The Random thought thread

[nomadpete]

Oops, just remembered we have a special thread for doggies....  

Too late!

[red750]

This is a TV advert post, but does involve dogs.

 

I don't know how Toyota are still running the Pied Piper ad with dogs chasing a HiLux ute down the road and jumping aboard. I thought they were told to withdraw it in February because it breaks road rules. Dogs in a ute must be tethered.

 

[willedoo]

Just wondering if anyone buys Tamar Valley yoghurt. My usual low fat yoghurt was unavailable so I grabbed a container of Tamar Valley low fat yoghurt from the supermarket shelf. Never again. It tasts like yoghurt but is the consistency of light, thin cream. It's too difficult to spoon out of the parent contaner so you just pour it out. It's not an enjoyable experience eating liquid yoghurt in my opinion. The question is, is it a one-off bad batch or do they actually have a regular market for this slop?

[Jerry_Atrick]

Sounds like drinkable yoghurt.

[willedoo]

19 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

Sounds like drinkable yoghurt.

It certainly is that. Problem is there's no markings on the container to distinguish it from normal yoghurt. You would think they would have at least something on the container like "Warning - contains runny, dribbly slop" just so you don't expect normal yoghurt.

[willedoo]

Maybe someone in the factory got the containers mixed up.

[Marty_d]

5 hours ago, willedoo said:

Just wondering if anyone buys Tamar Valley yoghurt. My usual low fat yoghurt was unavailable so I grabbed a container of Tamar Valley low fat yoghurt from the supermarket shelf. Never again. It tasts like yoghurt but is the consistency of light, thin cream. It's too difficult to spoon out of the parent contaner so you just pour it out. It's not an enjoyable experience eating liquid yoghurt in my opinion. The question is, is it a one-off bad batch or do they actually have a regular market for this slop?

We have Tamar valley yoghurt but never the low fat version. Their normal is delicious and thick.

[ClintonB]

Not normal for them, i just had some pouches for smoko in the last few days. was thick and yummy- full of sugar in the flavoured ones. I normally like chobani but over $3 a pouch-no way, tubs are ok but i have filthy hands most of the day, this makes the pouches more hygenic.

[willedoo]

53 minutes ago, ClintonB said:

Not normal for them, i just had some pouches for smoko in the last few days. was thick and yummy- full of sugar in the flavoured ones. I normally like chobani but over $3 a pouch-no way, tubs are ok but i have filthy hands most of the day, this makes the pouches more hygenic.

I went onto their website and looked at the product and there was no mention of it being anything other than normal low fat Greek yoghurt. I normally get the Chobani low fat  Greek yoghurt and it has the texture of normal yoghurt, unlike the Tamar Valley stuff I bought which has the consistency of a thick milkshake. I messaged them out of curiosity to see if it was normal or just a small batch that had gone wrong. Apart from the semi-liquid state of it, the taste is quite normal.

 

You never know what response you will receive when you contact companies with a product enquiry. Some are relly good and practical; some others seem to think it's a defensive game where you run customers around n circles until they go away. I remember contacting one of the Italian anchovy manufacturers when I found shards of sharp white plastic in their product. I wasn't complaining, just bringing it to their attention and they were really appreciative of it. Funny thing is, I bought a jar in recent times and encountered the bits of sharp plastic again, a couple of years after the last time. Probably related to something like a plastic bush that wears and eventually breaks during processing. 

[red750]

This video is incredible. I didn't know where to put it. It is brilliant. So accurate. I hope you can view it.

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1366620815311013

[Jerry_Atrick]

Although to smaller extents, there are a few more countries I could think of that could fit that bill.

[nomadpete]

In my prime....

 

Zero debt.

Low body fat percentage.

 Fluid balance perfect.

Nutrition excellent.

Cholestorol low.

Mental health balanced.

Zero alcohol, excellent hydration.

 

 

This was my peak.

I was eight years old.

 

[facthunter]

You'd only Just be in Primary school then. . Nev

[Marty_d]

I remember when my eldest son was 8, he helped me move the branches from a fallen tree to the burning pile. He worked all day.

Someone at work told me later that 8 year olds have the equivalent energy to professional AFL players.

 

Edited August 29 by Marty_d

[Jerry_Atrick]

that i something I would believe.. though I am not sure they can produce it at the intensity of the players - though I am guessing there would be some relative to body size that would bring it closer than we (or I) think.

 

I recall in year 8, Jack Leahy - my then English teacher - was telling us about an experiment where a bunch of toddlers/early walkers were put in a room behind one-way mirrored glass with a bunch of toys (those plastic type cars, balls, etc), and  a bunch of relatively fit adults on the other side of the glass with the same sort of toys (obviously where necessary increased in size for the stature of the adults) and the adults had to mimic/copy everything their assigned toddler did throughout the day.. By the end of the day, apparently the toddlers were still more or less going strong, but the adults were completely stuffed. Of course, when the toddlers slept, the adults could only rest - but apparently some did fall asleep during those breaks, too. 

 

I have no idea if it is true or not, but he was one of the best teachers I had, so I have no reason to doubt him. 

[Jerry_Atrick]

I had a random thought today about @old man emu - happy wildcard round today. I can't say I would ever support a team who until the constitution of the AFL had the zone to build and the sponsorship of the old money to buy premierships, but the turnaround when they finally allowed someone who could coach to coach has been great to watch. If only because despite the old money that still flows to the club, they couldn't normally manage their way out of a paper bag... I know my team are punching well above their weight and expect them to fall in straight sets.. so, unbelievably, I find myself wishing the Blues the best for the finals.

 

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I thought I would add - Wolfie has returned (well, it is Mr. Wynns actually). 

[old man emu]

A team can't win the flag if they don't make the final series. Glad that teh Blues have got that far at least.

[red750]

 

Australian music legend Gary “Angry” Anderson has suffered a cardiac arrest and is in hospital under the watch of doctors.

[willedoo]

Not really a random thought, but for want of a better place to post - there's often a catch with things. I use D size oxy/ acetylene bottles which I rent from BOC (formerly CIG) at a rental cost of $187 p.a. for the two bottles. Someone suggested getting them from Bunnings as they don't charge yearly rental. The catch is they hold a deposit of $200 per bottle, so you have to give Bunnings over $600 to walk out the door with 2 D size bottles, that's including the gas refill cost. After having the bottles for two years you would break even compared to renting them from BOC and be ahead after that. It's no cheap solution. 

[old man emu]

Compressed gases are dangerous things. I would trust a BOC agent to handle cylinders with much more care than a casual employee of Bunnings. 

 

There has been a lot of Comment about how Bunnings is applying the tactics of other corporate ogres such as ALColesWorth by lowering the quality of its products by replacing the traditional brands with homebrands, made to a price but lacking the quality. 

[willedoo]

5 hours ago, old man emu said:

Compressed gases are dangerous things. I would trust a BOC agent to handle cylinders with much more care than a casual employee of Bunnings. 

Another factor is that you know BOC as a long term trusted supplier who will always be supplying the product. Bunnings goes through a few fads, so you couldn't be confident they would still stock the product in a couple of years time.

[ClintonB]

I handed in all my welding rental cylinders years ago, paid a fee to Gasweld for “ownership”, only pay gas price when swapping. 
my oxy set ones are from another swap group through local owned ag store in Tamworth. I am going to change gasweld ones to Metal land system though because the shop is 3 doors down instead of a 100km round trip now.

some years I not even get a refill, so rent was dead money with 6 cylinders.

[willedoo]

I was once told by a bloke at CIG when it went by that name, that the rental was to cover cost of handling. That's obviously BS, as a farmer who uses one bottle every two years pays the same rental on that one bottle as a business who uses a bottle per week. In one case the bottle is handled once in two years, in the other case it's handled 104 times in two years for the same rental fee. It was good back in the days before they bar coded the bottles but I always knew they would code them one day and stop people dodging the rental..

[facthunter]

Before a bottle is refilled its inspected and tested. IF you don't use much, you miss out on the Inspections and are being charged for something you aren't getting..  Acetylene is more complex than Oxygen.  (more Unstable) and risky. .Nev

[old man emu]

I know that LPG gas bottles have an 'end of life' number of years. Does that also apply to cylinders for compressed gasses used in industry?