What cheeses me off

Cossie said:
bad luck the govie tree people said,
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I had a battle with council over the removal of a dead and bleached gum tree.

No permission provided because it could provide habitat for birds.

OK, except that dead tree in sitting on 2 acres of turpentine gums. Now why would birds sit in a tree with no leaves when adjacent to it is 50 other trees with leaves.🤔
 
DejaBrew said:
Second WCMO of the day?

TV… news… reporters… who… can… only… report… their… stories… through… the… use… of… excruciatingly… stilted… speech. Do… these… people… seriously… not… know… how… to… speak… in… a… natural… manner? :rolleyes:
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CNN are probly the worst. Ustand it’s a learned ‘house’ style to give weight and drama, and jeez it’s irritating.
 
Quickstatus said:
I had a battle with council over the removal of a dead and bleached gum tree.

No permission provided because it could provide habitat for birds.

OK, except that dead tree in sitting on 2 acres of turpentine gums. Now why would birds sit in a tree with no leaves when adjacent to it is 50 other trees with leaves.🤔
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The birds need tree hollows to roost in, a rapidly diminishing resource as people cut down old growth trees. It can take 50yrs for a hollow to develop in a Sydney Blue Gum for instance.
 
WCMO is deciding to order a new genuine battery from Dyson ( don’t want to risk cheap Chinese lithiums when device is plugged in continuously ) and finding after dismantling the old appliance when new battery arrives (in only 2 days!) that the screws don’t fit and you’ve ordered the V6 when you need a V7 version. Only self to blame.

No problem with return and refund and ordering new one but PITB.
 
prozac said:
The birds need tree hollows to roost in, a rapidly diminishing resource as people cut down old growth trees. It can take 50yrs for a hollow to develop in a Sydney Blue Gum for instance.
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That is, apart from the dead/dying (or even currently healthy) branch overhanging the roof. Lopping one dangerously overhanging branch did not affect the rest of our healthy jarrah tree.
 
Port Power said:
That is, apart from the dead/dying (or even currently healthy) branch overhanging the roof. Lopping one dangerously overhanging branch did not affect the rest of our healthy jarrah tree.
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I never even commented about that tree which, if I was @Cossie, would have said nothing and trimmed the cough. I have alot of native vegetation on my large suburban block. I trim as required to keep the trees healthy. BTW if anyone wants a Sydney Blue Gum sappling I can possibly rustle up one or two.
 
TheRealTMA said:
WCMO is deciding to order a new genuine battery from Dyson ( don’t want to risk cheap Chinese lithiums when device is plugged in continuously ) and finding after dismantling the old appliance when new battery arrives (in only 2 days!) that the screws don’t fit and you’ve ordered the V6 when you need a V7 version. Only self to blame.

No problem with return and refund and ordering new one but PITB.
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Better to replace the Dyson battery with an adapter for Ryobi 18V ONE+ battery. You'll get quality plus much better run time than from the little Dyson battery.

 
JohnM said:
Better to replace the Dyson battery with an adapter for Ryobi 18V ONE+ battery. You'll get quality plus much better run time than from the little Dyson battery.

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My neighbour swears by this adaptor for his Dyson.
EDIT: Maybe not this particular one, but he told me he bought an adaptor that fits his Dyson enabling him to use the Ryobi 18V One+ batteries from his gardening equipment.
 
JohnM said:
Better to replace the Dyson battery with an adapter for Ryobi 18V ONE+ battery. You'll get quality plus much better run time than from the little Dyson battery.

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Jeez - I just bought a new Dyson; the motor head weighs a ton (using it in hand held mode). With that Ryobi battery :oops:
 
Port Power said:
That is, apart from the dead/dying (or even currently healthy) branch overhanging the roof. Lopping one dangerously overhanging branch did not affect the rest of our healthy jarrah tree.
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Lot of government agencies or councils actually encourage clearing of vegetation hanging over or close to structures to mitigate bushfire risk. Depending on where you are located.
 
Thought I was being sensible buying the same model Dyson when my old one died .
I can use the same battery and heads etc, it should all fit.
With 2 batteries I can do the whole house on Boost mode etc.

The NEW battery now clips in, not screws in like the old one....
The other bits fit but.
 
 
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dajop said:
Lot of government agencies or councils actually encourage clearing of vegetation hanging over or close to structures to mitigate bushfire risk. Depending on where you are located.
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As they should. Councils that don’t are adding to bushfire risk.
 
‘Thankyou for buying our $2.00 toothbrush.

Here at (company XYZ) we are committed to customer service excellence.

Please rate our product out of 5 stars.

If less than 5 stars please explain why you provided this rating.

Please write a review covering quality, value for money, ease of customer experience, timeliness of delivery.

Your feedback is important to us. ‘

My reply

STOP.SENDING.THESE and pay for your own research and marketing.

In one case where there was a truly terrible experience I wrote words to the effect that if you really care contact me and discuss and make it right. Here are all my details but I doubt I will ever hear from you again.. and I never did
 
Just trying to use up a Qantas wine voucher. There a couple of things that I want but you can only pay for them with points. WTF

Also - all websites where it displays 1-25 of 250 - give us an option to view all 250 at once so you can search on the entire selection

Rant over
 

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