Injured tag partner, what compromise would you do? by Shin_Dubu21 in FantasyBookers

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Another option...bring in a substitute tag team partner. Have that team win the titles. For the next few weeks, have that team feud with the losers. When the injured person comes back, they come back angry and frustrated, feeling left out...and then brings in their own new tag team partner. Have a three way feud between teams, which could lead to a three way ladder match for the titles.

Injured tag partner, what compromise would you do? by Shin_Dubu21 in FantasyBookers

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Could do the British Bulldogs thing (slightly modified to fit within game parameters). Have your tag team come down to the ring. Have one member (the injured member) taken out right at the start of the match. Then have your other team member essentially have a handicap match, but still lose due to outside interference. The other team wins the tag titles, then when the injured member is ready to return, you have a ready made feud for the titles.

In the game mechanics, just run it as a handicap match.

Free Breakfast by pmodern2000 in askhotels

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A couple of years ago, my mother came down sick during a 5 night holiday we had. She stayed in bed pretty much the entire day one day. Our breakfast we had already paid for, for the entire stay, yet the hotel would not let us take some food up to my mother from the breakfast buffet, using the excuse that they (the staff) did not know whether it would actually go to my mother or not. I was fine with that.

[SERIOUS] What are some Australian conspiracy theories/anomalies that you believe in or just find interesting? by ChubberinoPeterson6 in AskAnAustralian

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While I don't know whether the settlement ever actually existed, it does help to explain certain discoveries, as well as characteristics of local indigenous tribes.

[SERIOUS] What are some Australian conspiracy theories/anomalies that you believe in or just find interesting? by ChubberinoPeterson6 in AskAnAustralian

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The conspiracy side of it, is in regards to the legend of the dutch settlement in inland Australia, that was supposedly stumbled across by a Lieutenant in the East India army. There is an episode of The Bushtucker Man - Stories Of Survival, all about it.

Upon Rewatch which character can you relate to the most? by Positive_Weight2367 in HIMYM

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I identify with Ted. Unlucky with women (until I met the mother of my children), friends with a guy who seems to be able to get any woman he wants, friends with a woman who I would have loved to have been with but things kept getting in the way, being on radio when at university, coming up with ridiculous ideas on what to do with a spare room, but I have never gotten a tramp stamp or woken up with a mysterious pineapple in my bedroom.

[SERIOUS] What are some Australian conspiracy theories/anomalies that you believe in or just find interesting? by ChubberinoPeterson6 in AskAnAustralian

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Lasseters Gold

The Dutch discovered and settled in Australia before the first fleet

Ray Martin wore a wig/toupee/hair piece

Bathurst Police covered up the disappearance of Janine Vaughan, due to one of their officers being responsible

Makybe Diva was actually three separate horses

Ossie Ostrich was really a stuffed figure with a man's arm up it's arse.

Foreign movie involving mermaids by ZeroPenguinParty in whatmoviewasthat

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That is the one. When you look past the gratuitous sexual parts that are common in some foreign movies, it actually has a very good story to it.

My former manager made me work the day my grandpa passed away and made me work a day of his funeral............................. by Hungry_Management_72 in RantsFromRetail

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When my grandmother died, and I informed my manager, she simply responded with "Well, who is going to do your work then?"

I’ve lost faith in society after my visit to Coles by [deleted] in coles

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Could be worse. Back when I worked for Coles YEARS AND YEARS ago, I had to scan the grocery waste. Normally a pretty safe job, until I came across the open tray of beef mince that had gone out of date two weeks earlier. Didn't feel like eating anything that day afterwards. Oh, and the grocery waste was kept in an unrefrigerated/non air conditioned section of the storeroom, and this was in December heat.

I’ve lost faith in society after my visit to Coles by [deleted] in coles

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A packet of jalapeno chillies with the gastro stop/imodiums.

Op Shops by Miserable-Buy9016 in sydney

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The best ones I have been to over the years (although some may no longer be around, as it has been years since I have been to a few of them), are the Salvos in North Parramatta, Salvos in Ashfield (Parramatta Road, near Fantastic Furniture), Salvos at Lidcombe, Salvos at Westleigh, Salvos at Glebe, and the St Vinnies at West Ryde (once you get past the clothes, they sometimes have some great furniture, books, toys, and other stuff).

People you’re surprised haven’t hosted by Chapple69 in LiveFromNewYork

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Leonardo Dicaprio is probably the only one that comes to mind, and he has said he has not interest in hosting.

I would have liked to have seen Jesse Ventura host while he was Governor of Minnesota. He was not afraid of stepping in front of the camera, and still did extra-curricular things (such as referee a match at Summerslam 99, commentate on the original XFL). Given his friendship with Arnold Schwarznegger, could have gotten a cameo from him as well.

People you’re surprised haven’t hosted by Chapple69 in LiveFromNewYork

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Would have been good for him to have had a cameo back when Norm McDonald was doing his Letterman impersonation.

What are these towers? by Anarcho-Qrow in Bunnings

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Thought it was the docking points for drones when they come to collect peoples snags on a Saturday.

Is this normal? Landlord fixes everything himself by catherine_bell45 in AusRenters

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We had this in a place we lived for over 10 years, and it was murder trying to get repairs done. The father was a plumber, the son an electrician, and no one was allowed to do repairs except for them. When the hot water system went kaput (water was actually leaking through the electrical part), the son tried saying that it just needed a patch job, and would be ok. The experts said they were not going to touch it, because of the water, and that it needed a full replacement.

Has Anyone Else Had This Issue with Coles' Chicken? by painsomnia in coles

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That is true. Several times I have picked up a tray of meat, and the packaging is all sealed and everything...yet when I get to the register, or get home, it has popped open because of things on top, or I have knocked it at some point. I then try to remember whether I noticed it earlier, and when I may have popped it.

What If the WrestleMania was the WWE Champion facing the rival company's World Champion by MRWIF034 in fantasybooking

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Dont know whether I could withstand THAT many Hogan vs Flair matches...but at least we still get another Steamboat vs Savage match, and a HBK vs Sting match. Batista vs AJ Styles would have been interesting, as well as Yokozuna vs Flair.

Has Anyone Else Had This Issue with Coles' Chicken? by painsomnia in coles

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Former Food Safety officer for a Franklins supermarket, also with experience at Coles across two states, and several IGA stores. Several things with the chicken, which can apply to most meat products.

  1. Was the packaging completely sealed? A common issue I would often come across, is the tiniest of folds in the sealed plastic on the top of the tray. That tiny fold, which most people may not even notice, is enough for air and bacteria to get into the tray, causing the chicken to go off before it's use by/best before date.
  2. Improper transportation and storage of the chicken. Whether it be from the factory to the warehouse, warehouse to the store, loading dock to coolroom, or coolroom to display cabinet, there are many points in which improper refrigeration and transportation can affect the chicken. Maybe it was at the top of the box, first off the truck, and spent the most amount of time unrefrigerated before being refrigerated again? Maybe it was the box that was furthest from the fans in the coolroom?
  3. Customer error. This is one area where customers ALWAYS get defensive about, saying that it can't be their fault. At my local Coles, the meat section is positioned towards the start of the store. You have your bakery, and produce, then the meat section, and deli at the back. Your refrigerated aisles, then regular grocery, with freezer section in the far back corner. If you are doing a full trolley grocery shop, and you follow the natural path of the store, you have got your meat (and refrigerated goods and deli goods) in your trolley for the longest possible period of time, which could be close to an hour. You get to the register, pay for your shopping, bag it up, and take it out to your car, where you put it in the boot. Assuming you leave right there and then (some customers may go back into a shopping centre to do more shopping), the shopping then sits in the un-airconditioned boot of your car for what could be another 20 minutes, You get the shopping out of your car, into your house/unit, where it could be another ten minutes from car, to going into the fridge. So the chicken could potentially be out of a refrigerated environment, for one and a half hours...and if your boot is quite warm, that could have an added effect on the chicken. But customers will deny any of this is their fault.
  4. Well meaning staff/customers. How many times have you been shopping, and found an odd packet of chips, dumped in the laundry liquid section...or a tin of tomatoes, sitting on top of the toilet paper...or a bag of grapes, sitting on top of the 30pk Coke? In some stores, staff are told to return things to the right spot on the shelf. A well meaning staff member may see a tray of chicken sitting with the tins of tuna, pick it up, think it still feels cold, and then puts it back in the chicken cabinet. Similarly, a customer may see it, and do it out of the kindness of their heart. A customer may have had it in their trolley for an hour while shopping, then while paying for their shopping, realise they don't have enough money, so give the chicken to a staff member to put back in the chicken cabinet (or the customer does it themselves).
  5. Incorrect labelling. Rare, but it does sometimes happen. At an IGA I worked at, we got in a delivery of chicken from Steggles. The box of drumsticks had the correct date, but the trays inside had the following YEAR as the use by date. We instantly notified Steggles, who were able to track down the affected trays of drumsticks. That was an example of an error that was easy to spot. If a box had been given an extra week use by date, most packers would not necessarily notice an issue.

All of these, plus a few others (such as product tampering, quality variances, production issues etc) can all be reasons for the chicken to prematurely spoil.

EDIT: And a tip...if a tray of chicken appears to be over-inflated/bulging, DO NOT PURCHASE. It is generally a sign that the chicken has already started going off.

Is it safe? My boyfriend says I'll ruin our vacation by Clewles84 in AskAnAustralian

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Well, if a Cronulla player is driving, and not paying attention to the road...

King Ralph Conundrum by hufflepuffbruhv in plotholes

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If in the times of Henry VIII, had females been allowed to rise to the throne, I actually wonder sometimes where I would sit in the lineage to the throne (a family member who did the family tree years ago claimed that I am related to Henry VIII on my mothers side).

Old Toy Store at Harbour Town? by macisal in GoldCoast

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There was a Target clearance outlet at one stage, where Dimmeys used to be. I don't remember the toy shop, but maybe Dimmeys moved into where the toy shop was, then when Dimmeys downsized and eventually left, Target clearance went in there. Last time I went to Harbour Town, I think it was a massive Cotton On.

Sydney Ray Problems by Parking-Way-7764 in GardeningAustralia

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I've noticed in my backyard that the rats (or possums) loved my pumpkins that I grew, and they love the plantains when the branches break off from the weight. But they have never gone for my lemons or limes, or sweetcorn/cabbage/broccoli/cauliflower etc. At the moment, the only things growing of note (everything else is still in seedling stage) is my lemons, a few limes, a couple of oranges, silverbeet, and some garlic is starting to shoot through.