I need to vent!

[millhouse]

The parents shed just blew apart in the current Perth storm, so I've been dealing with that for a bit. 3m x 2m metal sheets pose a bit of a risk if they get caught in the wind...

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Almost had that happen to my folks shed too once. They were overseas at the time and the Neighbours had called the ses. A guy comes out said he'd grab some sandbags for me and never came back. Ended up filling some plastic bags with sand and threw them on the roof of the shed.

Turns out that was enough to hold the roof on.

For the next three years!

:D

[UltraMarginal]

And people wonder why the hell i'm building a giant manta ray.....

Because AWESOME!!

[millhouse]

Almost had that happen to my folks shed too once. They were overseas at the time and the Neighbours had called the ses. A guy comes out said he'd grab some sandbags for me and never came back. Ended up filling some plastic bags with sand and threw them on the roof of the shed.

Better response than I got from the SES; "We don't deal with sheds."

Between ripping down and flattening the shed panels and cutting the ropes that connected two fence posts and the shed lock, it was a pretty crazy experience!

[Cat]

Found out yesterday that I've got a two week hospital stay coming up.

Sooooooooo boring.
I'm dreading it.

[Hursticon]

Found out yesterday that I've got a two week hospital stay coming up.

Sooooooooo boring.
I'm dreading it.

That sucks to hear man, I hope it yields something positive for you at least. :o

[UltraMarginal]

Good chance to catch up on sleep and reading. assuming the reason for your stay allows you to hold a book and read it.

[GoktimusPrime]

Found out yesterday that I've got a two week hospital stay coming up.

Sooooooooo boring.
I'm dreading it.
Bring toys! :D


Good chance to catch up on sleep and reading. assuming the reason for your stay allows you to hold a book and read it.
...and catch up on toy playing. :) I used to pack books when I went on long trips, until I realised that I just spend more time playing with the Transformer(s) I have on me that I don't do any reading at all. :p So now I just bring toys. ;)

[BigTransformerTrev]

School tomorrow:(


Be thankful for school as long as you can before you have to grow up and be an adult. Sometimes I wish to be at school rather than working because it ain't much fun either.

Try being a teacher - we have to be at school and work at the same time :(

[ILikeSoundwave]

Try being a teacher - we have to be at school and work at the same time :(

Yeah but you guys do it for money at the same time :D

[lj7369]

soooo, Last september i had my original 40gb ps3 overheat, so i bought the brand new slidetop 500gb model as a replacement, all good, until last night, overheated and switched itself off. not happy at all. hope i can get a replacement from eb.

[Trent]

soooo, Last september i had my original 40gb ps3 overheat, so i bought the brand new slidetop 500gb model as a replacement, all good, until last night, overheated and switched itself off. not happy at all. hope i can get a replacement from eb.

Well if its less than 12 months old and you have the receipt then you should get it replaced no worries.

[lj7369]

Well if its less than 12 months old and you have the receipt then you should get it replaced no worries.

been looking at it, should be good, eb keeps all receipts on file so it should be a simple swap and go i hope.

[Bidoofdude]

Was soft resetting my Gameboy Micro on Pokemon Emerald to get a shiny starter, in this case Mudkip, while I was waiting to get my hair cut and just my luck, guess what comes up?


A SHINY ZIGZAGOON.

TWICE.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!! :mad::eek:

[Trent]

Was soft resetting my Gameboy Micro on Pokemon Emerald to get a shiny starter, in this case Mudkip, while I was waiting to get my hair cut and just my luck, guess what comes up?


A SHINY ZIGZAGOON.

TWICE.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!! :mad::eek:

I don't get it.

[Hursticon]

Was soft resetting my Gameboy Micro on Pokemon Emerald to get a shiny starter, in this case Mudkip, while I was waiting to get my hair cut and just my luck, guess what comes up?


A SHINY ZIGZAGOON.

TWICE.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!! :mad::eek:

That's a bit of a pain in the arse, did you loose anything in the process other than the Mudkip?

[Sinnertwin]

Try being a teacher - we have to be at school and work at the same time :(

And it's not a clock in-clock off job either, there's all the afterhours work that is involved. Teachers must have the patience of Job, i know i'd be bouncing the smarmy little punks off the walls if i was subject to half the crap i hear about

[Bidoofdude]

I don't get it.

The particular Zigzagoon you face at the beginning of the game is attacking the professor (Birch) and you have to save him, by choosing a starter and attacking the Zigzagoon. You can't catch him. :(

In the case you are unaware of what shiny Pokemon are, they are a different coloured version of a Pokemon that have a 1 in 8192 chance of occuring on a regular wild pokemon.

There are other methods of finding shiny pokemon more quickly, notably the Masuda Method, which is the process of breeding a pokemon with another pokemon from a different country/nation, which increases the chances of the hatchling being shiny.

The way people get shiny pokemon via Soft Reset (SR) is to save before you encounter or pick a certain pokemon and press a to select it. If not shiny, soft reset by pressing L, R, Start, Select, A and B all at the same time on the GBA. This will reset the game without you needing to turn off and turn on, taking you to basically the start screen. You keep doing this until the pokemon you want is shiny. Most people use this for legendary pokemon or starter pokemon. It can take really short, from like 2 or 3 resets to the 10,000s.

A similar enraging scenario is facing a shiny Graveler, which usually has the move "explosion", meaning it basically explodes to hurt the enemy, ending the encounter or with Abra, a psychic pokemon, using teleport, effectively ending the battle in the case of a wild encounter.

While trying to get a shiny starter pokemon, I unintentionally encountered a shiny Zigzagoon, which filled me with rage, as I have never actually caught a shiny, just from events and set encounters. :(

More info here (http://www.psypokes.com/lab/shiny.php). Hope you can understand my frustration. ;):(

[Kazza]

Ironically it was in emerald that i encountered all my shiny pokemon, zubat, whismer and golbat. Though i've never been bothered with shiny pokemon, rather its crappy nature or IV's that i hate most, which causes me to soft reset for a better and stronger version of the pokemon.

[Trent]

Hope you can understand my frustration. ;):(

No. I can't. At all.

That entire explanation might as well have been in Swahili for all I understood. My knowledge of Pokemon has only ever gone as far as Pikachu on Super Smash Bros on N64. :)

[Bidoofdude]

No. I can't. At all.

That entire explanation might as well have been in Swahili for all I understood. My knowledge of Pokemon has only ever gone as far as Pikachu on Super Smash Bros on N64. :)

Okay.
Basically REALLY rare wild pokemon encounter that I can't catch, while trying to get a DIFFERENT REALLY RARE pokemon. :D

[Autocon]

You'll be suprised at how unboring school actuslly is. I work from home but i'm stuck waiting for the othrr end of the comissions buyer. I don't get friends over cause i don't have friends available, i can't go out cause i'm broke having spent the only money on bills or food and a few exciting days foor the little kid n big kid. many days people arn't online to chat. And the last month i have been bed ridden pretty much with a bad back. So i basicly stay inside with no outside communication, hearing repeted news or shows for the whole day as an anime collection only goes so far. I can't draw cause i have no where to keep my work out flat. I watch clouds, listen to rain pretty much 365 days a year. I have to actually keep myself occupied or else i get aggressive if no activity has happened for too long. There is no structured time, there is no change of sceneary and next to no change in activity. Its like picking a school day and only ever doing that school day 7 days a week and during holidays too. So i know school might feel like it sucks now but at least you get a change in mental and physical stimilus.

And people wonder why the hell i'm building a giant manta ray.....

little kid and big kid must keep for stimuli???

Are gaming consoles like white goods, you get a long warranty because there is an expectation it will last for so long?

[snaketales]

I don't wanna be at work - tired and sick but we've got so many away already and I'm in charge.... :(

great - now i feel hungry AND sick at the same time....

[kup]

I don't wanna be at work - tired and sick but we've got so many away already and I'm in charge.... :(

great - now i feel hungry AND sick at the same time....

Same boat dude, same boat.

[Trent]

^ Yeah, It's friday arvo, had indian for lunch and am now sleepy. My most productive hours this week are now behind me. Just put in my iPod, cranking Karnivool and am sending emails until the clock runs out.

It's been a long week :(

[snaketales]

My working week is Thursdays to Mondays (barring Sundays), so I'm barely at the halfway point... on the plus side a cup of soup seems to have perked me up.

[M-bot]

Managed to get a good dose of head cold... just in time for my 3-day weekend. Most likely be right by the time I need to go back to work Monday.:mad:

Finally have time to go see Pacific Rim - and while it seems a bit pointless seeing a movie like that in 2D, the nearest cinema to me that is showing it is 20kms away. Seriously, I have 5 cinemas within 20-25mins drive away and NONE of them are showing Pacific Rim in 3D! So, now having to battle the Friday early evening peak hour traffic to get to Chadstone.

[kup]

Some retard at the commuter car park scratched the right side of my car from rear door to tail light. Deep scratch too which would make it really expensive to repair.

Did they leave a note? Of course not. These days, you only feel or are guilty if you get caught.

[jazzcomp]

Sorry to hear, kup.

[UltraMarginal]

yea that really sucks. I accidentally scratched a car recently, and I did leave a note, it all worked out pretty simple in the end.

[kup]

Thanks guys. Hopefully it will not cost too much to at least make it so the scratch is not so noticeable.

[millhouse]

A rushed trip out to the other side of the city (45 mins one-way, if I'm lucky...) to collect something because a courier service is rubbish.

Ugh.

Add to that, I'm running on 3 hours sleep, and my day won't finish til midnight tonight.

#firstworldproblems

[1AZRAEL1]

A rushed trip out to the other side of the city (45 mins one-way, if I'm lucky...) to collect something because a courier service is rubbish.

Ugh.

Add to that, I'm running on 3 hours sleep, and my day won't finish til midnight tonight.

#firstworldproblems

3hrs? That would be nice if I got that some days lol. I woulda had maybe an hour last night before I had to work this morning. Maybe got 3 this arvo and I gotta leave in 2hrs to start at 2am ugh.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Pay express post for parcel. Flies over from america in 4 days.

Sits in Melbourne awaiting processing delivery for 4 days...:rolleyes:

Aust post site rekons the product is not trackable. twats. Wasn't in my PO box yesterday. Wont be able to get there again until tuesday :(

[Trent]

Pay express post for parcel. Flies over from america in 4 days.

Sits in Melbourne awaiting processing delivery for 4 days...:rolleyes:

Aust post site rekons the product is not trackable. twats. Wasn't in my PO box yesterday. Wont be able to get there again until tuesday :(

Yep. I've got this too. Hit "Ship My Loot" button. Wait 5 days for loot to be shipped. Loot hops on plane for Sydney then disappears for another 5 days :rolleyes: Then shows up at Sydney customs yesterday. Just in time to NOT get delivered for the weekend.:mad:

[Bidoofdude]

Picked up my BH Shockwave off my shelf where my Prime toys, Cybertron Voyagers/Ultras and Classics Soundwave+cassettes are for a play.

Put him back and suddenly the bolts under the shelf turned, making the shelf crash onto the one below, which, naturally, to my luck, is where my Lego Star Wars stuff is, such as my B-Wing and MTT. (Multi Troop Transport)

I managed to swiftly remove the MTT just in time, but everything, including all the lego minifigs and Transformers fell to the floor, already crushed by the shelf. :mad:

My Yugioh deck, which I'd just also sleeved was scattered everywhere and I think there's still some floating around somewhere.

Took a good 20 minutes to clean it all up and put them back in place, but I now have an incessant fear that it'll happen again. :(

[Trent]

I'm sick again!!! Dammit!! Stupid people at work coming in sick and coughing everywhere.

[Bidoofdude]

I'm sick again!!! Dammit!! Stupid people at work coming in sick and coughing everywhere.

Me too. Woke up with a really bad sore throat. :(

[Hursticon]

Took a good 20 minutes to clean it all up and put them back in place, but I now have an incessant fear that it'll happen again. :(

Sorry to hear man, that's bites grapefruit-sized balls! :eek::(

My suggestion would be to reinforce the shelves, particularly around the edges of the underside of each shelf. :cool:

[UltraMarginal]

Picked up my BH Shockwave off my shelf where my Prime toys, Cybertron Voyagers/Ultras and Classics Soundwave+cassettes are for a play.

Put him back and suddenly the bolts under the shelf turned, making the shelf crash onto the one below, which, naturally, to my luck, is where my Lego Star Wars stuff is, such as my B-Wing and MTT. (Multi Troop Transport)

I managed to swiftly remove the MTT just in time, but everything, including all the lego minifigs and Transformers fell to the floor, already crushed by the shelf. :mad:

My Yugioh deck, which I'd just also sleeved was scattered everywhere and I think there's still some floating around somewhere.

Took a good 20 minutes to clean it all up and put them back in place, but I now have an incessant fear that it'll happen again. :(

Good save on the transport, but man that sucks overall.


I'm sick again!!! Dammit!! Stupid people at work coming in sick and coughing everywhere.

you should stop breathing in their dirty mouth breather air.:p

[Trent]

Came home for lunch and as I drove up the street saw the courier pulling out of my driveway!!!! :eek:

NOOOOOOOO!

Why the hell did I have to stop to buy lunch? Now I have to wait until I finish work :( How will I survive?

[Sinnertwin]

Came home for lunch and as I drove up the street saw the courier pulling out of my driveway!!!! :eek:

NOOOOOOOO!

Why the hell did I have to stop to buy lunch? Now I have to wait until I finish work :( How will I survive?

As you as you know how to love, i know you'll stay alive

That does suck though

[kaiden]

decided to ship my BBTS POL last week and its still in warehouse phase.

they sent out an email explaining why, but still... i want my stuff now :(

[liegeprime]

I always make early payments for my celphone... this bill I get an overdue notice saying I haven't paid my previous bill.... called to Optus who "investigated" and had me send them thru email copies of bank statements and receipts..... then ended up after a week just telling me to go to Optus branch to verify coz the payment was not in their records... duh!!! it's a missing payment!?!?

So I went there this Monday (on my day off) and all they did was verify and fax the same paperworks Ive already provided via email the week before to the same billing investigations office -- for apparently another investigation why it has gone missing -- what the heck did they do in that 1 week before, twiddle their fingers??!?!?! ... and that's it, problem still unsolved...I have to wait again what's their stupid findings?!?! WTF!!!:mad::mad:...


Today I receive a text from the billing office saying I need to go back to that store again so that the charges can be cancelled and reprocessed - entered into the right account.....coz they ( the store personnel) entered in another account the payments and not in mine - WTF!!! I was just there last Monday why oh why do I have to return when that was what they needed to do, they should've done so right there and then!! They should've just contacted the branch and get them to do it, WHY do I have to be the one doing all this legwork and effort when it's that branch's fault!?!?! TOTAL BULLS#$! Such incompetent drones!!!:mad::mad:

Now I have to go back there tomorrow - on a work day coz I want this problem finished before the next bill comes and F%$# my records even more. It's their bloody fault and I end up with all the inconvenience!!! I'm going to get their manager , I demand compensation for all this trouble, effort and waste of my time and train fare!!! :mad::mad::mad: I dunno if they can reverse process since its been a month since that payment was done. BUT, I'm not paying another single cent.... I will demand they should make the payment out of their pockets if they cant reverse process that transaction right there and then!!

[Hursticon]

I always make early payments for my celphone... this bill I get an overdue notice saying I haven't paid my previous bill.... called to Optus who "investigated" and had me send them thru email copies of bank statements and receipts..... then ended up after a week just telling me to go to Optus branch to verify coz the payment was not in their records... duh!!! it's a missing payment!?!?

So I went there this Monday (on my day off) and all they did was verify and fax the same paperworks Ive already provided via email the week before to the same billing investigations office -- for apparently another investigation why it has gone missing -- what the heck did they do in that 1 week before, twiddle their fingers??!?!?! ... and that's it, problem still unsolved...I have to wait again what's their stupid findings?!?! WTF!!!:mad::mad:...


Today I receive a text from the billing office saying I need to go back to that store again so that the charges can be cancelled and reprocessed - entered into the right account.....coz they ( the store personnel) entered in another account the payments and not in mine - WTF!!! I was just there last Monday why oh why do I have to return when that was what they needed to do, they should've done so right there and then!! They should've just contacted the branch and get them to do it, WHY do I have to be the one doing all this legwork and effort when it's that branch's fault!?!?! TOTAL BULLS#$! Such incompetent drones!!!:mad::mad:

Now I have to go back there tomorrow - on a work day coz I want this problem finished before the next bill comes and F%$# my records even more. It's their bloody fault and I end up with all the inconvenience!!! I'm going to get their manager , I demand compensation for all this trouble, effort and waste of my time and train fare!!! :mad::mad::mad: I dunno if they can reverse process since its been a month since that payment was done. BUT, I'm not paying another single cent.... I will demand they should make the payment out of their pockets if they cant reverse process that transaction right there and then!!

...and people ask why I haven't moved onto a "Plan" since getting my 1st & only Pre-Paid account back in 2001! :eek::eek::eek:
(I've had the same Optus Pre-Paid account & number for 12 years :D)

Sorry to hear Liege, that is complete BS and it sucks that you have to do all the running around after they F***ed up! :mad:

[1AZRAEL1]

Same why I will always stay prepaid.

[Trent]

...and people ask why I haven't moved onto a "Plan" since getting my 1st & only Pre-Paid account back in 2001! :eek::eek::eek:
(I've had the same Optus Pre-Paid account & number for 12 years :D)

Sorry to hear Liege, that is complete BS and it sucks that you have to do all the running around after they F***ed up! :mad:


Same why I will always stay prepaid.

Meh. Never had an account/payment problem ever. But then, I've never been with Optus ;)

[kaiden]

with all the 3p stuff coming out, decided to try and watch Headmasters to get the story and characters, but i'm hating every moment of it.

cyberton/cybertone? row-dimus? billy? and the voices are so disgusting inferior to the original G1 voices that i had to switch to the japanese language track and subtitles.

[Sinnertwin]

with all the 3p stuff coming out, decided to try and watch Headmasters to get the story and characters, but i'm hating every moment of it.

cyberton/cybertone? row-dimus? billy? and the voices are so disgusting inferior to the original G1 voices that i had to switch to the japanese language track and subtitles.

Sparkle's my favourite, with Wally a close second ;)

My favourite encounter's between Sixshot & Magnus when they face each other for the firat time.
Off the top of my head it went something like;

Sixshot: *shoots at Magnus* i am Sixshot Destron Ninja Officer, that's my fighting style
Magnus shoots back at Sixshot
Sixshot: Why did you shoot at me?
Magnus: That's my fighting style.

[gamblor916]

I just saw a middle aged Chinese woman driving the wrong way down a one way street. Even though she was clearly in the wrong, spittle and cursing in mandarin was directed at oncoming traffic.
I was going to laugh until I realised I was going share the road with this person :rolleyes:

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Yep. I've got this too. Hit "Ship My Loot" button. Wait 5 days for loot to be shipped. Loot hops on plane for Sydney then disappears for another 5 days :rolleyes: Then shows up at Sydney customs yesterday. Just in time to NOT get delivered for the weekend.:mad:

Lol, just as a follow up on ine.
4 days America to me, 7days melbourne to perth.

Of course, coz Australia is bigger than the world...

[Trent]

Lol, just as a follow up on ine.
4 days America to me, 7days melbourne to perth.

Of course, coz Australia is bigger than the world...

Maybe they went the long way. You know, around the moon. ;)

[Bidoofdude]

Jammed my right index finger in a big kitchen drawer today. It was a heavy one, too. :(

[GoktimusPrime]

I actually had time to go to the post office this morning... it was closed -- doesn't open till 09:00. So... PO opens late, closes early, mostly closed on w/es. Meanwhile in Japan POs close late and are open on w/es incl. Sundays. :rolleyes: 'Straya! :p

[SkyWarp91]

I actually had time to go to the post office this morning... it was closed -- doesn't open till 09:00. So... PO opens late, closes early, mostly closed on w/es. Meanwhile in Japan POs close late and are open on w/es incl. Sundays. :rolleyes: 'Straya! :p

We can't help having a laid back approach to life :D

[jazzcomp]

Lol, just as a follow up on ine.
4 days America to me, 7days melbourne to perth.
Of course, coz Australia is bigger than the world...
It is. It's a whole continent all by itself ;)

I actually had time to go to the post office this morning... it was closed -- doesn't open till 09:00. So... PO opens late, closes early, mostly closed on w/es. Meanwhile in Japan POs close late and are open on w/es incl. Sundays. :rolleyes: 'Straya! :p
Yep.... That's the way things get or not get done ;)

[griffin]

My (privatised) post office will only have 2 staff on Saturday, which means queuing for over half an hour... and closes on random days as if it is some undocumented public holiday. :confused:

Yeah... privatisation/deregulation is claimed to create efficiency and better value (through competition) to the public, who paid taxes to create those government-owned utilities and infrastructure in the first place... only to have it cost us more in the long run, and get less in return when those new entities are more committed to their share-holders than the general public.

Has there been anything privatised that HAS been better for us, and not the friends, donors or family of politicians who instigate these things?
Airports? Nope... parking, taxi fees, gate fees, baggage-cart fees - all excessive now at the privatised ones.
Electricity? Nope... almost doubled in the last 5 years.
Roads/tunnels/bridges? Nope... we now have quite a few with tolls, which is a second tax, as we are being taxed to pay for roads already, so why isn't it going to these projects.
Water? Nope... cost rising since it was privatised in QLD.
Rail and the Ports will be next, pushing up prices of everything like petrol does (as most things are imported or travel around the country by rail).

Our taxes bought and built these things, and now we have to pay extra so that someone else can profit from our taxes and make us pay more to pay off their debts... :mad:


Sometimes I think it is just a vocal (upper class) minority that promote unregulated/excessive Capitalism, because they seem to be the only ones who benefit most from it. Those of us in the working class certainly have the country's prosperity on our backs, but don't reap the rewards of that prosperity. :(

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

My (privatised) post office will only have 2 staff on Saturday, which means queuing for over half an hour... and closes on random days as if it is some undocumented public holiday. :confused:


Rail and the Ports will be next, pushing up prices of everything like petrol does (as most things are imported or travel around the country by rail).


That's odd about the post office. My missus used to work at the Post office where we have our PO box and so we got fairly chummy with the owners. One day the owners mother died (mid week) and Australia post would only allow them to close the Post office for like 2 days or something tiny like that! I was a bit shocked.

I'd complain to Aust post about the post office, surely they have a basic level of cust service to offer and the random closing down on days doesn't seem right. I'd complain anonymously though ;)

On the privatisation thing, I agree too and you raise a good point about our taxes paying for stuff which is then being 'privatised.' I am glad in WA we don't have any toll, but I dread the day the rail service gets privatised. i don't see the point of privatising public transport as it usually runs at a loss anyway, and surely taxes go to supporting any company that buys it anyway...

IIRC, the only public transport that makes any money in the world is Japan's.

The world is a kooky place all right.

[kaiden]

My favourite encounter's between Sixshot & Magnus when they face each other for the firat time.
Off the top of my head it went something like;

Sixshot: *shoots at Magnus* i am Sixshot Destron Ninja Officer, that's my fighting style
Magnus shoots back at Sixshot
Sixshot: Why did you shoot at me?
Magnus: That's my fighting style.

hahaha yeah i remember that, right after i was like WHAT?!? WHY?!? why are they so lame...

[Bidoofdude]

Just looked at my Prime shelf and Shockwave's left leg is all floppy and droopy. The joint seems in order (being a usually very sturdy one at that) but it doesn't go along points like a ratchet joint anymore. :(

[Trent]

Un$&%*ingbelieveable! I'm sick again!!! Granted this time it's only a head cold but FFS, I have spent the last 3 months in an almost constant state of illness.

Unimpressed. :(:mad:

[Hursticon]

Un$&%*ingbelieveable! I'm sick again!!! Granted this time it's only a head cold but FFS, I have spent the last 3 months in an almost constant state of illness.

Unimpressed. :(:mad:

Are you sure you're not secretly being tested on by Uni students? :p

[Paulbot]

In the office on a Saturday and working all weekend at this stage due to stupid deadlines. Deadlines that have me so stressed my left eye has been twitching all week

[MayzaPrime]

In the office on a Saturday and working all weekend at this stage due to stupid deadlines. Deadlines that have me so stressed my left eye has been twitching all week

You should buy a Transformers it might help you de-stress :D

[ILikeSoundwave]

Last minute assignment:( and I'm going over the internet when I'm supposed to be working:(

[SkyWarp91]

Last minute assignment:( and I'm going over the internet when I'm supposed to be working:(

Sad to be procrastinating? Embrace yourself!

[1AZRAEL1]

I just love the general population. Got called an a**hole by a guy who missed the train. Maybe if you got here on time, maybe you wouldn't miss it. And it's not like he had to wait ages for the next one, was another 6mins later. The general population suck.

[fatbot]

I just love the general population. Got called an a**hole by a guy who missed the train. Maybe if you got here on time, maybe you wouldn't miss it. And it's not like he had to wait ages for the next one, was another 6mins later. The general population suck.

Excellent customer service there pal, Barry & Gladys would be proud!

[1AZRAEL1]

Excellent customer service there pal, Barry & Gladys would be proud!

a) I didn't see him coming up the stairs until the doors were nearly fully closed, and
b) what about the customer service to the rest of the passengers to get them to their destination on time?

Besides, I didn't have a go at this one. At least he was early for the next one lol

[SMHFConvoy]

Ugh, that horrible man is going to be PM. I just hope the party doesn't get control of both houses.

[kup]

My (privatised) post office will only have 2 staff on Saturday, which means queuing for over half an hour... and closes on random days as if it is some undocumented public holiday. :confused:

Yeah... privatisation/deregulation is claimed to create efficiency and better value (through competition) to the public, who paid taxes to create those government-owned utilities and infrastructure in the first place... only to have it cost us more in the long run, and get less in return when those new entities are more committed to their share-holders than the general public.

Has there been anything privatised that HAS been better for us, and not the friends, donors or family of politicians who instigate these things?
Airports? Nope... parking, taxi fees, gate fees, baggage-cart fees - all excessive now at the privatised ones.
Electricity? Nope... almost doubled in the last 5 years.
Roads/tunnels/bridges? Nope... we now have quite a few with tolls, which is a second tax, as we are being taxed to pay for roads already, so why isn't it going to these projects.
Water? Nope... cost rising since it was privatised in QLD.
Rail and the Ports will be next, pushing up prices of everything like petrol does (as most things are imported or travel around the country by rail).

Our taxes bought and built these things, and now we have to pay extra so that someone else can profit from our taxes and make us pay more to pay off their debts... :mad:


Sometimes I think it is just a vocal (upper class) minority that promote unregulated/excessive Capitalism, because they seem to be the only ones who benefit most from it. Those of us in the working class certainly have the country's prosperity on our backs, but don't reap the rewards of that prosperity. :(

For privatization to be of benefit to consumers, there needs to be healthy competition. However if there is healthy competition, state companies are unlikely to get privatized because there is no profit in it.

It hardly ever works but it fails miserably in Australia because a lot of industries work here on monopolies so when something gets privatized, they feel they can raise the costs of goods and services and lower as much quality as much as they bloody well like because they are the only providers of it (eg Telstra).

[Lint]

For privatization to be of benefit to consumers, there needs to be healthy competition. However if there is healthy competition, state companies are unlikely to get privatized because there is no profit in it.

It hardly ever works but it fails miserably in Australia because a lot of industries work here on monopolies so when something gets privatized, they feel they can raise the costs of goods and services and lower as much quality as much as they bloody well like because they are the only providers of it (eg Telstra).

Yep most of the biggest aussie success stories in Australia are those who have attained monopolic or quasi-monopolic dominance over the marketplace as opposed to continuous competitveness or innovation.

However there is no doubt in my mind that the horrible wastage of tax money in government owned services exists. You may not see this hit you directly in your bills as the government often borrows money or steals money from other government sectors to keep these services afloat. All of which needs to be paid back later, perhaps by the next generation or more subtlely by cuts to important things like education.

[Trent]

Yep most of the biggest aussie success stories in Australia are those who have attained monopolic or quasi-monopolic dominance over the marketplace as opposed to continuous competitveness or innovation.

However there is no doubt in my mind that the horrible wastage of tax money in government owned services exists. You may not see this hit you directly in your bills as the government often borrows money or steals money from other government sectors to keep these services afloat. All of which needs to be paid back later, perhaps by the next generation or more subtlely by cuts to important things like education.

Yeah… Nah.

Yes government wastage exists. But it exists in most government organizations due to the methods these organizations have to employ on the whim of a politician trying to grab a vote. The amount of beauracracy imposed by government, onto government agencies is ridiculous. No private enterprise would operate under those conditions. THAT is usually why when an organization is privatized that the new owner makes cuts. They remove all the useless overheads.

Also keep in mind that whereas the purpose of said public entities like Auspost, Telstra (what's left of it), electricity, water, etc, is to provide a service, that service used to be provided for cost. But over the years governments (both federal and state) started demanding annual stipends off these utilities thereby forcing these organizations to start making a profit, which in turn pushes up consumer prices. I know for a fact that every state utility does this. And Australia Post now turns a profit as well. And this stipend doesnt necessarily depend on the budget that organization has either. To meet that stipend, cuts have to be made to things like infrastructure spending and jobs, thereby lessening the quality of that service.

Then before you know it, some politician is standing up crying out that that particular organization is inefficient and top heavy. Not to mention a burden on taxpayers and should be privatised.

[kup]

Why does our public transport suck so hard?

1 train and 2 buses one way just to get to University of NSW on a Saturday night?? 1.5 hours travel time as best circumstance, really? By car I am less than 30 minutes away and that's with traffic!

Now it seems that the only way to get there effectively is to drive which means I have to watch how much I drink...I really dislike this city sometimes.

[Omega Metro]

There must be a lot of sick people around. Went to the doctors this morning and there was 55 patients to be seen to before me. I just said I will come back next week sometime. :mad:

[Paulbot]

My iPhone has randomly deleted all my contacts, again. So annoying. No warning. No indication what causes it. Lots of talk of iCloud being the cause when I Google for help but I've never had iCould turned on.

I'm looking at the Facebook app though since that has also lost my password and no other apps have had anything changed or affected.

I can restore from a pretty recent backup but for today I have no clue what people's numbers are, who's calling or messaging me and I have to manually enter any email addresses in full.

[kup]

My iPhone has randomly deleted all my contacts, again. So annoying. No warning. No indication what causes it. Lots of talk of iCloud being the cause when I Google for help but I've never had iCould turned on.

I'm looking at the Facebook app though since that has also lost my password and no other apps have had anything changed or affected.

I can restore from a pretty recent backup but for today I have no clue what people's numbers are, who's calling or messaging me and I have to manually enter any email addresses in full.

Get something that isn't Apple - That's the fix.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

My iPhone has randomly deleted all my contacts, again. So annoying. No warning. No indication what causes it. Lots of talk of iCloud being the cause when I Google for help but I've never had iCould turned on.

I'm looking at the Facebook app though since that has also lost my password and no other apps have had anything changed or affected.

I can restore from a pretty recent backup but for today I have no clue what people's numbers are, who's calling or messaging me and I have to manually enter any email addresses in full.
A friend of mine had that happen on an almost weekly basis. I think he ended up updating the firmware and it magically stopped happening. This is why I will never buy an apple product.

Get something that isn't Apple - That's the fix.

Best Apple advice ever there.;)

[Trent]

Get something that isn't Apple - That's the fix.

You should go work at the Genius desk ;)

[Paulbot]

My phone is out of contract as of this month, so I am considering going to another type of phone.

I probably do need to update the firmware but Apple Maps put me off doing it.

[Trent]

I probably do need to update the firmware but Apple Maps put me off doing it.
Google has the maps app in the store for free. ;)

[1AZRAEL1]

Some of these fires are apparently deliberately lit? hope they catch the people if they were.

People in the area (me inclusive) be safe.

[Hursticon]

Some of these fires are apparently deliberately lit? hope they catch the people if they were.

People in the area (me inclusive) be safe.

Hear-hear! :o

[UltraMarginal]

Some of these fires are apparently deliberately lit? hope they catch the people if they were.

People in the area (me inclusive) be safe.


Hear-hear! :o

arsonists should be locked up and have the key thrown away.

If you're in a high fire danger area keep an eye out, and listen to the radio for warnings (especially during a time when you know there are soe fires about and the weather is being more unpredictable than usual).

if they tell you to get out get out as fast as you can. under the right conditions fire can travel as fast as you can drive.

[Kazza]

Arghhh:mad: I've been fighting this head cold since last thursday and I thought I was over most of it, now my throat feels engorged.

[morg176]

holy crap, was driving to the movies, look down at the dashboard and the car temp thingy was on a billion, pulled over in the car park just in time, let it cool while seeing a movie and then put some coolant in. Discover not enough, so buy some more coolant at the square and walk back to the car, it seems happier now. monitoring for a few days

:D

[Ae-Evolution]

The home is currently being renovated, the amount of dust was unexpected and now desk collection is covered in dust, spent the whole day brushing them down and storing them in a box, luckily none went to my room where the more figures are kept. I'm pre sure my computer has sucked in a fair bit as well, it's been acting up all night, then my speakers crash on me :/

[kup]

My TV blew up! All that I did was turn it off last night from the remote when I hear this loud crackling BANG! No smell that I could detect but it has now gone dead.

I believe it's the powerboard. Called Panasoinic support and they have arranged for someone to come to my place to repair. However they need to wait to receive the parts (next week) before they contact me for an appointment. I am sure it will be a 'Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm' window which is impossible for me, specially when I am starting a new job!

UGH! :mad:

[Bidoofdude]

Arghhh:mad: I've been fighting this head cold since last thursday and I thought I was over most of it, now my throat feels engorged.

I have the exact same thing dude. It's painful as hell. :mad:

[lancalot]

Man im trying to cancel my subscription for Microsoft Windows Phone ISV Annual Subscription renewal ....and i cant even do it...there is actually no option to do this !!
this is their instruction on the email that they sent out with the renewal notice . "If you do not want to renew this subscription, you must cancel the subscription before the renewal date shown above. To cancel, go to https://commerce.microsoft.com, select 'subscriptions', click the service name, then click 'manage' and in the popup click 'Cancel subscription'.
Thank you for using Microsoft Online Services.
Microsoft Customer Support"

but on the actually popup there no cancel subscription option at all... just this:
"manage subscription
Windows Phone ISV Annual Subscription
change payment option
How can I cancel or renew my service?"

you click on the second option and it just go to support page which doesn't have any dev support ...
you cant even delete you card or palpay account detail untill you put another one in place ...!!:mad::mad:

I've been on the phone and they just keep transferring be to different department cause no one can assess it or know what to do .! ! then it just hang up ! on the phone again for like 40min now !

[lancalot]

i remembering also it was a hassle to cancel my x-box live account renew as well... they keep charging me every year !

[Cat]

IIRC it's under either 'Manage Subscription' or 'Change Payment Option'.

If you still can't get it, you can ring your CC provider and request they put a block on it from MS. That will, however, mean you won't be able to use the card for any further Xbox purchases, so consider that a very last resort.

[lancalot]

IIRC it's under either 'Manage Subscription' or 'Change Payment Option'.

If you still can't get it, you can ring your CC provider and request they put a block on it from MS. That will, however, mean you won't be able to use the card for any further Xbox purchases, so consider that a very last resort.

yeah you can change it to another card etc...but cant cancel it !! :mad: and it has to be a valid card or account ... so it still defeat the purpose ... well ill email to them now so waiting for their response ...but it took me like 3 calls ALL support are idiots! ... 2 live chat to get the right link email address to send to ! Took me around an hr just going around and around! and still haven't resolved it ! just to cancel my subscription !

[Autocon]

Say you will take legal action against them?:confused:

[lancalot]

got an email today from them say that they will cancel the subscription !!... :D
I hate the auto renewal and it so hard to cancel it ... i think they do it on purpose so you can't be bothered and just keep charging you ....

[griffin]

Sometimes I think putting a "fragile" sticker on boxes makes them a target...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/a762.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/a763.jpg

It crushed three of the boxes, but fortunately not the MP Prowl box, which is the one I'd have as a higher priority for display.

[The_Black_Sheep]

^ Not much padding in there at all - it may have absorbed some of the impact.

I see your FJ Cruiser boxes are a little bent out of shape. I hear they're easily broken as it is. I sure hope your's survived in one piece...

[griffin]

Toys were okay... thanks to the plastic inserts providing adequate padding. But since they are now distorted, the boxes won't stay square after flattening them out. :(

[Cat]

If your Prowl box is below your standards, you're welcome to see if mine is nicer. My second should be here this week, hopefully, and I'm not fussed about that.

Edit: Ditto with Platinum Predaking

[GoktimusPrime]

Ouch man. :(

When we came to China, my wife wanted to bring 6 bottles of Australian wine as gifts for friends/relos. We packed them in a Leader Class case box, wrapped each bottle with bubble wrap and filled in the space with scrunched up newspaper, more bubble wrap and those little foam things. Stuck Fragile notices in English, Chinese and also the same symbols used internationally all over the box. The airport staff told us that it was all caveat emptor and the airline accepts no responsibility if anything is damaged. My wife was continually worried about them during the entire flight, and it wasn't until we finally reached her parents' place and opened the box that she was relieved that everything was okay. Pretty intense 15 hours...

Not sure if I should pack my MP Acid Storm in my luggage case or carry it on. The box is pretty big and awkward. Hmmm... current thought is to pack it in the luggage and just surround it with clothes.

[Lint]

Not sure if I should pack my MP Acid Storm in my luggage case or carry it on. The box is pretty big and awkward. Hmmm... current thought is to pack it in the luggage and just surround it with clothes.

If you have a fairly hard-shelled luggage and there is nothing else 'hard' inside your check-in luggage that may crush the box from within that strategy should be fine.

I woudln't recommend putting MP Acid Storm in your carry-on as the crush potential in the overhead locker is too great and I think he's just a bit too big to fit under the seat?

Of course the easiest way is to not give a damn about resultant condition of the packaging :p

[GoktimusPrime]

I've never really cared about a Hasbro MP box before, because most of them are just oversized blister packs. This will be only one of two Hasbro MP boxes that I've not thrown out (the other being MP10 Optimus Prime).

Anyway, I've already packed it into my luggage which isn't hard shelled. We do have a hard shelled luggage (bought it in Kyoto actually for the express purpose of lugging back all the Transformers I'd bought in Japan in it, and it did a marvellous job in keeping them safe ;)), but naturally we didn't bring it because my wife doesn't trust Chinese luggage handlers and is afraid that the hardshell case might get scratched or dented. Personally I don't care if the case gets damaged, as long as the contents are safe! :rolleyes: Damn the Japanese for making such a beautiful looking luggage case that my wife doesn't want to see get wrecked! :p

[griffin]

If you have a fairly hard-shelled luggage and there is nothing else 'hard' inside your check-in luggage that may crush the box from within that strategy should be fine.

I woudln't recommend putting MP Acid Storm in your carry-on as the crush potential in the overhead locker is too great and I think he's just a bit too big to fit under the seat?

Of course the easiest way is to not give a damn about resultant condition of the packaging :p

On a couple of occasions I've had large TFs boxes as carry-on luggage, and they've faired better than checked-in luggage usually does. Mostly because I have more control over what it comes in contact with. I'll usually be one of the last on, so I can make space for it in the over-head, and keep an eye on it until it is closed in case someone else tries to cram something else in there.
One was the Kreo Devastator Vs Ironhide set (all the way from America - it was too big to fit in my luggage), and one was the BH Ultimate Optimus from Sydney.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Best thing to do is take as much as you can in a carry on box, such that you occupy an entire overhead compartment, so no one will even try jamming something in there. Reserve seats and get in early!

[Lint]

...but naturally we didn't bring it because my wife doesn't trust Chinese luggage handlers and is afraid that the hardshell case might get scratched or dented. Personally I don't care if the case gets damaged, as long as the contents are safe! :rolleyes: Damn the Japanese for making such a beautiful looking luggage case that my wife doesn't want to see get wrecked! :p

Bah the impracticality! :p:rolleyes:


On a couple of occasions I've had large TFs boxes as carry-on luggage, and they've faired better than checked-in luggage usually does. Mostly because I have more control over what it comes in contact with. I'll usually be one of the last on, so I can make space for it in the over-head, and keep an eye on it until it is closed in case someone else tries to cram something else in there.
One was the Kreo Devastator Vs Ironhide set (all the way from America - it was too big to fit in my luggage), and one was the BH Ultimate Optimus from Sydney.

Yeah I prefer carrying TF's in carry-on myself and they have generally fared much better than items in checked-in and even posted due to the control factor. If you have a bag that take up the entire depth of the overhead locker and is reasonably rigid then your contents are safe. However I've seen some of horrible ways cabin crew and other passengers have tried to cram everything in up there thus I still wouldn't be comfortable recommending overhead lockers to anyone else.

[UltraMarginal]

I bought my 2011 Botcon box set back as carry on.

LA to Vancouver to portland to vancouver to LA to sydney. wrapped in bubblewrap carried in a paper shopping bag. and while in airports it was wrapped in my arms.:o

[Omega Metro]

Arrrgh! Australia Post or customs (who ever is to blame) are taking soooo long with my Robot Kingdom parcel. Tracking Status on the hong kong mail website says it is 'Arrived and is being processed' for about 5 days now. This is the longest I've ever had to wait and not happy.:mad:

[BigTransformerTrev]

Basically destroyed my hands turning an area on our hobby farm the old owners had as a tip into a big vege patch for all my vine veges such as watermelon, cucumbers, pumpkins, rockmelon etc.

Came out this morning and bloody rabbits have been at my new seedlings! :mad:

[UltraMarginal]

Basically destroyed my hands turning an area on our hobby farm the old owners had as a tip into a big vege patch for all my vine veges such as watermelon, cucumbers, pumpkins, rockmelon etc.

Came out this morning and bloody rabbits have been at my new seedlings! :mad:

time for a motion sensetive sentry gun.

[Megatran]

Arrrgh! Australia Post or customs (who ever is to blame) are taking soooo long with my Robot Kingdom parcel. Tracking Status on the hong kong mail website says it is 'Arrived and is being processed' for about 5 days now. This is the longest I've ever had to wait and not happy.:mad:

I've faced the same problem with purchases from RK. Took over a week once it arrived in Australia according to the tracking website.

It's Australia Post that's holding it up (I believe). The courier delivers the parcel to your designated address (eg home), which requires a signature. If you aren't at the designated address at time of delivery then the parcel gets stored at your local Australia Post Office. The problem is that the collection card takes forever to reach your letterbox to inform you that you need to collect the parcel from the allocated local Post Office!!!! One way I get around this is to call my local Post Office to check if there is a parcel for my attention. If so, just pop in & present ID with name & address, such as Driver's Licence. This cuts out the waiting time for the collection card to arrive. Why Australia Post doesn't just place the collection card in the letterbox there and then if no one is home? Argh... frustrating indeed.

I find my parcel from BBTS gets dropped on my front door if I'm not at home. It's so much faster. No signature is required (but I guess there is an element of risk). One time, it was placed behind my rubbish bin and away from prying eyes. It was a large box. The guy left a quick note in the letterbox to tell me where the parcel was located. Fantastic!!!!

[Megatron]

Came out this morning and bloody rabbits have been at my new seedlings! :mad:


time for a motion sensetive sentry gun.

Ah yup. That thought has crossed my mind many times... :mad:


I think I'm just gonna go and take it out on someone at the local Pub. :p

[Omega Metro]

I've faced the same problem with purchases from RK. Took over a week once it arrived in Australia according to the tracking website.

It's Australia Post that's holding it up (I believe). The courier delivers the parcel to your designated address (eg home), which requires a signature. If you aren't at the designated address at time of delivery then the parcel gets stored at your local Australia Post Office. The problem is that the collection card takes forever to reach your letterbox to inform you that you need to collect the parcel from the allocated local Post Office!!!! One way I get around this is to call my local Post Office to check if there is a parcel for my attention. If so, just pop in & present ID with name & address, such as Driver's Licence. This cuts out the waiting time for the collection card to arrive. Why Australia Post doesn't just place the collection card in the letterbox there and then if no one is home? Argh... frustrating indeed.

I find my parcel from BBTS gets dropped on my front door if I'm not at home. It's so much faster. No signature is required (but I guess there is an element of risk). One time, it was placed behind my rubbish bin and away from prying eyes. It was a large box. The guy left a quick note in the letterbox to tell me where the parcel was located. Fantastic!!!!

I'm still waiting for it. But what I find weird is that RKs parcel seem to go to Sydney then Perth. Whereas another source of mine uses HongKong Post also and it was posted on the Friday and I got it on the Monday. 2 days compared to 3 weeks!.....why such a difference?

[BigTransformerTrev]

time for a motion sensetive sentry gun.


I'm going to get one of those for the Transformatorium shed I am building ;) For the vege patch, maybe not a great idea as I'm rather fond of my dog & cat :)



Ah yup. That thought has crossed my mind many times... :mad:


I think I'm just gonna go and take it out on someone at the local Pub. :p

I'll tell BigAngryTron to hide under a table :p;)

[Megatran]

I'm still waiting for it. But what I find weird is that RKs parcel seem to go to Sydney then Perth. Whereas another source of mine uses HongKong Post also and it was posted on the Friday and I got it on the Monday. 2 days compared to 3 weeks!.....why such a difference?

I don't know for sure. I'm only guessing here but they are using different Postal Services, even if the parcel originate from the same geogrpahic location. UPS Air Service, for example, 'guarantee' delivery of parcel by a set date and thus cost more to ship. RK may be using Registered Air Mail Parcel, which keeps cost down but takes a lot longer to reach it's final destination. The exception is for large parcels which require EMS shipping method.

[griffin]

It can also depend on which planes are leaving HK for Australia that have space available. To the HK postal service, if you aren't paying for a guaranteed delivery timeframe, they'll stick it on any plane that is heading for Australia, and then it becomes Australia Post's problem to relocate it to the city/state on the address. And as we've seen, once it gets to Australia, our postal service can take its time to send stuff interstate.

[Golden Phoenix]

Ugh....I was swapping hands on my S.H.Figuarts Gohan figure and I took the arm off instead.
When I tried to put the arm back on and somehow took the ball off in the process. Worse is that the ball is in the joint now. :mad:

Anyone know if you can get replacements from Bandai? It was the SDCC version too.....

Failing that, any ideas on how to fix it???

[lancalot]

Ugh....I was swapping hands on my S.H.Figuarts Gohan figure and I took the arm off instead.
When I tried to put the arm back on and somehow took the ball off in the process. Worse is that the ball is in the joint now. :mad:

Anyone know if you can get replacements from Bandai? It was the SDCC version too.....

Failing that, any ideas on how to fix it???

:eek::eek: i don't have any s.h.figarts figure but HLJ sell parts joints of model kits so you might be able to use them , they also have revoltech joints as well .. i twisted one of my figma joints and it snapped and so i replace it with a revoltech one...

[Gouki]

Ugh....I was swapping hands on my S.H.Figuarts Gohan figure and I took the arm off instead.
When I tried to put the arm back on and somehow took the ball off in the process. Worse is that the ball is in the joint now. :mad:

Anyone know if you can get replacements from Bandai? It was the SDCC version too.....

Failing that, any ideas on how to fix it???

I did something like that to my original Akiba Yellow. Thank god she was a non-exclusive release, because it was not fixable (I ended up buying a replacement for $25 from amiami.com, because I stupidly assumed there would be no chance of help from Bandai--in a way it was a good thing because I used to buy Sentai Figuarts from ebay and yesasia like a moron paying the ridiculous mark ups), but after dealing with the Good Smile Company for replacement Nendoroid pieces, I think Bandai would be pretty okay as long as you took photos, and it was with in 12 months of release.

Of course, being an SDCC one, it's distributed by Bluefin instead right? So hit them up on their Facebook page and they should help. They're pretty quick to reply to thing.

[Cat]

Basically destroyed my hands turning an area on our hobby farm the old owners had as a tip into a big vege patch for all my vine veges such as watermelon, cucumbers, pumpkins, rockmelon etc.

Came out this morning and bloody rabbits have been at my new seedlings! :mad:

My first thought was 'Oh cute, bunnies!!'


Guess I don't have what it takes to be a farmer.

BUT I do know how you can stop the rabbits.

Ditch the veggies, grow cows and sell meat.

That way, rabbits won't eat your cows.

You can thank me later.

[Sinnertwin]

I think I'm just gonna go and take it out on someone at the local Pub. :p

Easy there, Rambo :p

[BigTransformerTrev]

My first thought was 'Oh cute, bunnies!!'


Guess I don't have what it takes to be a farmer.

BUT I do know how you can stop the rabbits.

Ditch the veggies, grow cows and sell meat.

That way, rabbits won't eat your cows.

You can thank me later.

Actually, we are fencing off our 10 acre paddock at years end and we are either going to chuck in a dozen sheep or a couple of cattle. The only problem being that my wife doesn't want to eat the offspring if she gets attached to them, and there isn't much other purpose to having them otherwise so it's a matter of determining which she will find the least cute.

[lancalot]

Who the hell bring a two year old kids to a movie...and a 3d one at that !! the kid kept talking gibberish in the middle of the film ! it was worst then phone ringing.! It was gravity btw so the interruptions just killed the mood :mad:

[Cat]

Who the hell bring a two year old kids to a movie...and a 3d one at that !! the kid kept talking gibberish in the middle of the film ! it was worst then phone ringing.! It was gravity btw so the interruptions just killed the mood :mad:

Politely say to them: 'Please, for the courtesy of those of us who paid to see the movie and not your foolish decision that is keeping us from concentrating on the film, please do what you didn't do two years ago: withdraw.'

[The_Damned]

Who the hell bring a two year old kids to a movie...and a 3d one at that !! the kid kept talking gibberish in the middle of the film ! it was worst then phone ringing.! It was gravity btw so the interruptions just killed the mood :mad:

was it a kids movie?

[1AZRAEL1]

was it a kids movie?

It was the movie Gravity. About 2 astronauts stranded in space after debris from a satellite colides with their shuttle and kills their crew.

[5FDP]

Who the hell bring a two year old kids to a movie...and a 3d one at that !! the kid kept talking gibberish in the middle of the film ! it was worst then phone ringing.! It was gravity btw so the interruptions just killed the mood :mad:

The prime reason why I hardly go to the movies anymore. I have 2 young kids of my own and would never put other paying customers through that. It shouldn't be their problem to deal with.


It was the movie Gravity. About 2 astronauts stranded in space after debris from a satellite colides with their shuttle and kills their crew.

.... It could be a kids movie :rolleyes: :p

[kup]

Who the hell bring a two year old kids to a movie...and a 3d one at that !! the kid kept talking gibberish in the middle of the film ! it was worst then phone ringing.! It was gravity btw so the interruptions just killed the mood :mad:

I have seen that a lot. I have also seen it happen in R rated movies too - Come to think of it, I don't think I have gone to one where some loser doesn't bring in kids under 5. To me it just restates how stupid the average human is.

[lancalot]

I have seen that a lot. I have also seen it happen in R rated movies too - Come to think of it, I don't think I have gone to one where some loser doesn't bring in kids under 5. To me it just restates how stupid the average human is.

I can understand if it a kids movie ...then it ok .. i know that they have kids friendly cinema time but this was at 8pm at night as well !

[kup]

I can understand if it a kids movie ...then it ok .. i know that they have kids friendly cinema time but this was at 8pm at night as well !

An all too familiar scenario. I don't want to point fingers to any particular demographic but I have a feeling that some Asian families don't understand the rating system. I have seen them bring in the whole family composed of up to 3 small kids to watch movies like The Conjuring, Evil Dead or other child inappropriate movies that have generous amounts of sex, nudity and violence.

[UltraMarginal]

Wow, I would understand if it were a kids movie, but Gravity!? I watched it last night myself and it was a great movie, I had swety palms the whole time (in 2D).
It's not a kids film.
you could have probably asked for a partial refund at the box office. if it's an adult film, they shouldn't be taking children in to see it. And the cinema shouldn't be selling childrens tickets to it.

Ratings don't seem to matter so much to a lot of people, my brother in-law has let his 5 now 6 year old son watch Transformers DOTM and iron man 3, multiple times (at home) but I wouldn't think either film is suitable for him.

[Sinnertwin]

Which us why i don't go to the cinemas as often anymore. And when i do, it's gold class. I'm paying the extra to be able to enjoy a movie in peace as opposed to hearing babies cry, kids squeel, loud & obnoxious mobile phone conversations and general disegard towards the paying public.

[Bidoofdude]

Ratings don't seem to matter so much to a lot of people, my brother in-law has let his 5 now 6 year old son watch Transformers DOTM and iron man 3, multiple times (at home) but I wouldn't think either film is suitable for him.

Speaking of Iron Man 3, I went to JB HI FI on Monday (we had a rehearsal at Hamer Hall for Speech Night and were allowed to roam the city afterwards) and besides seeing the Complete Remastered G1 Collection (which was quite a surprise), I was appalled at the price of Iron Man 3 for DVD. $38, I believe it was?!?!?:eek:

That is way to rich for me, I was expecting something a little more around the $20-24 range. Well, time to wait for it to drop. :mad:

[UltraMarginal]

That is way to rich for me, I was expecting something a little more around the $20-24 range. Well, time to wait for it to drop. :mad:

there will be a sale or two leading up to Christmas.

[5FDP]

^ Yeah, I've noticed that too. DVD's seem to cost more now than they did 10 years ago :confused:

[Demonac]

fishpond have Iron Man 3 for $22 & free shipping.
I nearly always get my DVDs from them.

[Gouki]

Speaking of Iron Man 3, I went to JB HI FI on Monday (we had a rehearsal at Hamer Hall for Speech Night and were allowed to roam the city afterwards) and besides seeing the Complete Remastered G1 Collection (which was quite a surprise), I was appalled at the price of Iron Man 3 for DVD. $38, I believe it was?!?!?:eek:

That... should be the BR triple-pack price. Not the DVD price.

[Paulbot]

I believe new release DVDs in this country actually have a high Recommened Retail Price, but generally nobody sells a DVD at RRP due to all the store discounting/competition. JB is one of the few stores I've seeen that do sometimes have them on shelf at RRP, but they would have been selling Iron Man 3 for something like $20 when it first came out, and if you wait a bit longer it'll be in a 2 for $30 deal or things like that.

[Omega Metro]

JBHiFi is the best and cheapest place for new Release DVDs. But what annoys me though is one new release movie will cost $19.99 and another will cost $30. They are both just DVDs.:mad:

[kup]

Wow, I would understand if it were a kids movie, but Gravity!? I watched it last night myself and it was a great movie, I had swety palms the whole time (in 2D).
It's not a kids film.
you could have probably asked for a partial refund at the box office. if it's an adult film, they shouldn't be taking children in to see it. And the cinema shouldn't be selling childrens tickets to it.

Ratings don't seem to matter so much to a lot of people, my brother in-law has let his 5 now 6 year old son watch Transformers DOTM and iron man 3, multiple times (at home) but I wouldn't think either film is suitable for him.

Kids are not necessarily the problem. I made the mistake on going to see it at the Shire and during the film, there were 4 walk outs from the 'surfy jock types' and a couple of bimbos behind us (adults not kids) could not stop giggling and carrying on because they did not understand what was happening in the movie. I had to tell them to shut up.

It is really depressing as it shows how dumbed down Sydney society is becoming. I can understand the walk outs as at least they were polite enough to do so if if they didn't like the movie but the ones that remained just to make fun of a movie because they couldn't understand it?

[UltraMarginal]

It is really depressing as it shows how dumbed down Sydney society is becoming. I can understand the walk outs as at least they were polite enough to do so if if they didn't like the movie but the ones that remained just to make fun of a movie because they couldn't understand it?

I think you'll find it's not just Sydney. ... :(
reamaining to make fun of a movie at the expense of others enjoyment is also related to a very common problem of selfishness in todays society. "I don't like it so no one else will either".

bummer.

I remember Titanic being ruined for me, I went to watch it about 2 or 3 months after it was released and just before the end when Leonardo's character floats off, the couple behind us, the chickk says "oohh, ow ow, I want to watch this bit.":rolleyes:

[Defcon]

Also venting about the price of dvds, I was looking to buy Thor recently just to refresh myself while awaiting the new one coming out soon. $34 it was, so I left it. I also noticed Ironman 3 was quite expensive also. This quite annoys me. I guess if you really want something its better to buy it when its first out at an introductory price of say $19. I notice after a few weeks some go up in price to around $34 or more. It must be some kind of marketing strategy. I hate it of course. Instead of buying Thor I picked up 3 other movies for less than $30.

[kup]

Also venting about the price of dvds, I was looking to buy Thor recently just to refresh myself while awaiting the new one coming out soon. $34 it was, so I left it. I also noticed Ironman 3 was quite expensive also. This quite annoys me. I guess if you really want something its better to buy it when its first out at an introductory price of say $19. I notice after a few weeks some go up in price to around $34 or more. It must be some kind of marketing strategy. I hate it of course. Instead of buying Thor I picked up 3 other movies for less than $30.

At least with DVDs you can get away with ordering from Overseas. You can't really do that with Blu-rays unless you know it's region free which is always a risk.

[Cat]

At least with DVDs you can get away with ordering from Overseas. You can't really do that with Blu-rays unless you know it's region free which is always a risk.

Thank every deity for sites like regionfreemovies.com , which is pretty comprehensive with foreign releases.

Sometimes you still end up taking a gamble, but if you know the company's usual stance on it, and you're willing to take the gamble because 80% of blu-rays are region-free, then luck is generally on your side.

I haven't lost yet. Touch wood.

[griffin]

I remember Titanic being ruined for me,

Didn't know it was going to hit an iceberg and sink? :p

[UltraMarginal]

Didn't know it was going to hit an iceberg and sink? :p

well there was that:rolleyes:

but pretty much every fifteen minutes the chick behind would make a noise, culminateing in the one mentioned above.

I was almost invested in the characters at that point and she just shattered the moment.

[Cat]

I still remember going to see it in the cinema, and my friend's hot cousin was SO into the movie that during the bit when they're searching for survivors, and yelling out 'is there anyone out there' etc, she raised her hand.

It was so damn funny.

[Golden Phoenix]

Didn't know it was going to hit an iceberg and sink? :p

Geez. Spoilers much. :p

[Omega Metro]

Sorry but this is really annoying me and I need to get it out there.:D
I think Kraft Singles (individually wrapped cheese) have gotten thinner. The 24pack is still a 24 pack as it has always been but the slices are a lot thinner now.:mad:

[ILikeSoundwave]

Sorry but this is really annoying me and I need to get it out there.:D
I think Kraft Singles (individually wrapped cheese) have gotten thinner. The 24pack is still a 24 pack as it has always been but the slices are a lot thinner now.:mad:

Yeah, I've kinda noticed that too, we buy them every week but it doesn't really bother me.:D

[Hursticon]

Sorry but this is really annoying me and I need to get it out there.:D
I think Kraft Singles (individually wrapped cheese) have gotten thinner. The 24pack is still a 24 pack as it has always been but the slices are a lot thinner now.:mad:

I think the last time I ever saw Kraft Cheese slices in my fridge was when I was 7 (Now 28) so I have no idea if what you're noticing is true or not, but I in all honesty wouldn't be surprised if it were. :p

[iamirondude]

got hit today with a $5250 electricity bill. they were doing estimates because they said the dog wouldn't let them in the yard but i've never owned a dog and then they said they couldn't access the meter but it's always been accessiable for them to read. it's just frigging load of s**t cause the meter reader is a lazy s**t, who couldn't be arsed doing his job properly. just what i needed while i'm recovering. the arseholes.

[MayzaPrime]

Same thing happened to me, they said they could access it, yet they could do all the other townhouses which are all exactly the same layout so go figure???. However I didnt get hit with a 5K bill... Ouch

[5FDP]

got hit today with a $5250 electricity bill.

Jesus christ dude!!! :eek: Are you running a meth lab or something???

[Omega Metro]

got hit today with a $5250 electricity bill. they were doing estimates because they said the dog wouldn't let them in the yard but i've never owned a dog and then they said they couldn't access the meter but it's always been accessiable for them to read. it's just frigging load of s**t cause the meter reader is a lazy s**t, who couldn't be arsed doing his job properly. just what i needed while i'm recovering. the arseholes.

$5250 seems very steep. I would make a query ASAP and keep onto them. I used to be a Meter Reader but didn't last long as I got bitten by dogs 2 times and was sick to death of locked gates.

[shokwave2]

$5250 seems very steep. I would make a query ASAP and keep onto them. I used to be a Meter Reader but didn't last long as I got bitten by dogs 2 times and was sick to death of locked gates.

I was a meter reader too, although it was water meters. Wow, the number of dogs that chased me and missed me by millimetres as i just made it over that fence/gate. I also was bitten by 2 dogs, luckily they were only foxies and shih tzus, i was too quick or smart for the bigger ones (or lucky). Good times. I didn't mind the job, i only left coz i found a better paying job 2 minutes down the road.

It kept me fit as i'm a fast walker and once you learnt your regular routes, i could do a days work in 3-4 hours, or complete 2 days work in 1 day and have the next day off, as i had already earnt that days pay. The things i've seen, people i've met and properties i've been in. Some real eye openers.

[iamirondude]

Jesus christ dude!!! :eek: Are you running a meth lab or something???

i wish!!! if i were to run 1, it'd be a really really bad knock off of breaking bad but then again i'd have the cash to pay the bill! the thing is i'm confused about is how they can hit you with a huge arse bill after you've paid all the others. it'd be like me selling my car for $1000 to someone and then go and hit the buyer up for another $1000 cause i got the amount wrong and the thing is they've given me a small amount of time to pay it. i'm gonna get on to the ombudsman on monday if their no help i'll get on to the local member and if he's no help then i'm going to the newspapers and gonna shame them out. up here there has been a few stories about the way ergon about the way they charge and slug people with huge bills and then expect them to pay it in say a month.

[1AZRAEL1]

$5250? That seems way too excessive. Ours is usually around the $250 a quarter. How can any electricity company charge that much and get away with it? Definitely get onto your local member about it and see if he can help. If not, go with Today Tonight, they love doing stories about that stuff.

[SuspectimusPrime]

got hit today with a $5250 electricity bill. they were doing estimates because they said the dog wouldn't let them in the yard but i've never owned a dog and then they said they couldn't access the meter but it's always been accessiable for them to read. it's just frigging load of s**t cause the meter reader is a lazy s**t, who couldn't be arsed doing his job properly. just what i needed while i'm recovering. the arseholes.

It sounds like they billed you for the whole street! :eek:

[UltraMarginal]

that's a ridiculous bill, you should be able to take a photo of your meter and send it to them as proof of the values.

and of course follow it up in the other avenues you've also listed.

[morg176]

WWW.ewom.com.au is the energy and water ombudsman for NSW. might be worth a try. :D

[Trent]

WWW.ewom.com.au is the energy and water ombudsman for NSW. might be worth a try. :D

EWON. With an N. the are pretty good, but slow. Like months slow. Have you tried talking to your retailer? They should be able to look at your history and see that that bill is really unusual. Also check your meter reading with what is says on the bill. That will be a good indicator. And don't pay it until it's sorted out. If you lodge a case with EWON, they can't disconnect your power for non-payment over this dispute while it's being investigated.

[Trent]

God I'm sore.

On Saturday I climbed into the roof to make a few repairs to the remote ceiling fan in the study. The roof over in that corner is a grand total of about 30cm high and the roof in insulated to boot. I actually got stuck at one point and had visions of the fire brigade taking the tiles off my roof to get me out :o

Fortunately I managed to get myself out of there without putting a knee or elbow though the Gyprock but to do so required that I use my neck as a lever, use my knees in a way that means they no longer have any skin left on them and bruised most of my ribs. :(

And once I got down I was sweating heaps and forgot and proceeded to wipe my forehead with my arm, that was covered in fiberglass from the bats. GOOD ONE TRENT!!!! So I had an itchy forehead for a few hours :rolleyes:

I also had to throw out those clothes and shoes because of the fibreglass :mad:


I told the wife I am NEVER getting up there again.

[5FDP]

^ Ahhh, the joys of DIY. I blame all these TV renovation shows. I know my limitations ;) :p

[UltraMarginal]

God I'm sore.

On Saturday I climbed into the roof to make a few repairs to the remote ceiling fan in the study. The roof over in that corner is a grand total of about 30cm high and the roof in insulated to boot. I actually got stuck at one point and had visions of the fire brigade taking the tiles off my roof to get me out :o

Fortunately I managed to get myself out of there without putting a knee or elbow though the Gyprock but to do so required that I use my neck as a lever, use my knees in a way that means they no longer have any skin left on them and bruised most of my ribs. :(

And once I got down I was sweating heaps and forgot and proceeded to wipe my forehead with my arm, that was covered in fiberglass from the bats. GOOD ONE TRENT!!!! So I had an itchy forehead for a few hours :rolleyes:

I also had to throw out those clothes and shoes because of the fibreglass :mad:


I told the wife I am NEVER getting up there again.

That sounds like a Big Angry Trev Adventure (tm)

[kaiden]

apparently its considered rude to question your bill when they put extra things on that you didn't order.

[Trent]

That sounds like a Big Angry Trev Adventure (tm)

I was actually thinking that as I wrote it :) Although I imagine Trev would have just barreled through the Gyprock landing on the bed, covered in dust and blood, cursing to the heavens then just as his wife runs in to see what all the commotion is, he looks at her with a suddenly pouty face and comes out with a "How you doin?"

:p



apparently its considered rude to question your bill when they put extra things on that you didn't order.

Like 10 years worth of electricity??

[Ryathalas]

I've faced the same problem with purchases from RK. Took over a week once it arrived in Australia according to the tracking website.

It's Australia Post that's holding it up (I believe). The courier delivers the parcel to your designated address (eg home), which requires a signature. If you aren't at the designated address at time of delivery then the parcel gets stored at your local Australia Post Office. The problem is that the collection card takes forever to reach your letterbox to inform you that you need to collect the parcel from the allocated local Post Office!!!! One way I get around this is to call my local Post Office to check if there is a parcel for my attention. If so, just pop in & present ID with name & address, such as Driver's Licence. This cuts out the waiting time for the collection card to arrive. Why Australia Post doesn't just place the collection card in the letterbox there and then if no one is home? Argh... frustrating indeed.

I find my parcel from BBTS gets dropped on my front door if I'm not at home. It's so much faster. No signature is required (but I guess there is an element of risk). One time, it was placed behind my rubbish bin and away from prying eyes. It was a large box. The guy left a quick note in the letterbox to tell me where the parcel was located. Fantastic!!!!

I actually asked the postie to place my big boxes in the back yard they don't mind but you have to give them written confirmation to enter your property(If you have dogs they wont).They also usually leave the smaller ones at the door or if I need to sign they put the collection card in the mail box mind you I always thank and talk to the postie(If im there at the time,offered him a coffee once lol) to get him on my good side so I guess he doesn't mind but everywhere different I guess :)

[Bidoofdude]

God I'm sore.

On Saturday I climbed into the roof to make a few repairs to the remote ceiling fan in the study. The roof over in that corner is a grand total of about 30cm high and the roof in insulated to boot. I actually got stuck at one point and had visions of the fire brigade taking the tiles off my roof to get me out :o

Fortunately I managed to get myself out of there without putting a knee or elbow though the Gyprock but to do so required that I use my neck as a lever, use my knees in a way that means they no longer have any skin left on them and bruised most of my ribs. :(

And once I got down I was sweating heaps and forgot and proceeded to wipe my forehead with my arm, that was covered in fiberglass from the bats. GOOD ONE TRENT!!!! So I had an itchy forehead for a few hours :rolleyes:

I also had to throw out those clothes and shoes because of the fibreglass :mad:


I told the wife I am NEVER getting up there again.

Ouch, mate. Sorry to hear.

[Megatron]

STILL no internetz at home due to a problem at the local exchange.

Hurry up and fix it, Telstra! :mad:

I don't know how much longer I can cope... :p:o


Edit/update: I'm baaaaa-aaaack!!! :eek::D

[BigTransformerTrev]

God I'm sore.

On Saturday I climbed into the roof to make a few repairs to the remote ceiling fan in the study. The roof over in that corner is a grand total of about 30cm high and the roof in insulated to boot. I actually got stuck at one point and had visions of the fire brigade taking the tiles off my roof to get me out :o

Fortunately I managed to get myself out of there without putting a knee or elbow though the Gyprock but to do so required that I use my neck as a lever, use my knees in a way that means they no longer have any skin left on them and bruised most of my ribs. :(

And once I got down I was sweating heaps and forgot and proceeded to wipe my forehead with my arm, that was covered in fiberglass from the bats. GOOD ONE TRENT!!!! So I had an itchy forehead for a few hours :rolleyes:

I also had to throw out those clothes and shoes because of the fibreglass :mad:


I told the wife I am NEVER getting up there again.


That sounds like a Big Angry Trev Adventure (tm)


I was actually thinking that as I wrote it :) Although I imagine Trev would have just barreled through the Gyprock landing on the bed, covered in dust and blood, cursing to the heavens then just as his wife runs in to see what all the commotion is, he looks at her with a suddenly pouty face and comes out with a "How you doin?"

:p





You know the really sad thing? When I read Trents initial post I though "Geez, that's bloody something I would do" :p

[iamirondude]

well, that's it, i give up. we have to pay the entire amount. they wouldn't even waive a little bit of it. looks like i've gotta have a talk with the meter man next time he comes around. i'm gonna be telling him he's gonna be paying for most of it cause he was to lazy to do his job properly.i want to know why the couldn't walk that last 5 metres to the front wall and open up the box and read it. there is no fence and no dog. the bastard was just plain lazy. there's a lesson in this... don't bother working hard or doing things properly because at the end of the day there is someone usually there waiting to screw you over..old saying i use"don't steal the government hates competition."

[Kapryiath]

surely there's more you can do to fight that? cause thats f'd up as , force them to do an actual reading not an estimate or something :S

[lancalot]

well, that's it, i give up. we have to pay the entire amount. they wouldn't even waive a little bit of it. looks like i've gotta have a talk with the meter man next time he comes around. i'm gonna be telling him he's gonna be paying for most of it cause he was to lazy to do his job properly.i want to know why the couldn't walk that last 5 metres to the front wall and open up the box and read it. there is no fence and no dog. the bastard was just plain lazy. there's a lesson in this... don't bother working hard or doing things properly because at the end of the day there is someone usually there waiting to screw you over..old saying i use"don't steal the government hates competition."

Man that BS ...you should look at changing company.... i get people calling me to change electrical company all the time! ... call a current affair as well!! does hurt ...cause that bill seem ridiculous man

[iamirondude]

we only have the 1 company up here in the nth, ergon. here in qld they are still government run.

[morg176]

did you call the ombudsman, do that before you pay, if its anything like the TIO they can force them to check or quantify the bill. call the ombudsman (previous post) and see what they say before you pay the bill, at least then there is a record of the problem with a third party
:D

[Trent]

did you call the ombudsman, do that before you pay, if its anything like the TIO they can force them to check or quantify the bill. call the ombudsman (previous post) and see what they say before you pay the bill, at least then there is a record of the problem with a third party
:D

Definitely go to The ombudsman. It Queensland it's http://www.ewoq.com.au DON'T PAY IT! have you checked your actual meter reading and compared it to the reading on your bill?

[iamirondude]

already rang the ombudsman. apparently there is a loophole that they got around, so we're pretty much left holding the bag. i've already had a bloke out to check to make sure the meter wasn't faulty and gone through nearly everything i could do to get it wiped or at least lowered a bit.

[UltraMarginal]

Does the reading on your bill match the reading on your meter?

if it does that's incredible. !!maybe someone is siphoning off your electricity somehow, it's a long shot but ...

like everyone else I highly recommend against paying it. I'd be taking it to court.

[Sinnertwin]

already rang the ombudsman. apparently there is a loophole that they got around,

They can pull a number out of their proverbial and bill at will, but you have no option of disputing it? :mad::confused:

[Tober]

What's your usual billing for the same period?

If that's a quarterly bill for a standard residential lot, then there must be something seriously amiss... That's more than twenty times my usual bill.

[iamirondude]

i wish i could take it to court to dispute it but can't afford to. i haven't been back to work since the accident and i won't be able to get back for a little while yet. our bills are usually pretty good about 600 a quarter plus we also have solar hot water so we never really get hit by high bills but this 1 is just BS. it is like they just plucked a number out and went with that.

[1AZRAEL1]

Almost 10 times the norm? Then there has to be something amiss. Last resort, Today Tonight I'd be calling. Seems even the ombudsman is no help.

[Tober]

You could try calling Legal Aid or similar as well. Get as much legitimate legal advice as you can, many firms will even offer a free initial consultation.

As others have said, DON'T PAY IT until you have absolutely no other options. I think a court hearing is around $300-400.

[iamirondude]

legal aid won't help as i'm not a crim facing court and because i have job to go back to. well the court cost ain't to bad actually. if it is 300-400 that's pretty reasonable. i might ring a few firms tomorrow about and get hold of a few of the news stations and newspapers.

[Trent]

legal aid won't help as i'm not a crim facing court and because i have job to go back to. well the court cost ain't to bad actually. if it is 300-400 that's pretty reasonable. i might ring a few firms tomorrow about and get hold of a few of the news stations and newspapers.

First thing is to get in touch with your state member, John Hathaway (http://www.johnhathaway.com.au/). Give his offices a call and say you'd like Mr Hathaway to look into it for you and you then follow it up with a letter.

If it's anything like NSW, he will then seek an explaination from the Energy minister who will go "WTF?" to Ergon.

When you contact My hathaway, be sure to explain your personal circumstances and emphasis how this situation is placing you under a great deal of stress and you don't know how this can happen. Don't threaten them in any way but be sure to let them know that you will go to the media if this isn't resolved as you are desparate.

Hopefully that helps.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Awwww, got my special 'Big Angry Trev' Halloween Costume on but I think I must have worn it one too many times to work, no one in the staffroom even blinked when I came in with my ankle length black coat, biohazard goggles, Chun-Li wristbands, huge spiky knee-length boots, massive sword and blaster etc etc.

I'm feeling like Taryn, a girl I went to uni with who flashed her breasts one too many times. Didn't matter how spectacular a sight it was, everyone had seen it before and didn't care. :(

[Megatran]

Awwww, got my special 'Big Angry Trev' Halloween Costume on but I think I must have worn it one too many times to work, no one in the staffroom even blinked when I came in with my ankle length black coat, biohazard goggles, Chun-Li wristbands, huge spiky knee-length boots, massive sword and blaster etc etc.

Your Halloween Costume reminds me of Dwight's character on the TV show The Office (US version). He definitely would do something like that!

Alright, my turn to (mini) vent. Glenn Stevens (RBA Governor) made a speech several days ago about the high Aussie dollar ... and the need to lower it considerably. The Aussie dollar took an immediate drop in value against the US dollar and has been hovering around / below US$0.95. It was above US$0.97 at one point. Man, when that guy sneezes the rest of us catches pneumonia. Not good for those who purchase TF overseas.:(

[UltraMarginal]

Alright, my turn to (mini) vent. Glenn Stevens (RBA Governor) made a speech several days ago about the high Aussie dollar ... and the need to lower it considerably. The Aussie dollar took an immediate drop in value against the US dollar and has been hovering around / below US$0.95. It was above US$0.97 at one point. Man, when that guy sneezes the rest of us catches pneumonia. Not good for those who purchase TF overseas.:(

I realise a high dollar is hard on our export industry but I don't see an issue with the dollar being high overall, it's a sign of our nations wealth.

you're right, he should just keep his mouth shut.:)

[M-bot]

In a hurry to mow the lawns yesterday, didn't rake under the gum tree before hand and didn't change from shorts into my gardening jeans. One high-speed gumnut in the shin later...:( Let's just say, I won't be making that mistake again in a hurry.:eek:

[Trent]

Went riding with my brothers this morning up at Waterfall. The Sydney to the Gong bike ride was on as well and to get to the trail we were going to ride we had to join the pack of spandex wearing Kool-Kats for about 400 metres. Anyway, my brothers went a slightly different way with me sailing down the road in the pack. There is a woman on the side of the road with a mega-phone that is some sort of info person. She sees me with no race number and starts yelling at me saying that I'm cheating and robbing from sick people because if I didn't have a number then I didn't pay the entry fee.

Really? Robbing from sick people? :rolleyes::mad::rolleyes:

[Tober]

Went riding with my brothers this morning up at Waterfall. The Sydney to the Gong bike ride was on as well and to get to the trail we were going to ride we had to join the pack of spandex wearing Kool-Kats for about 400 metres. Anyway, my brothers went a slightly different way with me sailing down the road in the pack. There is a woman on the side of the road with a mega-phone that is some sort of info person. She sees me with no race number and starts yelling at me saying that I'm cheating and robbing from sick people because if I didn't have a number then I didn't pay the entry fee.

Really? Robbing from sick people? :rolleyes::mad::rolleyes:

I have a bunch of mates who went on that ride today. The one of them I was sponsoring has a virus so couldn't make it. Apparently I still have to pay the donation regardless of him not riding...

Really? Sick people are robbing from me? :mad::rolleyes::mad:

[M-bot]

Went riding with my brothers this morning up at Waterfall. The Sydney to the Gong bike ride was on as well and to get to the trail we were going to ride we had to join the pack of spandex wearing Kool-Kats for about 400 metres. Anyway, my brothers went a slightly different way with me sailing down the road in the pack. There is a woman on the side of the road with a mega-phone that is some sort of info person. She sees me with no race number and starts yelling at me saying that I'm cheating and robbing from sick people because if I didn't have a number then I didn't pay the entry fee.

Really? Robbing from sick people? :rolleyes::mad::rolleyes:


I have a bunch of mates who went on that ride today. The one of them I was sponsoring has a virus so couldn't make it. Apparently I still have to pay the donation regardless of him not riding...

Really? Sick people are robbing from me? :mad::rolleyes::mad:

Swings and roundabouts. You guys cancel each other out.:p;)

[BigTransformerTrev]

Sick as a dog, sitting here in the doctors waiting room on my birthday. Came in yesterday and all he did was say take panadol and give me a 1 day certificate. What's the odds he won't be any more helpful today.:(

[jazzcomp]

Happy Birthday!!!

[BigTransformerTrev]

Happy Birthday!!!

Cheers mate, just hoping I am well enough to go out for dinner tonight as planned :) . The different doctor I saw today gave me some medication and a two day certificate this time

[Hursticon]

Sick as a dog, sitting here in the doctors waiting room on my birthday. Came in yesterday and all he did was say take panadol and give me a 1 day certificate. What's the odds he won't be any more helpful today.:(

Sorry to hear man, Happy Birthday at least! :D
(Oddly enough, you share the same Birth date as my Mother :eek:)

[5FDP]

(Oddly enough, you share the same Birth date as my Mother :eek:)

Your mother’s name isn't Trevor is it ;) :p That would be an odd coincidence!

[Hursticon]

Your mother’s name isn't Trevor is it ;) :p That would be an odd coincidence!

I'll have to double-check when s/he get's back from lunch... :p:D

[BigTransformerTrev]

Sorry to hear man, Happy Birthday at least! :D
(Oddly enough, you share the same Birth date as my Mother :eek:)


Your mother’s name isn't Trevor is it ;) :p That would be an odd coincidence!

Scarily enough one of my wife's best friends husbands is named Trevor and it's his birthday today too (a year before me though the old bugger)

[kaiden]

http://games.on.net/2013/11/south-australian-attorney-general-orders-review-of-a-dozen-ma15-titles-at-cost-of-over-330000/

[Hursticon]

http://games.on.net/2013/11/south-australian-attorney-general-orders-review-of-a-dozen-ma15-titles-at-cost-of-over-330000/

I'm sorry, but friggin' religious lobby groups who are in THE CLEAR MINORITY should not be able to have this much sway! :rolleyes::mad:

[Kazza]

Sick as a dog, sitting here in the doctors waiting room on my birthday. Came in yesterday and all he did was say take panadol and give me a 1 day certificate. What's the odds he won't be any more helpful today.:(

Happy Belated Birthday.:) Hope you get better quickly.


http://games.on.net/2013/11/south-australian-attorney-general-orders-review-of-a-dozen-ma15-titles-at-cost-of-over-330000/

They really have nothing else better to do with their time.:confused::rolleyes:

[BigTransformerTrev]

Happy Belated Birthday.:) Hope you get better quickly.



Cheers Kaz ;) Still crook as hell but will get there eventually :)

[Megatran]

This vent is on behalf of the wife. As she was toy hunting today (cos I'm on business travel in regional Vic), she noticed pieces missing from toy boxes as can be seen through the clear plastic 'window'. The only one remaining Voyager class Megatron at three Big W's she visited happened to have a missing weapon. Looks as if someone removed the weapon through the hole in the display window.

At Kmart (Altona North), someone removed Buzz Lightyear from a box of Toy Story six figurine pack.

Why, why, why.

[GoktimusPrime]

legal aid won't help as i'm not a crim facing court and because i have job to go back to. well the court cost ain't to bad actually. if it is 300-400 that's pretty reasonable. i might ring a few firms tomorrow about and get hold of a few of the news stations and newspapers.
You don't have to be facing criminal charges to access help from Legal Aid. I once sought them for advice when I was being stalked (online and IRL) and they gave me useful advice.

[BigTransformerTrev]

You don't have to be facing criminal charges to access help from Legal Aid. I once sought them for advice when I was being stalked (online and IRL) and they gave me useful advice.

hmmmmm.... might that have been someone who I kicked out of my 'Big Angry Trev's Transformatorium' FB group Gok? ;) If so that fellow really did have an unreasonable grudge against you

[Cat]

I know I'm a bit late by a matter of days, but I just wanted to say happy birthday Trev, and I hope you had a great day, minus the doctor stuff.

You're one of my favourite posters here, and you add a unique flavour to the board, and are one of the nicest guys around.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I know I'm a bit late by a matter of days, but I just wanted to say happy birthday Trev, and I hope you had a great day, minus the doctor stuff.

You're one of my favourite posters here, and you add a unique flavour to the board, and are one of the nicest guys around.

Thanks man :) considering the first thing I read on here this morning was someone having a go at me in another thread, you turned my frown upside down :D

[Cat]

I wish to raise a legitimate grievance...against the sun.

It hurts even having my head rest on a pillow.

Stupid sun and stupider me not wearing sunscreen. Curse you, Supanova!!!!

[Hursticon]

I wish to raise a legitimate grievance...against the sun.

It hurts even having my head rest on a pillow.

Stupid sun and stupider me not wearing sunscreen. Curse you, Supanova!!!!

^Ra's punishment for besmirching Soundwave! :p:D

[jazzcomp]

Supanova isn't indoors???

[The_Damned]

Enders game isn't released in Australia till the 5th of december :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad:

[Cat]

Supanova isn't indoors???

It mostly is, but there were queues to get in, plus food stalls were outside for lunch, and there were a few pavillions to walk between.

Next year it won't be an issue, as it's scheduled to be in the Convention Centre.


^Ra's punishment for besmirching Soundwave! :p:D

Consider me a convert to the power of Ra.

And maybe that other guy.

[kup]

Why do sellers on ebay have a tendency to add "What you see is what you get" referring to the photo in the item description but when you actually receive the item, it is clearly another of the same toy but damaged or of a noticeably lower QC standard?

[Megatron]

Why do sellers on ebay have a tendency to add "What you see is what you get" referring to the photo in the item description but when you actually receive the item, it is clearly another of the same toy but damaged or of a noticeably lower QC standard?

If you didn't receive exactly the same thing as what's in the photo, you have the right to ask for an exchange/return/refund. "What you see is what you get" should mean exactly that. I would let the seller know so that he or she can offer a resolution, before I left them feedback or took it to the Paypal Resolution Center.

[kup]

If you didn't receive exactly the same thing as what's in the photo, you have the right to ask for an exchange/return/refund. "What you see is what you get" should mean exactly that. I would let the seller know so that he or she can offer a resolution, before I left them feedback or took it to the Paypal Resolution Center.

Yeah, already send a message. Been buying stuff from ebay for a few years now so I know the drill. It's just annoying that people can be so dishonest.

[Megatron]

Yeah, already send a message. Been buying stuff from ebay for a few years now so I know the drill. It's just annoying that people can be so dishonest.

Sure thing. :) But just in case someone new to eBay reads it it may help them, maybe. And yes, I agree with what you said about dishonesty. Anyway, I hope it all works out.

[kup]

Wow, on an unexpected but welcome turn of events, the Ebay guy proposed to refund me 2/3rds of total cost. Although the toy is not in a great condition; for that amount it's worth it and I believe I can fix the paint defects on my own.

[Lint]

Why do sellers on ebay have a tendency to add "What you see is what you get" referring to the photo in the item description but when you actually receive the item, it is clearly another of the same toy but damaged or of a noticeably lower QC standard?

I tend to forgive 'vendor' type sellers for this as I know what to expect since they copy and paste descriptions over multiple listings.

If it was a more 'private' seller I would be crying fraud.

[Megatron]

Wow, on an unexpected but welcome turn of events, the Ebay guy proposed to refund me 2/3rds of total cost. Although the toy is not in a great condition; for that amount it's worth it and I believe I can fix the paint defects on my own.

Awesome! :cool:

[UltraMarginal]

I tend to forgive 'vendor' type sellers for this as I know what to expect since they copy and paste descriptions over multiple listings.

If it was a more 'private' seller I would be crying fraud.

i don't forgive that type of thing, as a vendor or private seller the sellers responsibility is the same.
selling too many items or being too busy is not an excuse for misrepresenting an item.
sure use the same picture for 5 of the same MISB item if all the boxes are in good condition but five of the same loose item should all be individually represented.

Sounds like you got a good resolution Kup, kudos to the seller.

[kup]

I tend to forgive 'vendor' type sellers for this as I know what to expect since they copy and paste descriptions over multiple listings.

If it was a more 'private' seller I would be crying fraud.

Then they shouldn't have it at all.

[Firestorm]

getting really sick of job hunting.
in the last.... heck in the last year I've been searching for a job and have still had no luck...
Either places aren't looking for new staff, or when they are I either don't get an interview or if I do I don't get the job
I applied for a job last week and today I got an email telling me that the job was "cancelled"
so, so far that's in the past 2 months
JB Hi-fi: no interview
Big W: No Interview
EB Games: Interview but not hired
Woolworths: No Interview
Woolworths again: Cancelled

plus countless other places that weren't looking for new staff,

I am so sick of being useless. I want a job >.<

and I want money.......

[UltraMarginal]

Hey Firestorm,
That's a bummer. Hopefully you can pick something up for the Christmas period at least, I know a lot of retail increase their staff numbers for the Christmas period, it's a good way of getting in the door.

[Firestorm]

yeah that's what the EB job was a Christmas period thing, so there were dozens of aplicants getting interviewed, and I didn't make the cut.

I think by now most places have their Christmas staff employed and are training them, but I'm not gonna stop looking, it's just getting really frustrating

[jazzcomp]

Sorry to hear Firestorm. :) I have had bad luck in my applications as well. :(

[kurdt_the_goat]

So my front screen door, a 3yr old $700 Crimsafe with 3 latch locks is borked. The top latch dangles outside of it's hole preventing clean shutting and opening, and getting worse to the point where it'll be impossible to open the door soon.

My wife contacted them and was informed "this sometimes happens" and "it's not through misuse". Sounds good right? Then she hit us with "$150 to fix it, and you have to detach and return the door to Westral or pay more for a guy to come out".

Their guarantee says "a full warranty against faulty products irrespective of age" and "The guarantee does not extend to damage caused by accident, misuse or abuse of the product and does not cover depreciation through ordinary wear and tear.This guarantee is in addition to any rights you may have under any relevant legislation."

Obviously we've only ever opened and closed the door like a normal person would and considering there's an identical latch at the bottom of the door that continues to function normally, it's not bloody wear and tear either!

I've written them an email now so hopefully the wife was just speaking to an idiot, but damn, can you believe it?

Anyone have a link to 'relevant legislation' that i might throw in their faces should they still try and charge us?

Edit: someone's coming to 'have a look' for free on Friday now ... we'll see how that goes

[Trent]

So my front screen door, a 3yr old $700 Crimsafe with 3 latch locks is borked. The top latch dangles outside of it's hole preventing clean shutting and opening, and getting worse to the point where it'll be impossible to open the door soon.

My wife contacted them and was informed "this sometimes happens" and "it's not through misuse". Sounds good right? Then she hit us with "$150 to fix it, and you have to detach and return the door to Westral or pay more for a guy to come out".

Their guarantee says "a full warranty against faulty products irrespective of age" and "The guarantee does not extend to damage caused by accident, misuse or abuse of the product and does not cover depreciation through ordinary wear and tear.This guarantee is in addition to any rights you may have under any relevant legislation."

Obviously we've only ever opened and closed the door like a normal person would and considering there's an identical latch at the bottom of the door that continues to function normally, it's not bloody wear and tear either!

I've written them an email now so hopefully the wife was just speaking to an idiot, but damn, can you believe it?

Anyone have a link to 'relevant legislation' that i might throw in their faces should they still try and charge us?

Edit: someone's coming to 'have a look' for free on Friday now ... we'll see how that goes
If they try to charge you anything, contact the ACCC (http://www.accc.gov.au/). Don't pay a cent dude.

[Omega Metro]

Life sucks! Had to put my 14 year old dog down today.:mad::(

[BigTransformerTrev]

Life sucks! Had to put my 14 year old dog down today.:mad::(

Oh thats really sad dude :( Old age or something had gone wrong?

I've always had Shetland Sheepdogs, and they have always conked out at 14, poor little buggers :(

[Trent]

Life sucks! Had to put my 14 year old dog down today.:mad::(

My condolences dude. :( I remember about 5 years ago I had to have my beagle put down, she was about 12 and man it was hard. I haven cried like that before or since.

[Omega Metro]

Oh thats really sad dude :( Old age or something had gone wrong?

I've always had Shetland Sheepdogs, and they have always conked out at 14, poor little buggers :(

Old age really. He was deaf, blind, disorientated and became a lot worse in the past few days. It broke my heart to see him like that.:( I havnt cried so much in my life.:o

[Hursticon]

Life sucks! Had to put my 14 year old dog down today.:mad::(

Sorry to hear dude, it's always hard and never gets any easier. :(

[lancalot]

Life sucks! Had to put my 14 year old dog down today.:mad::(

That sad to hear .... My condolences

[UltraMarginal]

Life sucks! Had to put my 14 year old dog down today.:mad::(


I haven cried like that before or since.


I havnt cried so much in my life.:o

My condolences, Omega Metro.
I remember when my dog was put down, it was the friday of my first week at uni, I got home to where I was boarding and my landlady said I should call home. I did and recieved the bad news from Dad. I too haven't cried like that before or since.

The attachment we have to our pets is often just as strong as it is to the rest of our family. I hope you are able to keep many happy memories.

[Hursticon]

Have just received a phone call informing my family that my Great Uncle has been rushed to the hospital suffering Renal Failure (Kidney Failure). :(

At 87 years old and having lost his wife earlier in the year to an aneurysm; we're preparing for the worst, whilst hoping for the best. :o

[UltraMarginal]

Have just received a phone call informing my family that my Great Uncle has been rushed to the hospital suffering Renal Failure (Kidney Failure). :(

At 87 years old and having lost his wife earlier in the year to an aneurysm; we're preparing for the worst, whilst hoping for the best. :o

You're in my thoughts Hursti.

[kup]

Have just received a phone call informing my family that my Great Uncle has been rushed to the hospital suffering Renal Failure (Kidney Failure). :(

At 87 years old and having lost his wife earlier in the year to an aneurysm; we're preparing for the worst, whilst hoping for the best. :o

I hope the best does come to be.

[Omega Metro]

Have just received a phone call informing my family that my Great Uncle has been rushed to the hospital suffering Renal Failure (Kidney Failure). :(

At 87 years old and having lost his wife earlier in the year to an aneurysm; we're preparing for the worst, whilst hoping for the best. :o

I wish your uncle the best.:)
Also thanks for the kind words guys.:)

[Bidoofdude]

Have just received a phone call informing my family that my Great Uncle has been rushed to the hospital suffering Renal Failure (Kidney Failure). :(

At 87 years old and having lost his wife earlier in the year to an aneurysm; we're preparing for the worst, whilst hoping for the best. :o

Best of luck. Here for you, mate.

[GoktimusPrime]

Sympathy to Omega Metro and Hursticon. :(

[jazzcomp]

Thoughts and prayers for you Hursti.

[jazzcomp]

Hillbilly neighbour left a coles shopping trolley on my front lawn. I get these constant abuse from neighbors - leaving bottles, throwing plastic containers, etc. makes me wana get video security system :(

[Megatran]

Hillbilly neighbour left a coles shopping trolley on my front lawn. I get these constant abuse from neighbors - leaving bottles, throwing plastic containers, etc. makes me wana get video security system :(

Security cameras don't deter stubborn people. Some people are irrational & have no sense of respect thy neighbour.

I recommend you put these phrases into action: :p
Peace through tyranny.
Everything is fodder.
Lesser creatures are playthings of my will.

[Hursticon]

You're in my thoughts Hursti.


I hope the best does come to be.


I wish your uncle the best. :)


Best of luck. Here for you, mate.


Sympathy to Omega Metro and Hursticon. :(


Thoughts and prayers for you Hursti.

Cheers guys; he's currently in a semi-conscious state at the Royal North Shore, he simply wants to "go" though... to be honest I'm not surprised by this, nor can I blame him. :(

Whatever happens, I just hope it's as painless as possible. :o

[morg176]

organising payment for something i ordered over the net and found paypal to be the way to go, but, I am find all the verification of cards and such both cumbersome and outright annoying.

the reloadable cards for use on the net for purchases are a good idea but they take a while to update and I find them generally cumbersome. Have attached one to the paypal thing but waiting for verification. Painful. With computers it should take only seconds.

thoughts? experiences?

M

[Tober]

Cheers guys; he's currently in a semi-conscious state at the Royal North Shore, he simply wants to "go" though... to be honest I'm not surprised by this, nor can I blame him. :(

Whatever happens, I just hope it's as painless as possible. :o

I had an uncle who departed 'on his own terms' earlier this year after his asthma/allergies and Parkinsons became unbearable.

There is only so much you can do. :(


organising payment for something i ordered over the net and found paypal to be the way to go, but, I am find all the verification of cards and such both cumbersome and outright annoying.

the reloadable cards for use on the net for purchases are a good idea but they take a while to update and I find them generally cumbersome. Have attached one to the paypal thing but waiting for verification. Painful. With computers it should take only seconds.

thoughts? experiences?

M

Did you have to scan documents and that sort of thing? Yeah, it can take a few days.

[morg176]

Luckily I didn't have to scan documents. But I do wish that Australia had some kind of universal identification system, where you didn't have to have a billion points (center link) or half a dozen passwords with all the silliness and restrictions that go with them. Many will disagree, but maybe something biometric (and painless) and instant. Thoughts?:D

[Bidoofdude]

Just went to buy Ace of Spades 75% on Steam ($3.74) and it was at 2 minutes left when my Dad went to buy it. Guess who didn't get the game. :(

[Trent]

So I went for a ride yesterday and at the last second decided to hit up a jump but didn't really leave myself enough time to set up for it. Anyway, my feet weren't properly positioned and one foot slipped. Lets just say that the pedals I affectionately refer to as 'shin shredders' lived up to their name :(