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

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#3014322 27-Dec-2022 16:01

Zigg:
FREE delivery to New Zealand if you spend NZD 52.50 on eligible items

In any case it's not that useful, the usual delivery charge from AU is only a few dollars so it's not worth trying to unnecessarily get over the $52 limit for that.

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#3014325 27-Dec-2022 16:08

Zigg:

Amazon AU -

FREE delivery to New Zealand if you spend NZD 52.50 on eligible items

Get to checkout, and ......

Important Message

There was a problem with some of the items in your order (see below for more information):
Sorry, this item can't be delivered to your selected address. Learn more. You may either change the delivery address or delete the item from your order.

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I have that if I have the PO Box selected all the time. Change to the street address and its happy. Then a NZ post person will deliver it to the side of the road in the mailbox so it could have gone to the PO box without problems. All been good so far without them going missing but the day will come that someone helps themselves to it because NZ post cant follow instructions.

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#3014326 27-Dec-2022 16:09

neb:
Zigg:

FREE delivery to New Zealand if you spend NZD 52.50 on eligible items

In any case it's not that useful, the usual delivery charge from AU is only a few dollars so it's not worth trying to unnecessarily get over the $52 limit for that.

For things from AU, yes, but when its from a UK or US amazon warehouse the freight can be significant on AU amazon till you hit that threshold. They don't seem to care that the orders come from different places so I usually look thru the food and drink stuff for something that is free and will take it over the amount to help save money.

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#3014784 28-Dec-2022 21:22

Error 762: Ambiguous operators need parentheses.

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#3014788 28-Dec-2022 21:53

neb: Error 762: Ambiguous operators need parentheses.

Never heard of vanilla sugar either.

Google tells me there is such a thing, never heard of it.

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#3014794 28-Dec-2022 22:19

tdgeek:
Never heard of vanilla sugar either.

It was the standard way of getting vanilla flavour into European baking in the 1700s and 1800s. In some countries there they still haven't noticed that vanilla essence exists.

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#3014795 28-Dec-2022 22:23

Barbers who outright lie about how capable they are. Just be freaking honest, I am just one customer, and it gives me a chance to keep looking for someone who CAN do what I want. So annoying.

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#3014909 29-Dec-2022 04:24

tdgeek:
neb: Error 762: Ambiguous operators need parentheses.

Never heard of vanilla sugar either.

Google tells me there is such a thing, never heard of it.

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#3014910 29-Dec-2022 04:30

Tinkerisk:

That's some weird foreign muck, this is the real thing:

Just like Greek pizza and Austrian shashlik, you have to make sure you're getting the original stuff.

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#3014912 29-Dec-2022 05:41

neb: Just like Greek pizza and Austrian shashlik, you have to make sure you're getting the original stuff.

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#3014934 29-Dec-2022 08:55

Or the historical package from 1894:

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#3014942 29-Dec-2022 09:25

Now that's triggered a memory from 20+ years ago. Mum ended up with a recipe for something, in German. We were able to work out what most of the ingredients were, but we were completely stumped by "1 Päckchen", which I see on that package above!

Could it have meant something like "one sachet of vanilla sugar", with the actual ingredient expected to be known by context?

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#3014949 29-Dec-2022 09:58

neb:
tdgeek:

Never heard of vanilla sugar either.

It was the standard way of getting vanilla flavour into European baking in the 1700s and 1800s. In some countries there they still haven't noticed that vanilla essence exists.

Sounds like it might be good in coffee - if you take a little sugar as I do.

We were in the US recently and in many diners they have vanilla flavoured milk 'creamer' capsules on the tables as an option for coffee. I loved it.

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

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#3014952 29-Dec-2022 10:11

Behodar:

Now that's triggered a memory from 20+ years ago. Mum ended up with a recipe for something, in German. We were able to work out what most of the ingredients were, but we were completely stumped by "1 Päckchen", which I see on that package above!

Could it have meant something like "one sachet of vanilla sugar", with the actual ingredient expected to be known by context?

I think the illustration is just saying that one packet costs 10 pfennigs.

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#3015051 29-Dec-2022 11:21

Behodar:

Could it have meant something like "one sachet of vanilla sugar", with the actual ingredient expected to be known by context?

Indeed, 1 Päckchen means one sachet! The product is its own unit and is so widely used that people have not used a weight, but only the amount of sachets as a quantity in a recipe. You can use small amounts 1:1 with a teaspoon like normal sugar (because it is flavored sugar). But never substitute a higher total amount of sugar in a recipe for the same amount of vanillin sugar, that would be too much vanilla flavour!

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