People who throw cigarette butts into drains, and into @garbonzai property!

I didn't know there still were cigarette butts. How do people afford them?

networkn:

 

garbonzai:

 

My neighbours continually throwing their smoke buts over my fence...

 

 

Throw your poop over their fence. When they complain, just say, "oh, I thought that's what we were doing? Throwing our unwanted disgusting items into each others properties!"

 

 

 

Haha, I have been throwing them back and they have the cheek to throw them back again, may go over and see them, but they are not very friendly.

garbonzai:

 

Haha, I have been throwing them back and they have the cheek to throw them back again, may go over and see them, but they are not very friendly.

 

Yeah, it's always a risk, hopefully, at worst they tell you to move the firetruck off their property, at best they stop. 

I'd probably politely ask them to stop and if you get any resistance, don't argue, just leave (sometimes these things escalate).

Bad neighbours suck.

https://www.distractify.com/humor/2019/02/08/ReFbYjiY5/passive-aggressive-neighbor-feud-lights

johno1234: Meanwhile Steptoe and Son cruised the posh neighbourhoods looking for gems to polish up and put on TradeMe?

kiwiharry:

 

Have recently noticed a trend of roading authority putting in speed humps before controlled intersections and controlled pedestrian crossings.

 

Like these.

 

 

 

 

 

I can maybe understand the reasons behind placing them before a pedestrian crossing whether it is controlled or not.

 

I'm sure the majority of us know what to do when approaching traffic lights so having them as you approach an intersection is something I find annoying.

 

 

 

As a driver I hate them with a passion, but as my wife is in an electric wheelchair these are far better for crossing the road, she has been stuck when the kerb dips too low, she has been thrown out of her chair on one occasion and almost out on several occasions.

John

neb:

johno1234: Meanwhile Steptoe and Son cruised the posh neighbourhoods looking for gems to polish up and put on TradeMe?

 

 

 

And is that a bad thing? Back when it was still "leave stuff on the kerb on this date" I'd say at least half of all the inorganic rubbish here was picked up for reuse by others, halving the cost to the council and halving the amount of stuff that went into landfills. It wasn't so much an inorganic rubbish collection as a still-useful-to-some material redistribution mechanism. I've actually taken part in that myself, driving round with some arts friends picking up found items for use in installations. An awful lot of stuff has been saved from landfills by that process.

This used to be an Amsterdam institution. Many a poor student furnished their rooms this way. I found a great all-band console radio with a blown rectifier valve. I replaced the valve with a diode and the radio kept me going until I moved on. I listened to the original BBC broadcast of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on it.

Rikkitic:

This used to be an Amsterdam institution. Many a poor student furnished their rooms this way. I found a great all-band console radio with a blown rectifier valve. I replaced the valve with a diode and the radio kept me going until I moved on. I listened to the original BBC broadcast of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on it.

This response from Wilson Parking annoys me, but as they have waived the breach notice I consider it to be little. 

Background: I didn't immediately pay for night parking at a park. It started at 5 and the 'ticket' was issued at 5:04. I remotely paid by app at 5:31. Not specifically relevant but I had earlier paid for early-bird parking at a different one of their parks, and moved the car after work to be more convenient. 

I appealed on the grounds their records show I did pay, there were empty parking spaces, and that I regularly do the early-bird parking at one and then night at the other. This last point was indicating that I didn't just pay at 5:31 because I saw the ticket. 

This is the response:

Thank you for your recent communication regarding the above Breach Notice.

The Breach Notice was issued because your vehicle was parked in a car park subject to Terms and Conditions that require parked vehicles to have a valid payment via Pay by Plate or ParkMate at all times.

By way of explanation, when parkers use this car park they are entering into a contract with the car park operator. The terms of the contract are set out on the 'Important Notice to People Entering this Carpark with a Vehicle' signage and on the internal car park signage. These signs are displayed prominently at this car park.

The breach notice fee, which is also clearly displayed in this carpark, is a contractual term of the contract and can be enforced by the car park operator as its terms of contract. The breach notice fee is the cost of enforcing the car park's terms and conditions of parking. This fee is payable under the contract and is not a penalty, a fine, nor a claim for liquidated damages.

Accordingly, we decline your offer of full and final settlement of $7.50

In accordance with the Code of Practice for Parking Enforcement on Private Land, we apply a preventative approach to enforcement, which includes easy-to-understand and highly visible warning or attention signs and consistent application of our parking terms and conditions.

In order to avoid any future Breach Notices when using this car park, we recommend that you ensure you fully read and understand the Terms and Conditions of that car park and take all reasonable measures to comply with them.

However, we are happy to confirm that the breach notice will be waived on this occasion. Please note, that we will not be waiving any further breach notices under these circumstances.

I don't agree that their extensive fine print Ts&Cs are 'easy-to-understand'. 

Shadowfoot:

 

This response from Wilson Parking annoys me, but as they have waived the breach notice I consider it to be little. 

 

Background: I didn't immediately pay for night parking at a park. It started at 5 and the 'ticket' was issued at 5:04. I remotely paid by app at 5:31. Not specifically relevant but I had earlier paid for early-bird parking at a different one of their parks, and moved the car after work to be more convenient. 

 

I appealed on the grounds their records show I did pay, there were empty parking spaces, and that I regularly do the early-bird parking at one and then night at the other. This last point was indicating that I didn't just pay at 5:31 because I saw the ticket. 

 

This is the response:

 

Thank you for your recent communication regarding the above Breach Notice.

 

The Breach Notice was issued because your vehicle was parked in a car park subject to Terms and Conditions that require parked vehicles to have a valid payment via Pay by Plate or ParkMate at all times.

 

By way of explanation, when parkers use this car park they are entering into a contract with the car park operator. The terms of the contract are set out on the 'Important Notice to People Entering this Carpark with a Vehicle' signage and on the internal car park signage. These signs are displayed prominently at this car park.

 

The breach notice fee, which is also clearly displayed in this carpark, is a contractual term of the contract and can be enforced by the car park operator as its terms of contract. The breach notice fee is the cost of enforcing the car park's terms and conditions of parking. This fee is payable under the contract and is not a penalty, a fine, nor a claim for liquidated damages.

 

Accordingly, we decline your offer of full and final settlement of $7.50

 

In accordance with the Code of Practice for Parking Enforcement on Private Land, we apply a preventative approach to enforcement, which includes easy-to-understand and highly visible warning or attention signs and consistent application of our parking terms and conditions.

 

In order to avoid any future Breach Notices when using this car park, we recommend that you ensure you fully read and understand the Terms and Conditions of that car park and take all reasonable measures to comply with them.

 

However, we are happy to confirm that the breach notice will be waived on this occasion. Please note, that we will not be waiving any further breach notices under these circumstances.

 

I don't agree that their extensive fine print Ts&Cs are 'easy-to-understand'. 

 

Ooh they are getting creative. It's a contractual payment not a "penalty, a fine, nor a claim for liquidated damages."

May the odds always be in their favour if that goes to court.

Behodar:

 

Sounds about right. Meanwhile I ordered five movies from Amazon US and they split the order into three packages. All have a delivery estimate of the 13th. One arrived yesterday (although Amazon says "delivered today") and the others still say the 13th. It'll be interesting to see whether they actually take that long or whether they all turn up tomorrow/Monday.

 

They turned up yesterday. One of them's defective, but Amazon's site still says it's expected on Thursday and won't let me do a return because it thinks I don't have it yet!

networkn:

 

garbonzai:

 

Haha, I have been throwing them back and they have the cheek to throw them back again, may go over and see them, but they are not very friendly.

 

 

Yeah, it's always a risk, hopefully, at worst they tell you to move the firetruck off their property, at best they stop. 

 

I'd probably politely ask them to stop and if you get any resistance, don't argue, just leave (sometimes these things escalate).

 

Bad neighbours suck.

 

https://www.distractify.com/humor/2019/02/08/ReFbYjiY5/passive-aggressive-neighbor-feud-lights

 

Not quite the same thing, but near where I live, a local dog goes out at night and deposits out the front of peoples houses. So these people got fed up, and place deposits back out the front of said doggy place. Now there is crap everywhere outside this property. Seems to be a stand off.

That despite all the rhetoric, that banks have no real interest in stopping fraud as it costs the bank nothing (Or almost) as they never seem to compensate the client!

Why spend money on solving something that doesn't affect their profits?

Lets use smoke and mirrors (eg Nigel Latta's latest series - Sponsored by the banks) to reinforce that it is you - the customer who is at fault!

We are being nice - pointing out it is your fault!

There's no place for windows sounds to be enabled in an office environment. I cant believe our administrators think this is a good idea. Every time someone makes a 'mistake' everyone in earshot hears a bing bong sound.

And users - if your machine makes a bing bong 'mistake' sound when you clicked something, why do you click that same thing again 10 times ? In case it will suddenly work ?