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#2921097 31-May-2022 19:36

Outlook giving me grammar suggestions on my iPhone

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#2921167 1-Jun-2022 07:31

ANglEAUT:

Outlook giving me grammar suggestions on my iPhone

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They should add an animated cartoon paperclip to make it quirky and attention-grabbing......oh, wait.

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

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#2921168 1-Jun-2022 08:03

Westfield Albany. Westfield St. Lukes, Westfield Newmarket. And of course you can't forget:

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#2921169 1-Jun-2022 08:14

Not sure why is that a WTF?

On a side, I remember visiting the Westfield Valley Fair (Santa Clara, California) and they had a world map - back then the tiny Johnsonville Mall was a Westfield property and there was a pin on Johnsonville. This was around the early 2000s.

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#2921170 1-Jun-2022 08:15

So can I redeem the voucher or not?

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#2921172 1-Jun-2022 08:18

@kiwiharry:

So can I redeem the voucher or not?

Is this a voucher or a coupon?

A voucher is like a gift card, as it is pre-loaded with cash value. A coupon indicates a discount.

The wording "minimum spend $50" would be really bad for a voucher/gift card type.

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#2921174 1-Jun-2022 08:22

kiwiharry:
So can I redeem the voucher or not?

Given what the rest of the second line says I'd guess it's a typo for "replaceable".

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#2921192 1-Jun-2022 08:34

freitasm:

@kiwiharry:

So can I redeem the voucher or not?

Is this a voucher or a coupon?

A voucher is like a gift card, as it is pre-loaded with cash value. A coupon indicates a discount.

The wording "minimum spend $50" would be really bad for a voucher/gift card type.

It says voucher but you're right it is more of a discount, spend $50 and get $20 off.

Son received it via sports team he plays for as he was Player of the Match.

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#2921196 1-Jun-2022 08:42

It says voucher but you're right it is more of a discount, spend $50 and get $20 off.

Son received it via sports team he plays for as he was Player of the Match.

Good on him for being POTM but a somewhat unfair recognition gift that requires a kid to spend money to get any benefit from it - particularly when you have to spend a lot more than it's worth.

Someone once gave me a gift of 'two for the price of one' from Grab One for a restaurant - not very impressed.

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#2921214 1-Jun-2022 09:10

neb:
kiwiharry:

So can I redeem the voucher or not?

Given what the rest of the second line says I'd guess it's a typo for "replaceable".

Heh - I was thinking "refundable"

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#2921225 1-Jun-2022 09:30

freitasm:

The wording "minimum spend $50" would be really bad for a voucher/gift card type.

Absolutely. It does say "This gift voucher..." but has a minimum spend requirement. Odd, unfair, unethical....

Imagine if Bunnings tried to sell $50 Gift Cards that required you to spend $100 to get the $50.

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#2921237 1-Jun-2022 09:46

From Amazon:

Amazon Kindle

Changes to your
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To remain in compliance with updated Google Play Store policies, the option to buy or rent Kindle books or subscribe to Kindle Unlimited will no longer be available in the Kindle app for Android with the release of app version 8.58. You can continue to read books in your library, read samples, and browse within the app but will need to visit the website - Amazon.com/ebooks - on your preferred web browser to buy content or to subscribe to Kindle Unlimited.

So it's okay for developers to make stupid games aimed at kids that push really dodgy advertising, including scams, but a legit app is hamstrung?

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#2921238 1-Jun-2022 09:48

networkn:

Bluenose Fillets $32 a KG last time I ordered them (6 months ago) and are now $50 a KG!

Inflation at 7% my left nostril.

My last recreational trip. ~$10/kg for fillets if you don't count beer as an expense.

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#2921602 1-Jun-2022 22:58

Must have been a big fish .. or you were kayaking?
Recreational fishing is kinda expensive now, with the price of petrol and bait etc.

Still can't beat a few hours or a day out on the water though.

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#2922117 3-Jun-2022 09:40

A friend works as a contractor at a large government department.

Yesterday he told me that there was a meeting online with almost 300 attendees who spent an hour patting themselves on the back over the reveal of the new Māori name for a business unit in the department.

If you take an average gross cost of $100/hour per person, that means $30,000 or so taxpayer dollars were wasted on something that produced exactly nothing and could have been covered off in an email announcement.

Multiply that up by the number of government departments indulging in such wasteful activity and the annual total must be truly vast.

And we wonder at poor productivity figures….

And that ignores the hour of things that were not done that will now be late.

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