What cheeses me off

[Flashback]

WCMO? Self-inflicted technology headaches. I enjoy trying out the latest versions of applications and operating systems. Decided to update to the latest public beta of iOS 26 and have now discovered that one of my frequently used apps doesn’t work and almost instantly crashes on startup.

You'll just have to go back to picking up in bars then, the old fashioned way.

 

[DejaBrew]

You'll just have to go back to picking up in bars then, the old fashioned way.

I would have some explaining to do to DejaBrew+1 if that were the app in question

 

[DejaBrew]

Found something to take my mind off iOS this evening...

WCMO tonight? Poor match officiating sealing the fate of the Wallabies Vs Lions series.

 

[Pushka]

Found something to take my mind off iOS this evening...

WCMO tonight? Poor match officiating sealing the fate of the Wallabies Vs Lions series.

Lost them the game and a very poor luck for Rugby worldwide who would have been watching. I don't mind Union. League is my issue.

 

[Scarlett]

This post partially belongs here but also partially in the LTIL thread as it has both good and bad.

WCMO: the significant rise in power prices, especially electricity prices in NSW. Like many I’m with Red Energy and earning some token QFF points (cheapest deal apparently). Early last month, or maybe in May I received the dreaded “your prices are going up” email and they were significant, so I checked around and couldn’t really find a better deal so accepted I was just going to have to deal with it. As an example the daily connection charge was going from $1.40-something to $1.90-something.

Fast forward to this week (new pricing structure is active) and I’m cancelling my BankWest Plat QF card and swapping all the direct debits to my new ANZ card. Log in to Red Energy to change card details and there’s now a little note saying that I’m not on the best available plan. Hmm, interesting. When checking out the ‘cheaper plan’ I discover it’s a plan with the same name (Qantas Red Saver or something like that) and what looks suspiciously like exactly the same rates I was previously paying. So of course I switched to the cheaper option!

Annoying: price increase.

Nice: the fact they are forced to provide this info to me, semi-proactively, when I check my power plan in my profile.

Even nicer: I switched back to the cheaper prices and it noted the switch would be back-dated to the start of the current billing period, in May.

If you’re with Red, or even if not, I recommend logging in to your power plan and see if you have something similar.

 

[VPS]

This post partially belongs here but also partially in the LTIL thread as it has both good and bad.

WCMO: the significant rise in power prices, especially electricity prices in NSW. Like many I’m with Red Energy and earning some token QFF points (cheapest deal apparently). Early last month, or maybe in May I received the dreaded “your prices are going up” email and they were significant, so I checked around and couldn’t really find a better deal so accepted I was just going to have to deal with it. As an example the daily connection charge was going from $1.40-something to $1.90-something.

Fast forward to this week (new pricing structure is active) and I’m cancelling my BankWest Plat QF card and swapping all the direct debits to my new ANZ card. Log in to Red Energy to change card details and there’s now a little note saying that I’m not on the best available plan. Hmm, interesting. When checking out the ‘cheaper plan’ I discover it’s a plan with the same name (Qantas Red Saver or something like that) and what looks suspiciously like exactly the same rates I was previously paying. So of course I switched to the cheaper option!

Annoying: price increase.

Nice: the fact they are forced to provide this info to me, semi-proactively, when I check my power plan in my profile.

Even nicer: I switched back to the cheaper prices and it noted the switch would be back-dated to the start of the current billing period, in May.

If you’re with Red, or even if not, I recommend logging in to your power plan and see if you have something similar.

I just checked my electricity rates too and my FIT is no 2c - what a joke. On the list of things to do this week is ring other providers

 

[tgh]

wcmo ?? cars with no way to check the engine oil level
SWMBO calls and says the car has just asked for a litre of oil, I say just keep driving and I will check later
I could not… and it has now changed it's mind anyway.. the message has gone
This particular car has an electronic gauge but only in house..outsiders not permitted..bloody stupid engineering….

 

[Pushka]

WCMO. Adults who let their large dogs roam a kids playground on a Sunday without a lead and refuse to put them on a lead even when that dog runs straight up to a 3 year old and jumps up at their face. I think it was a Rottweiler. Saying sorry is an insult. Child not hurt physically but now terrified.

 

[Flyfrequently]

On the list of things to do this week is ring other providers

And welcome home @VPS !

 

[RB001]

Nice: the fact they are forced to provide this info to me, semi-proactively, when I check my power plan in my profile.

It also appears on your bill, to the left of the amount due. I've jumped through the hoops a few times in the 4+ years I've been with them. Every bit helps!

 

[VPS]

And welcome home @VPS !

Thanks - it's good to be in my own bed again which is way more comfortable than 95% of the beds I slept in while I was away

 

[JohnK]

All this money to improve flow at SYD airport and its taken us 35 minutes from Mascot Qantas and we're not even at T2 yet. Dozens of cars going down right lanes and then forcing themselves into airport traffic and we've got worst driver I have ever encountered.

Not a fun weekend.