GRIPES

[Jerry_Atrick]

7 hours ago, old man emu said:

Don't think I'll buy any more. Flathead is a bit strong for me

I only use it to catch snapper..

[old man emu]

2 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

I only use it to catch snapper..

It's a long cast from my place to where the snapper swim. Here, along the Castlereagh, they Carp on about Yellow-belly.

[red750]

Received an email this morning from BD&M to say my certificate had been produced and was sent by Express Post. Let's see if it arrives before next Friday.

[Jerry_Atrick]

I had a gripe today about how software developers were so much better in my day (on the whole - AI and medical/physics software developement today is amazing), but I realised, my gripe is me getting old and not understanding that people wren't willing to sacrifice their lives as much as we did. So, that is my gripe. Sometimes, I have put my work ahead of my family - that is my gripe!

 

 

But, the vast majority of programmers I am working with at the moment is still my gripe!

Edited August 26, 2022 by Jerry_Atrick

[onetrack]

Jerry, do you come across many programming errors caused by poor spelling in the coding, that creates glitches? I often wonder how much of a problem this is.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Nah - the good thing about programming is that compilers usually pick up typos and won't compile the code. I guess that's why I have so many. 

 

For me, these days Word and Outlook check my spelling. Unf., my Firefox browser's spell checker doesn't seem to be working.

 

However, compilers don't check what is typed into strings. And one day I left the 'u' out of the statement, DISPLAY 'Please enter your account:'. It gave the tester many minutes of enjoyment

[red750]

Not sure if is has been raised before, Search doesn't find it.

 

My gripe is the number of betting app adverts we are being peppered with. It seems like there is one every advert break, sometimes two. There are at least five different apps, going head to head, when we should be limiting the promotion of gambling. I won't name them, because I don't want to advertise them again. The powers-that-be were able to ban cigarette advertising because of the damage they caused, why not gambling. Yes, people will still gamble if that's their thing, but it shouldn't be promoted to entice those who currently don't. I guess the defence will be "Look at all the ad people you'll put out of work." Tough titties.

[Bruce Tuncks]

I admire the way they ignored reality and called it the sunshine coast. Just about everywhere in SA gets more sunshine.

[Bruce Tuncks]

I sure agree that there are too many gambling ads...  add this to a corruption  list.

It would be real easy and cost nothing up front to fix problem gambling.

 

[old man emu]

6 hours ago, red750 said:

I guess the defence will be "Look at all the ad people you'll put out of work."

Hardly a defence. The companies making the gambling ads used to make the cigarette ads.

 

From 1 January 2019, the NSW Government will introduce a 10 per cent tax on all wagers placed by NSW residents, regardless of the location of the wagering operator, closing a current loophole in wagering laws. New South Wales will join South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria and the ACT that have either introduced or committed to implementing Point of Consumption taxes.

[willedoo]

A couple of days ago there was a debate on sports gambling advertising and whether it was an overkill putting people off sport. They said there was one survey where they got young kids to draw what they thought represented football in their view. A surprising number of them drew scoreboards with the sportsbet odds written on them.

[spacesailor]

Iv,e got a gripe , &  I don,t like it .

My first year with ' arthritis ' in my fingers .

I didn,t know it,s so blooody painful. 

Why couldn't, I have a ' Elisabethitis ' , 

Sounds so much better, than Arthur, s itis.

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Better than an "Anus Horribillus"  as Dutton called it . KING Arthur was fictional.  (Not real) so that's preferable. Old age is not fun  according to the old adage but popular opinion has it that it's better than the alternative  of being DEAD. Nev

[pmccarthy]

Or going out, no doubt, with a bout of gout.

[old man emu]

Or fleas.

 

Adam had 'em.

[Bruce Tuncks]

How do you know that Adam had fleas? I never heard it.

[Bruce Tuncks]

AND...  high time for that gambling tax. At the very least, the tax should cover the costs associated with gambling, including secondary effects like looking after neglected kids.

Otherwise, people who don't gamble are subsidising the criminals who benefit.

[facthunter]

Gout is no fun at all and often an indication of impending heart problems. Lamb and pork give it to me. I stopped and haven't had it for years..

 Gambling!! Clubs Australia has too much political power. Even the RSL are part of it. State Gov't s,(Bar WA ) rely heavily on the revenues. Good for WA.... Nev

[old man emu]

4 minutes ago, facthunter said:

pork  it to me. I stopped and haven't had it for years..

Is this the correct place to be exposing your sexual habits?

[facthunter]

ER... You're the one with the dirty mind. They are just ink blots to me. (This IS an exam question).  Nev

[willedoo]

My gripe of the day is Centrelink cashing in on the recent surge in property values. They are revaluing properties and kicking people off the age pension as the new valuations push the property owners beyond the asset limits. Once you go over the asset limit, Centrelink reduces the pension by $3 per every $1,000 over the limit. For example, if you are $200,000 over, your age pension is reduced by $600 per fortnight.

 

A mate of mine and his wife have a property where they have run cattle in the past. They are in their late sixties and have hardly any cattle left on the property, so have relied on a part pension for their day to day living. Because of their land asset, they weren't on the full pension rate for a couple, but received almost $800 per fortnight, enough to live on. Centerlink has revalued the property and reduced their pension to $35 per fortnight.

 

What Centrelink don't take into account is that you can't just sell a property in one day, receive the money, and then go to town to buy groceries with the proceeds. People still have to live. It's unfair, as property owners didn't cause the increased values; that's all due to Covid pushing half of Sydney and Melbourne into moving up here and causing a feeding frenzy of real estate sales. It's a bonus for anyone thinking of selling, but for those with no plans to sell, it's a severe punishment for something that they didn't bring on themselves. I just hope I'm not in Centrelink's firing line as well. My place is twenty acres in the highest growth area in SEQ, so I'm a bit concerned. Exemptions are only for five acres, so I have fifteen acres pro rata eligible for asset testing.

[facthunter]

Often the rising rates get you as well. There's no way off this Bl@@dy treadmill unless you find a desert Island somewhere. As inflation occurs, those figures should be adjusted for it or it's just bracket creep. Nev

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, willedoo said:

Exemptions are only for five acres, so I have fifteen acres pro rata eligible for asset testing.

Think of the people of your age who in their younger days bought 5 acres on the then outer fringes of Sydney. Maybe the had a market garden business. Now they are too old to work, and just remain living on that 5 acre block, geeting the pension that their years of toil earned the right to. Their little old home has become un-fringed and is now worth over $1M per acre. It forces them to leave what they spent years building, and all the memories of family life. 

[facthunter]

Many of those blocks are still unable to be subdivided so the Mill/acre is illusory. Nev

[robinsm]

On 07/08/2022 at 8:18 AM, old man emu said:

I'm not having a go at our local council, which is the operating authority for the aerodrome. Those building regulations are State-wide  and probably common to all States and territories. That's a good thing, especially if you have accessibility difficulties. It's just that if you don't have those difficulties, you don't notice the need for them. We want this amenities unit to be both functional and attractive.

 

Too many country aerodromes have things like this:   or worse.

 

That's not the standard we want to meet. We want better. Like this:     

 

We are going to be putting a great deal of effort into increasing movements (aircraft, you twat!) at Tooraweenah by word-of-mouth and social media. We've already implemented a weed control program so that tyres are not damaged by thorns. That's showing positive effects. We've drawn in the accommodation providers and the pub to service the public using the aerodrome. The greatest difficulty is to set up a refuelling station, either in town for those who use Mogas, or on the aerodrome for those who use Avgas. Mogas should be easy as we have the infrastructure, and a Mogas outlet would be welcomed by the townsfolk since it's 40-odd Ks to the nearest pump.

 

 

sell it to a private operator and then you will get nothing.