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monotonehell wrote: For the last time Crawf, I'm not buying you a pony for Xmas!

Can you you atleast give us a demo of your O-Bahn dance for Chirstmas?

Mebe - can you stand the secret initiation ceremony I wonder?

Gazeby wrote:G'Day S-A members,
I've just joined today, after reading and visiting the site on a daily basis i thought i would join and hopefully make some constructive comments (however after reading the beer garden discussions.....).
Just a quick Intro. Im a young local adelaide designer who recently with a fellow colleague won the Vic Sq comp. ESD0019 (thanks for all the supportive comments & also the not so supportive).
When im not working im kite surfing, fishing, or renovating the new house.
Cheerio

Gazeby wrote:G'Day S-A members,
I've just joined today, after reading and visiting the site on a daily basis i thought i would join and hopefully make some constructive comments (however after reading the beer garden discussions.....).
Just a quick Intro. Im a young local adelaide designer who recently with a fellow colleague won the Vic Sq comp. ESD0019 (thanks for all the supportive comments & also the not so supportive).
When im not working im kite surfing, fishing, or renovating the new house.
Cheerio

Omicron wrote:

Gazeby wrote:G'Day S-A members,
I've just joined today, after reading and visiting the site on a daily basis i thought i would join and hopefully make some constructive comments (however after reading the beer garden discussions.....).
Just a quick Intro. Im a young local adelaide designer who recently with a fellow colleague won the Vic Sq comp. ESD0019 (thanks for all the supportive comments & also the not so supportive).
When im not working im kite surfing, fishing, or renovating the new house.
Cheerio

A bit handy with the old pencils, eh? Welcome to the forum, Mr. Gazeby! We have cookies if you're good.

Gazeby wrote:G'Day S-A members,
I've just joined today, after reading and visiting the site on a daily basis i thought i would join and hopefully make some constructive comments (however after reading the beer garden discussions.....).
Just a quick Intro. Im a young local adelaide designer who recently with a fellow colleague won the Vic Sq comp. ESD0019 (thanks for all the supportive comments & also the not so supportive).
When im not working im kite surfing, fishing, or renovating the new house.
Cheerio

Truro killer James Miller transferred to RAH
Article from: The Messenger

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ADAM TODD

September 11, 2008 04:30pm

TRURO killer James Miller has been transferred to the Royal Adelaide Hospital and may have just hours to live.

Stricken with terminal cancer, Miller was expected to die in Yatala’s infirmary sometime this week, but was transported under police escort to the RAH late last night, the City Messenger reports.

Miller, one of South Australia’s most notorious prisoners, is serving a life sentence for murdering six women and dumping their bodies in bushland between 1976 and 1977.

Surprise in iced coffee war
Article from: Sunday Mail (SA)

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HANNAH SILVERMAN

September 14, 2008 12:30am

CAN you pick the flavour of South Australia's most popular drink?
A milky taste war has erupted with Coca-Cola Amatil releasing a competitor to Farmers Union's legendary iced coffee.

So the Sunday Mail devised the ultimate test to see if iced-coffee lovers could spot the difference between the new drop – from Goulburn Valley Dairy Co – and Farmers Union.

SA is the only place where milk is more popular than soft drinks and Farmers Union out-sells Coca-Cola almost three to one.

A group of six building site workers took part in a blind test, tasting three samples – Farmers Union, Goulburn Valley and existing competitor Pura Classic Coffee.

And despite the builders' confidence they would know the classic Farmers Union taste, the results were less than emphatic.

During the test only two of the six successfully picked which of the three samples was Farmers Union. And just half nominated it as their favourite.

Brookfield Multiplex safety officer Scott Jeffs, 43, of Redwood Park, was surprised when he could not pick the classic Farmers Union taste.

"I thought I would be able to pick it," he said.

"The new Goulburn Valley is creamy, it's definitely a different taste – but it's not better than Farmers Union."

And although during the test claiming Farmers Union "could have been stronger", he said he would remain loyal. "Farmers Union iced coffee, meat pies and Holden cars are SA icons," he said.

"(Goulburn Valley) might give it a nudge but South Australians will stick to the Farmers Union."

Coca-Cola Amatil will release Goulburn Valley iced coffee – specifically tailored to local taste buds – on the SA market tomorrow.

While two builders picked Pura as their favourite, Tom Gallagher, 42, of Cheltenham, was the only one of the group to favour the new drop.

"(The Goulburn Valley) was my favourite for the smoothness," he said.

Iced coffee has been hailed as SA's favourite drink, making up about 75 per cent of all flavoured milk sales, according to AC Nielsen data.

Coca-Cola South Pacific public relations manager Sarah Kelly said the company was confident South Australians would enjoy its new flavoured milks.

"We encourage people to try it and decide for themselves," she said.

But National Foods, which owns Farmers Union, remains confident.

"Farmers Union is iconic in SA, it's SA's favourite coffee flavoured milk (and) coffee is what we do best," spokesman Julian Caples said.

"We welcome competition in all the markets we play in because it stimulates interest in the product."

Food marketing consultant Wayne Lyons predicted the showdown would be more a battle of brands rather than a trial of taste.

"It will be Farmers Union's toughest competitor yet," he said. "A significant part of it will be brand and positioning the brand but to their credit Farmers Union have done that incredibly well with marketing and positioning of their brand and won the heart of their target audience. But Coca-Cola are incredibly disciplined in their marketing and sales and they have absolute strength in distribution."

crawf wrote:edit my 2100 post , and I'm bored and not tired grr

Will409 wrote:Appology accepted, now let's get some Farmer's Union.

Honestly, Coke my try but Farmer's Union iced Coffee has become an institution and an icon here. I don't drink anything (as Norman can testify )