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the pebble watch died before covid but I reused the watch case + cable to connect a thermal probe in a basked in my…

I bought a couple from Ali, both started failing way sooner than the original cable worked fine only for a year or so. Bad design indeed,…

even 2x wide wheel do not move easily, easier at best...

Both Optus and Voda suck 50km around Batemans Bay == regional NSW. ymmv.

as far as I noticed they only drop that much that fast if they are AGM and the car is "smart" and undercharges the battery (like all recent…

and both Google and Anytrip have no schedule at all as Action buses started new schedule from today, like a Christmas present :)

it is 4 yrs in countries with proper winter (-20C, like Russia or Canada) but not here.

one comment from that reddit says though: > I just grabbed one, same model. But unfortunately it had a barracuda inside. The date of…

but not in the Ikea app as their system thinks it is discontinued product :-) Well, this was the case on Sunday, looks like they fixed it…

My local Ikea (Canberra) finally got laddas, still made in Japan.

BLK10/15 do not work for me, ebay tells me to use BLFR10 instead. Also Kogan also sells Garmin Forerunner 955 with BLFR10 is 504$.

So when the patient is private, the state stops paying (except that 25% of MBS) and the rest is paid by the fund? Cannot the hospital pay…

How are the hospitals paid in the case of private admission? I understand the doctors part but for bed/nurses/theatres - the state won't…

they say in the hospital that doctors need to participate in something, may be one of these "no gap" schemes.

ahh one more thing - every time the public hospital asks if I want to be admitted as private or public. And I always ask what difference…

It is not even about fair, it is about knowing the whole price upfront and the cap if something goes wrong (hence "private _*insurance*_").…

> Is it really this hard? yes > I see specialist. He says you need xyz. good > I tell him I have Top Bupa. He says, your out of pocket…

thanks for the essays, really appreciated. The complexity is ok, it is (still) just hard to believe that the government forces me to…

Thanks for the essay. Yeah I do not know what confuses me most :-) I think my issues are: 1) yes, I cannot get the amount to spend, even…

HCF claims they pay some doctors more so they are more likely to agree to work for the insurance money but then they send to healthshare…

Any private surgeon in any private hospital no matter which fund, or you are with above mentioned "Doctor's Health Fund"?

thanks, this math actually makes sense. How do you tell who is top tier? By healthshare saying "Medicover scheme in 0% of admissions",…

so what, cheapest bronze + no extras for ATO and jump between them for singon bonus or free period == only true ozb way?

Trying to figure out private health insurance, again. Sorry if too long. tl;dr: which health fund is better with hospital-related rebates…

When I left my employer with corporate HCF plan, I called HCF if I can keep it and they said that if I did not call - I could keep the…

sell stocks, move money to Aus, send it to ATO. And the remainder does not have to be in Australia at any time.

I cannot get past "The information provided does not meet the requirements to trade Stocks", I have to pass on that, I guess :-/

yeah, "vest", sorry. btw Webull emailed back "You can make a deposit with USD just note there is a $1 fee charged by our partner bank for…

To get proceeds from trading in the USA in AUD, the money will go via USD->AUD->USD (to do rading) -> AUD = 3 conversions vs 1. How is 3…

I work for an US company and received cash salary in AUD but RSUs in USD, and when they west - they are still in the USA (us.etrade.com).…