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Test this weekend, review to follow: the Mitsubishi Evo IX. A recent letter from the state government informs me that I’m one speeding fine away from losing my licence, so things could get interesting. Or, if I trawl along at highway limits, incredibly boring.
Would that stop the Bandit? Or the Duke boys? Or O.J. Simpson? Or even the French Army en route to a white flag sale?
Posted by JohnFNWayne on 2005 10 31 at 01:19 PM • permalinkIf you’re driving that thing properly, they don’t want to call the cops, they want to call the RAAF…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 10 31 at 08:39 PM • permalinkIn Qld when you lose half of your points you get a letter informing you that you have lost so many points and you really should study the road rules. It’s condescending and really, really infuriating.
Years ago you had 12 points to lose and they dropped off after 24 months, now they hang around for 36 months.
I’d be happier if the wallopers patrolled the highway booking tailgaters, those boofheads blinding you with the spotlights in their bumper, people who weave in and out of traffic, nongs who think that they have to stay in the left lane no matter what (making it impossible to pull out on the highway from a side road/driveway), etc.
I don’t really care if someone goes a bit faster than the speed limit on the highway - but get mighty narked at tailgating and other dangerous road habits.
Kae — You used all that folksy strone just to confuse wronwright, didn’t you?
Well done, that man.
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 10 31 at 11:15 PM • permalinkstrone = strine
minnestrine = supper
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 10 31 at 11:16 PM • permalinkFour Corners has censored me YET AGAIN!
The 7:30 Report has censored my comments for most of the year. It seems that silly, old Kerry has to be protected from alternative points of view as well. There’s no point complaining to ABC Management, I’ve done that repeatedly.
I submitted an EXACT copy of my Four Corners comments to the Media Watch site. Let’s see how far this INCREDIBLE HYPOCRISY goes!I’m also one fine away from no-license—but my speeding skills are clearly superior to Tim’s, as I managed this in a Toyota Starlet.
Posted by arrowhead ripper on 2005 11 01 at 12:29 AM • permalinkElly — Well to be fair, you do live at the top of that big honkin’ hill…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 11 01 at 01:42 AM • permalinko/t A refugee from Iraq is dead and two other men critically injured after the Babylon cafe in Fairfield,Sydney,was sprayed with bullets last night.The shooting featured the use of at least two semi automatic handguns.The dead man was twenty nine years of age.Police say they think a few members of the Assyrian community may be involved.The Australian.
Kae-Ok, boofheads=idiots or rednecks? Wallopers=police? Nongs leave me at a loss? And if no one explains then from now on I write in HB/OC.
Posted by Pat Patterson on 2005 11 01 at 09:13 AM • permalinkI was wondering about those myself, Pat! Maybe if I open up a Fosters they’ll make sense…
Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2005 11 01 at 09:38 AM • permalinkI love strine. I can use these words in casual conversation, and since nobody around here has ever heard them, they think I’m brilliantly making up my own slang.
I’ve gotten a few points on my license over the years. We in the U.S. have a particularly painful way of being punished for speeding. Our insurance rates shoot up. And if you don’t knock it off, genuflect, and tug your forlock, they drop you entirely, which leads to a frantic search for the high-risk policies, because it’s illegal to drive here without insurance (at least in Ohio).
Kae-Ok, boofheads=idiots or rednecks? Wallopers=police? Nongs leave me at a loss?
Nevermind them, what’s the whachacall etymological dadgum philology behind “whinge” & “whinging”? Looks to be a combination of “whine” and something else, but what?
Posted by Stoop Davy Dave on 2005 11 01 at 12:53 PM • permalinkThank you. Having read that, ahmina stick with “whine.”
Posted by Stoop Davy Dave on 2005 11 01 at 05:51 PM • permalink#20 Maybe if you wear a blindfold and clutch the dash, seat and/or top of the door/handle near the top of the door your lift will get the hint….
#24 boofhead = not real bright (some people call their dogs ‘Boofhead’ - or their kids or their husband… if someone does something a bit silly they are a boofhead, it’s not usually derogatory, though the dictionary def I just looked at says it is - but it’s not!)
wallopers = police (check, top marks)
nongs = ning-nongs, not sure where it comes from, but usually similar in meaning to boofhead. (might have been coined by The Goons)
#25 Fosters = cats’ pee (it’s not really the beer we drink down here)
#26 We pay two lots of insurance here. Compulsory third-party which covers injury to others by our vehicle - it’s included in the motor vehicle registration fee we pay annually, and we can also pay insurance for our vehicle if it’s in an accident - there are several kinds of insurance for this, basic fire and theft of only your own vehicle, coverage of another’s vehicle if your vehicle dings, it and comprehensive insurance, which will cover you for damage to your vehicle and the other etc. Now, if you take out a traffic light or sign, you are up for a small fortune - if it’s your fault… Since the collapse of HIH (big insurance company) and it’s subsidiaries over here insurance rates have gone up - apparently the insurance rates were artificially low so that HIH and CIC etc could be more competitive and get more punters to fork out. Every year your insurance levy became smaller for the comprehensive insurance as your car’s value diminished. Now the rate increases! I was told a few years ago that when my car is worth less than $AUS5k I should just insure for fire and theft as the rates would be too expensive. I paid $AUS20,500 for my Toyota Corolla in Dec 1998. Not sure what it’s worth now (haven’t looked up the “red book”). Poor old car is just about shagged having done over 200,000 Ks, due to commuting in the last 4.5 years.
#26 Oh yeah, the insurance premium goes up if/when you have a prang (crash) or make a claim - you lose your “no claim bonus” which can be up to 60 or 70 percent of the premium (usually they take off 10% per accident if the accident is your fault). The premium is higher if you are a younger driver, too. There are also excesses charged, for example, if a driver is under 21, 25 whatever, the excess is higher. My excess with a full no-claim bonus, is about $350. I pay about $28 per month for my premium, but I am ancient. A friend was paying $95 per month to insure her 18 year old son’s $Aus13k
CommodeCommodore. I think he’s got a cheaper rate now he’s 22 years old.
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Tim, you’re a journalist, dang it! Can’t you pull some strings and get on Bathurst for a few hours?