What cheeses me off

[Cruiser Elite]

WCMO - BPay - 3 days time and time again for transfers from Bendigo Bank into a St George CC - gotta be against Geneva Convention or something is it not?

Edit: How remiss of me not include that that is 3 working days and not 3 calendar days - FFS - makes the cultivation and harvesting of FF pts just so much more tedious

 

[Quickstatus]

BPay

Westpac BPay to Citibank, Virgin, Amex has always been credited same day (weekday) if posted before close of business

 

[serfty]

WCMO - BPay - 3 days time and time again for transfers from Bendigo Bank into a St George CC - gotta be against Geneva Convention or something is it not?

Edit: How remiss of me not include that that is 3 working days and not 3 calendar days - FFS - makes the cultivation and harvesting of FF pts just so much more tedious

The ONLY saving grace is that the recipient of a BPay payment must treat the payment as made on the business day it is initiated.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Westpac BPay to Citibank, Virgin, Amex has always been credited same day (weekday) if posted before close of business

Maybe but I was referring Bendigo to St G

 

[Cruiser Elite]

The ONLY saving grace is that the recipient of a BPay payment must treat the payment as made on the business day it is initiated.

Nope validation of transfer date is not the issue - quick turnaround of funds is the key for me

 

[Quickstatus]

Maybe but I was referring Bendigo to St G

Just comparing banks...
And not maybe for me - it has been this for me since I don't know when.

From Westpac:

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Again I was referring to Bendigo to St G

 

[JessicaTam]

Again I was referring to Bendigo to St G

NAB to just about anyone is the same. 3 days - luxury!

 

[serfty]

Nope validation of transfer date is not the issue - quick turnaround of funds is the key for me

Understood. It was an issue back some time ago when some financial institutions tried to assess penalties on such delayed BPay payments.

 

[markis10]

Nutrogena have discontinued Tgel Shampoo with coal tar, it’s the only thing I found that works with my mild psoriasis, due to concerns about benzene, will be interesting to see if the replacement works.

 

[prozac]

Nutrogena have discontinued Tgel Shampoo with coal tar, it’s the only thing I found that works with my mild psoriasis, due to concerns about benzene, will be interesting to see if the replacement works.

Still available at Healthylife according to this link - T/Gel Anti-Dandruff Shampoo | NEUTROGENA® Australia

 

[markis10]

I have a few bottles from Mr Bezos subscribe and save and I use it sparingly one a week, but the day will come.

 

[VPS]

The things that you take for granted when you shop in Australia - find Betadine throat gargle great for fighting off the lurgy but no equivalent that I can find in the UK

If someone says I'm wrong happy for any links

 

[TheRealTMA]

The things that you take for granted when you shop in Australia - find Betadine throat gargle great for fighting off the lurgy but no equivalent that I can find in the UK

If someone says I'm wrong happy for any links

Google Search

 

[VPS]

Google Search

slightly different uses and ingredients - can you post me some betadine

 

[TheRealTMA]

slightly different uses and ingredients - can you post me some betadine

Both Betadine and Videne contain povidone-iodine?

 

[SYD]

The things that you take for granted when you shop in Australia - find Betadine throat gargle great for fighting off the lurgy but no equivalent that I can find in the UK

If someone says I'm wrong happy for any links

I never travel OS without it. After one hell of a throat infection years ago…

I believe it’s actually an Aussie invention Iodine and maybe a dash of Vegemite…

Gargling asprin always helps if too late. Usually pack some aspo clear also after experiencing Covid! …

 

[prozac]

I never travel OS without it. After one hell of a throat infection years ago…

I believe it’s actually an Aussie invention Iodine and maybe a dash of Vegemite…

Gargling asprin always helps if too late. Usually pack some aspo clear also after experiencing Covid! …

Warm salty water gargle

 

[SYD]

Warm salty water gargle

Pretty much anything but at least the aspro has pain relief after you swallow it.

 

[dajop]

Today's little #WCMO is rose coloured view of the past.

Noticed on Facebook this predisposition for people to complain about now compared to the past.

First is the romantic view of First Class travel, always accompanied by a FA carving up a roast from the trolley. Ignoring the cradle seats which probably aren't as good as today's business class seats for sleeping, let alone First Class Suites. Nor the cost of the seats relative to average salaries or especially median house price.

Second - moaning about V/line train services in Victoria. I mean in the late 80's/early 90's I used to pay about $6 one way on student concession for a fare from Melbourne to Bendigo (about $14 adjusted for inflation). Today the cap is $5.50 for students and I only pay $11 as non-concession. There used to be 5x daily services on most days, now there's about 20. Last train from Melbourne was 6:30pm (except for Fridays - 8pm), now it's around midnight. Somehow that is better?

Lastly - see pictures of Melbourne in the 80s/early 90's. Everyone suggesting "back in the day when you could safely visit the city and there were no homeless". Bollocks! Plenty of homeless back then too. And certain parts of the city were quite crime ridden and some very deserted after dark (whereas now most of the city is lively after dark). And King St was always a hotbed of crime even then. I guess people just get taken in by the media narrative. I'm not so sure the current crime spike is affecting the CBD as much as it is many of the suburbs. (and even for car theft, we forgot what it was like, I remember always using a steering wheel lock back in the early 90's, and know more people who had their car stolen then than now).

I take the views things are different now, some things better, some things worse, but it seems many forget what things were really like.