Things that irritate you - Part 2

[PhireSide]

My brother in law does this is he has too much money and too little time, wired a socket to his cars and bikes that he doesn't drive often, hides just under the bumper on his M6 so popping the trickle charger on is easy peasy instead of opening the bonnet.

Those things are so handy. And all you do is buy extra kits for each battery and you can rotate the one charger between all your standing vehicles with ease. No fiddling with crocodile clips and nonsense like that. It bolts on to your terminal connectors and won't come loose easily.

I know DEFA also sells them, but I am not sure how well they perform. They seem like a nice Ctek alternative but the pricing is more or less the same.

Now I want one just for the sake of it

 

[Splinter]

, I'd say just halfway between knee and testee height,

This doesn't help with determining height - we have no idea how low your testicles hang

 

[ArmatageShanks]

This doesn't help with determining height - we have no idea how low your testicles hang

Well technically they float so.

 

[Splinter]

Well technically they float so.

So could actually be at nipple height then?

 

[dualmeister]

Loadshedding. Go to Woolworths. Can only pay with cash. Go to ATM. ATM offline. Fook.

 

[TribbleZA]

Loadshedding. Go to Woolworths. Can only pay with cash. Go to ATM. ATM offline. Fook.

Yep that is loadshedding for you. The banks and ATMs go down so no digital transactions

 

[Lupus]

Power being out for 14 hours and counting.

 

[Sinbad]

Yep that is loadshedding for you. The banks and ATMs go down so no digital transactions

Banks do not go down. At least proper ones.

 

[Lupus]

Banks do not go down. At least proper ones.

They do after 24 hours

 

[Sinbad]

They do after 24 hours

No. They don't.

 

[Lupus]

No. They don't.

They do, the batteries do give in after that. But it's possible that the batteries didn't charge after load shedding 3 hours before.

 

[Sinbad]

They do, the batteries do give in after that. But it's possible that the batteries didn't charge after load shedding 3 hours before.

LOL you think banks ONLY run on UPS?

The UPS runs for like 30 seconds while the multi-megawatt diesel generators start and stabilise. And the literal lake of diesel in the underground tanks will last for days, and there are contingent supply contracts in place, including full tankers parked in strategic locations on standby,

 

[Lupus]

LOL you think banks ONLY run on UPS?

The UPS runs for like 30 seconds while the multi-megawatt diesel generators start and stabilise. And the literal lake of diesel in the underground tanks will last for days, and there are contingent supply contracts in place, including full tankers parked in strategic locations on standby,

I was talking about ATMs, seems I got my lines crossed.

 

[TribbleZA]

LOL you think banks ONLY run on UPS?

The UPS runs for like 30 seconds while the multi-megawatt diesel generators start and stabilise. And the literal lake of diesel in the underground tanks will last for days, and there are contingent supply contracts in place, including full tankers parked in strategic locations on standby,

You clearly haven't visited our area during loadshedding. Branches in the mall and ATMs are off.

 

[Sinbad]

You clearly haven't visited our area during loadshedding. Branches in the mall and ATMs are off.

Branches and ATMs aren't the bank though. I was referring to the data centers.

 

[TribbleZA]

Branches and ATMs aren't the bank though. I was referring to the data centers.

I was talking about branches and ATMs. Those are what we need to access while in a mall. And with cell towers often down, you cannot make card payments

 

[The_Librarian]

So it is wise to have a wad of cash somewhere in case of eventualities like these.

 

[PhireSide]

So it is wise to have a wad of cash somewhere in case of eventualities like these.

If you have one please pass it this way. Ta.

 

[The_Librarian]

Parasitical SoE's

 

[The_Librarian]

Loadshedding and CellC.