What cheeses me off

[DejaBrew]

but the adapters are so little and I lost another one on the weekend

I usually carry one spare USB-A to USB-C cable. Comes in handy from time to time.

 

[dajop]

Trucks that insist on being in the right hand lane on roads where they cannot get up to or maintain 100km/h, eg the uphill of the freeway tunnels.

A little bit of nuance to my annoyance on this one.

If it's two lanes and the truck is struggling to get over 80 overtaking a fully laden semi that wouldn't be even doing 40, then I'm fine, usually they move back in once they get a chance.

Best practice: there's a substantial stretch of the Melbourne-Geelong freeway (with plenty of cameras) where heavy vehicles (>4.5t) aren't allowed to use the right lane of the 3 lane carriageway. Although this godforsaken boring road has no hills or rises at all.

 

[Aeryn]

I usually carry one spare USB-A to USB-C cable. Comes in handy from time to time.

These dont fast charge, there really is no excuse for not having the universal standard connector which is USB-C given this isnt remotely new technology.

WCMO today is BUPA. Wishing Id never switch health funds. Paid to switch on 31st March to lock in pricing for policy to start on 15-Apr. Clearance certificate provided by old fund on 16-Apr, BUPA still havent processed it, means I cant yet claim on physio or dental and I have bookings for both next week. Been on hold for 30 minutes, must be getting a lot of other complaints.

Standardizing coverage into gold, silver etc was supposed to make switching immediate with no gap in coverage. Instead you pay and cant use fund because they are tardy to process clearance certificates on the day they are sent.

 

[prozac]

A little bit of nuance to my annoyance on this one.

If it's two lanes and the truck is struggling to get over 80 overtaking a fully laden semi that wouldn't be even doing 40, then I'm fine, usually they move back in once they get a chance.

Agree, I have no issue with truck pulling out to overtake as long as it CAN get past and they don't pull out when there is nothing behind me. Yes I know they have to keep their momentum going and be in sweet spot revs for power delivery, but I could be past in a matter of seconds.

 

[VPS]

For all the issues with large trucks there are still idiots when the trucks leave a lot of room as they are slowing down for intersections or lights and some bright spark thinks oh there's all that space I'll nip in front of the truck and then get upset when they get honked at.

The truckies know how much space they need to stop safely

 

[Pushka]

For all the issues with large trucks there are still idiots when the trucks leave a lot of room as they are slowing down for intersections or lights and some bright spark thinks oh there's all that space I'll nip in front of the truck and then get upset when they get honked at.

The truckies know how much space they need to stop safely

Yes and the same for cars overtaking other cars and barely past and they move back into the lane in front when there's no one following them. We go up Port Wakefield Highway pretty much every weekend, there are two major issues. Cars pulling into the Highway from so many tiny roads that are getting more populated by the moment, in the path of road trains, and the damn Riverview lights in the middle of the Highway because the Government didn't make the developers build an overpass. The road is pretty much black with roadtrain breaking.

 

[DejaBrew]

These dont fast charge, there really is no excuse for not having the universal standard connector which is USB-C given this isnt remotely new technology.

Not suggesting that they do. It's simply a backup that's less likely to be lost than a tiny adapter and handy at a pinch. Besides, even if a USB-C port is on offer, there's no guarantee that it's delivering the necessary wattage/voltage to facilitate fast charging.

 

[RooFlyer]

USB ports. I think we've finally got a point we're they're literally everywhere. Hotels, airport lounges, airplanes, even some trains and buses. Trouble is they're all USB A and I'm pretty much exclusively USB C now. So we're essentially at the same point we were at 10 years ago.

And the old As are often damaged in lounges, at least.

I mean it's a minor niggle, as I'm almost always travelling with a laptop, which doubles as a powerbank anyway if I really need it. I don't want any more cables or adaptors than necessary

I'm 'belt and braces' like @DejaBrew (or perhaps a bit more )

A<->C; short C<->C; 2m C<->C (when the hotel doesn't have any bedside power points ); C->A and A->C adapters; A<->lightning for my backup (old) iPhone; A->mini USB, a backup to charge my 35mm camera and also for my portable min-fan). 65W GAN adapter with 2xC and A ...

 

[Hvr]

My parcel is showing as being en route. It's been transported past my place twice moving between different AusPost locations. For most of the day it was shown as coming today. Just been changed to coming tomorrow.

 

[I love to travel]

Toxic staff who have no idea of the impact of their behaviour on their manager.

 

[Quickstatus]

Sone time ago, I booked a business trip to SYD-AKL for tomorrow and coming back on Monday. The domestic schedule meant that the outbound would arrive after midnight and the return would be the 6am out of AKL.

Now the schedule has changed meaning I could have departed earlier and arrived back later plus the reason to go has been watered down a bit

Ho Hum, still got to go but not as jazzed up about it. For that reason, I don't want to pay to change the outbound flight to an earlier, and there are no flights later than 0600 coming back

Does QF do fly forward for the SYD-AKL if I ask nicely ?. Ticket is J Flex.

 

[anat0l]

Something I just don't get (or didn't get) about driving in Australia (maybe any country) is the point of a speed limit, except to fine you if you get caught going over it.

It's well known that everyone speeds as long as they are pretty certain they won't get caught. They don't teach you that in driving school or on the test (God forbid - go 1 km/h over on the speedo during a driving test and you instantly fail), but apparently that is a thing.

If you get hit with a fine because you exceeded the speed limit, can you get out of it by saying that you were attempting to overtake someone (probably because they were in the right lane doing exactly or less than 5 km/h off the speed limit)?

You have people who do 10 km/h under the limit in the left, and others who insist that you must do at least 5-10 km/h over in the right. How do we not kill more people on our roads, I have no idea.

What if we just remove all speed limits altogether? Everyone drives as fast as they want and can safely do so, but if you cause a crash and you're going above suggested speeds, you're automatically cooked (e.g. jail).

 

[anat0l]

WCMO about USB or power on board aircraft?

First of all, why are the latest aircraft only installing 10 W charging? 10 W is barely enough to keep something from draining; it won't increase the charge unless you're in super low power mode or the device is switched off, even then. 10 W now just seems like a waste of time.

Second, why are the USB slots themselves rather loose (both USB-A and USB-C types)? You plug into most computer ports and there's a definite grip there that keeps the connection mostly in place. Onboard most aircraft, you plug in and it's quite shaky; a light knock and out goes the cable. Even worse if, e.g. in Y, when the USB port is on the screen and a reclining passenger in front feeds gravity into the effort of unintentionally removing your cable from the loose port.

 

[JohnK]

So stay in the left lane. Not talking about inconvenience but actual safety.

Please leave the decisions of how I drive to me.

For what it's worth I have been driving for 45 years and I have never caused someone to have an accident. I had one accident when I was 18 (44 years ago) and 2 minor scuffles where I have touched someone after they took off and immediately slammed their brakes on. Last in early-90's.

So that gives me a good safety record right? I must be doing something right.

 

[AV8]

Sone time ago, I booked a business trip to SYD-AKL for tomorrow and coming back on Monday. The domestic schedule meant that the outbound would arrive after midnight and the return would be the 6am out of AKL.

Now the schedule has changed meaning I could have departed earlier and arrived back later plus the reason to go has been watered down a bit

Ho Hum, still got to go but not as jazzed up about it. For that reason, I don't want to pay to change the outbound flight to an earlier, and there are no flights later than 0600 coming back

Does QF do fly forward for the SYD-AKL if I ask nicely ?. Ticket is J Flex.

Yes I asked nicely @ the QF SYD 1st Lounge

 

[JessicaTam]

Please leave the decisions of how I drive to me.

For what it's worth I have been driving for 45 years and I have never caused someone to have an accident. I had one accident when I was 18 (44 years ago) and 2 minor scuffles where I have touched someone after they took off and immediately slammed their brakes on. Last in early-90's.

So that gives me a good safety record right? I must be doing something right.

It is an offence to drive in the right hand lane without overtaking. It is also an offence to be in the right hand lanes (plural) and driving excessively slowly. If you wish to drive 10kph below the speed limit then you *need* to be in the far left lane.

 

[mrsterryn]

Wcmo - me

In my years of driving I have had two road rage issues .
One - morning driving in Newtown NSW who thought he didn't have to obey the road rules . I was fine but I felt extremely concerned for his passenger whom he was constantly yelling at whilst brake checking etc me

Two - myself and another moron got annoyed in one of the tunnels in Sydney. We were both at fault for reacting to others poor driving.

Husband and I watch Dashcam Owners Australia and it is amazing to see how many drivers are oblivious to the carnage and chaos they have caused by just doing their own road rules . Of course they would be the ones who have never had a road accident

 

[DejaBrew]

Let's face it - we're all awesome drivers in our own lunchboxes and everyone else around us drives like an incompetent maniac.

In all seriousness though, I do wonder how some drivers ever got their license in the first place??

(And before anyone decides to take offense, I'm simply making a general observation and not directing that comment at/to anyone here on AFF)

 

[NM]

Let's face it - we're all awesome drivers in our own lunchboxes and everyone else around us drives like an incompetent maniac.

I must be an exception. I certainly recognise my driving failings and note that I am a very poor driver.

With anything heftier than a 3-wood in my hands, the result will always be an immediate deviation from the "driving lane" and into the rough, trees or water. In fact, I have been known to tee-off on a par 4 or 5 with a 4-iron, just in the hope of not swerving erratically from side to side as I slowly progress along the open space between the trees. I still don't understand why the call it a par4 when it takes 14 hits (and probably 20 swings) to get the ball onto the green. Then I commence the par 4 portion to put it towards the hole.

 

[markis10]

It is an offence to drive in the right hand lane without overtaking. It is also an offence to be in the right hand lanes (plural) and driving excessively slowly.

With caveats depending on locale/state:
Queensland

On multi-lane roads, if the posted speed limit is 90km/h or more, or if the road has a ‘keep left unless overtaking’ sign, you must not drive in the right-hand lane unless you are:

overtaking
turning right
making a U-turn
avoiding an obstruction
driving in congested traffic
using a special purpose lane that you are allowed to be in.
Hold a seniors card and stick to the posted speed limit religiously without regard for Speedo errors or the fact your car is on larger tyres than specified*

Drivers are allowed to overtake on the left on all multi-lane roads.

*this line may have been made up!