Geez! I hate that!

[MITCHAY]

I have always had this argument with my brother. I don't give a **** what you borrow as long as you return it to the same place in the same condition.

The crime is he nicked my craft beers and replaced them with shit beers. That's if he did at all

[OneMadMan]

Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Geez! I hate when someone borrows a tool without asking first, then asks if I minded AFTER borrowing and using it! On the rare occasion that I need to borrow something, it will go back to the owner in the same or better condition than when I got it................not worse! And if something did happen while in my care, I would sort it out before return. I don't know, maybe I have my expectations too high.

No! Definitely not. I was taught: if you would like to be able to borrow something, from the same person more than once, always return it in the same, or better condition than when you borrowed it.
Pretty simple really. Having OCD also helps make THAT process so much easier for me.

I shared a house a long time ago, and this *** clown of a druggy borrowed my No.2 Australian made Stanley phillips head screw driver




(without my permission) to undo a large phillips head screw and fcked it. I was ****ed. I wanted to punch him the fck out. I had that long shanked no.2 for 15+ years, and it was my no.1 go to screw driver.

Sometimes it sucks to take care of things and become W A Y to attached to them. Sure, I can go to Bunnos and buy a replica NON Aussie made Stanley.. but as those who know, the Australian made Stanley / Sidcrome are miles ahead in terms of durability.

One Man

[roKWiz]

Where are you people leaving your stuff that others can just borrow it ?

[OneMadMan]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Where are you people leaving your stuff that others can just borrow it ?

I was in a share house scenario. It had a shed / carport type arrangement


that ran along side the house.
It wasn't lockable or exclusively for MY use. All of the tenants were overseas students (4 + myself). One moved out, and druggy moved in.
The owners are Asain, and didn't give a rats about who lived there as long as the rent was paid.
Anyway, as I was the only Aussie, and car flipper entrepreneur... it was ideal. I could fit 2 cars easily under cover, and another 3 in the front yard.
My tools were in the "shed". I made it known that NO ONE is to touch my stuff. And no one did, as the other guys wouldn't know a ring spanner from a pir of pliers. Not being mean here, just saying they were young, and from various backgrounds, Asain, Indian, Nepalese, Chinese etc. Great guys, got along well with all of them.
I had a granny flat out the back and was paying $80 a week. So was separated from the hub bub of the house hold. Worked well for me. Made tonnes of money flipping cars over the 8 years I lived there.
Hated to having to move. But the fact of the matter was, the house was only ever an investment property, to be knocked down and subdivided:
current pic


Sorry for the lengthy reply, but YOU asked!!!

Cheers,

One Man

[Itsme]

Slightly off topic I suffer OCD when it comes to tools, why I don't know, but it drives me nuts when I misplace them at times, or some bugger borrows without asking.
I know it is easy to replace missing tools, but I must know what has become of them, no matter what.
These days my garage is out of bounds to everyone when I'm not home.

[Citroënbender]

Banks, and their over-zealous fraud protection. Bought two items from the US on Fleabay, first time it flagged a suspicious transaction, second time it locked the card without asking first. Yet I can spend a couple of hundred at an EFTPOS here without a care in the world.

[OneMadMan]

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Citron bender said:
Banks, and their over-zealous fraud protection. Bought two items from the US on Fleabay, first time it flagged a suspicious transaction, second time it locked the card without asking first. Yet I can spend a couple of hundred at an EFTPOS here without a care in the world.
Then he stopped talking about now....

I had a similar drama.. kinda..

I was at the pawn shop, and Bought my Makita kit. Cordless: grinder, drill, impact driver, 3x 5 amp batteries, single battery charger + a Makita tool bag for $330.
Couldn't be happier. Thought I'd hit the jackpot, as I didn't have any cordless tools at that stage.

Next thing ya know, bank sends me a text saying they have cancelled my card due to a suspicious transaction, as that porn shop (misspelt on purpose) had a LOT of dodgey transactions, and they took it upon themselves to flag mine as one of them, killing the only card I have.

Hmm, ok, so it's a Friday around 4pm ( a few years ago ), and a long weekend.. on the following Monday.
No banks open to withdraw my dosh. Pretty hard to use the hole in the wall without a card right?

Like what does a man do? I was so P I S S E D.. I'm sure the next time I took a pee it was a solid red...

Luckily I (at the time) always had atleast 5 large on hand, so it didn't have to much of an impact.. paying for stuff in person, but what about paypal and other online things I might want to buy? Tough titties was their reply.

What a hassle of having to wait 8 days for a new card among other things... like resetting all my auto debits, paypal, Ebay etc etc etc.

Hate them with a passion - banks -

One Man.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Banks, and their over-zealous fraud protection. Bought two items from the US on Fleabay, first time it flagged a suspicious transaction, second time it locked the card without asking first. Yet I can spend a couple of hundred at an EFTPOS here without a care in the world.

If it was the real deal, I bet you be glad the bank locked the card and stopped the transaction, funny how the banks work at times.
With fleabay and online transactions I prefer using Paypal if available, better than using own bank cards directly, less hassles.

[prktkljokr]

Ordered some kids presents online, through a major retailer, thought I would put the delivery address as work so it can be delivered during working hours, get a call from a Asian dude at 11.30 at night on a Saturday asking me why I am not at the address to receive the items ?

Asked him, does it look like a residential property or a factory unit, then told him he was a fool to even think I would be at work, let alone at 11.30 on a Saturday night.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by prktkljokr

Ordered some kids presents online, through a major retailer, thought I would put the delivery address as work so it can be delivered during working hours, get a call from a Asian dude at 11.30 at night on a Saturday asking me why I am not at the address to receive the items ?

Asked him, does it look like a residential property or a factory unit, then told him he was a fool to even think I would be at work, let alone at 11.30 on a Saturday night.

A couple of weeks ago, we had a customer who came in and bought 5 advanced trees, was about 10am on a Saturday morning.

For context, Saturday is the biggest trading day of the week for us, so deliveries are generally left until after 3pm - 4pm. By then, its usually quietened down and one of the three staff members on duty can be spared.

At 12pm, the customer was back second guessing his purchase, which is fine but after discussion, he was wanting to know when his delivery would be made..............despite being told on his first visit that it would be after 4pm. A few hours later, about 3pm, he sent his wife back in to ask if the delivery would be coming soon. I sort of cracked it by then and loaded the van up and drove to the address, and I'm not joking here, a mere 60-second drive around the corner.

The guy was quite nice, but went on to politely complain about how no one in this country worked hard enough and everything shuts at 5pm, whereas in his country, you could get service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in any and every business. I played along but couldn't help but wonder at the irony of him complaining about people in this country not working night and day as he shlepped around in his thongs and tracky dacks on clearly a day off for him.

I'll let you guess the nationality here.

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by onemanempire

I was in a share house scenario. It had a shed / carport type arrangement
image

that ran along side the house.
It wasn't lockable or exclusively for MY use. All of the tenants were overseas students (4 + myself). One moved out, and druggy moved in.
The owners are Asain, and didn't give a rats about who lived there as long as the rent was paid.
Anyway, as I was the only Aussie, and car flipper entrepreneur... it was ideal. I could fit 2 cars easily under cover, and another 3 in the front yard.
My tools were in the "shed". I made it known that NO ONE is to touch my stuff. And no one did, as the other guys wouldn't know a ring spanner from a pir of pliers. Not being mean here, just saying they were young, and from various backgrounds, Asain, Indian, Nepalese, Chinese etc. Great guys, got along well with all of them.
I had a granny flat out the back and was paying $80 a week. So was separated from the hub bub of the house hold. Worked well for me. Made tonnes of money flipping cars over the 8 years I lived there.
Hated to having to move. But the fact of the matter was, the house was only ever an investment property, to be knocked down and subdivided:
current pic
image

Sorry for the lengthy reply, but YOU asked!!!

Cheers,

One Man

cliffs?

you were living in some bunky shit hole share house and somebody ruined your screwdriver

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by prktkljokr

Ordered some kids presents online, through a major retailer, thought I would put the delivery address as work so it can be delivered during working hours, get a call from a Asian dude at 11.30 at night on a Saturday asking me why I am not at the address to receive the items ?

Asked him, does it look like a residential property or a factory unit, then told him he was a fool to even think I would be at work, let alone at 11.30 on a Saturday night.

Who in the fck delivers goods 11.30 at night? can understand if your ordered munchies. ....

[prktkljokr]

Originally Posted by Itsme

Who in the fck delivers goods 11.30 at night? can understand if your ordered munchies. ....

Myer's do apparently

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Itsme

Who in the fck delivers goods 11.30 at night? can understand if your ordered munchies. ....

And how many customers, in the residential sector, are happy to accept z delivery at 1130 at night? Couldn't imagine it would be a successful model!

[Tonz]

it was Myers they get their AM & PM confused

[uranium_death]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I have always had this argument with my brother. I don't give a **** what you borrow as long as you return it to the same place in the same condition.

The crime is he nicked my craft beers and replaced them with shit beers. That's if he did at all

That just []D [] SSes me off!

[Citroënbender]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

…Too much on my mind at present, I think. Reckon I was 90 seconds too late into a school zone this afternoon. That’s a five pointer, first driving fine in my life.

Six weeks later and no fine in the mail. Either there’s a small amount of grace given around the start time, or I was a few seconds earlier than surmised. Have been more cautious since this event!

[DFB FGXR6]

The idiot that just did a huge burnout down half the length of my street, followed by filling the house with the acrid stench of burnt rubber. I mean, I occasionally get a kick out of lighting up a set of tyres, but there is a time and place for that sort of thing.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Six weeks later and no fine in the mail. Either there’s a small amount of grace given around the start time, or I was a few seconds earlier than surmised. Have been more cautious since this event!

It'll arrive tomorrow now

[OneMadMan]

when trying to deliver a pallet of "stuff" and the fusker won't fit in the elevator...
Did the right thing, and destacked a few boxes to make it fit... chucked them in a shopping trolley and off I went.

Karma, it's gotta work for me sooner or later.



Cheers,

One Man

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

Found an email from my mate and ex work colleague today in my spam folder. He'd sent it six days ago. It was his end-of-winter update. Given he sends out updates at the end of every season, I was aware of his health issues. But I hadn't appreciated just how dire things were/are. In this edition, he revealed he is in palliative care and has stopped taking his combative medication. He also revealed that his palliative care nurse gave him between two weeks and two months. And that was three weeks prior to him sending the email!

I've text him to see if he's up for a chat, but I'm yet to hear anything back. I hope I haven't left my run too late.

Gotta say, it's rattled me a bit. I've been down and edgy all day.

Remember to keep reaching out to those that are important to you, folks, no matter how far away they are.

Got the news today that my mate passed away peacefully last week.

Never got the chance to say goodbye. That makes me feel shit.

[Citroënbender]

UPS “Express”:

1. We are experiencing transit delays. We will deliver your parcel as soon as possible.

2. We are experiencing transit delays. We will deliver your parcel as soon as possible. / Your parcel is on the way

3. Your parcel was cleared after the scheduled transport departure. We will reschedule for the next available departure.

4. An emergency situation or severe weather condition has delayed delivery.

5. An emergency situation or severe weather condition has delayed delivery. / Your delivery will be rescheduled.

6. Your delivery will be rescheduled due to a missed aircraft transfer. We will update the delivery date as soon as possible.

Not a bad effort, hate to see the “Economy” parcel stats.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

UPS “Express”: Not a bad effort, hate to see the “Economy” parcel stats.

Coming from the States? The devastation from hurricanes tends to have an impact on most things....

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

Coming from the States? The devastation from hurricanes tends to have an impact on most things....

I would take that excuse of hurricanes as a piece of horse do flicky. The stormes were in 2 states...what about the other states not caring.

[Citroënbender]

Actually ordered in Latvia and fulfilled in Poland. Only contact with the US was two stopovers, KSDF and PHNL. Vast majority of the faffing-about occurred in Poland, then Germany. Followed closely by Australia - it still hasn’t been delivered.

[OneMadMan]

when trying to unload a one tonne Pallecon with a manual pallet jack, in an "up hill" type situation by myself... Old mate (Da Boss) forgot to mention that I needed to take my electric pallet jack..
But that's ok, got it done with the kind help of 3 others...



One Man

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Tonz

I would take that excuse of hurricanes as a piece of horse do flicky. The stormes were in 2 states...what about the other states not caring.

The aircraft carrying the goods don't necessarily need to operate through the impact zones to be affected. The impact to the whole network would be huge. Just have a look at the impact one fog bound major airport for a couple of hours has, for eg.

Anyway, my thought of this scenario being a possible cause is irrelevant.

[Citroënbender]

Faceache has seemingly tweaked their algorithm to stop endless scrolling by non-members. I can only view one or two posts on a public page (eg Marketplace or government pages) before it frosts over and throws up a login window.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Faceache has seemingly tweaked their algorithm to stop endless scrolling by non-members. I can only view one or two posts on a public page (eg Marketplace or government pages) before it frosts over and throws up a login window.

Yeah, you need to constantly scroll back down from the beginning now after refreshing. I think its finally clock all us non believers.

[Citroënbender]

I think my solution may be to buy another iPhone just for that, use with a prepaid SIM and turn off every permission the app would like. That’s $600 Facebook could have taken off me if they had a privacy subscription model.

Wouldn’t use Android handset as Alphabet have their hand firmly in the bikky tin.

If FB are effectively blocking free view of government information it seems to weaken the notion they have any genuine community focus. Hitherto it has been a useful backup to me for bushfire and disaster info, website/data compromises, policing and road traffic matters.