couple this with the outbreak of politeness on Demonland and I am all at sea.

The world grows more complex by the minute.

Btw- I use the NBN at my meth lab in the rural backwater- the service is surprisingly good and should allow for multiple high speed banning and admonishments.

I am excited by the new regimes of political incorrectness and political correctness we live in.

None can existed without the other it seems.

Keep well good Dr and never let anyone say you are not fair and just.

2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

With no appeal allowed 

How do you have bananas without the peel?

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

four [censored] pages! this will be akin to the wanton destruction of the library at alexandria. at least thanks to modern technology we will have the wayback machine

I suspect this could go the way of painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge. By the time the moderators have achieved their wanton destruction, there will be another 800+ pages to filter ...

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

four [censored] pages! this will be akin to the wanton destruction of the library at alexandria. at least thanks to modern technology we will have the wayback machine

This thread is the equivalent of Seinfeld.  God knows how you would apply a definition to any discussion in order to be able to qualify any derailing.

Bit like applying a grid to chaos theory really.

It's been a blast, 5 years guys   Everyone I've ever had a disagreement with or rubbed the wrong way I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to, and everyone who's made me laugh (DA, Ethan, BBO, Biffen, rpfc) I love you guys.   This is me,  moving on. 

Adios muchachos, ladies  

Go you bloody demons!! 

2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

four [censored] pages! this will be akin to the wanton destruction of the library at alexandria. at least thanks to modern technology we will have the wayback machine

I'm sure we can arrange some Russian contacts for you to hack the Demonland archive before then, daisy. The two lovely young ladies from Ekaterinburg who have promised to complete my ménage and whose airfares I sent a while ago both have brothers in the computer business, or so they've told me. Of course I haven't heard from them since then but I'm sure I will soon.

2 hours ago, Biffen said:

Donald taught me how to argue  my way to scandal.

Now that he has achieved power you seem to be adopting a Hillary like approach to governance.

Couple this with the outbreak of politeness on Demonland and I am all at sea.

The world grows more complex by the minute.

Btw- I use the NBN at my meth lab in the rural backwater- the service is surprisingly good and should allow for multiple high speed banning and admonishments.

I am excited by the new regimes of political incorrectness and political correctness we live in.

None can existed without the other it seems.

Keep well good Dr and never let anyone say you are not fair and just.

Thank you Biff, but I'm sure you can exempt yourself from occasionally publicly censuring me, especially in BBO's absence. I don't mind given your expert command of the sarcastic; and besides there's plenty of cheap 'likes' that'll be available for you from some of the petty revanchists around the place.

As far as that lab is concerned I trust you'll be careful. A member of the leather-jacketed fraternity set up a lab in the roof space of a house he rented a few years back just down the road from us. He was sure (perhaps like you) that no one would notice the comings and goings in this far-flung place, on which point he was correct. Nobody noticed the fire, either, until the house was nearly gone.

22 minutes ago, Dr John Dee said:

I'm sure we can arrange some Russian contacts for you to hack the Demonland archive before then, daisy. The two lovely young ladies from Ekaterinburg who have promised to complete my ménage and whose airfares I sent a while ago both have brothers in the computer business, or so they've told me. Of course I haven't heard from them since then but I'm sure I will soon.

They maybe the same I knew of..Amazingly they both were desperately unfortunate to have relatives with terminal conditions requiring medical needs beyond their purchase Such a shame.  I hope they all faired well in the end 

2 hours ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

How do you have bananas without the peel?

you eat the peel?

56 minutes ago, Dr John Dee said:

I'm sure we can arrange some Russian contacts for you to hack the Demonland archive before then, daisy. The two lovely young ladies from Ekaterinburg who have promised to complete my ménage and whose airfares I sent a while ago both have brothers in the computer business, or so they've told me. Of course I haven't heard from them since then but I'm sure I will soon.

too true doc. it's not for me but. it's for all those historians of the 22nd century. i'm sure though that all our collective posts on bananas will certainly exceed 4 pages, so i am at a loss to understand the optimistic target being set. far too orwellian a task i fear. pass me the soylent green please, the popcorn has all been eaten

2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

They maybe the same I knew of..Amazingly they both were desperately unfortunate to have relatives with terminal conditions requiring medical needs beyond their purchase Such a shame.  I hope they all faired well in the end 

No, no, 'bub. I've heard about stories like that ... I'd never fall for such a scam.

3 hours ago, daisycutter said:

you eat the peel?

Not always. Isn't that how it is done?

7 hours ago, Jesse Christ said:

It's been a blast, 5 years guys   Everyone I've ever had a disagreement with or rubbed the wrong way I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to, and everyone who's made me laugh (DA, Ethan, BBO, Biffen, rpfc) I love you guys.   This is me,  moving on. 

Adios muchachos, ladies  

Go you bloody demons!! 

Where are you going JC?

28 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Where are you going JC?

Perhaps he's ascending into the top 8?

12 a bubbly day. 

On 11/11/2016 at 5:19 PM, beelzebub said:

Nbn

National bloody nuisance.

An absolute joke. Was severely compromised from the get go. Whoever designed it was a nong. 

Spent 12 years as a systems engineer and our little band of brethren  even when i gave it away in 2005 could see its inbuilt limitations. Only stupidity and arrogance combined with ignorance has allowed it to still be happening. Should have chucked out and started again....(before they actually started )

Billions wasted.Beuracratic bs of highest order

This post got buried in the rush after the whispering fellow put the frighteners on everyone around here but I wanted to add that it's nice to have a professional eye coincide with my far more amateur one, 'bub.

I've scratched together a few technical perspectives over time and I wrote to nbn (I'm happy with their use of the lower case; more appropriate to their level of service) with a few questions about the location and capacities of the local fixed wireless tower. Received a page and half from them setting out my 'rights' under the FOI Act and likely schedules of fees etc etc. In another lifetime I used to handle FOI complaints for the Commonwealth Ombudsman so I was tempted to dust off my knowledge and make life miserable for them for a while but I doubt whether it'd achieve anything so I'm handing it all over to the local mp. Will I get anywhere? I doubt it. Even if we get a more reliable service it will only be a more reliable joke, as you say.

20 hours ago, Jesse Christ said:

It's been a blast, 5 years guys   Everyone I've ever had a disagreement with or rubbed the wrong way I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to, and everyone who's made me laugh (DA, Ethan, BBO, Biffen, rpfc) I love you guys.   This is me,  moving on. 

Adios muchachos, ladies  

Go you bloody demons!! 

Jesse

are you being expecting to be deported from Philidelphia to Mexico by the Donald?

adios