Geez! I hate that!

[danzvtil]

Just picked up my first ever pair of reading glasses. Welcome to middle age apparently.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by danzvtil

Just picked up my first ever pair of reading glasses. Welcome to middle age apparently.

Haha, welcome to the club.
I remember going to my Dr saying there's something wrong with my eyes, the letters on the newspaper a blurry.
She said "you need glasses", I said, "no, there's something wrong with my eyes"
"Yes, you need glasses!"
Penny dropped.

[Citroënbender]

My dearest booked herself a seven week US holiday with one of the KGB girlfriends.

Assumed that she didn’t need a visa for the US, travelling on an Aussie passport (not Russian)!!!

Moreover, this problem was not identified until just over two hours prior to departure. I’d dropped her off at the terminal and was 35km away… Already had a migraine from heat, exertion - stress didn’t help it ease. Literally about 50 minutes before take-off, the expedited application was greenlit (airline check-in counter helped as best they could, but weren’t going to board her in case it got declined at the other end).

What a circus.

[FTE217]

You’ve needed ESTA’s for as long as I can recall landing in the USA CB.
The agent or booking office should have advised this in the first place.
Easiest visa to get online.
Yep it gets approved pretty quick.


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[Citroënbender]

Yes, I don’t know what she was thinking! One of her besties has PR there, maybe she thought that affected things.

Can laugh about it a little now. Last night when I was looking down the barrel of seven weeks’ relative calm torpedoed just like that - it wasn’t so funny.

[jaydee]

I thought our 2 governments just signed some agreement 2 weeks ago that didn't need us to get visas or something to make travel easier.
7 weeks of batching it, nice.

[Citroënbender]

I got to try out the just-opened “Airport Link” pieces of road. After hours, they feel slow and empty; the limit is 60 but could easily go ten or twenty up.

[Giant Cranium]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

I got to try out the just-opened “Airport Link” pieces of road. After hours, they feel slow and empty; the limit is 60 but could easily go ten or twenty up.

They do that with the new tunnels to get people used to the change. They then reassess like they did for the main tunnels

[.:4:.]

Man oh man. My kid texts me this arvo asking do i want to know his story of the day? I replied sure.
Well, not a good one. A kid at his school nicked a phone of another kid, (i did not tell my kid i know how to do this) did a factory reset and got busted trying to sell said stolen phone.
Theif only copped a 3 day suspension. Rightful kid owner lost all their saved funny cat memes.
So im preassuring my kid into backing his phone up. Not to his school laptop but his gaming tower. He lives in the housos of south windsor. Theft is quite a thing there.

[MITCHAY]

I spent the whole day in the yard weeding and mowing. I thought I would treat myself to a spa bath.

I filled it up and water was dirty as so no way I was going to dip in that but couldn't get the jets going. I loosed up the pipe to pump the air out but no good except water in the garage.

What I eventually figured out it won't start with the heater on but the problem is it defaults to that so got to be quick to turn it off and she fires up.

But the plumping is leaking and I'm like **** this and just had a shower. Geez I hate that!

I think I need someone out to take a look at it and probably a new pump but $$$ so can go on the backlog. I have more important shit I have to sort out before that

[onemanempire]

When going from point A to point B in a time critical situation, I come across this holding everyone up for miles...

Was very early Monday morning this week (2nd September 2024)
Some muppet at the tyre shop was having a bad day, then passed it on to old mate in the truck..

BUGGA!









One Man

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Found an email from my mate and ex work colleague today in my spam folder. He'd sent it six days ago. It was his end-of-winter update. Given he sends out updates at the end of every season, I was aware of his health issues. But I hadn't appreciated just how dire things were/are. In this edition, he revealed he is in palliative care and has stopped taking his combative medication. He also revealed that his palliative care nurse gave him between two weeks and two months. And that was three weeks prior to him sending the email!

I've text him to see if he's up for a chat, but I'm yet to hear anything back. I hope I haven't left my run too late.

Gotta say, it's rattled me a bit. I've been down and edgy all day.

Remember to keep reaching out to those that are important to you, folks, no matter how far away they are.

[.:4:.]

Thats rough.
Years back, the dockmaster in a building i worked in, his name was Jolly and was known as Dr Jolly. Most thought that was because dockmaster.... but no, he was a doctor in India but his credentials were not recognised in Australia so he got his security licence. Anyrate, one day he was visibly unwell. So i offered to give him a lift home as he didn't live far from me and saves him the walk to and from the train station. He said no, but towards the end of shift asked if the offer was still valid. I dont make offers that arent valid.
So gave the bloke a lift home, he said thanks more then once, once is enough for me. He didn't return to work. Well, turns out un diagnosed diabetes. His co workers told me he went blind not long after, then a few months after that passed. That was a bit rough too.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Paying good money for a supposedly premium products but getting cheap garbage in return.

Noise cancelling headphones, a great way for me shut out and escape from the world while detailing or messing around in the garage. Twice now I have sidestepped the cheap stuff, thinking paying the extra would land me with a quality product.

The first being a set of Sennheiser SPXC 550-II. When they worked, they were very nice, comfortable. But they began cycling on and off if, you know, moved you head at all. The magnet-controlled power up/down switch not sufficiently strong enough to stay in the on position. Completely useless within a very unreasonable period of time. Total garbage.

The second I bought to replace the Sennheisers, the Sony WH-1000xm4. Initially, they were fantastic, even more comfortable. But the stupid touch pads were schizophrenic, so you would end up turning certain functions on and off accidentally, then have to go and figure out how to reset them. The "speak to talk" function a completely useless thing that would activate by ambient noise like, say, a pressure washer. Now they refuse to charge, even after attempting the hack fixes found online. Complete junk after only a couple of years. Again, bought at considerable expense.

Makes me so friggen mad, you pay a premium and get nothing in return. And yet, we keeping buying this sh.t and therefore keep these companies alive, who then keep selling cheap, nasty Chinese crap at premium prices.

So, Sony and Sennheiser can go and get fu.ked.

I'll probably regret this purchase too but let's see how long these last...........







One thing I noticed straightaway, these Air Pod Max are significantly heavier than the Sony and Sennheiser they replace, with the casing made of aluminum not plastic.

Why Sky Blue? Well, other than I like blue, they were 21% cheaper than Space Grey or Silver.

And if these don't go the distance, I'll shoot a video of me smashing them with a sledge axe. Question is, should I do that with the Sony's?