[Annoy] What's something small that really annoys you?

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#3224721 30-Apr-2024 17:27

Behodar:

cddt:

Stick them on TradeMe for $1 reserve "pick up only". Someone will likely try and re-use them somewhere.

Will you ship to Waikikamukau? I need them by tomorrow.

And a buy offer of 50 cents, because $1 is just way too much.

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#3224722 30-Apr-2024 17:28

neb:

How is enforcement handled? If it's not automated, do you think anyone will bat an eyelid if you use the bike lane? As someone who was unaware of the law until I saw your post, I'd more or less expect e-scooters to take the bike lane, as opposed to the footpath.

It's an NZTA law, so I'm guessing $150 infringement?

No I sincerely don't think any police worth their salt would bother with charging an e-scooter rider for using a cycle lane. But it's still the law and it's still illegal to use them.

For a Council which prides itself on getting people out of cars, it's hypocritical to spend millions on roads to make them more dangerous for scooter riders don't you think?

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#3224739 30-Apr-2024 17:44

Depending on how strongly you feel about it you could try civil disobedience to get a bad law changed, e.g. organise mass scooter rides on it - too many people to prosecute - to point out the problem. Having scooters in bike lanes is perfectly legal in a lot of Europe without it causing the end of the world so it seems like a completely arbitrary decision. For example in Austria it's based on speed, if you're 25kmh or less you use the bike lane, otherwise the road (with a bit of extra stuff as well, because as a German-speaking country you need to have lots of extra regulations).

Edited to add: Just checked, it's not just "you may use bike lanes", it's "you must use bike lanes", and it's based on a lot of study and analysis of the issue. So the NZ requirements seem (a) at odds with a lot of Europe and (b) completely arbitrary.

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#3224741 30-Apr-2024 17:47

Interestingly on another forum someone posted the current legislation regarding e-bikes. Looks like a lot of mountain bikes shouldn't be ridden legally on the road. Anything over 300W technically needs plates and a licence.

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#3224761 30-Apr-2024 20:25

Ok so this is annoying... text messages from Te Whatu Ora/ADHB.

About a month ago our GP referred one of our children to a specialist. I got a SMS today saying "Kia Ora $NAME , $NHI , is now booked for DERMA-PAED Appointment on XX/XX/20204 . Please reply YES to this message to confirm this appointment. Nga Mihi/Kind Regards, Te Whatu Ora/ADHB." (Punctuation and additional spaces as received!)

It doesn't say where the appointment is. It doesn't say what time the appointment is. It doesn't say who to contact to find out where or when the appointment is. That's annoying.

Now I have to waste time of various people, and my own time, ringing around before the appointment date to work out exactly where and when we are supposed to go.

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#3224765 30-Apr-2024 20:32

cddt:

Ok so this is annoying... text messages from Te Whatu Ora/ADHB.

About a month ago our GP referred one of our children to a specialist. I got a SMS today saying "Kia Ora $NAME , $NHI , is now booked for DERMA-PAED Appointment on XX/XX/20204 . Please reply YES to this message to confirm this appointment. Nga Mihi/Kind Regards, Te Whatu Ora/ADHB." (Punctuation and additional spaces as received!)

It doesn't say where the appointment is. It doesn't say what time the appointment is. It doesn't say who to contact to find out where or when the appointment is. That's annoying.

Now I have to waste time of various people, and my own time, ringing around before the appointment date to work out exactly where and when we are supposed to go.

At a guess, I'd say that there's a letter in the post to you. Of course, you only get mail three days a week, so maybe tomorrow?
Mind you, it might even be already in the letter box you never look in anymore because nobody has sent you an actual letter in several years. Sigh

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#3224768 30-Apr-2024 20:44

The letter is likely to be via DX mail that seems to arrive at all sorts of odd times. The DX deliveries are usually by somebody on a small motorcycle although our NZ Post postie says he gets some DX mail.

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#3224862 1-May-2024 07:02

Last dx mail i got was sent on the 16th received on the 29th

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#3224875 1-May-2024 08:05

PolicyGuy:

At a guess, I'd say that there's a letter in the post to you. Of course, you only get mail three days a week, so maybe tomorrow?
Mind you, it might even be already in the letter box you never look in anymore because nobody has sent you an actual letter in several years. Sigh

I will keep an eye out. I assumed the text message was a sign they were no longer doing mail.

Last time we needed a hospital appointment (in 2019) we missed it three times because the letter consistently arrived three days after the appointment date.

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#3224879 1-May-2024 08:27

Even though I have checked all the correct boxes, when I enter a new event in Calendar on Mac, it fails to sync through iCloud to my iPhone and iPad. Really annoying.

It works OK the other way iPad/iPhone > Mac. I find the Mac calendar cumbersome anyway so I'll just stop using it and work through the mobile devices.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#3224883 1-May-2024 08:54

When a URL is posted as plain text instead of a clickable link, I select it then press Ctrl-CTV to copy, open a new tab, and paste.

That didn't work just now: one of my extensions decided to hijack the new tab to harp on about how it's been updated to the newest version.

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#3224894 1-May-2024 09:40

Further to the ant saga. Sugar now in screw top jar no longer in a sugar bowl. No sweet food left out. No sign of any ants at all for quite a while.

Last night I left a tall glass jug of water on the bench with a lid on that has a small pouring opening. The jug was full of drowned ants this morning. Never heard of ants going after water. There were a lot. In the past have only seen a few sporadic travellers.

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#3224896 1-May-2024 09:54

Eva888:

Further to the ant saga. Sugar now in screw top jar no longer in a sugar bowl. No sweet food left out. No sign of any ants at all for quite a while.

Last night I left a tall glass jug of water on the bench with a lid on that has a small pouring opening. The jug was full of drowned ants this morning. Never heard of ants going after water. There were a lot. In the past have only seen a few sporadic travellers.

There must have been something sweet in the water. That is the only reason ants would do that.

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#3224898 1-May-2024 10:00

It was boiled cooled water that I poured into the jug. No sugar at all.

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#3224901 1-May-2024 10:14

Ants don't work for nothing.

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