Grumpy Old Man
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@booboo I HATE Uber. Refuse to use. It's a good front-end app, but everything else sucks.
Your driver is 7minutes away! The fuck he is.
7 means 13 every time.
$10 fare tonight, no way, surcharge! That'll be $27 please!
I call my local cab company whenever I can.
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo I HATE Uber. Refuse to use. It's a good front-end app, but everything else sucks.
Your driver is 7minutes away! The fuck he is.
7 means 13 every time.
$10 fare tonight, no way, surcharge! That'll be $27 please!
I call my local cab company whenever I can.
Always had an issue with Uber v Taxi given the cost and regulation of a taxi license. Am leaning towards sticking with the cab companies.
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo I HATE Uber. Refuse to use. It's a good front-end app, but everything else sucks.
Your driver is 7minutes away! The fuck he is.
7 means 13 every time.
$10 fare tonight, no way, surcharge! That'll be $27 please!
I call my local cab company whenever I can.
You want to try Ola then if you think Uber are a pain. They're probably worse.
But then cabbies are often piston wristed gibbons too. On a holiday to Sydney one time I once had one drop me a km in the opposite direction of where I wanted to go because the ride was too short.
And even though I'm in the city it's usually quicker for me to get an uber than a cab.
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@machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
First time I've ever used an Uber (Ms BooJr does it all the time), and worked brilliantly to get to dinner about 5 mins away.
Miss BooJr, you need a new way to describe your daughter on the fern
Hmmm .... don't know what you mean ...
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@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
First time I've ever used an Uber (Ms BooJr does it all the time), and worked brilliantly to get to dinner about 5 mins away.
Miss BooJr, you need a new way to describe your daughter on the fern
Hmmm .... don't know what you mean ...
It might be an initials thing...
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@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
(Before I start Mrs Boo took the wind out of my GOM sails when, sitting in a 6th floor apartment having a quiet in Cotton Tree, looking out over the Alexandra Headland beach across towards Mooloolaba, and whinging about getting a ride from the water front restaurant on the Maroochydore River that hey we've got it good, we're not in Ukraine, or Lismore, or south west Sydney ... so fuck it first world problems ... )
I've been living here 6 years now and I still think people just make random names for places.
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
First time I've ever used an Uber (Ms BooJr does it all the time), and worked brilliantly to get to dinner about 5 mins away.
Miss BooJr, you need a new way to describe your daughter on the fern
Hmmm .... don't know what you mean ...
It might be an initials thing...
What initials?
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
But then cabbies are often piston wristed gibbons too.
My old man is a cabby. Can confirm.
He's not based in Sydney was he? This twat that dropped me a km away was an Arab dude ... probably a bit young to be your old man though.
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@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
First time I've ever used an Uber (Ms BooJr does it all the time), and worked brilliantly to get to dinner about 5 mins away.
Miss BooJr, you need a new way to describe your daughter on the fern
Hmmm .... don't know what you mean ...
It might be an initials thing...
What initials?
@bones @Machpants especially after editing ...
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@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo I HATE Uber. Refuse to use. It's a good front-end app, but everything else sucks.
Your driver is 7minutes away! The fuck he is.
7 means 13 every time.
$10 fare tonight, no way, surcharge! That'll be $27 please!
I call my local cab company whenever I can.
You want to try Ola then if you think Uber are a pain. They're probably worse.
But then cabbies are often piston wristed gibbons too. On a holiday to Sydney one time I once had one drop me a km in the opposite direction of where I wanted to go because the ride was too short.
And even though I'm in the city it's usually quicker for me to get an uber than a cab.
I'm all walking/public transport if I can. Loving the light rail in the city lately.
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo I HATE Uber. Refuse to use. It's a good front-end app, but everything else sucks.
Your driver is 7minutes away! The fuck he is.
7 means 13 every time.
$10 fare tonight, no way, surcharge! That'll be $27 please!
I call my local cab company whenever I can.
You want to try Ola then if you think Uber are a pain. They're probably worse.
But then cabbies are often piston wristed gibbons too. On a holiday to Sydney one time I once had one drop me a km in the opposite direction of where I wanted to go because the ride was too short.
And even though I'm in the city it's usually quicker for me to get an uber than a cab.
I'm all walking/public transport if I can. Loving the light rail in the city lately.
Oh, I walk everywhere, occasional Uber. Haven't used the light rail since pre-pandemic (or any other public transport) but might do if they make it free in the city as mooted
.Also, if they had the Dulwich Hill line running up George St (the lines are there) I'd use it more as I could jump on at Paddys and get up to work - especially in these endless rains we're having.
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@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
But then cabbies are often piston wristed gibbons too.
My old man is a cabby. Can confirm.
He's not based in Sydney was he? This twat that dropped me a km away was an Arab dude ... probably a bit young to be your old man though.
Oh sure you racist fuck, cos all lebos live in Sydney eh?
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia free always better, but even so - I'm near Wynyard and had a meeting in Surry Hills yesterday. $2.25 each each way, and a far more more pleasant experience. Would have cost $15 each way easily to share a cab with @Bones Dad.
He's an executive cabbie, not sure you're the kind of character on his client list
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia free always better, but even so - I'm near Wynyard and had a meeting in Surry Hills yesterday. $2.25 each each way, and a far more more pleasant experience. Would have cost $15 each way easily to share a cab with @Bones Dad.
He's an executive cabbie, not sure you're the kind of character on his client list
You know full well that I'm not
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I posted somewhere on this forum about looking at mower options with my ride-on shitting itself.
Anyway, after some testing (with other battery mowers) and research, I ended up going for Makita battery powered mower, 530mm steel deck, $1,600 worth, is a big piece of kit!
Thier write up says suitable for lawns upto 2,000sqm, my mowable area is about 1,500+/-, it came with 2 batteries, and I got another 2 by redemption (uses 2 at a time while mowing)
Consumer Magazine had it as the top rated battery mower.
Anywhoo, very first mow, batteries lasted 15 minutes! Charged up (50 mins later) 13min mow!!
Went back to the shop, said I think the batteries are faulty! They gave me another set, I did one 'mow' where I had it up on a high level and the mower barely cut any grass, 25 mins!
Got my 2nd set after about 10 days, long story short, I was getting on average 16 mins per set of batteries over a period of a month (mowed every week) so with 4 batteries, I could mow for 32 mins, then, wait almost 2 hours for both sets to charge before I could get onto mowing again...based on the times, I needed 4 sets of batteries to do my entire lawn without stopping (well I'd still stop to change batteries, but otherwise)
Makita were involved at the start, but they soon dropped out and werent responsive.
After submitting 'detailed report' of sorts about the battery use from a month or so to the shop citing it was not fit for purpose, I got a full refund (circa 6 weeks after purchase)
Frustrating part is, I really wanted a battery one to work, and had it only been $500 or so, I would have accepted it...the mower itself is great, easy to use with good features, but the batteries simply are not upto it!
So now its back to looking at bloody petrol options!
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@taniwharugby that's disappointing as I've invested heavily in Makita's 18V line up and seriously considered a battery powered mower. I wonder if they should revamp them to their 40V architecture?
