Bruce Tuncks Posted May 27 Posted May 27 Kids.... I reckon I never even thought for a sec that they may come out "special". Gosh it is hard enough with normal kids. Here's a serious question though... the man has one sperm out of millions to do the job, so you would think that all the negative traits would come from the mother's side, on account of culling out between sperms. Why have I not noticed this ?
facthunter Posted May 27 Posted May 27 The definition of a juvenile delinquent is "Somebody Elses Kid". You're a chalky (like me) and you should know that. Nev
old man emu Posted May 28 Posted May 28 A cashless society gripe. Most of the time now I use plastic for purchases, but sometimes I like to use notes for purchases under $10. That usually results in receiving coins as change. So I come home with some coins which would not total much more than a dollar. So I put them in a container for tidiness sake. My gripe is that I have accumulated a fair number of coins that would amount to twenty dollars or so. But where do I go to exchange the coins for banknotes? Banks don't seem to want to do that transaction anymore, especially if you aren't a customer. There's only one bank in my town, so I have to cart the coins into the next town to see if one of them there would do it. It seems the Commonwealth will - for a fee.
octave Posted May 28 Posted May 28 5 minutes ago, old man emu said: My gripe is that I have accumulated a fair number of coins that would amount to twenty dollars or so. But where do I go to exchange the coins for banknotes? I had this situation when emptying my mother's place when she went into aged care. Her bank (Bank SA) at her local branch has several auto tellers and one of then is specifically for coins. You just dump them in the hopper and it counts them and deposits into your account. It is actually quite fun watching the total go up as it counts. I imagine this is not unique to Bank SA 1
facthunter Posted May 28 Posted May 28 Take care of the Penny's and the Lbs will take care of themselves. Nev
willedoo Posted May 28 Posted May 28 2 hours ago, octave said: It is actually quite fun watching the total go up as it counts. Sounds a bit like a poker machine in reverse.
willedoo Posted May 28 Posted May 28 I have the opposite problem. When the covid lockdowns arrived, I went mostly cashless and now use plastic or online transactions. I used to always have coins that were mainly used to buy limes from a bloke down the road with an honesty box and unmanned stall at his gate.These days I'm always on the hunt for coins to pay for the limes. When I was mainly cash transacting pre covid, I always came back from town with coins in the pocket. The gold coins I would put in a piggy bank as a reserve for times of being broke. The $2 coins soon add up to a stash in the hundreds of dollars. Now that I'm mainly cashless I compensate for the empty piggy bank by trying to budget a bit better and not experience those short bursts of abject poverty.
old man emu Posted May 28 Posted May 28 2 minutes ago, willedoo said: I used to always have coins that were mainly used to buy limes from a bloke down the road I feel sorry for buskers. It's a time-honoured practice for a busker (street performer in PC-ese) to put down a hat and for people to toss in a coin. Who has coins now to do that? Do street performers have those portable card readers so that the appreciative can "tap 'n' go"?
willedoo Posted May 28 Posted May 28 2 minutes ago, old man emu said: Do street performers have those portable card readers so that the appreciative can "tap 'n' go"? I think the more professional ones in the cities do. The buskers around my area seem to be still on coins. For context, they don't make a low enough denomination to match the talents of 80% of them, but the other 20% are good. Buskers seem to range from the great to the woeful.
red750 Posted May 28 Posted May 28 2 hours ago, octave said: You just dump them in the hopper and it counts them and deposits into your account. Many Commbank branches have the same, our local one does. In the old days,fish and chip shops were always looking for change. 1
Marty_d Posted May 28 Posted May 28 42 minutes ago, old man emu said: I feel sorry for buskers. It's a time-honoured practice for a busker (street performer in PC-ese) to put down a hat and for people to toss in a coin. Who has coins now to do that? Do street performers have those portable card readers so that the appreciative can "tap 'n' go"? I made a trip back to the car just to get a $2 coin for a busker the other day. He was playing a banjo in front of the supermarket, and doing it really well too. 1
octave Posted May 28 Posted May 28 Accept cashless donations Best payment apps (and card reader) for busking in the UK Donate to a Street Musician? There Are Apps for That Alipay brings QR code or tap-n-go 'digital payments' to Melbourne’s buskers 2
red750 Posted May 28 Posted May 28 Our Men's Shed has to get a card reader. Currently members pay $10.00 per day by cash. Not sure how long that will be able to continue.
old man emu Posted May 28 Posted May 28 2 hours ago, red750 said: Our Men's Shed has to get a card reader. Good luck setting that up. The rigmarole you have to go through make an attack of haemorrhoids seem like an angel's kiss.
Litespeed Posted May 29 Posted May 29 The other issue is fees and hire/lease of the reader and it's software. May be easier to have a phone app that does it.
red750 Posted May 29 Posted May 29 I got an email yesterday saying "Thank you for using PayPal." Supposedly for $2,049 for an iPhone 15. It will appear on your credit card as PayPal iPhone." I have cancelled my card and got a new one. Never used PayPal.
spenaroo Posted May 29 Posted May 29 eh, I have paypal and get those occasionally. wants you to use the link in the email to get your login details.
old man emu Posted May 29 Posted May 29 I hate having to listen to the news bulletin on the radio. Every morning all it tells me is that there's been another murder or stabbing; some militant group is attacking another; there are victims of flood, famine, natural events; some report finds that all is not well with the world, and various groups want governments to give more money or do something to aid the group's agenda. Then there are results of sports events for sports that I have no interest in. Should I change the radio station I listen to? Well, for some reason I can only get the ABC in my hovel, so I listen to ABC Classical, mainly to have background noise since I don't know a credenza from an continuo. At lunchtime I can pick up ABC Local and listen to the Country Hour for the rural news. I can't pick up the local community radio station, but that's mainly songs about boot-scootin' love-lorne cowboys whose girl loves another and whose horse and dog have run off together. 1 1
octave Posted May 29 Posted May 29 33 minutes ago, old man emu said: Should I change the radio station I listen to? Well, for some reason I can only get the ABC Have you tried using an internet radio app? We don't have a radio as such but we can listen to thousands of stations from all around the world through a free internet app. I agree with the constant grim morning news. There is a balance to be struck between being aware of the bad things but also the good things. There are news sources that specialize in good news stories. https://www.abc.net.au/news/good-news Bad news is better for ratings (if it bleeds it leads). This can lead to a skewed view of the world. 1
old man emu Posted May 29 Posted May 29 10 minutes ago, octave said: Have you tried using an internet radio app? I've logged into online sites that have 50/60s hits, but that sucks up my giggly bytes on my plan. Actually, the thing I like about listening to ABC Classical is the general lack of trivial chatter. When the announcer does speak about a piece, they have the expertise to back up what they say. 1 2
red750 Posted May 30 Posted May 30 I don't listen to the radio, not even in the car. I don't know if it's my radio, or my rotten hearing. Everything, conversation and music, sounds like "Fwah, fwah, fwah." It must be my hearing, because listening to people talk sounds the same. I can listen to the TV with my bluetooth hearing aids. When my son or daughter talk to me, I have to take the hearing aid out and get them to say it again, sometimes twice. And they have to be directly in front of me.
nomadpete Posted May 30 Posted May 30 The hearing aids gripe..... I am teetering on the precipice - firstly struggling to admit that I'm so deaf. Secondly, how much to spend on ear gadgets. Some folk say the basic ones get them by. Others have started there and ended up spending up to ten thousand. Aaaargh! The only thing I am sure of is that no matter how much I spend, the best I can hope for is 'some' improvement. None of them fix the problem. OK, guys, fess up. What do you think?
red750 Posted May 30 Posted May 30 As an aged pensioner, I pay nothing for my hearing aids, they are covered by Medibank. I can upgrade every five years. I pay a service fee of $60 per year to the audiologist for regular checking, cleaning, testing and adjustment. The problem is, no matter how much they are adjusted (electronically via the audiologists PC) varying the frequencies and volumes, they never seem to make much improvement. At no cost, they are probably bottom wrung stuff. I'm wondering whether I need to go to cochlear implants. My sister-in-law has them and says they are good. 1
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