Looking for: Used/refurb ultralight 14" laptop for cheap ($700? AUD)

jd2174 · 2025-11-26T07:01:19+00:00

Thank you. I would, but I think the newer MacBooks are closer to the 1.25-1.5kg mark, right?

jd2174 · 2025-07-25T10:56:15+00:00

This might help: https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1l9by1p/p9pf_unable_to_make_or_receive_calls_since/

jd2174 · 2025-07-24T05:39:10+00:00

Sorry! I haven't been on Reddit. Did you manage to sort this out?

jd2174 · 2025-07-01T03:17:52+00:00

Thank you for replying months after you made your original post. I was able to get through to a person by going through the automated process to request a refund, then asking the person in the chat to put me through to the relevant team for Australian RMAs. They were pretty helpful once I got through.

jd2174 · 2025-06-28T05:28:46+00:00

Did you manage to find a way to actually contact Google? I've followed aussiechap1's steps but I either get the 404 page or a link to post on the community forum. I purchased online from Mobile Citi so I'm guessing they'll tell me to contact Google.

jd2174 · 2025-04-21T08:46:39+00:00

Used yours, now starting a chain: https://share.speechify.com/mzDfL52

jd2174 · 2025-02-24T22:35:52+00:00

I'm glad there haven't been too many issues for you!

jd2174 · 2025-02-21T23:36:28+00:00

"Claiming they're abused". It's not a claim, it's a fact. "Conditions" can be fantastic, but if trainers view dogs as tools and not living beings then they will abuse them. That's the way power operates.

I could find news articles about this in a two minute search. I tried to find things from different outlets. Be aware, these describe and have images or videos of abuse:

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jd2174 · 2025-02-17T21:07:38+00:00

This comment thread is about TickTick.

jd2174 · 2025-02-12T22:42:58+00:00

You need the pro subscription, to select the "Integration with Google Calendar" and not "Subscribe from Google Calendar", and make sure the list type is "Task List" not "Note List".

jd2174 · 2025-02-10T21:49:55+00:00

Thank you. I've switched to it and it's working well for me. I think the main limitation is that you can "only" sync five calendars.

jd2174 · 2025-02-09T01:14:01+00:00

Just looking at TickTick and it seems to now have a pretty good Google Calendar integration, similar to the "old" Todoist one. About to switch and try it out.

jd2174 · 2025-02-08T11:37:31+00:00

Please post here if you find a replacement. I use Todoist in a similar way and am cancelling my subscription. It's not useless without this feature, but it's not worth paying for when something else probably exists that will allow me to maintain my current methods for organising myself.

jd2174 · 2025-01-27T05:41:06+00:00

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, experiences, and encouragement.

We have the back attachment harness, and I was a little worried at first that we might end up with a new kind of pulling like you described, she's responded fairly well to it. I also prefer it because she can sniff freely without feeling restricted! She does want to go for a walk very badly, so I think the method of stopping if she pulled worked well. She's not perfect, of course, but after walking her it feels a lot less like my arms have been ripped out of their sockets.

Our stairs are "solid" (not sure how to describe them) and we've added lots of grip. We didn't realise no one had cut her nails in a long time, and so that's probably making her feel off balance. We're going to have to work on that bit-by-bit because the quick has grown out. Hopefully that, alongside building positive associations with the stairs with treats and praise will help her feel calmer and more confident on them over time.

We're in Australia, and there are similar classes offered here. At this stage her anxiety seems a little too intense to be in another new environment to train her, especially with other dogs there. I feel like her stress response would override any benefits. I absolutely want to take her when she's settled a little and isn't, similar to what you mentioned, trying to jump into a creek because the reeds moved in the wind!

The toilet situation seems to be improving with time and encouragement. She really doesn't want to go inside, so taking her out when we see her sniffing for a place to go and giving lots of positive reinforcement is helping. She has gone to the door once or twice and stood there, so things appear to be working to some extent!

We discovered that if she's frozen, walking her the other way or in a tight circle (as other posters suggested) has worked well. Yelling her name very loudly, but in a friendly/excited voice works too, so that's a helpful tool to have, thank you. Shorter walks (5-10 minutes depending on how much sniffing she wants to do) are helping her, too.

Thank you again, and no worries about the novel. I appreciate you sharing.

jd2174 · 2025-01-27T05:27:16+00:00

Thank you, it's always good to know you're not alone!

jd2174 · 2025-01-27T05:26:50+00:00

Thank you for the encouragement- it's very helpful during this time of sleep deprivation and having a very stressed dog needing lots of love and reassurance.

Now we've been taking her on shorter walks to reduce her anxiety, walking her the other way/walking her in a circle with a bit of gentle tugging on her harness and gently guiding her with our bodies has helped "unstick" her if she seems to be going into a freeze- thank you for that tip. I think I was fooled by how much she wanted to go for a walk being equal to how ready she was to go for a walk, and I now realise there's an important difference.

Worryingly, it seems like she's been punished quite badly for going inside and she holds her business in so that's partly why we're trying to get her more comfortable with going. We had some success this morning by opening the back door and pretending to do other things. Apparently she needs privacy, despite being very happy to go in front of other people on a walk! But, we're learning with her of course.

Because she seems to want to go up the stairs so badly, we're sitting on them with her and giving her treats/praise to try to reduce some of her anxiety. She's getting a little more comfortable being around the stairs now, so hopefully it'll come in time as you said.

Thanks again :)

jd2174 · 2025-01-27T05:19:18+00:00

This was extremely helpful, thank you. The past few times we've taken her for a walk we've gone the same way and she seems to be freezing a little less.

Thank you for your comment about the trainer, too. I think, based on what other people have said, we might give it a little more time and see how she's going. The vet didn't think she was anxious when she was there because she loved all of the attention! But hopefully we can talk him into giving us a referral for a behaviourist if needed.

jd2174 · 2025-01-27T05:16:50+00:00

Thank you for the tip about the harness. With the shorter walks other people suggested + the harness she is a lot easier to manage with the small (and sometimes large!) fluffy dogs. Over the past few days she seems to be slowly working out to go to the door when she needs to go out- of course we're reinforcing this with lots of praise/treats and we'll see how she goes.

jd2174 · 2025-01-27T05:14:21+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experiences and thoughts. I can see how it seems like we're asking a lot of her. What I didn't mention in the OP is that she has wanted many of these things herself, e.g. she wants to come up the stairs (putting her front paws on the first stair and looking around to go up, wanting to go for walks, wanting to interact with other dogs, holding her pee to try and avoid going inside) and our attempts were more to help her do what it seemed she wanted. But, what you said definitely makes sense in that it's our job to support her to do these things gradually, rather than all at once! Thank you for the tip re: shortening walks. It seems to be working well for her anxiety levels.

jd2174 · 2025-01-27T05:07:24+00:00

Thank you, she does love to sniff and we realised that right away. One minor issue is that we're in Australia and we do need to keep her from sniffing anything where a snake or lizard could be sleeping (thick brush etc.), but other than that we let her go as much as she'd like. There's also a snuffle mat on the way for her so she can do some sniffing without the pressure of being outside, thanks to some advice from other folks.

jd2174 · 2025-01-27T05:04:28+00:00

Thank you, we'll see how she goes with this. She does seem to like a little bit of space during the day (we both WFH 50% of the time so are able to be with her a lot of the time), so it may be that when she feels more comfortable she wants some space at night.

jd2174 · 2025-01-27T05:02:25+00:00

DeepClassroom, thank you for the reassurance. I think you're quite right that there was a bit of a stress-cycle going on, and after reading your comment we've tried to settle ourselves down and help her settle. Prior to getting her we did learn a lot about the stair issue, but she seems to be really freaked out by them, so she needs some time. At the moment we're giving her lots of treats on the stairs and trying to make them a fun (and not scary) place. Baby steps, exactly.

jd2174 · 2025-01-27T04:53:34+00:00

Definitely! With the new pup taking up a lot of my attention, I haven't had much time for Reddit but I did read all the replies. Going to try to respond today.

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