Owen Rudge

Formerly a computer science student from St Andrews, Scotland, now a software developer living in Aberdeen. Exciting stuff, eh?

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@ScotRail Just been made aware of your Family Pass, but would have been more useful had it been valid last week (31st) when Aberdeen school holidays started. If you run this promo in future, could you align it to cover all of Scotland’s school hols, not just the central belt’s?

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@abzpaul @CEOemail @WeAreOpenreach Work was being done on my street in Banchory just before Christmas and yesterday I was able to order FTTP at last, very pleased with that. Hopefully install will go smoothly. Lots of Openreach activity locally right now.

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@CalumRaasay Supposedly there are upgrades planned, but no update has been posted in 4 years so I’m not optimistic! https://t.co/gwJ1iBRmhv

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@Glen_1903 @stagecoachgroup Ember is the way, but unfortunately only twice daily on the Deeside route. Would love a more frequent service from Banchory to the airport personally.

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@ScotRoadArchive Re: most northerly D3 - would the section between North Kingswells and the A96 on the A90 AWPR count? It is marked out as a lane drop but the road is a full 3 lanes in either direction. Same with A92 between Portlethen north junction and the A956.

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@ScotRoadArchive I can hear that picture!

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@OctopusElectro I see EasyGo chargers in Northern Ireland (e.g. BT14 7QR) are still showing as unavailable via Electroverse. EasyGo are meant to be taking over our local council chargers, and we can currently use Electroverse there. Can you confirm if this will be resolved?

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@OctopusElectro I expect you wouldn’t be able to confirm it, but any chance of supporting Gridserve, Pod Point or BP Pulse on Electroverse in the future? Pod Point especially would be handy for their AC chargers if I could just start a charge using your app!

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@ScotRoadArchive No “The NORTH EAST” signs in Scotland any more, alas. Good to see the M85 too!

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@ScotRoadArchive The "report on 21 years of Strathclyde Roads" as featured in your latest podcast - what a fantastic document! Would be fascinating if there were similar documents from any of the other regional councils...

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@OctopusElectro Thanks! I notice too that you seem to support EasyGo in the Republic of Ireland, but not Northern Ireland. Is that likely to change?

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@davidja2004 @MartinSLewis Pre-Brexit you could use it right up to the expiry date for EU travel though (and still can for US travel), so for most people it wasn’t a problem. Rules vary by country of course.

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@ScotRoadArchive Any chance you guys are looking to set up shop on BlueSky? 🙂

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@OctopusElectro Is there a reason ESB chargers in GB (e.g. AB32 6BQ) seem to be charging 95p/kWh via Electroverse, versus 77p via contactless? Prices used to be the same.

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@majabl @fesshole We had unfortunate abbreviations in our help file for “analysis sticks” and “cumulative liquid”…

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@agilepredict First time I’ve seen Tracker (Dec2023) above the price cap - 25.64p tomorrow here. When looking at the week, month or year as a whole I’m still way ahead though, I guess. Let’s just hope there aren’t too many days like this…

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@respectfuldogs @carlafrancome When we stayed there in July, it was actually duck poo we had to watch out for! Didn’t notice dog mess at least, though I agree it’s always unpleasant when you come across it.

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@D4NXIII @OctopusEnergy I had noticed this too - was looking forward to a cheaper price tomorrow but so far no sign of any change.

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@agilepredict I know you deal with Agile, but any idea if something’s up with Tracker? Price didn’t appear until very late last night and was unchanged, and so far hasn’t appeared today - normally there by lunchtime or so.