Changing the subject, the Council workmen have just strimmed (a month too early) the wild flower/grass verge outside our boundary fence I was trying to encourage - including the wild flower plugs I'd only planted last month. I was praising them earlier for leaving it.
Perhaps try knocking off the price of your plugs and an hourly rate for the time you spent planting them ? A letter explaining the reason for your reduced payment ? You may well not get very far with this approach but at least you will make your point
Probably a waste of time @Phillipasmith2. I do appreciate however that the Council have to keep their workmen occupied and the strimming work has to be spread out over the City, they probably couldn't do the whole lot during August.
They have been turning our street trees into bog brushes at the exactly wrong time of year here. I try not to be a conspiracy theorist - but it's hard😐
They have been turning our street trees into bog brushes at the exactly wrong time of year here. I try not to be a conspiracy theorist - but it's hard😐
Always remember, what you think could be a conspiracy is usually just a mistake. Or words to that effect.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I'm not a fanbois for apple but they certainly used to have a differentiation. AIUI there was something about their OS that made it less prone to being affected by viruses the way Windows computers did. Something to do with different functions being protected from other functions drivers that have been breached. I think Windows ended up copying that to some degree. Also, the OS was always supposed to be better than Windows. At least that's what a few very computer literate people I know who made the switch to Apple Mac and macbooks.
With phones Android was always playing catch up for many years with Apple. IIRC they had a special project called project buttery to make their OS gestures work more smoothly back in the day. My experience of true smartphones started with galaxy S2 but before that I experienced the n95 from Nokia. At the time the most advanced phone. That was before apple iPhones.
With phones image isn't completely a negative it backed up and undoubtedly iPhones were originally well designed and made. When plastic bodies were the norm they came in with glass and aluminium chassis/edges. For years the design of iPhones were imitated by top end Android phones. Even now Android seems to be competing on looks with Apple iPhones.
Whatever is wrong with their business model the design differentiation was always there. Dyson tried to keep it with the bagless designs but that was doomed ultimately leaving nothing different in design or performance with other brands. Buy an overpriced Dyson vacuum you're just getting an overpriced vacuum. Even with Apple iPhones your getting a good, well designed phone or computer that does compete well on many levels not just image. I still prefer Android though.
PS whilst Apple have less apps on their ecosystem than Android there's still some more technical areas that the only good Apps available are all on Apple ecosystem.
I used to think my next PC would be an Apple after the fiascos with the launching Windows 8 and 10 but not any more. Don't want to be tied to any one technology system. Nor do I want a smart phone or a smart kettle or smart gates or smart shutters. Don't want to be trapped when it all fails. And it will.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I've not used Apple (Mac) computers so can't directly compare those to others, but as far as phones or MP3 players are concerned I can see no advantage of the Apple version over those from Samsung, Sony etc. What they do have is very effective marketing and a ready supply of what I would call "people with more money than sense".
That said, I am also of the mindset where I would want to pay less for clothes with logos on as I am effectively providing them with a walking billboard, or would be if I bought them.
Me too @KT53. I once drove OH mad because he said I needed trainers and I refused to buy any with a logo. Took nearly all day to find a pair, tramping in and out of shops and that was 30 years ago. I don't understand the need to advertise a brand or buy fake if you can't afford the real mcCoy.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
KT53, I love that,!! Only reason I got a Nokia in the first place,there was no phone line here, nearest phone box was emergency calls only. Used to see things I wanted a photo of,tended not to take the camera shopping. Desided a few months back to get a smartphone, because we wanted to volunteer at vaccine centers,I was also thinking of becoming a first responder for the ambulance service,both required smartphone,I do use the camera. First thing I noticed,and never thought of, doesn't fit in my pocket, like the Nokia,mind you most of my clothes don't have pockets.
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Perhaps try knocking off the price of your plugs and an hourly rate for the time you spent planting them ? A letter explaining the reason for your reduced payment ?
You may well not get very far with this approach but at least you will make your point
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
With phones Android was always playing catch up for many years with Apple. IIRC they had a special project called project buttery to make their OS gestures work more smoothly back in the day. My experience of true smartphones started with galaxy S2 but before that I experienced the n95 from Nokia. At the time the most advanced phone. That was before apple iPhones.
With phones image isn't completely a negative it backed up and undoubtedly iPhones were originally well designed and made. When plastic bodies were the norm they came in with glass and aluminium chassis/edges. For years the design of iPhones were imitated by top end Android phones. Even now Android seems to be competing on looks with Apple iPhones.
Whatever is wrong with their business model the design differentiation was always there. Dyson tried to keep it with the bagless designs but that was doomed ultimately leaving nothing different in design or performance with other brands. Buy an overpriced Dyson vacuum you're just getting an overpriced vacuum. Even with Apple iPhones your getting a good, well designed phone or computer that does compete well on many levels not just image. I still prefer Android though.
PS whilst Apple have less apps on their ecosystem than Android there's still some more technical areas that the only good Apps available are all on Apple ecosystem.