Dry; In Oz we do have noise laws. Haven’t a clue what they are because I don’t hoon around so they don’t affect me. A few years ago a workmate was fined for allowing his car tyres to squeal as he went around a corner. I rather fancy that was all the cop could get him on though; knowing him, he would have been hooning at the time.
Saucy1121: Thanks for your authoritative advice. My most recent medical advice was from a close relative who was also an audiologist but who passed away a few years ago. (no dates, no pack drill). Yes, high doses of aspirin do cause my tinnutis to become unbearable. Fortunately that has happened only a couple of times until I could get to a dentist but I was almost at the stage of hoping the aspirin would act as a anaethetic if I banged my head on the nearest lamppost. No, I take no medication whatsoever.
Joe: Easy on mate, I’m not trying to give Methuslah a run for his money LOL. However, I do strongly resent being told by an 18 year-old when to insert or swipe my card, what buttons to press and/or when to take the card out. They seem to have a few seconds warning on the screen before the words come up on the card unit. The last straw is when they push my hand out of the way and take my card out of the unit before I have time. One even snatched the card from my hand before I had a chance to swipe it.
For several weeks I played a game at the local KFC establishment. No matter what I asked for the person taking the money would ask if I would want some other thing. The next time I went in I would ask for what they suggested the previous time but all to no avail, their menu seems to have no limit. Seems their cash register has no keys for amounts of money, only products or packages and no matter what you order, the computer flashes up something you haven’t.
The game ended when I refused the soft drink I hadn’t ordered, only to be told I MUST take it. When I said nobody could tell me what or when to drink I demanded a refund. Couldn’t get it, no facilty on the cash register to split up a package. I don’t bother going there anymore!
Outside of all that, life’s great. Nowhere near Ginger’s age but, like him, I feel I’m going on 12 years old.
Dry; In Oz we do have noise laws. Haven’t a clue what they are because I don’t hoon around so they don’t affect me. A few years ago a workmate was fined for allowing his car tyres to squeal as he went around a corner. I rather fancy that was all the cop could get him on though; knowing him, he would have been hooning at the time.
Saucy1121: Thanks for your authoritative advice. My most recent medical advice was from a close relative who was also an audiologist but who passed away a few years ago. (no dates, no pack drill). Yes, high doses of aspirin do cause my tinnutis to become unbearable. Fortunately that has happened only a couple of times until I could get to a dentist but I was almost at the stage of hoping the aspirin would act as a anaethetic if I banged my head on the nearest lamppost. No, I take no medication whatsoever.
Joe: Easy on mate, I’m not trying to give Methuslah a run for his money LOL. However, I do strongly resent being told by an 18 year-old when to insert or swipe my card, what buttons to press and/or when to take the card out. They seem to have a few seconds warning on the screen before the words come up on the card unit. The last straw is when they push my hand out of the way and take my card out of the unit before I have time. One even snatched the card from my hand before I had a chance to swipe it.
For several weeks I played a game at the local KFC establishment. No matter what I asked for the person taking the money would ask if I would want some other thing. The next time I went in I would ask for what they suggested the previous time but all to no avail, their menu seems to have no limit. Seems their cash register has no keys for amounts of money, only products or packages and no matter what you order, the computer flashes up something you haven’t.
The game ended when I refused the soft drink I hadn’t ordered, only to be told I MUST take it. When I said nobody could tell me what or when to drink I demanded a refund. Couldn’t get it, no facilty on the cash register to split up a package. I don’t bother going there anymore!
Outside of all that, life’s great. Nowhere near Ginger’s age but, like him, I feel I’m going on 12 years old.