Random Irritations

[Deleted member 21784]

Have you tested the wipe - then recover function? Remote lock is fine, but surely it auto-locks after 30 secs or so of inactivity anyway,

Indeed auto lock does work but remote lock logs it out of your Google account so if someone accessed the device by guessing the pin code they can't get further

I have tested the remote wipe function before when getting rid of a phone, soon as it's turned on it wipes

Like @BiMGuy says soon as you know it's stolen you wipe it then use your back ups to restore , the annoying part is getting your apps back just takes a bit of time but normally does it automatically

 

[paddyjk]

Back from a week in Budapest, didn't take any cash at all and didn't need any. Credit card did the biz.

 

[Budds]

Not only does some modern smart tech require effort to operate, sometimes it's a distinct step backwards.

Prime example: My wife has a Fitbit, and it's also her watch.
When we go abroad on holiday, it's impossible to change the time on the watch unless she has an internet connection available on her phone

Yep, there can be as much or more inconvenience with tech as convenience.

 

[ColchesterFC]

We've just come back from a week in Spain and used Google pay for pretty much everything. We had to leave €28 tourist tax in cash at our apt but otherwise that was it for cash.

Earlier in the year we had a long weekend in krakow. That was 100% cashless.

It's becoming standard now.

We're off to Spain in a couple of weeks and will be taking a couple of hundred Euros in cash. This is simply because at the resort we're staying in you have to pay a deposit for the all inclusive wristbands, a security deposit for the room, a deposit for towels for the waterpark etc and we've seen comments from previous guests that if you pay on a card it can take several weeks for it to be refunded. With cash you get it back at the end of the week and I'll simply use it the next time I go away for work. I'd forgotten about the tourist tax so will have to check if that's already paid up front or if I'll have to pay that in cash as well.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Random irritations here please, We can start a separate cyber security thread if you like

 

[Deleted member 21784]

We're off to Spain in a couple of weeks and will be taking a couple of hundred Euros in cash. This is simply because at the resort we're staying in you have to pay a deposit for the all inclusive wristbands, a security deposit for the room, a deposit for towels for the waterpark etc and we've seen comments from previous guests that if you pay on a card it can take several weeks for it to be refunded. With cash you get it back at the end of the week and I'll simply use it the next time I go away for work. I'd forgotten about the tourist tax so will have to check if that's already paid up front or if I'll have to pay that in cash as well.

Defo the most useful post was @Lord Tyrion about the tourist tax .. I had forgotten aswell

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Thanks for that had totally forgot the tax

It seems to be 1.2 a night for 4 star over 16 only so should be about 34

I wish they would just roll it in to the cost of the holiday. I (I’ll blame the wife) always forget about it.

Two rooms in Italy this week is €84. Whilst it won’t break the bank it’s the equivalent of a nice lunch.

The resort fee in New York at Christmas was just daylight robbery @ $35 per day per room. Although that could be used against breakfast in the hotel. So the boy and I had a $70 breakfast every morning. And then the wife made a complaint about some noise and they refunded the whole resort fee

 

[AmandaJR]

Three pages of the same irritation is irritating - although further evidence we're not all grumpy and why this thread is bigger than the gladden one (I think)!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Apologies, I was enjoying the debate and completely forgot this was in the irritation thread. Anyway, I think it has reached its natural conclusion now. Back to today's irritations .

Okay I'll start. Giving women's football teams rubbish names, Matilda's, Lionesses . Call them what they are, Australia and England.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

…and just a wee bit irritating that I know I can’t correct or disagree with what I might consider a ‘mistaken’ irritation posted by another. It’s their irritation. But that doesn’t mean I couldn’t help ease their irritation (or suggest that they might be talking tosh)

But only a wee bit…not actually that bothered.

 

[cliveb]

But a fit bit is not a bit of tech that is a. Vital and b. Overly needed on a holiday

I mean I won't be taking my laptop. Tablet or Garmin with me abroad but they are 3 of my most used techs at home

I guess you don't have a Fitbit. (Neither do I).
But those who DO have them seem to regard them as essential devices that must be worn at all times - to monitor their heart rate, sleep pattern, activity levels, etc.

 

[Orikoru]

Apologies, I was enjoying the debate and completely forgot this was in the irritation thread. Anyway, I think it has reached its natural conclusion now. Back to today's irritations .

Okay I'll start. Giving women's football teams rubbish names, Matilda's, Lionesses . Call them what they are, Australia and England.

Australia women* and England women* please. Otherwise it's confusing and creates clickbait headlines. Matildas is a crap nickname but at least I know who they're talking about immediately.

 

[AmandaJR]

I can live with Lionesses - but Matildas?? Really! Sounds like an old lady's hair salon!

 

[Patster1969]

I can live with Lionesses - but Matildas?? Really! Sounds like an old lady's hair salon!

Or a tea shop

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Vicky Sparks.

 

[Orikoru]

Only if we also use Australia men and England men to refer to the men’s teams.

Why? If you hear 'England' you assume the men's team. There's no need to specify something unless it goes against the likely assumption. This is not about equality but simply about it being clear who you're talking about. If you saw a headline saying "Chelsea sack manager" you'd assume the men's team first wouldn't you?

That said, I'm not going to object to the men's team being called England men, no skin off my nose.

 

[Budds]

I can live with Lionesses - but Matildas?? Really! Sounds like an old lady's hair salon!

Rather better than 'Swags' or 'Backpackers' which is what a matilda is a colloquial reference to. Plenty of unique Austrlian animals, the traditional source of alternative names still available. Though I dont think Platypuses, Wombats or Cockatoos would be very popular. .

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The Aussies have always “named” their sports teams

Now sure why we have though

 

[BrianM]

Back to work today after 3 weeks off, in truth I could probably do with it after the amount of food and drink consumed on holiday

 

[bobmac]

Seems a bad year for wasps. Had to remove all my not yet ripe strawberries and flowers to stop them causing havoc at the allotment. It was like a nest of them amongst the ripe fruit. Also barely get through a workout in my gym (conservatory) without one or two coming in to add to the effort level as I frantically try to kill them.

Get an old jam jar, hammer some holes in the lid big enough for wasps to crawl through then half fill the jar with honey or somthing similar.
Works a treat.