What cheeses me off

[dajop]

30000 visitors (allegedly) to Melbourne probably makes it a good spend.

Probably should attempt some cost recovery from hotels I checked Melbourne Marriott hotels a week for booking last night, and the only hotels available were the Le Meridien @ $1200/night, the W @ $1400/night, the Ritz Carlton @$2500 and the bargain of the night,Marriott Docklands for $580.

 

[Flyfrequently]

Probably should attempt some cost recovery from hotels I checked Melbourne Marriott hotels a week for booking last night, and the only hotels available were the Le Meridien @ $1200/night, the W @ $1400/night, the Ritz Carlton @$2500 and the bargain of the night,Marriott Docklands for $580.

Accor RHR were going for sub $200 all week @dajop
Recent publicity has not been kind to Pullman East Melbourne

 

[dajop]

Accor RHR were going for sub $200 all week @dajop
Recent publicity has not been kind to Pullman East Melbourne

Also Accor not a strong group of brands in the US, whereas Marriott is.

 

[prozac]

Receiving reminder (marketing) emails from Accor prompting me to turn on automatic renewal.

Lock In Your Membership Fee Before 30 September.​

I wonder what incentives might be derived from doing nothing. What is everyone choosing to do?

 

[anat0l]

Went for a blood test this morning. It's a fasting one, but after getting the paperwork from the doctor, luckily I hadn't had anything yet so was good to go.

Got to blood lab. Prick right arm. Nothing comes out.

Prick left arm. Nothing comes out.

Attendant says they get two tries, then it's game over, try another day.

Yes, I drank water.

 

[mrsterryn]

Went for a blood test this morning. It's a fasting one, but after getting the paperwork from the doctor, luckily I hadn't had anything yet so was good to go.

Got to blood lab. Prick right arm. Nothing comes out.

Prick left arm. Nothing comes out.

Attendant says they get two tries, then it's game over, try another day.

Yes, I drank water.

Both husband and I have had to have the blood collector who does in home geriatric return to the pathology to do our tests on occasions. She has always been successful lol

 

[drron]

The US rugby 7s have been televised live for some time. And it’s the local competition.

 

[Flyfrequently]

A few posts back, tradies next door parking in my driveway were CMO.
Today, 7 minutes after we departed for the big smoke, next door neighbour, who is renovating, has spent the last 3 hours cleaning his carp in our driveway, am really CO.
Think I have a right to be VCO!
Would say something but he has a foul temper and we still have to live there, as if he hasn't worked out we have a camera Rant over

 

[RooFlyer]

I live in a semirural area so there are possums about. Historically they haven’t worried me or the Garden but last year they got under the netting into the passionfruit and gorged themselves. I didn’t worry too much as the passionfruit produced hundreds and hundreds during the year and there was enough to go around.

BIG MISTAKE!

After they got used to the good life on the passionfruit they were looking for what’s next. The passionfruit vine itself was the first and it looks completely ravaged now. Then they started coming along the courtyard wall and got into the top of the lemons. So the lemon tree has been top pruned but still produce as well in the under underneath part. I started spraying possum repellent on it just to keep them in check.

I have seven miniature peaches and nectarine trees in large pots next to my courtyard deck. I have to net them against birds when the fruit are ripening ( Dec-Jan) but the possums have never worried them. I’ve also got a single apricot 2 m high which last year shot up mightily so this year I took a lot of trouble to repot it and reposition it and yesterday I erected a bit of a structure so I could put a wind break in so the blossoms wouldn’t get all blown off in the spring winds.

WCMO no, totally PMO is that last night the possums continued along the courtyard wall and got into my precious apricot tree. Chewed off every single leaf and every single blossom and beginning of fruit. No apricots this year then.

But the peaches are nectarines as flowering amazingly so this is the situation as of today. I’ll have to lift the netting every morning to allow the bees to get in and keep pollinating. Denuded apricot on the left.



I think one of my neighbours has a possum trap.

 

[Pushka]

I live in a semirural area so there are possums about. Historically they haven’t worried me or the Garden but last year they got under the netting into the passionfruit and gorged themselves. I didn’t worry too much as the passionfruit produced hundreds and hundreds during the year and there was enough to go around.

BIG MISTAKE!

After they got used to the good life on the passionfruit they were looking for what’s next. The passionfruit vine itself was the first and it looks completely ravaged now. Then they started coming along the courtyard wall and got into the top of the lemons. So the lemon tree has been top pruned but still produce as well in the under underneath part. I started spraying possum repellent on it just to keep them in check.

I have seven miniature peaches and nectarine trees in large pots next to my courtyard deck. I have to net them against birds when the fruit are ripening ( Dec-Jan) but the possums have never worried them. I’ve also got a single apricot 2 m high which last year shot up mightily so this year I took a lot of trouble to repot it and reposition it and yesterday I erected a bit of a structure so I could put a wind break in so the blossoms wouldn’t get all blown off in the spring winds.

WCMO no, totally PMO is that last night the possums continued along the courtyard wall and got into my precious apricot tree. Chewed off every single leaf and every single blossom and beginning of fruit. No apricots this year then.

But the peaches are nectarines as flowering amazingly so this is the situation as of today. I’ll have to lift the netting every morning to allow the bees to get in and keep pollinating. Denuded apricot on the left.

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I think one of my neighbours has a possum trap.

I hate possums. They caused so much damage to our two places. Chewed through electricals blacking us out. Horrible smells. Damage to timber work. Nasty things. Babies are cute. But they grow up.

 

[Seat0B]

A few posts back, tradies next door parking in my driveway were CMO.
Today, 7 minutes after we departed for the big smoke, next door neighbour, who is renovating, has spent the last 3 hours cleaning his carp in our driveway, am really CO.
Think I have a right to be VCO!
Would say something but he has a foul temper and we still have to live there, as if he hasn't worked out we have a camera Rant over
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oh that is just appalling behaviour @Flyfrequently

 

[anat0l]

Went for a blood test this morning. It's a fasting one, but after getting the paperwork from the doctor, luckily I hadn't had anything yet so was good to go.

Got to blood lab. Prick right arm. Nothing comes out.

Prick left arm. Nothing comes out.

Attendant says they get two tries, then it's game over, try another day.

Yes, I drank water.

Went for round 2 this morning.

Felt both arms, then attendant decided to try the hands. Eventually drew from the left hand with a butterfly needle.

I'd drank about 1.5 L of water that morning, but I'll take the extra pain if it means a near sure bet.