I thought Rove made him notable.
Rove used to get him on his show. This was pre-beard tho.
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Rove used to get him on his show. This was pre-beard tho.
From his Wikipedia
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Piotrowski_(economist)
Piotrowski regularly presents stock market updates for CommSec on Australian television.[2]
As a result of his presence on television, he has become a cult figure, including inspiring fansites on social networking sites Facebook and MySpace.[3][4][5] Rove McManus paid tribute to him on his show Rove Live with regular crosses to Tom Piotrowski detailing the week in finance throughout 2009.
In 2013, his decision to grow a beard led to Facebook groups supporting[6] and opposing[7]the move and a media report asking 'Has Commsec guy Tom Piotrowski gone too far with his caveman beard?'.[8]
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Piotrowski_(economist)
Piotrowski regularly presents stock market updates for CommSec on Australian television.[2]
As a result of his presence on television, he has become a cult figure, including inspiring fansites on social networking sites Facebook and MySpace.[3][4][5] Rove McManus paid tribute to him on his show Rove Live with regular crosses to Tom Piotrowski detailing the week in finance throughout 2009.
In 2013, his decision to grow a beard led to Facebook groups supporting[6] and opposing[7]the move and a media report asking 'Has Commsec guy Tom Piotrowski gone too far with his caveman beard?'.[8]
Fiona
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Quite possible. I didn't watch Rove much because of shift work. Come to think of it, my mother told me about him. She liked his face too.
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Columbo
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Raising 17k is a great effort for a worthy cause.
Wow. That's a massive amount. Well done to you and your hubby. For the first time in my life I'm sporting a pretty bushy beard atm.
jessy_girl
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Oh I can vaguely remember the finance guy that appeared on Rove, I never realised he was the same person as the wookie guy.
And agreed, great effort @Cowie. Will the... pussy pillow grow back quickly enough, or is he planning to maintain the clean shaven look?[DOUBLEPOST=1430968025][/DOUBLEPOST]Hey @bleachy_dude - how is your hair washing routine going?
And agreed, great effort @Cowie. Will the... pussy pillow grow back quickly enough, or is he planning to maintain the clean shaven look?[DOUBLEPOST=1430968025][/DOUBLEPOST]Hey @bleachy_dude - how is your hair washing routine going?
Ummmmmmm....
jessy_girl
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Oh that good hey? Have you had at least one day without washing your hair in the past however long it was ago that you pledged you would?
Cowie
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@jessy_girl he hasn't shaved since So yeah it's growing back, it's a bit prickly now. I couldn't try out clean shaven cos shark week blah.
Yeah I did actually try. So for like 6 days I only washed my hair every second day, so that means I had three days without washing my hair and on each of those three days I was annoyed with oily and unmanageable hair! So yeah... Kinda went back to washing every day.
jessy_girl
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I see. Well at least you tried. My guess is you need to persevere and retrain your hair, but I hate the feeling of slightly dirty hair so I'd struggle too. Whatever works for you I guess!
...I had a most godawful moment today... I had just left a car park at the local shopping centre and was on my way home and was talking to my sweet darling wife and had that horrifying moment when I noticed that my wallet was not in my right pocket where it should be... my heart went into my mouth and I turned back around and went to the exact spot that I had parked in (which was still vacant) and the wallet wasn't there!...
...I had stayed in the car while my wife quickly popped into Coles to get some groceries and I had got out of the car at one stage to check my wipers and thought that that was the time when it had fallen out of my tracksuit pants pocket... when I pulled back into that empty spot and saw that the wallet wasn't there I was totally gutted... my wife then told me to check inside the car to see if it had slipped down beside the car's front drivers seat... it wasn't there... then I checked under it and there it was!!!!!... man I was so happy!!!!...
...that is such a rotten feeling to have when that happens... I've said in another post that my two major fears that I'm terrified of are cockroaches and Christmas Beetles... I've discovered today that I have another fear that terrifies me now... that's the fear of losing my bloody wallet!... trust me... that will never happen to me again believe me... not a good day at all for a while there I can tell you... cheers.
...I had stayed in the car while my wife quickly popped into Coles to get some groceries and I had got out of the car at one stage to check my wipers and thought that that was the time when it had fallen out of my tracksuit pants pocket... when I pulled back into that empty spot and saw that the wallet wasn't there I was totally gutted... my wife then told me to check inside the car to see if it had slipped down beside the car's front drivers seat... it wasn't there... then I checked under it and there it was!!!!!... man I was so happy!!!!...
...that is such a rotten feeling to have when that happens... I've said in another post that my two major fears that I'm terrified of are cockroaches and Christmas Beetles... I've discovered today that I have another fear that terrifies me now... that's the fear of losing my bloody wallet!... trust me... that will never happen to me again believe me... not a good day at all for a while there I can tell you... cheers.
Columbo
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That is annoying when stuff falls out of your pocket when you are in the car. Glad you found it ok, you must have had like a thousand what if scenarios running through your head.
I'm with ya on the fear of cockroaches. I'm constant'y aware that my fear is basically irrational, but that doesn't help me. I can't even clean away dead ones!
Also hate the feeling when I lose my phone or wallet.
Fiona
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Cockroaches don't faze me at all. I'll pick them up and remove them, dead or alive. Caterpillars and birds on the other hand...eek!
...yes reepbot those 'what if' thoughts went through my head at a rapid pace alright... in the 5 minute period I must have had a thousand different thoughts and emotions lol!... not a good feeling at all...
...I can't take dead ones away either lol!... when I see a cockroach I swear that I must spray half a can on them until they are so white and sticky from the spray that they can't even crawl anymore... my darling wife goes off her tree when I do that and she has to get rid of them!... lol!...
... you are so much braver than me Khun Khun!... lol!... I know where my fear of cockroaches came from... when we first emigrated to Australia I was only 14 years old... my parents moved us into an old dump of a house temporarily until they could afford to rent something better... my dad asked me to crawl under the house to run a new antenna cable from the antenna to under the floorboards to the loungeroom...
...I crawled all the way to the front of the house... there wasn't that much room but because I was such a skinny little runt at the time it was no problem for me... the thing is... as I crawled further there became less room to crawl... in the end I was basically wedged between the dirt and the floorboards... for some reason there were some 'bessemer brick blocks in the way so I had to move them to pass the antenna lead through a hole that my dad had drilled through the floorboards...
...as I moved one of the blocks out of the way so that I could pass the cable through the hole I had disturbed a cockroach nest from hell... about 80 trillion 50 billion and a hundred million cockroaches lunged at me and I was totally covered in them... I screamed and went into panic mode and because I did I wedged myself even harder in the crawlspace!... after about 2 minutes (which seemed like hours) I managed to to wriggle free while all the time the cockroaches were all over me... I scrambled out crying like a sooky-la-lah and went straight to the bathroom and showered myself for ages until I felt cleansed again...
...my dad was really peed off with me because I hadn't passed the cable through the hole in the floorboards to him lol!... I have refused to ever go under any house at any time for the rest of my life!... lol!... my dad tried to talk my younger brother and sister into getting under the house to complete the task and they both flatly refused to do it even for a shilling which was big money at the time lol!...
...how did the cable eventually end up through the hole in the floorboards I hear you say?... my dad went next door and asked the father if his little son could crawl under the house to pass the cable through to him for a shilling lol!... the little guy was only about 8 or 9 years old and because he heard my dad explain why none of us would do it the little swine always gave me a hard time and called me a 'wuss' (or something similar) until we moved out of that horrid house about 2 years later lol!... the little bugger got the schilling too lol!...
...so there you have it... the reason as to why I'm so terrified of those damn cockroaches lol!... (don't get me started on why I fear Christmas beetles because it makes me want to gag just thinking about it lol!)... so yes... I am a wussy sooky-la-lah scaredy cat lol!...
...amen to that GIF reepbot lol!... cheers.
Deja
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Well I had an exceedingly annoying event or series of events happen this week. I applied for a job. Had the first interview (which I thought was the only interview) at which time my salary expectations were communicated. Then the employer proceeded to check references without checking with me first. THEN they schedule me for a second interview. THEN they make me a job offer that was 20% lower than what I was earning at my old job. What the hell? I was willing to take a small pay cut, but I'm not going to enslave myself for peanuts. Suffice it to say, I turned it down. Complete and utter waste of time. I wish that @$$hole had not called my references without first checking with me.
Moral of the story: "References upon request" only.
Moral of the story: "References upon request" only.
The short version for anyone who struggles with their attention span:- Sticky thought he lost his wallet, but after 7 minutes of looking, he found it again.
Ha!
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