... out of respect for the man and his family.

https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1682929853

Either to my Film and TV board (he was a TV star) or somewhere else you consider more appropriate.

It does not belong in 'Coronavirus'.

Thanks.

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1^st, 2023 at 7:24pm:

... out of respect for the man and his family. https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1682929853 Either to my Film and TV board (he was a TV star) or somewhere else you consider more appropriate. It does not belong in 'Coronavirus'. Thanks.

Awww!

The 46-year-old man's death is not being treated as suspicious.'

Zonfrillo is survived by his third wife, Lauren Fried, and his four children: Ava and Sophia, from his first two marriages, and Alfie and Isla, with Fried.

Before his death, in 2021, the chef opened up about his battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and addiction.

(I’m thinking suicide 😔😩🥺)

RIP 🌹

Lisa Jones wrote on May 1^st, 2023 at 7:33pm:

The 46-year-old man's death is not being treated as suspicious.'

Yes.

"not being treated as suspicious" is code for 'suicide'.

The thread needs to be moved, and lastnail needs to pull his head in.

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1^st, 2023 at 7:40pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on May 1st, 2023 at 7:33pm: The 46-year-old man's death is not being treated as suspicious.' Yes. "not being treated as suspicious" is code for 'suicide'. The thread needs to be moved, and lastnail needs to pull his head in.

Yes. I know.

Those 4 kids he’s left behind are in my thoughts atm.

They're going to need a lot of support and counselling.

Whenever a suicide occurs in a family ... it leaves so many shattered lives behind. Some never truly recover from the event. It’s just terrible 😔🥺

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12034157/amp/British-MasterChef-host-Jock-Zonfrillo-secretly-battling-bowel-cancer-dead.html?ico=amp_articleRelated_with_images

The poor bugger was also quietly battling bowel cancer on top of everything else 😩😔🥺

May he RIP 🌹

Respect....Freediver runs a right wing conspiracy site where truth and integrity is ignored to promote race hate and generate posts that enable bullshit to flourish....Freediver is only interested in traffic not substance....Don't hold your breath waiting for Freediver to do anything that would upset his base???

::) ::) ::)

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

Too true, Phil!

I wanted to change the name of my board to Critters and Gardens and ran a poll. The crud that opposed my election of Critters and Gardens Mod opposed it. FD didn’t change the title or replace the idiotic cat logo for the nice butterfly image I found.

“Cats and Critters” implies cats are not critters, how idiotic can you get?

philperth2010 wrote on May 2^nd, 2023 at 10:37am:

Respect....Freediver runs a right wing conspiracy site where truth and integrity is ignored to promote race hate and generate posts that enable bullshit to flourish....Freediver is only interested in traffic not substance....Don't hold your breath waiting for Freediver to do anything that would upset his base??? ::) ::) ::) Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

Well said.

Jovial Monk wrote on May 2^nd, 2023 at 11:06am:

Too true, Phil! I wanted to change the name of my board to Critters and Gardens and ran a poll. The crud that opposed my election of Critters and Gardens Mod opposed it. FD didn’t change the title or replace the idiotic cat logo for the nice butterfly image I found. “Cats and Critters” implies cats are not critters, how idiotic can you get?

WGAF? It's just an echo chamber for you anyway. ::)

philperth2010 wrote on May 2^nd, 2023 at 10:37am:

Respect....Freediver runs a right wing conspiracy site where truth and integrity is ignored to promote race hate and generate posts that enable bullshit to flourish....Freediver is only interested in traffic not substance....Don't hold your breath waiting for Freediver to do anything that would upset his base??? ::) ::) ::) Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

Yet here you are - a supposed leftwing wanker ideologue- without any ideas. .... like I told Mothballs feel free to phuk off anytime.

Jovial Monk wrote on May 2^nd, 2023 at 11:06am:

Too true, Phil! I wanted to change the name of my board to Critters and Gardens and ran a poll. The crud that opposed my election of Critters and Gardens Mod opposed it. FD didn’t change the title or replace the idiotic cat logo for the nice butterfly image I found. “Cats and Critters” implies cats are not critters, how idiotic can you get?

Just give him time, JM. I'm sure he'll get to it eventually.

Don't know if it'll be before the nearly 10 year old image of Tony Abbott with the Hitler moustache for Federal Politics gets replaced (which several of us have asked for in recent years) but it will happen.

You'll see.  :)

Carl D wrote on May 6^th, 2023 at 11:03am:

Jovial Monk wrote on May 2nd, 2023 at 11:06am: Too true, Phil! I wanted to change the name of my board to Critters and Gardens and ran a poll. The crud that opposed my election of Critters and Gardens Mod opposed it. FD didn’t change the title or replace the idiotic cat logo for the nice butterfly image I found. “Cats and Critters” implies cats are not critters, how idiotic can you get? Just give him time, JM. I'm sure he'll get to it eventually. Don't know if it'll be before the nearly 10 year old image of Tony Abbott with the Hitler moustache for Federal Politics gets replaced (which several of us have asked for in recent years) but it will happen. You'll see.  :)

We could try a more modern one  here?

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or this one?

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or this one?

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Carl D wrote on May 6^th, 2023 at 11:03am:

Jovial Monk wrote on May 2nd, 2023 at 11:06am: Too true, Phil! I wanted to change the name of my board to Critters and Gardens and ran a poll. The crud that opposed my election of Critters and Gardens Mod opposed it. FD didn’t change the title or replace the idiotic cat logo for the nice butterfly image I found. “Cats and Critters” implies cats are not critters, how idiotic can you get? Just give him time, JM. I'm sure he'll get to it eventually. Don't know if it'll be before the nearly 10 year old image of Tony Abbott with the Hitler moustache for Federal Politics gets replaced (which several of us have asked for in recent years) but it will happen. You'll see.  :)

The poll I ran ended with a strong majority in favor of the change. I have posted a lot of links etc to academic papers etc that help OzPol rise in SEO rankings. Would take FD 1 minute to make the change.

FD must know I am going to stay as mod of Critters and Gardens, why not make the change? I got some nonsense from FD about if I ask I won’t get it! Please explain? Like, WTF?

Well FD,
do you like any of these or
do you have another picture?

https://www.ozpolitic.com/album/forum-attachments/Albo_small_2.png


https://www.ozpolitic.com/album/forum-attachments/Albo_small_1.png


https://www.ozpolitic.com/album/forum-attachments/Albo_small.png

Bump for FD  ?

Well?

Jovial Monk wrote on May 2^nd, 2023 at 11:06am:

Too true, Phil! I wanted to change the name of my board to Critters and Gardens and ran a poll. The crud that opposed my election of Critters and Gardens Mod opposed it. FD didn’t change the title or replace the idiotic cat logo for the nice butterfly image I found. “Cats and Critters” implies cats are not critters, how idiotic can you get?

I very much doubt that cats are critters Monk!!

Agnes. wrote on May 7^th, 2023 at 7:31pm:

Jovial Monk wrote on May 2nd, 2023 at 11:06am: Too true, Phil! I wanted to change the name of my board to Critters and Gardens and ran a poll. The crud that opposed my election of Critters and Gardens Mod opposed it. FD didn’t change the title or replace the idiotic cat logo for the nice butterfly image I found. “Cats and Critters” implies cats are not critters, how idiotic can you get? I very much doubt that cats are critters Monk!!

Monk doesn't know.   ::)

And just like so many other threads on this forum, ANOTHER
one has deteriorated into a puerile, childish sniping session.

I wish—for the sake of this forum—that this little clique of
silly children took their bullshit elsewhere.

BTW... where are the mod(s) who're supposed to shut this
sort of stuff down? 

Are they all too scared to lock the occasional thread?      >:(

They did not have a problem deleting a post of mine, when I did not ask for such.

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1^st, 2023 at 7:24pm:

... out of respect for the man and his family. https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1682929853 Either to my Film and TV board (he was a TV star) or somewhere else you consider more appropriate. It does not belong in 'Coronavirus'. Thanks.

Go back to Television land Peckerhead.
Who cares about just another dysfunctional bad male Media celebrity.

UnSubRocky wrote on May 8^th, 2023 at 12:01am:

They did not have a problem deleting a post of mine, when I did not ask for such.

A few of the other forums I occasionally visit have a feature
whereby a mod or admin can "lock" a thread, but leave it
displayed as read only—without deleting any responses.

    Why can't that happen here?

AusGeoff wrote on May 8^th, 2023 at 9:30pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on May 8th, 2023 at 12:01am: They did not have a problem deleting a post of mine, when I did not ask for such. A few of the other forums I occasionally visit have a feature whereby a mod or admin can "lock" a thread, but leave it displayed as read only—without deleting any responses.     Why can't that happen here?

If you want a place with extreme modding go to Whirlpool -
they would delete 90% of the posts here and
put those posters in the sin bin for weeks at a time until they ban them completely.
It's like Aunty ABC has the Mod buttons.

Bobby. wrote on May 8^th, 2023 at 9:43pm:

AusGeoff wrote on May 8th, 2023 at 9:30pm: UnSubRocky wrote on May 8th, 2023 at 12:01am: They did not have a problem deleting a post of mine, when I did not ask for such. A few of the other forums I occasionally visit have a feature whereby a mod or admin can "lock" a thread, but leave it displayed as read only—without deleting any responses.     Why can't that happen here? If you want a place with extreme modding go to Whirlpool - they would delete 90% of the posts here and put those posters in the sin bin for weeks at a time until they ban them completely. It's like Aunty ABC has the Mod buttons.

Yes.  I've had numerous posts locked or deleted
over the past 20 years LOL.

Jasin wrote on May 8^th, 2023 at 3:10am:

greggerypeccary wrote on May 1st, 2023 at 7:24pm: ... out of respect for the man and his family. https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1682929853 Either to my Film and TV board (he was a TV star) or somewhere else you consider more appropriate. It does not belong in 'Coronavirus'. Thanks. Go back to Television land Peckerhead. Who cares about just another dysfunctional bad male Media celebrity.

How was your holiday?

You left without saying goodbye.  Why?

AusGeoff wrote on May 9^th, 2023 at 9:25pm:

Bobby. wrote on May 8th, 2023 at 9:43pm: AusGeoff wrote on May 8th, 2023 at 9:30pm: UnSubRocky wrote on May 8th, 2023 at 12:01am: They did not have a problem deleting a post of mine, when I did not ask for such. A few of the other forums I occasionally visit have a feature whereby a mod or admin can "lock" a thread, but leave it displayed as read only—without deleting any responses.     Why can't that happen here? If you want a place with extreme modding go to Whirlpool - they would delete 90% of the posts here and put those posters in the sin bin for weeks at a time until they ban them completely. It's like Aunty ABC has the Mod buttons. Yes.  I've had numerous posts locked or deleted over the past 20 years LOL.

here or Whirlpool?

Bobby. wrote on May 9^th, 2023 at 9:33pm:

AusGeoff wrote on May 9th, 2023 at 9:25pm: Bobby. wrote on May 8th, 2023 at 9:43pm: AusGeoff wrote on May 8th, 2023 at 9:30pm: UnSubRocky wrote on May 8th, 2023 at 12:01am: They did not have a problem deleting a post of mine, when I did not ask for such. A few of the other forums I occasionally visit have a feature whereby a mod or admin can "lock" a thread, but leave it displayed as read only—without deleting any responses.     Why can't that happen here? If you want a place with extreme modding go to Whirlpool - they would delete 90% of the posts here and put those posters in the sin bin for weeks at a time until they ban them completely. It's like Aunty ABC has the Mod buttons. Yes.  I've had numerous posts locked or deleted over the past 20 years LOL. here or Whirlpool?

WTF is Whirlpool?

https://www.appliancesonline.com.au/ak/6/8/b/a/68ba9e55afe6797f235b0ae4bc070622af2cf387_whirlpool_8kg_front_loader_with_6th_sense_technology_fdlr80250_1_9c7d322c_high-high.jpeg

greggerypeccary wrote on May 9^th, 2023 at 9:34pm:

WTF is Whirlpool?

This place, Greg.

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/

I'm also a member there but I haven't posted for ages.

The moderating is very strict but I also suspect there's a lot of 'digital vigilantes' there who have nothing better to do than report posts all day (using the "herring" button).  ::)

Carl D wrote on May 9^th, 2023 at 9:41pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on May 9th, 2023 at 9:34pm: WTF is Whirlpool? This place, Greg. https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/ I'm also a member there but I haven't posted for ages. The moderating is very strict but I also suspect there's a lot of 'digital vigilantes' there who have nothing better to do than report posts all day (using the "Herring" button).  ::)

it's the strictest forum in the world -

you can't say anything unless it sounds like a narrator on the ABC.    ;D

True, Bobby.

This is me at Whirlpool:

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/user/809812

I've only had one post out of 197 deleted ("hidden by a moderator") about 3 years ago for allegedly being off topic (which I still say wasn't but meh...).

I'm just trying to imagine how much of a workout the Report button would get here at OzPol if it were turned on, which it obviously isn't.

All forum software has an option for a Report button for every post (except for your own posts, of course).

Bobby. wrote on May 9^th, 2023 at 9:43pm:

you can't say anything unless it sounds like a narrator on the ABC.    ;D

lol... that reminds me of Peter Holland who used to read the ABC Channel 2 news in Perth at 7pm.

One evening in 1991 I was waiting to catch a bus home at the stop in Adelaide Terrace opposite Fairlanes Bowl (which was next door to the ABC studios).

Anyway... it was about 7:35pm and I saw this man carrying a briefcase crossing the road and I knew it was Peter Holland as soon as I saw him (he must have just finished work).

He came up to me at the bus stop, said hello and asked me if I'd seen the 306 bus.

I said "it just went past a couple of minutes ago" and he said "Ah,  f--- it!!!" (the buses only ran about every half hour at that time of the evening back in those days from memory).

I had to struggle really hard not to burst out laughing because up until then I'd only seen him read the news on TV and he was always so eloquent and composed when he was doing it.

The bus I was waiting for came a minute or two later but I was still chuckling to myself all the way home.

;D ;D ;D

This is Peter Holland some years later (about 1998 I believe) after he'd left the ABC and gone to Channel 9.

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Bobby. wrote on May 9^th, 2023 at 9:33pm:

AusGeoff wrote on May 9th, 2023 at 9:25pm: Yes.  I've had numerous posts locked or deleted over the past 20 years LOL. here or Whirlpool?

Whirlpool.  I joined there in 2003.  My membership number
is around 36,000.   The site now has over 900K members.

Carl D wrote on May 9^th, 2023 at 11:15pm:

lol... that reminds me of Peter Holland who used to read the ABC Channel 2 news in Perth at 7pm...

Yes.   I lived in Perth—Greenwood, when it was in the bush—
from 1973 to 1985.  We had wallabies and the occasional emu
in bushland 100 metres from our front fence LOL.

Holland was a top voice in broadcasting.      8-)

Carl D wrote on May 9^th, 2023 at 9:41pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on May 9th, 2023 at 9:34pm: WTF is Whirlpool? This place, Greg. https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/ I'm also a member there but I haven't posted for ages. The moderating is very strict but I also suspect there's a lot of 'digital vigilantes' there who have nothing better to do than report posts all day (using the "herring" button).  ::)

It's a forum for discussing consumer goods/products.

Not for politics & general.

Gnads wrote on May 11^th, 2023 at 10:49am:

It's a forum for discussing consumer goods/products. Not for politics & general.

Yep.

But, I believe there are 'hidden' subforums there where you can discuss things like politics and Covid, etc. but you have to request access to them.

You may also need to have a certain number of posts (could be something like 50 or 100) before you can request access. Not too sure.

Edit: here it is..

https://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/wp_normalusers


Quote:

When you become Forum Regular you will be granted access to In the News, a discussion area for news and politics. It is intentionally hidden for new users as it can be a more challenging posting environment than other forums, due to the topics discussed.

Quote:

Forum Regular — 400 posts and 6 months membership or 200 posts and 1 year membership

lol.. I need 3 more posts there to gain access (I have 197).

AusGeoff wrote on May 9^th, 2023 at 11:37pm:

Carl D wrote on May 9th, 2023 at 11:15pm: lol... that reminds me of Peter Holland who used to read the ABC Channel 2 news in Perth at 7pm... Yes.   I lived in Perth—Greenwood, when it was in the bush— from 1973 to 1985.  We had wallabies and the occasional emu in bushland 100 metres from our front fence LOL. Holland was a top voice in broadcasting.      8-)

I have seen wallabies on my blocks! I let one hop to the backyard while distracting Socks who would have chased it if free.

AusGeoff wrote on May 9^th, 2023 at 11:37pm:

Carl D wrote on May 9th, 2023 at 11:15pm: lol... that reminds me of Peter Holland who used to read the ABC Channel 2 news in Perth at 7pm... Yes.   I lived in Perth—Greenwood, when it was in the bush— from 1973 to 1985.  We had wallabies and the occasional emu in bushland 100 metres from our front fence LOL. Holland was a top voice in broadcasting.      8-)

Sounds yummy. Especially Emu!!!