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Chris Maunder wrote: looking at the statements that set out what they've you've done with your money, and also charge me when I don't put enough money in I use my own money
I actually had the impression that Canadian banks were sensible? Guess not
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This is an Australian bank.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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You poor poor man 
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But Canadian banks are nothing to write home about (at least without avoiding expletives).
Having moved from the UK to Canada, I couldn't believe how bad they were. There have been some minor improvements with a couple of retailers getting in on the act, but as competition is pretty much strangled they're still pretty @!$$-poor.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Chris Maunder wrote: This is an Australian bank.
So CommBank it is.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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That explains everything. Having visited Australia many times to see my grandkids, I have learnt that, because of their total isolation at the bottom of the world, they're still struggling to catch up with the rest of the world. And based on my dealings with my Kiwi son-in-law, it would appear that New Zealand is probably even worse.
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World Banks tend to use New Zealand as a test ground for services so is often messed with a lot
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xiecsuk wrote: because of their total isolation at the bottom of the world, they're still struggling to catch up with the rest of the world
Now if you look at a map of the world, and understand that North and South are aritrary, and then turn the map upside-down, then us Australians can make all sorts of comments about you brits on the bottom of the world.
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Chris Maunder
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But it is still isolated, and out of the mainstream. Whereas Britain is the centre of the universe. It always has been. It is where everything of significance originated back in the 19th century before spreading out to the rest of the world. It just takes so long for news to get to the Antipodes. For instance, one day they will learn that 40Kph on a three-lane dual carriageway is equivalent to a man with a red flag walking in front of the car.
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Excuse me! I'll have you know we have telegraphs and running hot and cold water. While riding my velocipede the past week I even saw one of those new motorized carriage things chuffing down the street.
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Chris Maunder
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You also have
1) superb, dirt cheap public transport
2) some incredible scenery
3) the best cinema seats I've sat in
4) the most resilient people I've ever met - Marysville Vic after the fire
5) the hottest weather I've been in - 47.6 degC
6) the best 4-day hospital stay I've had - snapped Achilles tendon
I love the place.
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Chris Maunder wrote: An extra service I should sign up for so I can give them more money
Oh sure, you could be a total idiot and ask them for financial advice! I tried that once, purely for amusement purposes, some teenager then tried to sell me every insurance product in their portfolio, he was almost in tears when we left without committing to anything.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I've got a very sturdy mattress you can hide it under for nothing! Well nothing plus a little commission, obviously!
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Chris Maunder wrote: to basic speed and performance.
Chris, I have never experienced basic speed or performance with this site, but I still love the site. Love is blind I guess. 
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Slacker007 wrote: Chris, I have never experienced basic speed or performance with this site
Really? What sort of page load times are you seeing?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Homepage, first view - 4.7s to 7.858s. 55.6% of the requestes are for images with Java script coming in at 20.6% of the time.
Once pages are cached, it goes a little faster. The biggest hit in time that I notice, and have noticed this for a few years now, is the amount of time it can take to get returned back to the thread, after replying to someone. I don't have exact numbers on this but it is very noticeable, sometimes I never get returned. This happens either at home or at work.
I wasn't trying to offend you, but I thought it odd that you would point out another site's misgivings, in regards to speed and performance, when in my opinion, this site is not always a jet fighter.
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Just as some extra info, being someone accessing the site from Cambridge UK - I have never had any speed issues with regards to this site.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Could be.
However when I run the test, being from New York, USA and I am using the latest version of Chrome, and on a cable internet connection, it can be bloody slow. But like I said, I love this site, always have, and I really don't care if it is slow.
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Richard Deeming wrote: Are you using your ISP's DNS servers, or something else?
Wow, an awesome question.
I just asked and our company here, uses the same ISP as I have at home, which would account for the similarity in user experience between home and office. Time Warner
The test returned back this for CDN's used:
CDN's Used
ajax.googleapis.com : Google
dj9okeyxktdvd.cloudfront.net : Amazon CloudFront
www.google-analytics.com : Google
pagead2.googlesyndication.com : Google
atdmt-a.akamaihd.net : Akamai
c.betrad.com : Akamai
secure.img-cdn.mediaplex.com : Akamai
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What's interesting is we moved all images / script requests onto Amazon CloudFront specifically to speed that stuff up. Yet 55% of the time is spent on them? Hmmm.
When I access from Australia the site's pretty damn good. However, 2 data points means absolutely nothing.
Slacker007 wrote: I wasn't trying to offend you, but I thought it odd that you would point out another site's misgivings
Actually I knew I was setting myself up and was actually interested to see if anyone commented. You did, which means I have a handle on a perf issue now which means I can work to improve it.
Interested in helping us iron out some kinks? It won't hurt a bit...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Interested in helping us iron out some kinks?
Anyway I can.
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Slacker007 wrote: Chris, I have never experienced basic speed or performance with this site, but I still love the site. Love is blind I guess.
Hey be careful what you say, we don't need him testing the limits of your blind love.
Next thing you know he'll take away our ability to use symbols and newlines 
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