Why Starbucks failed in Australia & how they’re re-establishing their name: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/07/why-starbucks-in-australia-was-a-massive-failure/
Dunno how they make a profit. A delivery to suit the MacBook Pro has just arrived. It’s a keyboard spill/dust cover that cost $8.99.
The same seller offers, for $9 more, the same thing plus a clear plastic shell for the top & bottom of the MacBook Pro and a (probably useless) screen protector.
‘I won’t accept the way you’ve lied!
We’re at war now!’ Donald cried,
‘Everything you say is crap!’
(He thought iRan was a fitness app).
Heard a steam train whistle about 40 minutes ago. It’s the first annual Snow Train, a 180 km each way trip from the city out to various regional stops. From those stops, buses go to cafes & restaurants, off to a ski-field (hence the name Snow Train) & eventually to a town where the two big locos can be turned around on the turntable.
There’s another Snow Train running next week, too, this time on Sunday.
I followed it partway on its outward journey last year, got some great photos & videos.
https://www.steamrail.com.au/documents/brochures/2018/2018_SnowTrains.pdf
@hazardwarning On Tuesday, July 31st, the next episode will feature a lamppost called Maeve.
I’ve been driving for over 40 years & this is the first time I’ve been pinged by a red-light camera.
Found a traffic infriungement notice in the mailbox today. When I was bringing my mother back to the rehab hospital from another hospital where she’d had an MRI scan done, I ran a red light. No doubt of it, I’ve seen the photos the camera took.
$403 worth of ouch.