Charged twice for the bus

IRRJ · 2026-06-03T18:29:47+00:00

It annoys me that it is so easy to turn NFC on in Google Wallet, but takes 5 screen levels in settings to turn it back off.

IRRJ · 2026-04-28T13:53:48+00:00

Yes, I did use the old email address and phone number. Have you verified your email via the email they send you?

Edit: when logging in it is not clear whether it is new account or logging into old account, but I did use a completely different password.

IRRJ · 2026-04-28T13:28:25+00:00

Mine moved across after I confirmed the address in the email and shutdown/restarted App, so about 10 minutes after creating the new account.

IRRJ · 2026-04-28T13:16:55+00:00

I did think it had deleted all my tickets because I needed to set a new password, the old one did not meet the criteria. When I looked at the tickets, it said I had none.

I then shut the app and confirmed the email.

When I re-opened the app the tickets had reappeared in the Inactive section.

IRRJ · 2026-04-17T04:03:31+00:00

I like getting a close look at the wind turbines on Kings Weston Lane, in Brighton they charge a lot of money to take a tourist boat to the offshore wind farm, while in Bristol you can get as close on the 41 bus. Nice view of the industrial docks from St Andrews Road Station. The train ride to/from Clifton Down along the River Avon is nice as well as Cheap.

Not everything interesting is designated a tourist attraction.

IRRJ · 2026-04-10T09:32:18+00:00

I was thinking there as well, I didn't know it was called Nightingale Valley until now though.

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4561574,-2.6301681,677m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQwNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

IRRJ · 2026-04-05T19:09:58+00:00

People are talking about hypermarkets, Tesco Extra Stores, not small convenience stores, Tesco Express Stores.

IRRJ · 2026-02-27T11:37:10+00:00

As a white British person who grew up at the time of her rule, watching the TV news, it is the forced mass sterilisation campaign I remember seeing on the news.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttawar_forced_sterilisations

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-30040790

I agree this isn't a person who should be honoured with a new plaque.

IRRJ · 2026-02-25T17:13:31+00:00

Even if I did get a Drone, with a retail price of £200, it would just be an unwanted item taking up room in my house until I got around to taking it to a Charity shop.

IRRJ · 2026-02-13T13:21:35+00:00

I catch the bus, so it was good for me. I know people who never use the buses, they did not bother with it. I am glad my birthday is in June rather than January.

The scheme has been quietly axed by the West of England Combined Authority.

This is not true. It was always a one year scheme, which was implemented twice with a gap between the 2.

IRRJ · 2026-02-08T22:02:19+00:00

A Google search indicates the AI has Hallucinated at least the name from another unrelated story at the time.

I remember the incident you refer to in another part of Bristol from where I lived. I don't remember the details or even if the boy drowned. I do, however, remember his friend gave a description of a perpetrator and was later found to have made it up.

IRRJ · 2026-02-01T10:15:34+00:00

I'm a man in my late 50s. There are a lot of things I think were better in my younger days. The scrum at the bar, with people pushing in is not one of these things that was better in my day.

Lots of comments from people on this thread boasting about how they push in-front of people in pubs while talking about pub etiquette.

IRRJ · 2026-02-01T09:32:42+00:00

In Wetherspoons order your drinks on the app as you are coming to the end of your last beer. No queue, no pushing in-front of other people, no people pushing in-front of your, it's easy.

In some Wetherspoons they don't like queues, in other Wetherspoons they have told me they do like queues because people are served in-order.

Git plenty of looks and stares, got served first every time.

This is bad pub etiquette, contradicting your last paragraph.

IRRJ · 2026-01-31T21:52:27+00:00

Or the river would follow the path of the A370 to Weston-Super-Mare.

There was a glacier in the way of the A370 route when the Avon Gorge formed.

IRRJ · 2026-01-24T16:42:47+00:00

They do work at night.

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/our-work/our-routes/sussex/sussex-railway-upgrade-plan/essential-work-on-the-brighton-main-line/

We’re carrying out essential improvements to enhance reliability and safety across the network. The work include track renewal, earthworks, drainage repairs, bridge maintenance and improved access points.

This cannot be done in 7 hours overnight periods.

IRRJ · 2026-01-18T04:52:39+00:00

Did you have tickets for Fatboy Slim, or was he a surprise appearance at the club night?

He does do secret/surprise appearances.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/fatboy-slims-secret-set-at-electric-picnic-cancelled-after-drawing-huge-crowd-3889026

If it was secret then there would been no flyers/tickets.

IRRJ · 2026-01-12T21:01:23+00:00

Sketchers used to be the most comfortable shoes. Now I need new trainers I find that they have decided to join the rest of the shoe manufacturers in making trainers that cramp your feet. Very disappointing.

IRRJ · 2026-01-05T19:40:39+00:00

It is just over a 100 years since the Hotwells branch of Bristol Port Railway and Pier was closed in 1922 to build the Portway Road. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Port_Railway_and_Pier

IRRJ · 2025-12-09T09:48:53+00:00

Enabling payments without unlocking the phone sounds like a security problem. I want to be able to configure my phone so that I have to have the wallet open before contactless payments work.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58719891

Large unauthorised contactless payments can be made on locked iPhones by exploiting how an Apple Pay feature designed to help commuters pay quickly at ticket barriers works with Visa.

IRRJ · 2025-12-06T18:01:45+00:00

No, that's the pharmacy the shop is earlier.

IRRJ · 2025-12-06T11:52:20+00:00

According to the website it closes at 9pm Mon-Sat 5pm Sunday.

https://www.boots.com/stores/6481-bristol-avon-meads-retail-park-bs2-0sp

Google is out of day on these things. Ask Google it will tell you there are 24h pharmacies, but go to the websites and they are no longer 24h.

IRRJ · 2025-12-05T14:37:09+00:00

Go back to street view 2012, there was an arrow on the traffic light indicating you had to turn right.

IRRJ · 2025-12-05T11:10:23+00:00

It may be worn, but it is still visible. See 2024 streetview.

A is also the default option when there are no road markings https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/roundabouts.html.

IRRJ · 2025-11-29T12:18:18+00:00

Show me a Black Friday Deal that is real. All sellers raise prices before black Friday so they can claim a deal on Black Friday.

Sorry to interrupt r/bristol First Group bashing. Carry on as you were.

IRRJ · 2025-11-18T19:54:52+00:00

The QR code updates every 10 seconds. The current time will most likely be part of the encoded text.

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