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Ok, This is the Official Rant Thread, but not too much, we don't want this thread to close, or get locked!



Ok, l will go first, and l won't rant over the obvious one, (ranted enough about that) but there is plenty more, l will start with this video...


Ok, where to start, probably Foxtel or Paid tv, getting clobbered, by online services. Or Australians, (50% live from one paycheck to another) not being able to afford the, now $25 a month. That is good news, l hear you say, but it is turning tv into a intellectual desert since 2000, that still has me steaming!

We get a new release every 5 years or so, and the only new release we recently got was for some crappy Warner Bros, animation over live action. I was surprised some well know actors were in this, but it happened.

We would have to strangle a producer or CEO, to get to see, a half decent release, we would have to Kill a tv station CEO, to see the older, funnier version of the Pink Panther, we only get the modern crap in AU!!!! Grrrrrr!



Another rant, is old cartoons, or Warner Bros, 1940-55, l wouldn't mind seeing some of those again, but in AU, we only get modern crap!

The modern ones are so crappy, there is no, love and commitment there, just we have a half hour to fill, so we will do this.

Back then they usually put everything they had into it, so most were clever and whitty to say the least. These days they don't give a t****!

Of course we don't see anything, or virtually nothing, without resorting to paid tv!



I could also rant about all the Lux, plain soap in Au, disappearing!!!!

And only the strong smelling crap being left, (well left in full boxes!

I don't know whether the two main supermarkets are to blame or the company behind them, but it is annoying, to put up with this constant, hold back on popular brands, so our shareholders can make a bigger profit crap!

But thankfully l have found that local chemists, still stock it!



It wasn't fun using this while recovering from a nasty virus!

Ok, l will let someone else have a go!!!!


  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    OK. I can rant about something. I had to see a pain specialist and we decided he would do a cortisone injection into my neck to stop chronic pain, numbness and tingling.
    However, his fee is $320 above what I would get back and I have to also pay around $40 more so that is a disgusting amount for somebody on a Disability Pension.

    The good news is that I made some calls and found a hospital that does it and the cost is $0.00 So now I can try and get the relief without the stress and hitting the wallet heavily.
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Sorry Shane, but I'm just too doggone happy right now to even find something to rant about.

      But if you feel better after ranting, then mission accomplished anyway, right?


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      • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
        Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

        Sorry Shane, but I'm just too doggone happy right now to even find something to rant about.

        But if you feel better after ranting, then mission accomplished anyway, right?


        Terra
        Well we will just have to have a rant about you then. Comes and goes as she pleases, swans into the forum like she owns it. Blah Blah, buys wigwams, sells them, buys bigger ones, blah blah, got big hair. There, feels much better now.

        I thought Shane's post was just one of his normal ones of late?
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        • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          Blah Blah, buys wigwams, sells them, buys bigger ones, blah blah,
          Terra got bigger wigwams!?

          Got any pics?
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          • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
            Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

            Terra got bigger wigwams!?

            Got any pics?
            Okay, as much as I hate to say it, and although it causes excruciating pain just letting you know...
            that made me LMBO!!


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            • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
              Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

              Okay, as much as I hate to say it, and although it causes excruciating pain just letting you know...
              that made me LMBO!!


              Terra
              On related note, I didn't know you could sell the used ones.
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              • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
                Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

                On related note, I didn't know you could sell the used ones.
                You'll have to take that one up with lanfear63, that's his gig not mine.


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                • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
                  Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

                  You'll have to take that one up with lanfear63, that's his gig not mine.


                  Terra
                  Ian is selling your used wigwams? You two are closer than I thought.
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                  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
                    Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

                    Ian is selling your used wigwams? You two are closer than I thought.
                    You seem a tad overly interested in Terra's used Wigwams I notice? however, business is business so feel free to PM me your requirements.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
                      Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

                      You seem a tad overly interested in Terra's used Wigwams I notice? however, business is business so feel free to PM me your requirements.
                      I only want them if you haven't washed them yet.







                      (Too far? )
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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

            Terra got bigger wigwams!?

            Got any pics?

            Whats this asking for pics? Here....https://www.google.com/search?q=wigw...ed=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

            Now if you will excuse me I have to take a teepee
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            • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
              Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

              Well we will just have to have a rant about you then. Comes and goes as she pleases, swans into the forum like she owns it. Blah Blah, buys wigwams, sells them, buys bigger ones, blah blah, got big hair. There, feels much better now.

              I thought Shane's post was just one of his normal ones of late?
              No, my usual post, would involve, sharp knives, and soundproof, waterproof rooms!


              Breath Terra, and watch your pink screensaver while listening, to babbling brooks, and overly loud frogs!

              They are just trying to get you into rant mode!


              Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

              Terra got bigger wigwams!?

              Got any pics?
              Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

              Okay, as much as I hate to say it, and although it causes excruciating pain just letting you know...
              that made me LMBO!!


              Terra
              I was going to ask what LMBO means, but l figured it out!


              Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

              When I was young, a lot of kids actually created those flip books. I forget the real name, but I think that gets the idea across. They were GREAT! CLEAR! IMAGINATIVE! FLUID ACTION! ******WOW******! STILL, they couldn't hold a candle to "tom and jerry", or "the flintstones", etc... THOSE were good, but not as good as walt disney!

              TODAY? *******TODAY*******? You have things like south park that seem to PRIDE themselves on being far worse than those flip books. And the number of educational programs has seemed to drop even as the DRECK increased. Keep in mind that there is a HUGE chasm between those two that goes from incidently educational to mindless.

              Steve
              Yes, l had a few of those, the bugs bunny trying to pull out the carrot was one, of my favourites!

              True, a good indication of societys moral collapse, is to study classic cartoons, with modern day stuff!

              Spielberg did try to resurrect them, but it was an ongoing series, so didn't have the staying power.

              Worse still, is the younger generation, not being exposed to quality cartoons, in the afternoon.

              In the 70's l looked forward to getting back from school, and watching half an hour of them.

              Now, you are lucky to see one classic cartoon, mixed in with modern day crap!

              "Witch is a Witch", is a good example, the witches voice back then sounds appropriate, but now, they use some black women, that doesn't fit the character at all.

              As l said, they don't give a s***, and just throw it together to get paid!

              The second world war, probably helped motivate them, but their high standards, are seriously lacking from modern day entertainment.


              Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

              Really? That's all you've got? Hahahahahahahahaaaa!


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              Gulp, wait til Claude shows up?

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            • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
              Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post


              Now if you will excuse me I have to take a teepee
              Haha! That's very clever.


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        • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          Well we will just have to have a rant about you then. Comes and goes as she pleases, swans into the forum like she owns it. Blah Blah, buys wigwams, sells them, buys bigger ones, blah blah, got big hair. There, feels much better now.
          Really? That's all you've got? Hahahahahahahahaaaa!


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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

            Really? That's all you've got? Hahahahahahahahaaaa!


            Terra
            It's just a sneak preview from my new kindle book coming out about you shortly. An unauthorized biography gleaned from your ancestors via my Ouija board and a rubber band powered drone.. A very balanced and fair appraisal of your life and many loves.
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            • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
              Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

              It's just a sneak preview from my new kindle book coming out about you shortly. An unauthorized biography gleaned from your ancestors via my Ouija board and a rubber band powerd drone.. A very balanced and fair appraisal of your life and many loves.
              With pictures?
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by laurencewins View Post

      The good news is that I made some calls and found a hospital that does it and the cost is $0.00 So now I can try and get the relief without the stress and hitting the wallet heavily.
      One of the benefits of a universal health care system.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Originally Posted by tagiscom View Post

    Another rant, is old cartoons, or Warner Bros, 1940-55, l wouldn't mind seeing some of those again, but in AU, we only get modern crap!

    The modern ones are so crappy, there is no, love and commitment there, just we have a half hour to fill, so we will do this.

    Back then they usually put everything they had into it, so most were clever and whitty to say the least. These days they don't give a t****!
    When I was young, a lot of kids actually created those flip books. I forget the real name, but I think that gets the idea across. They were GREAT! CLEAR! IMAGINATIVE! FLUID ACTION! ******WOW******! STILL, they couldn't hold a candle to "tom and jerry", or "the flintstones", etc... THOSE were good, but not as good as walt disney!

    TODAY? *******TODAY*******? You have things like south park that seem to PRIDE themselves on being far worse than those flip books. And the number of educational programs has seemed to drop even as the DRECK increased. Keep in mind that there is a HUGE chasm between those two that goes from incidently educational to mindless.

    Steve
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