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πŸ†Ž · 4w
Monzo eventually refunded the 31.99 they owed me, which they multiple times claimed they did not owe me. Monzo nevertheless followed through their complaints process, and found in my favour, and off...
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I closed the credit card that they offered essentially zero support with when I got ripped off by a fake website (it was a VERY convincing site, several colleagues saw it and agreed).

But I’ll keep the current account aspect open for now as it’s useful to have a spare. I was intending to close everything, but their complaint handling ultimately did save my custom.
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Monzo eventually refunded the 31.99 they owed me, which they multiple times claimed they did not owe me.

Monzo nevertheless followed through their complaints process, and found in my favour, and offered me Β£50, which I accepted.

Still, shit company, disrecommended.
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πŸ†Ž · 4w
I closed the credit card that they offered essentially zero support with when I got ripped off by a fake website (it was a VERY convincing site, several colleagues saw it and agreed). But I’ll keep the current account aspect open for now as it’s useful to have a spare. I was intending to close...
πŸ†Ž · 5w
There's a youtuber I watch called WoodWorkzLA. His side hustle is that he makes custom planters and privacy screens for people's gardens/balconies in the LA area. He makes everything out of Cedar "pi...
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2/2

He pays $2 per picket in "pallet bulk". I cannot find cedar pickets in the UK for anything like that price. More like Β£7-10 per picket. So his cost economics really don't work in the UK.

Is it just simply the case that all timber is way more expensive in the UK? And how, if it is, am I only just realising this?

Or am I wrong or misunderstanding, and there is a source in the UK for the same pickets for roughly the same price?
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There's a youtuber I watch called
WoodWorkzLA. His side hustle is that he makes custom planters and privacy screens for people's gardens/balconies in the LA area. He makes everything out of Cedar "pickets". I am unsure what dimensions these have precisely because the USA still does not use proper measurement systems. But let's assume they're 2400mm long by (guess) 120mm by around 10mm thick? Total guess. 1/2
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πŸ†Ž · 5w
2/2 He pays $2 per picket in "pallet bulk". I cannot find cedar pickets in the UK for anything like that price. More like Β£7-10 per picket. So his cost economics really don't work in the UK. Is it just simply the case that all timber is way more expensive in the UK? And how, if it is, am I only...
Ret · 6w
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It's kind of mad to see the leader of arguably the most powerful nation on earth making spelling mistakes in his social media.

To be clear, I'm not ripping on people who have difficulties with spelling. I'm just shocked that he blats out verbiage so directly no staffer is able to tweak, edit, correct.

This has got to be pretty unique, hasn't it?
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Ret · 7w
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Neil Brown · 8w
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My previous toot, sent at 4:57pm today, has done some numbers, currently standing at 424 boosts, 11 quotes and 600 favourites.

But what impact has that had on the traffic hitting my (now, self-hosted) mastodon instance?

Well, it turns out that I can tell you :

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Neil Brown · 8w
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Steve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί · 8w
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Greem (Graeme. Not Graham!) · 8w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqcnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqjatjh5 "Denice", surely?
IvΓ‘n SΓ‘nchez Ortega · 8w
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Robin Adams · 8w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqcnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqjatjh5 I cannot read SQL as anything but "squirrel" PostgreSQL is "post grey squirrel"
Solarbird :flag_cascadia: · 8w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqcnhpe90xl06r4gj5xurkk87n2r3dzkaexpk5c53r7jgmdey87ruqjatjh5 I come from the AU where it's pronounced "squirrel" and "dins."
Richard · 8w
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Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC · 8w
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Cassandrich · 8w
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Jonah Aragon :MN: · 8w
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Mike :nixos: · 8w
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Plan-A · 7w
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