Grumpy Old Man
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I live in rural Victoria and once the fire ban is lifted all the farmers set fire to their fields to burn the stalks etc before the next crop. The smoke and smog from these fires is fucken terrible and the smell comes through the house and the sky is a haze with smoke.
I am very curious why this practice is still allowed; does it not contribute much to emissions? or is it too hard and expensive for the farmers to do it any other way. Do they pay some sort of carbon tax or fee to burn like this? Either way as a local resident its bloody annoying.
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@chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:
I live in rural Victoria and once the fire ban is lifted all the farmers set fire to their fields to burn the stalks etc before the next crop. The smoke and smog from these fires is fucken terrible and the smell comes through the house and the sky is a haze with smoke.
I am very curious why this practice is still allowed; does it not contribute much to emissions? or is it too hard and expensive for the farmers to do it any other way. Do they pay some sort of carbon tax or fee to burn like this? Either way as a local resident its bloody annoying.
Pretty much banned in the UK a few years back. Burning is good for the soil as it controls nitrogen and pests - farmer next door does a limited burn every few years. Negatives are pollution and fire risk.
Not burning can lower crop yields and increase the cost of food apparently
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Fucking TV tech is great when it works, and a nightmare when it doesn't
I've been signed out of everything on my tv somehow.
Paramount won't recognise me at all (I signed up for a trial to watch 1883), so I'm now a paying subscriber with no content.
Apple let's me sign in, but the actual tv+ account is in the wifes name, so no content.
Binge won't load past a blue screen of death, so no content.
Netflix and Stan work, so heaps of worthless content!
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@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo told you to get the sony
I actually bought a Sony Android TV about 2 years ago. It was so bad I needed to connect to the mains by a smart switch to re-boot it as it kept locking up and freezing so often. "Alexa, turn off TV Power"...
Worst piece of tech I've bought - now dumped for an LG.
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@Victor-Meldrew I love it, never done me wrong, built in Chromecast, android so pretty much any TV app I could want. Happy days.
Edit: speaking of which, my bro flicked me this today if you're after a huge monitor.
Plug in the code QGCDPZQTC at https://www.samsung.com/uk/monitors/high-resolution/smart-m7-43-inch-smart-tv-apps-ls43am700uuxxu/ and it comes down to £377.10...it's smart too so you can use it like a TV as well with a remote and built in speakers.
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@Kruse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
I have no idea what you grumpy old fluffybunnies are talking about.
Don't worry your pretty little head about it.
But feel free to kick off if this thread derails into swapping SQL statements and advice on join orders, indexing/partitioning strategies and shit. -
@voodoo by chance was this a Samsung? I had this situation, had to do a hard reset (as opposed to just turn off and on), eventually worked it out after a bit of googling, also had to unregister and re regisiter my TV with some apps but I had a couple of days or normal TV which was driving me crazy! Havent had the problem since, so cant remember exactly all the steps but hopefully the above tips might help
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@Crazy-Horse I need a bin and dog update, talk about leaving a story half finished.
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@Kirwan said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Crazy-Horse I need a bin and dog update, talk about leaving a story half finished.
Well, the bin situation sorted itself out. They are now putting the bins outside their own place.
As for the dog, it is still ongoing. They never seem to be home when we are home. I think they are shift workers too. And to be honest, the odd occasion when they have been home at the same as us I have chickened out.
We are going to approach them and ask to meet the dog. After it was mentioned on here I talked to a couple of dog trainers at work and they agreed meeting the dog was the best tactic.
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@bayimports said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo by chance was this a Samsung? I had this situation, had to do a hard reset (as opposed to just turn off and on), eventually worked it out after a bit of googling, also had to unregister and re regisiter my TV with some apps but I had a couple of days or normal TV which was driving me crazy! Havent had the problem since, so cant remember exactly all the steps but hopefully the above tips might help
It is a Samsung! Thanks mate, will look into it
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Furniture Shopping - bloody loathe it with a passion (It took 16+ visits to furniture shops over a 3 month period before we actually managed to order a new 3-piece sofa suite). Today we started the quest for a new dining table and chairs.
Fuck me, but some Furniture shop salesman are something else. This clown wouldn't let us just look around but kept following us around pointing the bleeding obvious such as the table we were looking at was solid Oak. Which was fuckin surprising as the big sign on the table said exactly that.
But his piece-de-resistance was, I kid you not, telling us that "it was important to consider normal and extended sizes of tables, particularly if you are thinking of buying an extending table"
Yeah, Like I'd never have thought of that you fluffybunny.
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You have already shown patience at a level above and beyond. Go back and chin the fluffybunny.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
Furniture Shopping - bloody loathe it with a passion (It took 16+ visits to furniture shops over a 3 month period before we actually managed to order a new 3-piece sofa suite). Today we started the quest for a new dining table and chairs.
Fuck me, but some Furniture shop salesman are something else. This clown wouldn't let us just look around but kept following us around pointing the bleeding obvious such as the table we were looking at was solid Oak. Which was fuckin surprising as the big sign on the table said exactly that.
But his piece-de-resistance was, I kid you not, telling us that "it was important to consider normal and extended sizes of tables, particularly if you are thinking of buying an extending table"
Yeah, Like I'd never have thought of that you fluffybunny.
Managed to persuade my folks to buy us a table as a housewarming gift.
Getting the measurements and looking online was actually quite enjoyable. We’re happy with our purchase.
Fuck actually going and talking to people face to face !
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
Furniture Shopping - bloody loathe it with a passion (It took 16+ visits to furniture shops over a 3 month period before we actually managed to order a new 3-piece sofa suite). Today we started the quest for a new dining table and chairs.
Fuck me, but some Furniture shop salesman are something else. This clown wouldn't let us just look around but kept following us around pointing the bleeding obvious such as the table we were looking at was solid Oak. Which was fuckin surprising as the big sign on the table said exactly that.
But his piece-de-resistance was, I kid you not, telling us that "it was important to consider normal and extended sizes of tables, particularly if you are thinking of buying an extending table"
Yeah, Like I'd never have thought of that you fluffybunny.
Managed to persuade my folks to buy us a table as a housewarming gift.
Getting the measurements and looking online was actually quite enjoyable. We’re happy with our purchase.
Fuck actually going and talking to people face to face!
That there is actually peak Grumpy Old Man. This thread can now be closed.*
**except that some grumpy old bastard would likely complain.
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@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
You have already shown patience at a level above and beyond. Go back and chin the fluffybunny.
I normally leave that sort of thing to Mrs Meldrew
EDIT: Interesting to note that when I quoted your post with the word "fluffybunny" in it, it up with the anglo-saxon translation in the edit panel. Smart coding by @Kirwan & @Duluth .....?
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