The Random Question of the Day Thread...

[D4D]

Anybody know anything about table tennis tables? Missus wants me to get one for Christmas.

I've found 2 options:
Rebel Sport - Once I add a net/bats/balls etc it will be close to $500, plus I have to pick it up and get it home
http://www.rebelsport.com.au/Product/Dragonfly-2500-Series-Table-Tennis-Table/520467
or
Stiga Club Roller Table Tennis Pack - delivered to my door for $568
https://www.tenniswarehouse.com.au/other/table-tennis/stiga-table-tennis-table-pack.html

[Ragman]

one thing I know about Table tennis tables: don't let it get wet!
there are usually lots on gum tree?

[speewa158]

   about a month after XMas          Go Figure                   

[Bird]

one thing I know about Table tennis tables: don't let it get wet!
there are usually lots on gum tree?

agree.. also great lunchtime game.. we used to play it at lunchtime at the Kurnell refinery.. not as easy game as it appears.. specially when all the blokes in ya team had been playin it for 5 + yrs more than you LOL

[paceman]

Anybody know anything about table tennis tables? Missus wants me to get one for Christmas.

I've found 2 options:
Rebel Sport - Once I add a net/bats/balls etc it will be close to $500, plus I have to pick it up and get it home
http://www.rebelsport.com.au/Product/Dragonfly-2500-Series-Table-Tennis-Table/520467
or
Stiga Club Roller Table Tennis Pack - delivered to my door for $568
https://www.tenniswarehouse.com.au/other/table-tennis/stiga-table-tennis-table-pack.html

played table tennis quite a lot in a local club when i was younger... great game to play... 

if it were me, i would pick the stiga...

[xcvator]

Buy a sheet of ply and a can of paint 

[chester ver2.0]

Anybody know anything about table tennis tables? Missus wants me to get one for Christmas.

I've found 2 options:
Rebel Sport - Once I add a net/bats/balls etc it will be close to $500, plus I have to pick it up and get it home
http://www.rebelsport.com.au/Product/Dragonfly-2500-Series-Table-Tennis-Table/520467
or
Stiga Club Roller Table Tennis Pack - delivered to my door for $568
https://www.tenniswarehouse.com.au/other/table-tennis/stiga-table-tennis-table-pack.html

If your serious about your play which ever one has the heavier more solid surface will get a better bounce and last longer

[Bird]

FWIW I'd buy the cheapest to see if its just a fad... if people are still playing it in 6 mths time, then move up.

Like everyone I know who have bought pool tables, used all the time at first, then just sit there for 364 days a year

[D4D]

If your serious about your play which ever one has the heavier more solid surface will get a better bounce and last longer

Thanks, that makes sense.

FWIW I'd buy the cheapest to see if its just a fad... if people are still playing it in 6 mths time, then move up.

Like everyone I know who have bought pool tables, used all the time at first, then just sit there for 364 days a year

Agreed, found this on eBay, Chinese copy of the Stiga for half the price and free delivery, we have a winner!
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ITTF-APPROVED-PRO-SIZE-19MM-TABLE-TENNIS-PING-PONG-TABLE-FREE-ACCESSORIES/272807196547

[Bird]

Thanks, that makes sense.

Agreed, found this on eBay, Chinese copy of the Stiga for half the price and free delivery, we have a winner!
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ITTF-APPROVED-PRO-SIZE-19MM-TABLE-TENNIS-PING-PONG-TABLE-FREE-ACCESSORIES/272807196547

]even better but not free delivery, but the 250 in savings will pay for that
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182955000605

[scblack]

played table tennis quite a lot in a local club when i was younger... great game to play... 

if it were me, i would pick the stiga...

Same as me, I played years ago and I too would pick the Stiga.

[chester ver2.0]

FWIW I'd buy the cheapest to see if its just a fad... if people are still playing it in 6 mths time, then move up.

Like everyone I know who have bought pool tables, used all the time at first, then just sit there for 364 days a year

Yeah but like pool tables if you buy a quality one it will last you ten years plus then it does not matter if it is only used when the boys came around

[speewa158]

Why is it so relaxing to sit in the shade of the shed with a Coldie in hand watching Pelicans riding the terminals off in Big Sky 
Must be something you do really need to see     
                 l believe its a privilege    &  am thankful                              

[austastar]

Why is it so relaxing to sit in the shade of the shed with a Coldie in hand watching Pelicans riding the terminals off in Big Sky 
Must be something you do really need to see     
                 l believe its a privilege    &  am thankful                              

Hi,
     But what are they doing up there? Not a lot of fish at altitude!

Have watched them in the last light at Narandera,  almost out of sight.

Magnificent.

Cheers.

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[speewa158]

You can really only see them when they turn & its their wings that show white on the blue sky  .     

[MattNQ]

Why do Cavendish bananas go brown in a fruit salad after a few hours and Ladyfingers stay white even into the next day.....?


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[Fizzie]

Why do Cavendish bananas go brown in a fruit salad after a few hours and Ladyfingers stay white even into the next day.....?

Why do people even bother with Cavendish bananas when Lady Fingers are so much better in every way

[MattNQ]

Why do people even bother with Cavendish bananas when Lady Fingers are so much better in every way

Agree!
I have to buy both. Myself and the daughter like ladyfingers. Younger son and the Missus like cavendish. Older son ( 18yo) just devours anything that looks remotely like food.....

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[Hairs]

Why is it so relaxing to sit in the shade of the shed with a Coldie in hand watching Pelicans riding the terminals off in Big Sky 
Must be something you do really need to see     
                 l believe its a privilege    &  am thankful                              

They ride the thermals above Maclean over the river.
Could sit there for hours and watch them.


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[Cruiser 105Tvan]

Hi,
     But what are they doing up there? Not a lot of fish at altitude!


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Same thing people do from planes, when they're shark spotting.  They're looking down into the water for food.
It's more successful from up there, than sitting in the water.

[D4D]

Agreed, found this on eBay, Chinese copy of the Stiga for half the price and free delivery, we have a winner!
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ITTF-APPROVED-PRO-SIZE-19MM-TABLE-TENNIS-PING-PONG-TABLE-FREE-ACCESSORIES/272807196547

I ended up buying the eBay Stiga copy, my son was amazed how Santa's Elfs managed to set it up in the garage. We've been playing it all day, I can now see how the heavy base makes the table bounce better.

[speewa158]

So just Why did l spend $500  on a3/4 size pool table    Only to play on it about a dozen times only to have my Butt served on a plate over the last 6 years   


                     There are some slow learners out there                 

[Pottsy]

Why do people insist on moving left to make a right hand turn?

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

Why do they do other one also.
Make a left turn from the middle of the roadway.
It's not as if they are driving a big combination or a semi.
Or the prop and take as much of the road as they possibly can, preventing anyone else continuing.
It's not unlawful to pass in that situation, as long as you pass on the side away from where they turn to.
Then there are the ones who think they drive a vehicle 3.5M. wide and want all the road width, doesn't matter who's coming the other way.

I think they summed it up with:  "They teach them to pass the test, not to actually drive the car."

[speewa158]

   Couldn't Drive a greases stick  up a Brown Dogs    butt