Contacted a sensible person at the ISP/carrier who was able to tell me that my new bundled connection is the National Broadband Network 400 GB per month internet component & my original phone number. I can ignore the letter that says my phone number will cost $39 per month, he confirmed the old original phone number is included in the NBN bundle.

It's not so much the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing; it's more that the right hand doesn't know the left hand exists while the left hand knows all about the right hand.

And I worked for that mob for 31 years. No wonder I'm a mental case & a nervous wreck.

2016-09-06T05:18:50Z

Incompetent trollop in carrier's local shop can't understand my concerns. I had a bundled internet connection consisting of FTTN @ 400 GB per month & a home phone connection for $89. Some idiot has disconnected the home phone component & issued my old home phone number (which had been changed for another when the FTTN replaced the ADSL) as a separate $39 per month component.
They were supposed to disconnect the ADSL & associated phone number when the FTTN came along. Instead the sods renewed the ADSL for an extra 2 years.
I contacted some helpful person who, as far as I was concerned, fixed everything to my satisfaction by disassociating the ADSL & phone number from my address. I'm waiting on her to contact me again.
Hateful bunch of morons.

2016-09-06T04:56:23Z

Seems the carrier has screwed up again. My original phone number that they suddenly reconnected yesterday is going to cost me $38 per month. That's what they think. It won't happen, I know I can get action by directly contacting the CEO and explaining the situation to him. I'm supposed to have a phone connection supplied via the National Broadband Network, which is independent of the carrier.
I'm getting seriously pissed off here.

2016-09-06T02:59:48Z

Indeed it does.

2016-09-06T01:53:02Z

That previous post was via Blurbybot. I'm impressed.

2016-09-06T00:58:57Z

Mum’s 86th birthday today. She’s alone now, so I’m spending the day with her. Two of her friends will be bringing lunch in an hour or so, I’ll prepare a chicken curry & noodles dish for myself.

2016-09-06T00:56:05Z

AeroPress experience at Mum's place is different to mine at home because Mum's using the last of the extra-strong Witches Brew from Coffeeworks in northern Queensland while I'm using a milder blend from the same source. I also use bigger cups. The pic shows my current brew at home.

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2016-09-06T00:26:02Z

Started doing a surface scan with Tech Tool Pro on an external drive connected to the MacBook Pro which, as an older model, has USB 2, FW 800 or Thunderbolt connections. The Thunderbolt drive interface is in use on the MBA, & a backup drive is in the FW port. TTP reported the scan was going to take over 2 hours.
Out comes the secret weapon: a Kanex Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet/USB 3 adaptor.

With the drive connected via that interface, the test time was cut to 20 minutes.

2016-09-05T14:49:39Z

Mine, I suspect. One of my invitations was redeemed 24 minutes ago. One supplied didn't work.

//

2016-09-05T14:17:05Z

I spotted a three hour break.

// @kdfrawg

2016-09-05T14:10:57Z