The park with the cannons in Cliff Rd North Wollongong :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
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The park with the cannons in Cliff Rd North Wollongong :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
Got a Hot Toys Wolverine and new goblin on their way! Excited!
Ah! - The shot had me scratching my head as I could see the harbour & lighthouse etc in relation to the camera's POV and just couldn't make heads or tails of where it was! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Trent
Just nabbed my 20th platinum trophy (Tales of Xillia) on psn.
Thanks to Paulbot, I received a figure that joins 4 others from my childhood :D - Really chuffed to have these 5 in my possession once again after SO many years. ;):)
http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/...ps42d48aa7.jpg
Gotta say, I'm having so much damn fun doing medieval fighting right now. Did more training today, wife made me a tunic to wear, one of the guys is making me a belt, wife making my pants, and another fighter gave me a helmet I have to work on to make it mine. Quite cool looking too.
Picked up the spear again today, only 2nd time since first using one to see how I went, over 2 months ago. And already one of the head trainers said I have the best accuracy save for him and another head trainer. I didn't think I'd like spear, but it's actually quite fun. Might have to train on it more.
After screwing up last week on the legominifigs, picked an elf and scarecrow no probs yesterday
Good to hear dude, glad it's something that both you & the Missus are enjoying and that you're seeing improvements ;):cool:; how big is the spear?, coz the picture in my head is you standing there at attention with a stick that's many times your height. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1
Many times my height lol :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
Honestly I don't know how long the spear is, certainly taller than me.
Many hours where spent playing with these toys when I was growing up... Transformers and TMNT were the only toys my brother and I wanted!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
They're often in the vicinity of 7-8ft (Sometimes longer) aren't they? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1
As with myself dude, as with myself. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by MayzaPrime
I'll have ask them, coz I have no idea how long they are. Think the one I was using was 9foot. But there are varying lengths with their own pros and cons, depending on which fighting style we want to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
Not to take pleasure in another's suffering, but... kinda to take pleasure in another's suffering.. i'm pleased today because after 2+ years of trying to convince my boss to fire someone, it's finally going to happen next week.
Good news, but it's a bit bittersweet in that it took so long, and in no way signifies a change in attitude towards the speedy firing of incompetent morans instead of letting them slowly destroy the company.
2 posts in a row, this one's a big'n though!
Just completely paid off my house & land mortgage and am now 100% debt free ... if i don't count the MP Prowl postage that i owe Llamatron :D
wOw bro...that a great milestone man...congratsQuote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
Congrats!Quote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
What they said. Great to break free from such a sizeable debt. I'm still at least 20 odd years away, if I don't win lotto first lol
Fantastic news dude! It must be a wonderful feeling. I'm hoping to be half way through mine by early next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
Now get out there and buy another. Investment property time :D
Congrats man that's a big one.Quote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
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Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
Bloody good show on both counts mate, really pleased for you! ;):cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
...for me though? - I'm happy because my Photobucket bandwidth cap has been lifted! :eek: Hooray! - My sig & pics live again! :p:D
Thanks for the congratulations everyone :)
Reminds me of this Seinfeld standup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trent
I'll probably start a term deposit again, nice and low risk :DQuote:
I’m not an investor. People always tell me, you should have your money working for you. I’ve decided I’ll do the work. I’m gonna let the money relax. You know what I mean? ‘Cause you send your money out there – working for you – a lot of times, it gets fired. You go back there, “What happened? I had my money. It was here, it was working for me.” “Yeah, I remember your money. Showing up late. Taking time off. We had to let him go.
Congrats! I've almost reached that goal as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
But now the Dummy has taken over! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
He walks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Megatron
He stalks.
"Viewer, beware, you're in for a scare!" :D
Nice, congratulations. that's a great milestone.Quote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
Heh. I never got into those books. Do you have the entire collection? I can imagine you with a whole bookcase just dedicated to them. Do you have an all time favorite Goosebumps story?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
Hehe. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Megatron
Sadly, no, I don't have the entire 62 novel run as I only ever owned a handful and they were kindly donated to the local Vinnies when I entered High School - Unbeknownst to me by my parents. :(
(I also tended to borrow many from a mate who between he & his elder Brother had the whole lot ;):))
A key draw for me with the series was T. Jacobus' utterly stunning artwork for the covers, they gave such a brilliant mental base-line for what to picture in your mind's eye (Especially to an 8-12y/o ;)) and if said covers were ever to be released in some type of 'Print' form? - I'd collect the lot in a heartbeat. :cool:
My favourite story? - Easily the "Night of The Living Dummy" series, specifically parts I, II & III as I never caught any of the subsequent entries (By which time I was in High School + I think they took place in a splinter line of Goosebumps books :o), the subject matter & lead character Slappy (The happy chap adorning my Avatar & Sig :D) have stuck in my memory for many years although admittedly the actual stories have heavily faded...
That's why I picked these up a couple of weeks ago! :D
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BVp9Ml5CQAAMCgM.jpg:large
There were many other stories of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps that I liked, but these were the "Winners" and are a very key reason as to why this is one of my most favourite films. ;):)
My little brother had the whole set. I only ever read a few of them as they were a bit 'kiddie' for me at the time. Still, I usually enjoyed the ones I read. :)
Never got around to watching that movie. I might put it on my Halloween watch list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
Low risk, but also low reward. A good option for when you're still working out what you want to do, provided you are positive you can commit to the full term, otherwise it's a complete waste.Quote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
Sharemarket? Well, you shouldn't go into that without planning to invest it for a MINIMUM of 10 years.
I don't have the time or desire to learn anything about the sharemarket! But yeah, i've done term deposits before and with a decent amount in them, it's good enough for me, considering it requires no effort :)
Also depends how much money you're talking about.
But it can really pay off.
If we're talking a decent amount, then most banks offer a free first consultation with a financial planner. They can be very useful. Just ignore the product pushing.
Won a match of League Of Legends of 4v5 where I'm on the minority team and the opposition was constantly taunting me.
Oh yeah small victory big injection of happiness :)
Those wins are always the most satisfying.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkyWarp91
Played Baseball yesterday morning, we only had 8 so our ninth batting position was an automatic out.
We still won the game 10-3. :D Very satisfying.
Unfortunately due to HR laws and silly modern bureaucracy, it is very difficult to fire someone if they are incompetent. It is easier to do so if they did something really bad like harassment or fraud but incompetence is not really something you can get them on. It is too much of a massive bureaucratic hassle that may proof more of a burden and risk to the manager than the 'unreliable' employee. As a result, many managers would rather suffer an incompetent or lazy employee than do something about it. My previous company was notorious for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
I say you are lucky it's being done at all. I know of 'lifers' who have been doing a half assed job for maybe 10 years and still there.
Congratz! Once you are debt free, you pretty much have free reign on all your income.Quote:
Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat
The company i work for is pretty small and so the main reason incompetent people get to freeride for a while is due to cash flow (he was in sales and the company has the mindset "any sale's better than none", sigh) or the fact that in this case, the 'boss' is the person who has to pick up the slack of the fired individual.Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
They have less problems firing someone when it results in more work for everyone else, but when he has to pick up the slack? Very reluctant! In the end it seems the staff member who got the boot was just made redundant 'amicably', ie just the nicer, easier way out. However it happened though i'm glad it did! The positive effects of just losing a strain on the company is seen immediately.
Tell me about it! I remember discussing with you several years ago the pro's and con's of renting versus home owning. It didn't dawn on me until i realised how quickly we could pay off the mortgage, that that is the true benefit of going from rental to home owner. For a while we were paying more than we did while renting of course, but now i don't have to pay anything!Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
It's a bit daunting to be honest, i intend to keep saving so i can safely move to Japan and live the easy life one day, but knowing how quickly my savings are going to go up, already i'm eyeing up things to buy that i shouldn't be!
I wish my post was about the acquisition of TRU MP Soundwave and Acid Storm. Instead its about my chance of a promotion at work. I've been offered an interview for a managing role in my current department.:D Hope I can blitz the interview.
Goodluck!
all the best !! good luck :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kazza