The Off Topic Thread.

[SHOCK]

No you silly ninnys........me

The f*ckn thing is like a tank to park

[Lumpen]

Air Conditioning still an option on Toymota's Koni?

Lumpy

[SHOCK]

6 stack CD, air, cruise, power windows, vanity mirror and a thing called 4WD. Got dark blue.

Just bought a trailer from Grafton towing it back on Saturday

[Macktheknife]

Still here after all these years.

[Dagabond]

The cost of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is on the rise - again.

Buying each item in the song just once - from a partridge in a pear tree to a dozen drummers drumming - will cost you US$18,920, or 3.1 per cent more than last year, according to PNC Financial Services Group.

The total cost of items gifted by a True Love who repeats all of the song's verses costs more than ever before - US$75,122 - for all 364 items, up from US$72,608 in 2005, a 3.5 per cent increase.

"After years of stagnation, wages for skilled workers, including the song's dancers and musicians, have increased as the labour market has tightened," said Jeff Kleintop, chief investment strategist for PNC Wealth Management. "Also, a decline in the housing market has dampened demand for luxury goods, such as gold rings."

While prices for the partridge, two turtle doves, three French hens, six geese and seven swans remained the same as last year, higher wages made the lords a-leaping, ladies dancing and pipers piping costlier.

The nine ladies dancing earned US$4,759, four per cent more, according to Philadanco, the Philadelphia Dance Co. The lords a-leaping got a three-per-cent pay raise, while the drummers drumming and pipers piping earned 3.4 per cent more.

The maids a-milking, however, weren't as lucky. They make the U.S. federal minimum wage, which has been $5.15 per hour since 1997.

Each year, the Pittsburgh-based bank does a tongue-in-cheek tally of how much the swans, geese and drummers would cost if you purchased them at today's prices. PNC has been calculating the cost of Christmas since 1984.

For the price of buying all 364 items, you could get a brand new, fully-loaded special edition Hummer 2 sport utility vehicle, fully-loaded Cadillac XLR two-door roadster, a cruise around the world, a 5-carat diamond ring or top-of-the-line Cartier or Piaget watch.

Trying to find cheaper deals online won't help, either. The 364 items online would cost US$125,767, including shipping costs, compared to US$123,846 last year. You would spend US$30,330 online for each item just once this year.

The nine ladies dancing are the costliest items on the list again, at US$4,759. The seven swans a-swimming cost US$4,200. And a pear tree saw the biggest jump, going from US$89.99 in 2005 to US$129.99 this year.

The cheapest? As always, the partridge, still US$15.

[XR06T]

^^^^^^^

hmmm..

do you pay for the drummer and the drums??

[EZ2CME]

Last day of the week for me tomorrow

[RHR]

Last day of the week for me tomorrow

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Well its the second last day of the week for me

and I gotta head back up to sh1ts vill tomorrow night

[phantomchic]

Last day of the week for me tomorrow

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Well its the second last day of the week for me

and I gotta head back up to sh1ts vill tomorrow night

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think you could narrow that down a bit

[RHR]

Last day of the week for me tomorrow

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Well its the second last day of the week for me

and I gotta head back up to sh1ts vill tomorrow night

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think you could narrow that down a bit

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Well its in NSW and it has crap roads.