Things that sh*t me the seventeenth

[Gough]

Just had a look. "Very frail and prone to drug use"

Sounds like it was written by someone who had a vendetta.

That was all true but he had a falsetto that could make you cry and was he an amazing songwriter in a band that changed music.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Phone signal in this country is ****ed

 

[Chief]

A job I was working at less than a decade ago still had a fax machine got a good number of the years I was there

I never learnt to use it

Didn't you just need to dial a number and put the document in the feeder?

 

[cats_09]

Didn't you just need to dial a number and put the document in the feeder?

Probably

But it was something i never needed to use so I never learnt - all external contacts I dealt with had moved into the 21st century and used email

 

[Over The Post]

Didn't you just need to dial a number and put the document in the feeder?

Exactly that. It would send carrier tones to the machine on the other end, establish a connection, then scan and send the image. One of the reasons they are still used (apart from the installed base) is that what you send is what is received - there is no opportunity for editing by a third party. A genuine facsimile - hence fax machine.

The drawback was that you really needed a separate phone line for the fax. If you only occasionally sent faxes you could dial the phone, wait for the other end to pick up and send a carrier, then press go on your fax and hang up, but you couldn't receive faxes unless you were actually there.

I got around that with a little box the size of a deck of cards called a Fax Boss. It picked up incoming calls and prompted for the caller to say something. If it detected a voice it switched through to the phone, else it routed to the fax. Brilliant device.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Exactly that. It would send carrier tones to the machine on the other end, establish a connection, then scan and send the image. One of the reasons they are still used (apart from the installed base) is that what you send is what is received - there is no opportunity for editing by a third party. A genuine facsimile - hence fax machine.

The drawback was that you really needed a separate phone line for the fax. If you only occasionally sent faxes you could dial the phone, wait for the other end to pick up and send a carrier, then press go on your fax and hang up, but you couldn't receive faxes unless you were actually there.

I got around that with a little box the size of a deck of cards called a Fax Boss. It picked up incoming calls and prompted for the caller to say something. If it detected a voice it switched through to the phone, else it routed to the fax. Brilliant device.

A specialist doctor a family member sees has a fax machine. Much teeth grinding when the office staff forget to swap the number over to phone and the fax signal comes back. We suspect they do it on purpose.

 

[peternorth]

Exactly that. It would send carrier tones to the machine on the other end, establish a connection, then scan and send the image. One of the reasons they are still used (apart from the installed base) is that what you send is what is received - there is no opportunity for editing by a third party. A genuine facsimile - hence fax machine.

The drawback was that you really needed a separate phone line for the fax. If you only occasionally sent faxes you could dial the phone, wait for the other end to pick up and send a carrier, then press go on your fax and hang up, but you couldn't receive faxes unless you were actually there.

I got around that with a little box the size of a deck of cards called a Fax Boss. It picked up incoming calls and prompted for the caller to say something. If it detected a voice it switched through to the phone, else it routed to the fax. Brilliant device.

I remember fondly and vividly the old fax machine in the home. The rolled fax paper which was very sensitive, and one found every now and then a glut of incoming faxes on the floor rolled up.

Also of memory was the cost of sending or receiving...the cost of a phone call i think. friends would ask my parents and myself if they can send/receive for them. which we did.

 

[peternorth]

A specialist doctor a family member sees has a fax machine. Much teeth grinding when the office staff forget to swap the number over to phone and the fax signal comes back. We suspect they do it on purpose.

Enjoy

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Enjoy

Yep that's it

 

[Over The Post]

I remember fondly and vividly the old fax machine in the home. The rolled fax paper which was very sensitive, and one found every now and then a glut of incoming faxes on the floor rolled up.

Thermal paper. Unfortunately it fades with age, I had some very important faxes in a folder and after about 12-15 years they were unreadable.

There's inkjet faxes that use plain paper, I think they would be common now compared to the original ones.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

It's 30 degrees inside.

 

[eddiesmith]

It's 30 degrees inside.

Yeah, just got home and had turned the air con off whilst out, bad move. 30 in my bedroom and 27 under the air con.

 

[magpie_marty]

Placed I worked people made the mistake of calling the Fax Machine phone number and not the actual company phone number.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

View attachment 2195408
This is the traditional ING debit card. You only get the card number, account name, and expiry date. The CVV verification code for online purchases is on the back. Mrs Post got sent a new card after a scam attempt.

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These are the new cards. No embossing (who uses the ol' zip-zap voucher machines any more?) but more importantly the rear has:
Card number
Account name
Expiry date
CVV
Customer ID

All in one convenient place for scumbags to get with zero effort.

It's now a thing for some workers to keep the EFTPOS terminal out of reach on their side of the counter, and get the customer to hand the card over so they can tap it. And on the way, conveniently pass the card over the top of a phone that's recording video. Hey presto, instant access to your funds for internet shopping, no card skimmer required because they've got your CVV verification code.

And if you DO need to punch in a PIN for purchases over $100, and they memorise or record you using the keypad, they now also have full access to your internet banking via your customer ID and PIN.

Sheesh.

What a ****ing security nightmare.

Welcome to the future.

I've gone from using the card in the middle.




To the card on the left.



I'm not one for minimalisation but I do like this one.

 

[the_interloper]

Co workers who tell me how many emails they have in their inbox after the holidays, I really don't give a shit

 

[nobbyiscool]

I've had a cortisone injection close to my groin today that's gone quite badly, I have a full on paralysis in my right leg. The doctor? "Oh, you took an uber here? Great, you'll be fine to go home, I was worried you might've driven!"

Co workers who tell me how many emails they have in their inbox after the holidays, I really don't give a shit

I used to leave an out of office that essentially said "i'm taking time off, I'm not checking emails, contact me upon my return on x Jan"... and then I'd delete anything that came in during the holiday period without reading it.

Worked great until I had a boss who received my out of office during that time and bleeeeew up! I won the argument about the merits of my thinking, but I didn't win the war... (Not that it mattered, I'd left that job before the next xmas anyway.)

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Co workers who tell me how many emails they have in their inbox after the holidays, I really don't give a shit

People asking how i enjoyed my time off which included working through the holidays

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

I am a bee's dick away from complete burnout yewwww

 

[Dancing Potato]

I don't start back at work until Wednesday, but most people started back today.

I had to briefly jump into Outlook today to check a personal appointment I had put into my calendar before Christmas.

I told myself I wouldn't even glance at any emails because I knew I would immediately get irritated by something.

Accidentally glanced at the preview of the email at the top of my inbox and got so ****ing annoyed to see something along the lines of "This sounds like a problem, let's discuss ASAP with (me) when he's back on Wednesday".

Now I can't relax and won't be able to ease into my first day back.

 

[Cruyff14]

Co workers who tell me how many emails they have in their inbox after the holidays, I really don't give a shit

Just to shit you a bit more, I have another two weeks off.

 

[MP_]

Two weeks off work no back pain, first day back ****ing sciatica again.

 

[eddiesmith]

I don't start back at work until Wednesday, but most people started back today.

I had to briefly jump into Outlook today to check a personal appointment I had put into my calendar before Christmas.

I told myself I wouldn't even glance at any emails because I knew I would immediately get irritated by something.

Accidentally glanced at the preview of the email at the top of my inbox and got so ****ing annoyed to see something along the lines of "This sounds like a problem, let's discuss ASAP with (me) when he's back on Wednesday".

Now I can't relax and won't be able to ease into my first day back.

I’m not back until after Australia Day, but occasionally glance at emails as there are some important emails about the weather conditions I’m interested in. We’ve also had people working through as no holidays for the office, it’s open all year round. Seen 2-3 though from people that I’m like, ugh, but I won’t respond and put them on the right track, let them learn for themselves. One was saying we’re out of some tape, but I’m 99% sure there’s a few rolls in the cabinet next to my desk where I moved all the stationery before I went away, seems they’ve forgotten!!!

 

[rocker_oz33]

I’m not back until after Australia Day, but occasionally glance at emails as there are some important emails about the weather conditions I’m interested in. We’ve also had people working through as no holidays for the office, it’s open all year round. Seen 2-3 though from people that I’m like, ugh, but I won’t respond and put them on the right track, let them learn for themselves. One was saying we’re out of some tape, but I’m 99% sure there’s a few rolls in the cabinet next to my desk where I moved all the stationery before I went away, seems they’ve forgotten!!!

Are you going anywhere on your time off?

 

[rocker_oz33]

Two weeks off work no back pain, first day back ****ing sciatica again.

Throwing Hammers again ?

You'll be on the mend so MP.

 

[eddiesmith]

Are you going anywhere on your time off?

No, could have gone to QLD to play cricket but couldn’t be bothered. Going to the tennis instead.