Stuff that happened to you that doesnt deserve a thread

[Room Fogger]

Best day of my life!

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Congratulations @Jp1905 , have a ball with the new bundle of joy that your family have been graced with. Enjoy the little one while they are small, they grow up too fast.

 

[RenaldoRheeder]

Congratulations @Jp1905. May you and your wife be blessed beyond your wildest dreams. Enjoy parenthood


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[Andre]

Best day of my life!

Congratulations on the precious new life.

 

[craigb]

@Jp1905 , becoming a parent is definitely one of the things that deserves its own thread!!!

Happy Fathers Day for Sunday bud

 

[Stosta]

Best day of my life!

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Oh wow! Congrats man! Truly a humbling experience!

Enjoy those soft little cries while they're exactly that! Your perception of the world is about to be thrown upside down, you're going to be amazed at the good things coming your way.

 

[Cornelius]

Congrats @Jp1905 , truly life's biggest blessing. Enjoy every moment, they grow up very quickly!

 

[Silver]

Finally got my driver's license !!
Technically I only cleared the test, they were not able to issue me a license because their systems were down , so I have to go back on Monday to get my temp license. But I was never so happy to get a license before !!!

Congrats @Faiyaz Cheulkar , now you can drive to all the vape shops - hehe

 

[Silver]

Best day of my life!

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Oh wow , congrats @Jp1905
Wishing you guys all the best and huge joy!

 

[Hooked]

Congrats Jp1905 and wife!

 

[Dietz]

Best day of my life!

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@Jp1905 Congratulations Bud, That is truly an amazing Moment and I wish you and your family Only Love and Happiness together!!

 

[RainstormZA]

Congrats @Jp1905!

 

[Anvil]

Best day of my life!

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Congratulations @Jp1905 ! All the best to you and the Mrs! Enjoy every moment bud and happy father's day for Sunday!

 

[Tashy]

Best day of my life!

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Congratulations! It's a blessing to have children.

 

[Room Fogger]

Feels like yesterday that you posted this on the thread, and today those booties are filled.


Happy Fathersday for Sunday ! You can send us a 20 liter drum of Havana Nights to assist in the celebrations, we can have a vape meet with minimal Organisation. I will even have a bottle of nic ready for those that like it a bit rough around the edges, the rest will have to be happy with 2mg. Don’t send it to @TheV , he is a zero nic Guy, and @Silver will have all of us doing a silver. Pick another trusted person.

Just joking but just wanted to say time flies and this post is the proof!

 

[Bulldog]

Congrats @Jp1905

 

[ARYANTO]

It is definitely a rain spider that I've got - like the last 2 pics you've sent (not the first one I found on the property though). I aint going anywhere near to take a pic though. Yeah I have an irational fear of arachnids. I could be over exaggerating but Im pretty sure it was at least a metre long and was muttering something in Latin to me (around 15cm in non-irational-language). How do you cope and still manage to trap the buggers? If it was in my house I could almost guarantee a "gas-leak accident".

I would much rather have a pigeon problem than the odd huntsman roaming around and ready to terrorise innocent folk merely trying to park their vehicles. Wind chimes (the aluminium ones) work really well to deter pigeons, infact anything that reflects light into their general approach direction (foil pans, mirrors etc). Ive not seen any pigeons in our current place at all, but we've got 2 owls living in one of the trees so I assume they intimidate the winged rodents.

thumbs up for the owls !!

 

[craigb]

Vent ahead :
So an individual that i know ( I hesitate to refer to him as a man, so we shall just use him/he for this tale)

He's got a beautiful, witty little daughter about 4 years old. He and the mother are separated with the mother looking after the little one most of the time.

He gets as much time as he wants with her, but chooses (yes, I used chooses intentionally ) not to make use of the extra time unless it inconveniences the mother. During "his" allocated time, half the time she is left with his mother or landlady for babysitting while he goes out golfing, carousing or whatever other k@k people like him get up to.

How many fathers are denied access to their kids that would kill for just 1 hour a month, how many parents have lost children that wish for just 5 more minutes!

It just makes me so angry. If the time away is because of work, that's understandable because then you are in theory building a better future for your kid, but when it's to hit a little ball around or get pissed? Jirrr, makes me the moer in.

 

[RainstormZA]

Vent ahead :
So an individual that i know ( I hesitate to refer to him as a man, so we shall just use him/he for this tale)

He's got a beautiful, witty little daughter about 4 years old. He and the mother are separated with the mother looking after the little one most of the time.

He gets as much time as he wants with her, but chooses (yes, I used chooses intentionally ) not to make use of the extra time unless it inconveniences the mother. During "his" allocated time, half the time she is left with his mother or landlady for babysitting while he goes out golfing, carousing or whatever other k@k people like him get up to.

How many fathers are denied access to their kids that would kill for just 1 hour a month, how many parents have lost children that wish for just 5 more minutes!

It just makes me so angry. If the time away is because of work, that's understandable because then you are in theory building a better future for your kid, but when it's to hit a little ball around or get pissed? Jirrr, makes me the moer in.

I know of a guy that did the same to his son - goes off fishing and riding motocross. The kid's stepfather does better job of being a dad - the mother is one of my good friends...

 

[RainstormZA]

Interesting times we live in. I found this article on LinkedIn when I was updating my profile and stuff.

An estimated 1.9 billion global bank customers will be using biometrics to access everyday banking services by the end of 2020.

This is according to the Goode Intelligence's latest research, Biometrics for Banking; Market and Technology Analysis, Adoption Strategies and Forecasts 2018-2023: Second Edition, which highlights that consumer-led adoption of biometric authentication for banking purposes is a on the rise and that by 2023 it will contribute $4.8 billion in revenue for companies involved in delivering biometric systems to the banking industry.

Alan Goode, founder and CEO of Goode Intelligence and author of the report, says biometrics for banking is increasingly a vital part of a bank's toolkit in the never-ending task of reducing financial fraud.

"Biometric vendors are experiencing tremendous growth on the back of the escalation of consumer-led adoption of biometric authentication.

"Biometrics for banking is increasingly a vital part of a bank's toolkit in the never-ending task of reducing financial fraud and ensuring that customers can conveniently prove their identity when accessing bank services, resulting in smarter identity verification and authentication for the customer-first bank.

"We have seen that the technology is being rapidly deployed to support a wide range of banking services, from the traditional to the new banking channels.

See also
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Millennials more likely to use biometric authentication
"Customer experience and convenience are major drivers for the adoption of biometrics by agile third parties wanting to differentiate their services with each other: it will be an ultra-competitive market and biometric authentication could be a key differentiator."

According to the research, customers will be using biometrics to withdraw cash from ATMs, prove their identity when contacting their bank via telephone (both actively and passively), prove identity for digital on-boarding and access digital bank services through an increasing number of connected IOT devices.

Adds Goode: "We are only at the beginning of a movement that allows bank customers to access banking services from a wide range of intelligent connected devices.

"The availability of secure banking APIs, part of the Open Banking movement, is allowing third parties to integrate banking services into their devices and services allowing bank customers to better manage their day-to-day finances.

"Biometric technology is fast becoming the glue that binds this technology together. Of course, treating biometrics as an important tool for banks, rather than thinking of it as a silver bullet, is vital in ensuring that digital transformation projects that leverage biometric technology are successful."


Local adoption: Capitec, FNB
George Kalebaila, director of telecoms and Internet of things for IDC, says that although the use of biometric as a form of identification and authentication is growing locally, it is yet to become mainstream.

"Given the high rate of ATM fraud in SA, use of biometrics in banking is a welcome trend. For now however it may be just for marketing value, but this trend might quickly become mainstream, especially in urban areas, as banks avoid to be seen as lagging behind."

Local bank Capitec first introduced the use of biometric verification technology in 2009.

According to Charl Nel, head of communications for Capitec, it wanted to provide increased security for client transactions and lower banking fees.

"Capitec's business model right from the start included fingerprint biometrics as an identifier. No need for signatures and comparing signatures, and also much safer. It also enables us to move towards a paperless environment in branches.

Last month, First National Bank introduced a mini-ATM that uses biometrics as a means of validation on self-service devices. Lee-Anne van Zyl, CEO of FNB Points of Presence, says the TouchPoint device biometric validation works by scanning a customer's fingerprint and is able to detect false fingerprints to prevent fraud. It allows users to open new accounts by reading a client's thumb print.

"The identity of the customer is then verified with the Department of Home Affairs to ensure the self-service account opening complies with the relevant laws. It functions as a self-service kiosk from which customers can make transfers and payments, view statements, purchase airtime and electricity, and perform card cancellations. The device is smaller than a normal ATM but does not contain cash," she notes.

Touchpoint was first piloted in Gauteng in November 2017 at the Garankuwa and Diepsloot branches. Over the next six months, the bank aims to introduce 50 TouchPoint devices in select townships.

Source: https://itweb.co.za/content/G98YdqLxO3nqX2PD

 

[Faiyaz Cheulkar]

Why do some people here use "must" instead of "please" or "may".
My landline rang so I answered the phone, it was for my wife. I informed the lady on the phone that she is busy offering prayers and i can take a message, her reply "you must ask her to call on 12345", I mean what the f*** , where is your politeness, don't they teach you basic call etiquettes ??
Not only this incident today, this has happened several times with me, "you must go there", " you must look there".
I won't go there, I won't look there who the f*** are u to tell me.

 

[Raindance]

Why do some people here use "must" instead of "please" or "may".
My landline rang so I answered the phone, it was for my wife. I informed the lady on the phone that she is busy offering prayers and i can take a message, her reply "you must ask her to call on 12345", I mean what the f*** , where is your politeness, don't they teach you basic call etiquettes ??
Not only this incident today, this has happened several times with me, "you must go there", " you must look there".
I won't go there, I won't look there who the f*** are u to tell me.

I share your annoyance but please consider that it is a cultural difference and not meant as an instruction as such. The ex was of British decent and it seems to have its origins from there. "So and so says you must do this and that" Now if you want to piss me off tell me what I must do because it says so on Facebook. I take things very literally, and tend to be a bit OCD where meanings and conotations are concerned so right there with you buddy!

Regards

 

[Faiyaz Cheulkar]

I share your annoyance but please consider that it is a cultural difference and not meant as an instruction as such. The ex was of British decent and it seems to have its origins from there. "So and so says you must do this and that" Now if you want to piss me off tell me what I must do because it says so on Facebook. I take things very literally, and tend to be a bit OCD where meanings and conotations are concerned so right there with you buddy!

Regards

I always thought the British are the polite ones !!!
When I started my career in IT, my first job was for company who had developed a software for Vodafone UK, we used to provide software support to the employees using that software in UK. There was obviously a cultural gap so we were given 7 days cultural training by a brit who specially came from the UK for this purpose. The first thing he taught us was the difference between words like "you can", "you may", "you must".
Now it's so well programmed in my head that when some one says "you must" I feel like giving them nice lengthy lecture on "why you must not use must".

 

[Raindance]

I always thought the British are the polite ones !!!
When I started my career in IT, my first job was for company who had developed a software for Vodafone UK, we used to provide software support to the employees using that software in UK. There was obviously a cultural gap so we were given 7 days cultural training by a brit who specially came from the UK for this purpose. The first thing he taught us was the difference between words like "you can", "you may", "you must".
Now it's so well programmed in my head that when some one says "you must" I feel like giving them nice lengthy lecture on "why you must not use must".

Depends on the relationship and your status therein. Part of the games people play.

Google 48 laws of power.

Regards

 

[Faiyaz Cheulkar]

Wow

Depends on the relationship and your status therein. Part of the games people play.

Google 48 laws of power.

Regards

That's an interesting book, placing an order on loot.co.za

 

[Hooked]

Why do some people here use "must" instead of "please" or "may".
My landline rang so I answered the phone, it was for my wife. I informed the lady on the phone that she is busy offering prayers and i can take a message, her reply "you must ask her to call on 12345", I mean what the f*** , where is your politeness, don't they teach you basic call etiquettes ??
Not only this incident today, this has happened several times with me, "you must go there", " you must look there".
I won't go there, I won't look there who the f*** are u to tell me.

@Faiyaz Cheulkar I can understand your annoyance, but I MUST say I've never heard that. Usually people would say, "Could you please ask her to call ..."

What really bugs me is when I get a sales call and they address me by my first name. I've never met them, I didn't ask them to call and we're not friends!!