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A positive thread.

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I'm so furgen sick of all the argumentative threads and just plain negative, miserable shit!

On Sunday, Swan Districts have all 3 grades; League, Reserves & Colts playing in the finals! The colts are in the Qaulifying final while the other 2 are in elimination finals (how good is a top 5?!?!).

My nephew is playing in the 2's and I can't wait to get to Basso Oval!
(I fly home tomorrow :) )

My beautuful Grand daughter is out of hospital and is coming along great guns, can't wait to hold her!

Hopefully there's a bit of sun and I can put the roof down on the Stang for a coast cruise at some stage next week.

Stay safe people, hold your loved ones tight and enjoy!

Go the Pies!!!

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In other news today, the Taliban is raising money to donate to an ancient Buddhist temple restoration fund.
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Yes, in the spirit of the positive thread - peace and light to you all -

Thatcherites, Buckleyites, whatever, we are all Magpie supporters here.

So I present:

The Positive Thread Quiz (non football topics) to keep us all at peace over the off season..

Question 1: The $2 coin is the most disappointing currency Australia has produced. Name the other one and why?

Question 2: Name the product whose advertising campaign won advertisement of the year in the mid 70s and then disappeared without a trace?

Question 3: When we switched over to Decimal Currency, who was the character who led the campaign, and who portrayed him?

Question 4: When the Pretenders won Countdown's number one hit of the week, Molly refused to play it, showing a clip from a movie instead. What was that movie?

Question 5: When the Coalition had it's second landslide win in 1977, who was the only member of the Government to lose his seat outright?

Question 6: Who was the star of the Magic Boomerang and the Terrible 10 who later became the CEO of Westpac Bank?

Question 7: What did Steven Fry tell us about the Eye of the Needle?

Question 8: On the D-generation, what song did ex premier Joan Kirner sing?

question 9: On his comeback show in 1986, Graham Bond refused to play Auntie Jack. Who played that old bat?

Question 10: Who was the first bloke to show his bare butt on Number 96?

Question 11: Who is the grand old man of Australian Advertising?

Question 12: Name the chocolates flogged by Uncle Doug Elliot?

Answer as you wish, winner gets all the love and positive vibes from all the Nicksters (mods approval required)
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You know there's 744 pages of happiness in the "What made you happy today" thread? Isn't this the same thing?
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Pretty sure Kirner sang "I love rock n roll"

Uncle Doug flogged Ballantynes Chocolates.
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ronrat wrote:Pretty sure Kirner sang "I love rock n roll"

Uncle Doug flogged Ballantynes Chocolates.
That's the only two I know.

50c piece would be my answer to Q1, because it's too big, and it's stupid shape buggers vending machines.
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1. The $100 note - you just don't get them often enough

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Well done everybody, answers to questions 6, 8 and 12 are correct.

Stui the 50 cent piece is correct, but which 50 cent piece?
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regan is true fullback wrote:Well done everybody, answers to questions 6, 8 and 12 are correct.

Stui the 50 cent piece is correct, but which 50 cent piece?
Every one after 67?
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stui magpie wrote:
regan is true fullback wrote:Well done everybody, answers to questions 6, 8 and 12 are correct.

Stui the 50 cent piece is correct, but which 50 cent piece?
Every one after 67?
The 1966 50c was round and was the last silver coin to actually contain................silver.

Maybe that's the disappointment? No more silver in our silver?

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Mountains Magpie wrote:
stui magpie wrote:
regan is true fullback wrote:Well done everybody, answers to questions 6, 8 and 12 are correct.

Stui the 50 cent piece is correct, but which 50 cent piece?
Every one after 67?
The 1966 50c was round and was the last silver coin to actually contain................silver.

Maybe that's the disappointment? No more silver in our silver?

MM
I've got a bag of 1966 50c pieces in the gunsafe. :wink:
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stui magpie wrote:
Mountains Magpie wrote:
stui magpie wrote: Every one after 67?
The 1966 50c was round and was the last silver coin to actually contain................silver.

Maybe that's the disappointment? No more silver in our silver?

MM
I've got a bag of 1966 50c pieces in the gunsafe. :wink:
Noice, but a bag of pre 1946 silver would be good too, being sterling silver y'know 8)
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Skids wrote: Tell me why you're happy?!?!
Well I'm happy that your grand rugrat is ok and home and obviously much loved!

But I am very very VERY happy that I only have to work for another week until I am away to Singapore for the F1 and to Vietnam to visit our sponsor bears and their mates at the Animals Asia sanctuary with my sort of hubby to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our sort of marriage :P
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the 1966 50c was round and was the last silver coin to actually contain................silver.
OK, I have to explain this one.

Remember that in 1966 the price of beer was very cheap. People would pay 20c and say "Keep the change".

Now imagine a more valuable coin, say 50c, which looked very much like the 20c piece and leaving it as change! People were cheezed off and complained to the Mint, leading to the change in the design that we know and love? today.
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regan is true fullback wrote:
the 1966 50c was round and was the last silver coin to actually contain................silver.
OK, I have to explain this one.

Remember that in 1966 the price of beer was very cheap. People would pay 20c and say "Keep the change".

Now imagine a more valuable coin, say 50c, which looked very much like the 20c piece and leaving it as change! People were cheezed off and complained to the Mint, leading to the change in the design that we know and love? today.
Fascinating!

I wonder if there is a similar reason as to why the double florin in the UK was so short-lived?
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