I need to vent!

[Hursticon]

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.

Indeed, not much at all; I'm sorry to hear of your loss too.

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

Ooh! *Insert Excruciated Smiley* - Dude, I bet that's swollen and throbbing like a female K-9!

[morg176]

After all the nonsense with PayPal and the Australia post 'load and go card', logic forced my hand and I went with a cashiers cheque instead. It was easier, and none of the silliness of a million passwords or 6 digit codes.

I have since found a myriad of horrible bordering on toxic reviews of the load and go card. Be for warned, the concept of a prepaid card is excellent, the implementation of the system as a whole is woeful to shoddy. Does anyone know of/have a reloadable card that has no issues?

[christalcase]

Good news is that after seven warranty services, I managed to get my computer replaced with a different one (but still refurbished) which has better specs and is worth more.

Bad news is that it is Windows 8...

The reason I bought the original one was because I wanted Windows 7 and not this "no-start-button/touch screen/apps" rubbish.

[morg176]

I still use windows XP. That operating system just works. It wasn't perfect t but it was fast and reliable

[lancalot]

Good news is that after seven warranty services, I managed to get my computer replaced with a different one (but still refurbished) which has better specs and is worth more.

Bad news is that it is Windows 8...

The reason I bought the original one was because I wanted Windows 7 and not this "no-start-button/touch screen/apps" rubbish.

the new update 8.1 windows has the start button again ...

[Trent]

I still use windows XP. That operating system just works. It wasn't perfect t but it was fast and reliable

Windows 7 is great.

[iamirondude]

had a call from child support about my income(cause i'm on sickness benefits since the accident) and they asked me would i be able to pay the debt i had with them(if anyone's ever dealt with them you are always in debt to them). i said no cause atm i'm getting $383 per fornight(yes that's right). so they said would you be able to sell any assests to pay it off. i said i don't have any to sell and if i did i wouldn't sell it for you. so then they said could you ask your friends or get a loan. i said no. if i went into a place to ask for the money they'd laugh at me and my friends would tell me" tell them to go F themselves).well anyway to cut a long story short they are now investgating me to see if i have extra money to pay the debt. they are going to go through everything and i mean everything to get the money out of me.i told them this isn't communist china and if this what your job is then the laws need to be changed. i have always paid my way in life and never asked for a handout and never expected any hand out and the only reason i have this debt is because when i rang them to tell them i'm off work with no income the idiot didn't log it in the system. so i'm stuck with a $8000 bill. i have always paid it but this time i ain't paying and i'm willing to go to prison for it.

[UltraMarginal]

After all the nonsense with PayPal and the Australia post 'load and go card', logic forced my hand and I went with a cashiers cheque instead. It was easier, and none of the silliness of a million passwords or 6 digit codes.

I have since found a myriad of horrible bordering on toxic reviews of the load and go card. Be for warned, the concept of a prepaid card is excellent, the implementation of the system as a whole is woeful to shoddy. Does anyone know of/have a reloadable card that has no issues?

I have a seperate bank account at a seperate institution that has a visa debit card attached to it, it only has spending money in it and is the only thing I use for online banking.
Works a charm.

Good news is that after seven warranty services, I managed to get my computer replaced with a different one (but still refurbished) which has better specs and is worth more.

Bad news is that it is Windows 8...

The reason I bought the original one was because I wanted Windows 7 and not this "no-start-button/touch screen/apps" rubbish.

the new update 8.1 windows has the start button again ...

What lancalot said, though I think they had some troubles inthe first week or so after launch.

had a call from child support about my income(cause i'm on sickness benefits since the accident) and they asked me would i be able to pay the debt i had with them(if anyone's ever dealt with them you are always in debt to them). i said no cause atm i'm getting $383 per fornight(yes that's right). so they said would you be able to sell any assests to pay it off. i said i don't have any to sell and if i did i wouldn't sell it for you. so then they said could you ask your friends or get a loan. i said no. if i went into a place to ask for the money they'd laugh at me and my friends would tell me" tell them to go F themselves).well anyway to cut a long story short they are now investgating me to see if i have extra money to pay the debt. they are going to go through everything and i mean everything to get the money out of me.i told them this isn't communist china and if this what your job is then the laws need to be changed. i have always paid my way in life and never asked for a handout and never expected any hand out and the only reason i have this debt is because when i rang them to tell them i'm off work with no income the idiot didn't log it in the system. so i'm stuck with a $8000 bill. i have always paid it but this time i ain't paying and i'm willing to go to prison for it.

I feel your pain iamirondude, I used to have to deal with centrelink when a student, I ended up doing most of my degree part time so I could work enough to avoid dealing with them. It seems they are there to make life hard for the honest guy.

They should have record of the phone call at least "for training purposes" Stick to your guns, insist that you informed them at the time you did. and you will pay them back when you are able.

I hope you get better from your accident soon so you can avoid them as soon as possible.

[christalcase]

the new update 8.1 windows has the start button again ...

Awesome, that's great to hear! I thought that this was the case but when I got the computer I had a quick google and found no mention of it. Now I just gotta get Win 8 to update everything before I can get 8.1, so annoying.

Last night, I found it pretty sad when I had to google how to do the most simple of things like closing an 'app' or finding the 'shut down' button .

[TF76]

My iphone 4 is really bugging me, it freezes
and makes posting here and on Facebook really difficult. It
takes a very long time to correct mistakes and I lose a percentage of post though it being non responsive.

Dose anyone else still use an iphone 4?