Now for something completely different

[ilikeanswers]

9 hours ago, lyndarra said:

@Blackduck59 and OS visitors. Something to keep in mind when driving in Oz.

Penalties for mobile (cell) phone use and not wearing seatbelts. Many roads have cameras which can detect non compliance. Also, fixed and mobile radar speed cameras are everywhere not just in police Highway Patrol cars.

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8681611/aussie-drivers-face-harsher-penalties-from-july-1-crackdowns/?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=

 

I would add don't hold anything that has the shape of a mobile phone while in the driver's seat. I once picked up something rectangular on the passenger seat while stopped at a light and got a fine for driving with mobile. Luckily it was distinctive enough I could prove it was not a mobile phone and they cancelled the penalty but lesson learnt never touch anything that could be confused with a mobile phone. 

[Jean C]

I've even seen a report of someone being pinged for using a mobile phone while driving when in fact they were chomping on a chocolate bar 🍫 

[MicCanberra]

My DIL was pulled over for singing with one hand by her ear.

[Mareblu]

5 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

My DIL was pulled over for singing with one hand by her ear.

That’s ridiculous 

[Blackduck59]

We have mobile phone laws here as well and seatbelts are mandatory in BC and have been for many years. So I think we will be fine with those rules. We still haven't sorted out our phone situation. We will ask our provider if ours are unlocked. Of course we can use them for wifi data but we will need to get an Australian sim card, or more likely just get a prepaid phone or bring one of our old phones and get a local sim card. Whatever we decide it will be put away when we are driving.

[MicCanberra]

You can try an e sim, if your phones can take an e sim, then you can keep your number, otherwise you can get a travel sim with a different number once here.

[ilikeanswers]

5 hours ago, Blackduck59 said:

 or bring one of our old phones and get a local sim card. 

 

If you bring an old phone make sure it at least supports 4G VoLTE because our 3g network will be shut down by the time you get here. 

[Blackduck59]

So we have booked the Fairmont Vancouver Airport for the night before our flight. We explored several options for getting off our rock and most are quite expensive. First we were going to rent a car and take the ferry over and enjoy the sights a bit. Then the car rental was $600.00, and we still had the ferry fare and evrything else. So then we thought well I'll grit my teeth and fly over. That option was over $900.00, so that was dismissed. In the end we decided to take the bus and splurge on the Fairmont for the night. It seemed a good way to prepare for the long flight ahead.

[Mareblu]

33 minutes ago, Blackduck59 said:

So we have booked the Fairmont Vancouver Airport for the night before our flight. We explored several options for getting off our rock and most are quite expensive. First we were going to rent a car and take the ferry over and enjoy the sights a bit. Then the car rental was $600.00, and we still had the ferry fare and evrything else. So then we thought well I'll grit my teeth and fly over. That option was over $900.00, so that was dismissed. In the end we decided to take the bus and splurge on the Fairmont for the night. It seemed a good way to prepare for the long flight ahead.

Sounds perfect, Lyle.  

[Bubbeh]

Cooee!  Remember me?  Back from Bali after 4 glorious weeks and looking forward to catching up on the goss.  

[MicCanberra]

You wouldn't believe what happened, and of course we have all been sworn to secrecy. So...... I suppose you will just have to guess and we will tell you if you are close.

[Mareblu]

47 minutes ago, Bubbeh said:

Cooee!  Remember me?  Back from Bali after 4 glorious weeks and looking forward to catching up on the goss.  

Welcome back to reality, sadly😢

[Kristelle]

12 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

You wouldn't believe what happened, and of course we have all been sworn to secrecy. So...... I suppose you will just have to guess and we will tell you if you are close.

 

 

Bit like the Where was  I game 🤣

[Bubbeh]

On 7/3/2024 at 8:12 AM, MicCanberra said:

My DIL was pulled over for singing with one hand by her ear.

Was this maybe by the audio police?

[MicCanberra]

38 minutes ago, Bubbeh said:

Was this maybe by the audio police?

It certainly wasn't the dream police

[Bubbeh]

What's going on?  I have a problem with notifications.  Basically I'm not getting them, any at all.  Not getting a daily update or updates for threads I'm supposedly following.  Has this happened to anyone before?  I've tried going into my followed content and updating the email preferences (not really just make them the same as before) but I'm not confident this will work.  Suggestions?

[MicCanberra]

Do it for all of the threads you follow, check in your manage followed content

[Bubbeh]

17 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Do it for all of the threads you follow, check in your manage followed content

Thanks Mic, I've done that but there's no improvement.  Strange.

 

I've sent an email to help@cruisecritic.com fingers crossed they can work out the issue.  

Edited July 8 by Bubbeh

[LincolnLegend]

@Bubbeh how are you coping with the weather back here, I only went to Bali for 11 nights and have struggled since my return - 29 to 9 degrees in 5 hours was cruel!

[windsor26]

5 minutes ago, LincolnLegend said:

@Bubbeh how are you coping with the weather back here, I only went to Bali for 11 nights and have struggled since my return - 29 to 9 degrees in 5 hours was cruel!

That is exactly what we found last month   bbbrrrrr

[Mareblu]

33 minutes ago, LincolnLegend said:

@Bubbeh how are you coping with the weather back here, I only went to Bali for 11 nights and have struggled since my return - 29 to 9 degrees in 5 hours was cruel!

9 degrees is positively balmy.

[LincolnLegend]

@Mareblu for us SA Sea-siders it is very much cold enough lol (yes, we have had frosts and been colder but that was inside Adelaide Airport)! It was colder again and raining by the time we flew into Port Lincoln later that evening.

[Bubbeh]

4 hours ago, LincolnLegend said:

@Bubbeh how are you coping with the weather back here, I only went to Bali for 11 nights and have struggled since my return - 29 to 9 degrees in 5 hours was cruel!

Ugh!  It's been a real challenge, I can tell you.  Fully back into the groove now even if I am suffering the cold - spent yesterday under a blanket watching telly with a scalf round my neck and a pair of fingerless gloves on.

 

  Hard to believe but this time last week we were still in the air with a further hour of flying time ahead of us.  Initially, I was busy, busy, busy with shopping (had no food in the place except a packet of rice thins, 4 scotch finger biscuits and a can of baked beans) and washing and just buzzing around like a blow fly in a bottle. Spent almost as much money restocking the pantry and fridge as I did on the month in Bali 😉. Dinner the night we got back was a cup of tea with not quite defrosted milk and two scotch finger bickies each. 

 

Anyway, when we got back here to Mandurah it was close to 6pm and we found a letter from Fremantle Hospital with an appointment for Grumpy at a clinic that we've been waiting for more than 12 months.  The apt was for noon the next day and there was no way I was gonna let that pass - luckily we got back the day we did or who knows how long we'd have had to wait for the next one.   

 

 

[Mareblu]

1 hour ago, LincolnLegend said:

@Mareblu for us SA Sea-siders it is very much cold enough lol (yes, we have had frosts and been colder but that was inside Adelaide Airport)! It was colder again and raining by the time we flew into Port Lincoln later that evening.

Yes, you’re right.  We become acclimatised to our home region.  We certainly felt Canberra’s winter when we returned in June from Europe.

[Mareblu]

45 minutes ago, Bubbeh said:

Ugh!  It's been a real challenge, I can tell you.  Fully back into the groove now even if I am suffering the cold - spent yesterday under a blanket watching telly with a scalf round my neck and a pair of fingerless gloves on.

 

  Hard to believe but this time last week we were still in the air with a further hour of flying time ahead of us.  Initially, I was busy, busy, busy with shopping (had no food in the place except a packet of rice thins, 4 scotch finger biscuits and a can of baked beans) and washing and just buzzing around like a blow fly in a bottle. Spent almost as much money restocking the pantry and fridge as I did on the month in Bali 😉. Dinner the night we got back was a cup of tea with not quite defrosted milk and two scotch finger bickies each. 

 

Anyway, when we got back here to Mandurah it was close to 6pm and we found a letter from Fremantle Hospital with an appointment for Grumpy at a clinic that we've been waiting for more than 12 months.  The apt was for noon the next day and there was no way I was gonna let that pass - luckily we got back the day we did or who knows how long we'd have had to wait for the next one.   

 

 

Probably another year!  Hope all is well.  Your first two paragraphs are clever and hilarious.