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Passwords, Internet Security and Website Hack - Suggestions?

I run a few core paasswords that are reasonably long and strong. Albeit eventually i do recycle here and there. Recently read this article and tried the haveibeenpwned …

Vaccinations - Any Doctors or Nurse Practitioners Here?

Hi all, Just wondering and curious from any doctors or registered nurse practitioners who give out shots/vaccinations always, if they could comment on my current situation. So I decided to finally …

Netflix Tax Invoices - Google Play Subscriptions Vs Direct Website

Hi all, Can anyone who subscribes through to netflix directly e.g. through the computer - comment on your monthly billing amounts - do you get an invoice with your address for the service etc (for …

Steam Cleaning Carpet in New Homes - Do or Don't?

Hi all, New house – past our 6+ months and so finally painting after giving time for settlement cracks to develop. The mrs is not that satisfied with my vacuuming of plaster dust when i sand down …

Buying a High Capacity Micro SDXC Card

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone knew of any retailers with decent aus stock/shipping times that would do 256 gb micro sdxc cards? Looking for the typical class 10, UHS-1 like the Samsung evo cards. …

NBN - Battery Backup Unit for NTD - yes or no?

Hi all, Just wondering if it's worth getting the battery backup unit (BBU) for one's FTTP NBN connection. It's free of charge currently - am getting Skymesh NBN finally after using …

New Phone - Chinese manufactured?

Hi all, I've always bought locally off plans or outright. Samsung s3 previously, finally redeemed with an xperia z3 and my days of battery life agony disappeared. I just hate the d6653 model …

Home Alarm System - New House - Advice Please

After some advice. Grew up without an alarm system until parents recent new house had one installed. Great peace of mind now - would love to install in my own place (new build). Am a complete …

Average Utilities Bills - financial comparison

Hi all, Just wondering what the average single person household (preferably, happy to hear all - please state how many persons if so) use in terms of water, gas, electricity etc. per bill – …

Traffic Infringement WA - appealing or requesting waiver possible?

Hi all, Received a traffic infringement fine relating to 1 April today. Real depressing as I was real pumped after getting my credit card fee waived for the first time and saving money in the …

Battery Life - Wanting a New Phone

Just curious on how anyone gets a standardized view of battery life these days? I'm currently perusing the optus sim + mobile plans bundles due to this deal on the BYO …

Sydney - Nice Restaurants with BYO for Next Weekend - Recommendations?

Hi all, Travelling over to Syd end of next week. Hoping to celebrate the mrs early birthday there on either sat or sunday night. Hopefully more options than over in Perth but can anyone suggest a …

Installing My Own Roller Blinds - Advice and Help Needed

Hi all! Greenie when it comes to DIY handman. Have moved out to my own house and I have ordered two roller blinds custom made from halfpriceblinds.com.au as a test run. Much cheaper than measure and …

South East Asia travel - Questions (Citibank, sim card, safety)

Hi all, Travelling through SE Asia later this month: Seoul (Korea), then Taipei, before flying into Guangzho for a day or two for a wedding, before going throuhg to Hong Kong via train. I then head …

DIY - Window Treatments

Hi all, Looking at the half price blinds online website which is the subsidiary of the local WA based ABC blinds - basically their online arm where you order same factory manufactured materials, …

Weekend Work - Earning Extra Money

Hi all, Anyone got any good ideas for earning some side income/extra money over the weekends? I work mon-fri in a full time professional finance role already, but with my current financial …

DIY - First time painting - newly built WA house

Hi all, Just after some tips from hopefully some seasoned painters, or even professional painters? Anyone else who has done their own DIY and done some hard yards reseach and learnt some painful or …

NBN Box on Side of House - Accessible or behind Gate?

Hi all, Just wondering - having built a new house: what is the standard or requirements regarding the NBN box that is on the side of your house next to the power meter box (the PCD boint I think …

Crappy Water Meter Placement - New Build

Hi guys, Anyone have any experience with water meter moving? Got a new house. Just got keys/handover and only really hit me after parents pointed out - the water meter is literally on the edge of …

New Home - Tradies and Handover Work Advice

Hi guys, any advice: new home - I didn't do a few things through builder so I need to organize: -Buying lighting, and the eventual electrician to install I have done my electricals through …

Xiaomi Battery Packs - Questions

Hi all, I bought the 10,000 maH xiaomi battery packs in june 2015 last year from gearbest after an ozb post from memory: http://www.gearbest.com/mobile-power-bank/pp_187685.html?cur... Just …

Android - Optimising Battery - Sony Xperia Z3

Hi all, Just curious how all Android users - although specifically those with a Sony Xperia Z3 or subsequent models - optimize battery life with their android phone? I was reading an old battery …

Insurance: Home and Contents - AAMI, RAC etc?

Hi all, So first time house builder/owner, reached practical completion so in order to make my final bank payment I need to get insurance in place. I was umm'ing and err'ing but basically …

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Jeju Air - Trouble Booking Flights Online - Given Name Input Box

Hi all, I have a problem trying to book a Jeju Air flight from Seoul (Incheon Airport) to Taipei (Taoyuan) airport for next year. Surely someone else has flown Jeju air or a korean airlines and had …

Eastern States for Snowboarding - Which Snow Resort for August 2016?

Hi guys, I've been to Mt BUller once before in 2014 (during that first week or so in July when it had a freak downpour) and so had a decent experience for a first timer snowboarding. Making …

amaysim

Amaysim - Voucher Stacking Fiasco - Thoughts?

Just wanted to see what others thought. I was one of those who scooped up amaysim vouchers when they were on special in woolies on ozbargain ($19 i think for a $44.95 plan voucher). Now, cashing in …

Perth - SOR Mechanic Recommendations

Been looking for an alternative to RAC for awhile. Just want someone honest and reliable (will charge and do only the work that's required and not for a quick sale, know's what they're …

Drove through a big puddle last night - thoughts?

Ok, so i probably shouldn't have, but last night's deluge of rain at night in Perth resulted in some big pooling of water in various areas and unfortunately i decided to cross one via the …

Japanese Green Tea Back into Aus

Hi all, Nearing the end of my big japan trip and loading up stage of all the green teas, and their packages sweets/desserts/biscuits you see all around. Has anyone actually been stopped and said …

Cable Locks for Travel Securing Luggage - Needed Asap

All, I have a decent hard case shell suitcase with number locks and built in locks, but have read it's suitable to have a good cable lock to secure your baggage to furniture when departing your …

Shredder for under $100 - Privacy Protection

Hi all, Just been reading about 'privacy' protection and shredding (in part spurred on by the recent forum post about the $500 fine from council and the OP's details being picked up …

Snowboarding - GoPro Mounts

Hi all, Heading to solo snowboard japan mid march - bought a GoPro Hero+ LCD model during the boxing day sales. Wanted advice from regular snowboarders what mounts work best for …

Urgent - Encrypting Windows 7 laptops

Hi all Urgent as i head to holidays in a few days. Anyone in the know how able to advise how best to encrpyt a) an old netbook, windows 7 start - n550 dual core atom, it is the aspire acer one …

Kitchen Mixer - Suggestions on What to Buy?

Hi all, So I need a Kitchen Mixer for an upcoming present/gift to the missus. Just needing some help from the kitchen gurus here - men or women - as to what to buy? Ideally i'd like to hope …

Booking direct with airlines or 3rd party?

Thoughts? Noticed sky scanner constantly puts up cheaper flights through 3rd parties like deNA travel, best jet.com, BYOjet(via sky scanner), helloworld.com.au etc. For a return flight on mid march …

Online Costume Hire - Recommendations?

Hi all, Superhero and villains themed christmas eve party at the gfs! Trying to dress to impress as im the sort who never does! Wondering if anyone has dealt with any good costume purchase stores …

Replacing RAC - Car Insurance (Coles or Others?)

Just wondering if anyone had any experience dealing with the Coles car insurance? I haven't quite gotten a quote yet but I perceive it'd be cheaper than RAC. I've got a 09 honda civic …

Best Visa or Mastercard Points Card Recommendations

Hi all, Ive got the amex card which racks up points already but find myself constantly missing out on points where many retailers dont accept amex and im forced to use my mastercard. Unfortunately …

[RESOLVED] Downloading from Google Drive - Troubleshooting Help Please

Hi all, I was kindly lent access to the public google drive of a guy who had a wealth of ebooks, mainly pdfs stored on his google drive. Google Ddrive allows me to download in bulk selected files, …

Australia Post

Does Australia Post Enforce Satchel Weights?

Hi all, Looking at mailing a book im selling to an interstate buyer. It's exactly/just above 500 g, maybe 600 g max with bubblewrap etc. Its only 26 x 16 x 3.5 cm max so well within a small …

Bricklayers - Midland/Austral Vs Brikmakers Bricks?

Would love to hear from builders, brickies (particularly) or anyone with a keen knowledge of the building materials/home industry. Have a dilemma of choosing a project volume builder for a first …

Best Home Loan Product

Hi all, FIrst time home buyer. Planning to pickup some land in Perth, circa 300k. Chuck a house on it for about 200-240k… stay in it for 6 months and get the grants, stamp duty, then rent the …

USA/Canada - Foreign Currency Options - Advice Needed

Hi guys, Just looking into changing cash over these next few days. Heading to the US and Canada for a combined month. GF wants $500 CAD too as she's meeting up in Canada in the end…. …

Sony Xperia Z3 Not Recognised on PC Via USB Cable

Hi guys. Z3 having issues recognising in windows 7 computer asus. Best i get is my usb 3 port recognising drivers to auto install but fails. The usb 2 ports dont prompt driver installation at …

Cleaning out The Wardrobe - What to Do with It?

So usually the cleaned out second hand clothes goto the good sammy collection bins etc. I don't know how efficiently these get used, sometimes i hear stories where they shred them into rags.. …

MicroSD Card Prices - for Xperia Z3 - Urgent

Hi guys. Short story is im overseas in kuala lumpur. Last day today. Don't have my laptop so no time to research pricing so just wondering if kind folks could advise me of rough prices for …

Telstra

Telstra USB Modem/Dongle - Unlock???

Hi guys, I bought this prepaid modem outright back in june/july as it was being phased out: http://www.telcoantennas.com.au/site/unlocked-telstra-e8278-... I believe it is a rebaded huawei …

Upgrading from S3 - Upgrade Suggestions?

Hi guys, So I have a S3 from early 2012 after having two or so htc one x screwing up (shitty battery life, went haywire once or twice so I kept losing my newest files, pictures etc, demanded a …

Virtual Router Software - Create Hotspot Laptops

Hi guys. Got a laptop with wifi that connects to work via ethernet cable. Just wonderingnis there a way to then hotspot by creating a wifi hotspot for my mobile to connect to? my laptop needs to …

Using third party booking websites for holidays

Hi all, I've used third parties before like hotelclub and kayak to book hotels, but never airlines. Just wondering, as kayak is pointing me through to expedia as having flights for $1595 for a …