Night Owls Chatterboxes - Part LXXII
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Tried to sign up for Sundown, but the stupid site refused to accept payment from my debit card.
To hell with this e-transaction thingie in particular and newfangled technologies in general. Face-to-face transactions are still the way to go.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Tried to sign up for Sundown, but the stupid site refused to accept payment from my debit card.
To hell with this e-transaction thingie in particular and newfangled technologies in general. Face-to-face transactions are still the way to go.
going down to running lab (i think?) to do it then? 21km or 42km?btw did you notice the price differential between 21 and 42km? not much in terms of $ but the training, pain, soreness are worlds apart!
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Sorry, it's a total in that region and around 7 million a year.
ok, it doesn't sound as bad as the initial figure -
finally done packing! xmas eve dinner then service.
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Originally posted by cassie:
going down to running lab (i think?) to do it then? 21km or 42km?btw did you notice the price differential between 21 and 42km? not much in terms of $ but the training, pain, soreness are worlds apart!
Need to go down to their office.... somewhere in Raffles Place.
Call me an old timer, but I have never gotten comfortable with this whole concept of online payments. Internet-based transactions are never as secure and reliable as face-to-face transactions.
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evening
big traffic mess at Orchard
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Originally posted by sbst275:
evening
big traffic mess at Orchard
That's not surprising at all...
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woots, merry christmas everybody
hohoho
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
That's not surprising at all...
1) staggered bus stop formation creates havoc for bus lane2) TP closes the Orchard Rd/ Paterson Rd/ Scotts Rd junction for cars to enter Orchard Rd (I suspect cos other junctions could be terribly clogged)
3) public buses affected by closure and some svs like 502 are alrdy having shortage of buses for e crowd
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Originally posted by sbst275:
1) staggered bus stop formation creates havoc for bus lane2) TP closes the Orchard Rd/ Paterson Rd/ Scotts Rd junction for cars to enter Orchard Rd (I suspect cos other junctions could be terribly clogged)
3) public buses affected by closure and some svs like 502 are alrdy having shortage of buses for e crowd
It could have been worse, like if it was raining...
Merry Crimbo, everyone.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
It could have been worse, like if it was raining...
Merry Crimbo, everyone.
I'm thinking during christmas season they make a special bus lane routing for e buses. So ppl taking public tpt can still beat e car population as far as possible -
Originally posted by sbst275:
I'm thinking during christmas season they make a special bus lane routing for e buses. So ppl taking public tpt can still beat e car population as far as possiblePeople don't pay a shitload of taxes and running costs just to get to their destination later than public transport. Why should plebeians expect to get around more quickly?
[/minister Jeremy Clarkson mode]
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
People don't pay a shitload of taxes and running costs just to get to their destination later than public transport. Why should plebeians expect to get around more quickly?
[/minister Jeremy Clarkson mode]
but buses pay e most road tax value wo, $2000 per yearpublic tpt will die die has to be e backbone for a densely populated Singapore like it or not.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
but buses pay e most road tax value wo, $2000 per yearpublic tpt will die die has to be e backbone for a densely populated Singapore like it or not.
You do realise that I was being sarcastic, don't you?
I'm off to bed now, gotta get up for Mass at dawn later.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
You do realise that I was being sarcastic, don't you?
I'm off to bed now, gotta get up for Mass at dawn later.
I knowbut then end up in reality Singapore buses end up pay most road tax and ERP
oh yesh, reminds of 1 Volvo VIP police car just now. using e siren to try to alert the TP at e junction to let e vehicle pass first. keep on press e siren
even SBS bus uncle all patiently wait though schedule gone heywired they never blast horn
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Merry Christmas to Everybody...
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my hands still smell like onions from marinating the bloody pork..
it had better be good tomorrow
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just came back from folks planned BBQ
oh wells. it's tiring. Oh wells, realised if use veg oil as oil spread for BBQ it's better and cooks e cook more uniformly.
tat NTUC Fairprice thread is getting funny.
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links for the night... they involve fireworks...
=> what a UAV sees when you try to kill it with fireworks
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For the past few days my internet connection has been erratic.
Somehow I think it has something to do with the new Mio thingamajig that my family just subscribed to recently. My old Singnet broadband never gave these problems.
And it's not just my PC, because my siblings are all complaining the same thing with their own laptops.
*me flashes the finger at Singtel*
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Starhub blew up for a while, they could not fix the channels.. so they opened ALL the channels to everyone until they can fix it
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evening
likely to sleep early tonight. Going off to Boon Lay to see e possible interchange mess tml. The new interchange is way smaller than e old interchange. Today non working day alrdy have buses dun have enough parking space.
small until SBS dare not move e NTU svs over, for it's long queue length will create stampede
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evening..
wooh..Charice performed on the singapore idle...she marked the proper standard, really prove all the contestants like CMI..
i heard the group performance, wah lao...no ears hear.. !
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oki.. time to sleep
long day tmr :(
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oh well
PAP Times suddenly so diplomatic
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_470969.html
"COMMUTERS who breezed through the new Boon Lay bus interchange on Sunday have a team of SBS staff to thank for their smooth ride."
Honestly there was real lots of SBS staff at Boon Lay today, from e old int to e MRT station to outside and inside Jurong Point guiding and giving out phamplets to commuters.
ah well, off to sleep. going to see e fusterclark tml at e new int