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  #3044330 3-Mar-2023 14:39
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Rikkitic:

 

Behodar:

 

I could never condone such behaviour, but I'll just say this: If they think the rules don't apply to them, that works both ways.

 

 

I also think destructive revenge, deserved as it is, puts me in a place I don't want to be. Overseas there are gadgets for just about everything. Surely an alarming noisemaker that attaches magnetically to the inside of the wheel and produces a shrieking tearing sound when spun, must be manufactured somewhere. 

 

Or maybe you could just glue (non-destructively, of course) an enormous dildo to the boot of the car that won't loosen for a few hours. We are a creative lot here. I'm sure someone can think of something. 

 

 

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  #3044331 3-Mar-2023 14:51
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Handsomedan:

 

I've been making home coffee (latte's mainly) for over a decade. 

 

I still can't achieve anything resembling latte art. 

 

The best I have done (probably ever) is this: 

 

 

 

 

Youtube has a bunch of tutorials :) 

 

 


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  #3044336 3-Mar-2023 15:09
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MikeB4:

My son worked worked as a Barista while at University. He was brilliant at it (no bias, honest) and tried to teach me how. It was a disaster. My skill lay elsewhere.

 

 

Naah, your skill was just fine, it just extended in a slightly different direction: Abstract cloud pictures, cyclone swirls, muddy-creek eddies, all quite artistic in its own way.

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  #3044480 4-Mar-2023 10:26
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Broken websites. I have a friend turning up via bus later today so I went to Intercity's website and found the bus tracker. The URL lists the service ID and date, so it should have enough information to get you straight back to the right route. However, if you actually bookmark the URL then when you try to open it again it just triggers a download of a zero-byte file named "map".


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  #3046028 5-Mar-2023 14:25
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I like Hedges and Agapanthus, but not when the owners let them wonder across public footpaths.
I'll also add low hanging trees that flick you in the face as you walk past.


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  #3046057 5-Mar-2023 16:25
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The pest that is agapanthus is all fun and games until you break your back when you need to rip it out then break your bank when you take it to the dump and get charged under general waste as such a weed cannot be disposed of as green waste.

 

Regarding plants over footpaths that's one complaint that councils will respond to.





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  #3046064 5-Mar-2023 17:37
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Geektastic: 

Box turns up 4 hours later. With a Coural ticket front and centre. So not only did PH take over a week to deliver something sent on a 2 day service, they then apparently lied about its details when asked.

I complained firmly to PH and suggested that since they’d failed to do what they were paid for, they should refund the shipping. I got in essence a very long and rather insipid “yeah, nah. Sorry about that.”

 

The contract for shipping is between the sender and the logistics company, not the recipient and the logistics company. You should contact the sender and express your displeasure and a desire for a refund of the two day shipping, and then leave it to them to decide whether they want to chase it up with their courier.

 

Until it's arrived at the destination delivery point, the item still belongs to and is the responsibility of the seller.


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  #3046096 5-Mar-2023 18:35
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Is it really beyond the entire wit of Microsoft to come up with a dark mode for EVERYTHING ? I'm looking at you MS Office.

 

If its hidden away in there please point it out....





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  #3046112 5-Mar-2023 20:02
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Just to annoy you further... Mac Office has dark mode.


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  #3046118 5-Mar-2023 20:29
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Where's that -1 vote when you need it...





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  #3046120 5-Mar-2023 20:41
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MadEngineer:

The pest that is agapanthus is all fun and games until you break your back when you need to rip it out then break your bank when you take it to the dump and get charged under general waste as such a weed cannot be disposed of as green waste.

 

 

Assuming you're not philosophically opposed to it, glyphosate does a good job of getting rid of it, then you just leave the stuff to dry up and rot. If you're worried about overspray, put a rag on a stick and wipe it onto the plants directly.

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  #3046129 5-Mar-2023 21:12
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neb:
MadEngineer:

 

The pest that is agapanthus is all fun and games until you break your back when you need to rip it out then break your bank when you take it to the dump and get charged under general waste as such a weed cannot be disposed of as green waste.

 

Assuming you're not philosophically opposed to it, glyphosate does a good job of getting rid of it, then you just leave the stuff to dry up and rot. If you're worried about overspray, put a rag on a stick and wipe it onto the plants directly.

 

I found it works best to cut the head off with a sharp spade and paint the cut-off end with glyphosate.

 

 


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  #3046132 5-Mar-2023 21:14
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johno1234:

I found it works best to cut the head off with a sharp spade and paint the cut-off end with glyphosate.

 

 

Does that work on killing the whole plant? Tried that with arum lilies and at most it discouraged them a bit.

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  #3046134 5-Mar-2023 21:38
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neb: Does that work on killing the whole plant? Tried that with arum lilies and at most it discouraged them a bit.

 

Some plants (like ****ing Singapore Daisy!) require you kill the whole plant at once. At that point, it's basically either be indiscriminate or apply the glyphosphate to the roots directly! Honestly though, for the particularly aggressive weeds, I'd so go the whole hog, find a commercial supplier that will sell it, and get some Metsulfuron Methyl. I found it invaluable in annihilating Singapore Daisy (which, despite the name, is an extremely obnoxious weed).


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  #3046136 5-Mar-2023 21:45
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neb:
MadEngineer:

The pest that is agapanthus is all fun and games until you break your back when you need to rip it out then break your bank when you take it to the dump and get charged under general waste as such a weed cannot be disposed of as green waste.



Assuming you're not philosophically opposed to it, glyphosate does a good job of getting rid of it, then you just leave the stuff to dry up and rot. If you're worried about overspray, put a rag on a stick and wipe it onto the plants directly.


Glyphosate often doesn't seem to be absorbed by agapanthus leaves. Some councils used to spray just to kill the other weeds in the roadside agapanthus. The sure fire chemicals are always expensive and usually restricted.

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