is there anything you ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW?

[kittymeow]

Yay thanks guys!! I was pretty close with the hot air balloon steering...cos my housemate said there are about 30 places around Melb where the balloons can take off and land. So I though that you would just have to be good with the weather.

 

[Raz]

It's sandbags dammit.


In my world.

 

[kittymeow]

The sandbags thing is what I was taught at school.....now that I think about it.

 

[Pop Popavich]

Don't believe everything you learn in school.

All that's involved with steering a hot air balloon is varying your altitude so you can reach an air current going in the direction you want. You can use the sandbags to achieve this by dropping them from the balloon, so I guess that counts as steering.

The only thing is that the position of the sandbags doesn't make a difference, only how many of them you have. It has to balance out with how much air you have in the balloon. To go up or down you normally just put more hot air in the balloon or let some out. Ditching some of the sandbags will help you go up, but it makes it a lot harder to get back down safely.





Note: This is only in my world. This has little or no impact on Raz's world.

 

[Raz]

Note: This is only in my world. This has little or no impact on Raz's world.

Not much does, I find it works best for everyone that way.. :D

 

[joannie_mhm]

Hypothetically, if someone moved from QLD to NSW do they have to shift their car registration to NSW or can they continue to hold QLD plates?

 

[~Miss*E~]

i think you can hold the QLD plates until the rego is up, then you've gotta change it over.

 

[Pop Popavich]

When you move to NSW you have 3 months to transfer your licence. When you change your licence you have to change your vehicle registration to match.

The difficult thing for the authorities to prove is how long you have been in the state. The good old "It's my first day *giggle*" will last you a while, but you still may get caught out.

A good friend was living in Melbourne for around a year with interstate licence and plates, and when questioned always said he had just moved here, or was still primarily living interstate, and was just here every 2nd week for work. This worked really well until one cop that pulled him over happened to live up the road from him, and had driven past his interstate car every day for a year.

Legal reading here and here.

 

[~Miss*E~]

^well there you go

 

[joannie_mhm]

Poo. The NSW registration process is more work and more expensive


Not that it bothers me because it was a hypothetical question.

 

[Mary Poppins]

I was speaking to my mum's fiance who has just moved up from wagga wagga about this last night actually.

Apparently victorian rego is the cheapest, then qld, then NSW (well that's only out of those 3 states - but all the others suck so who cares? )

Some people apparently register their vehicles at Queensland friends and relatives addresses to get out of paying the higher rego , but i think this was with less-used things such as caravans etc....

 

[Strawberry_lovemuffin]

Registration (and insurance!) in country areas of Victoria are cheaper than in the city too. My car's still registered at mum's address in Shepparton even though I've been living in Melbourne for nearly 6 years

 

[joannie_mhm]

Sweet, I think I'm going to leave it until next year when I have a pocketful of cash available to throw away swapping it over, and just make sure not to make friends with any police officers!

 

[sux2]

Registration (and insurance!) in country areas of Victoria are cheaper than in the city too. My car's still registered at mum's address in Shepparton even though I've been living in Melbourne for nearly 6 years

Rego isn't cheaper, it's the TAC cost based on postcode. But for an quick example read below..

Best I could find at a glance is in relation to motorbike costs in Victoria

Private Use, Primary Producer, or Police Department = $32.90
Private Use with a Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession = $16.40
Recreational Use = $7.10

TAC Insurance Charges in Vic... (based on risk zone of postcode you live in)

126cc - 500cc = $333.30(High), $299.20(Medium), $264.00(Low)
Over 500cc = 455.40(High), $405.90(Medium), $355.30(Low)

Postcodes in HIGH RISK Zone...
3000
3001
3002
3003
3004
3005
3006
3008
3010
3011
3012
3013
3015
3016
3018
3019
3020
3021
3022
3023
3025
3026
3027
3028
3031
3032
3033
3034
3036
3037
3038
3039
3040
3041
3042
3043
3044
3045
3046
3047
3048
3049
3050
3051
3052
3053
3054
3055
3056
3057
3058
3059
3060
3061
3062
3064
3065
3066
3067
3068
3070
3071
3072
3073
3074
3075
3076
3078
3079
3081
3082
3083
3084
3085
3086
3087
3088
3093
3094
3101
3102
3103
3104
3105
3106
3107
3108
3109
3110
3111
3121
3122
3123
3124
3125
3126
3127
3128
3129
3130
3131
3132
3133
3134
3135
3136
3137
3138
3141
3142
3143
3144
3145
3146
3147
3148
3149
3150
3151
3152
3153
3154
3155
3156
3161
3162
3163
3164
3165
3166
3167
3168
3169
3170
3171
3172
3173
3174
3175
3176
3177
3178
3179
3180
3181
3182
3183
3184
3185
3186
3187
3188
3189
3190
3191
3192
3193
3194
3195
3196
3197
3198
3199
3200
3201
3202
3204
3205
3206
3207
3428
3800
3802
3803
3975
3976

Postcodes in MEDIUM RISK Zone...
3024
3029
3030
3089
3090
3091
3095
3096
3097
3099
3113
3114
3115
3116
3139
3140
3158
3159
3160
3211
3212
3214
3215
3216
3217
3218
3219
3220
3335
3337
3338
3427
3429
3750
3751
3752
3754
3755
3757
3759
3760
3761
3763
3765
3766
3767
3770
3775
3777
3781
3782
3783
3785
3786
3787
3788
3789
3791
3792
3793
3795
3796
3804
3805
3806
3807
3808
3809
3810
3910
3911
3912
3913
3915
3916
3918
3919
3920
3926
3927
3928
3929
3930
3931
3933
3934
3936
3937
3938
3939
3940
3941
3942
3943
3944
3977
3978
3980

Postcodes in LOW RISK Zone... (all other not mentioned)


*edit* also be warned. Insurance companies know of this so usually the first thing they check is to see if the car is actually registered at the 'owners address' (by way of rent, bills etc in owners name). So if you have insurance and something happens, pretty much can say bye bye to insurance.

 

[Strawberry_lovemuffin]

Ah, isn't the TAC cost part of registration? Pedantic much!

I did have an accident where the insurance company's had to pay - didn't have a problem with them and was invited to insure again the following year. All correspondance goes to mum who forwards it on.

The only problem I *have*had in the past was when someone made a complaint about me bumping their car (I wasn't even aware the accident had occured it was that minor) and took my plate numbers as I drove off. Based on the information they had on file, the police turned up on my mum's doorstep looking for me! (of course I was in Melbourne!) Poor woman nearly died.

 

[Fatty Fungai]

can blind people dream and what happens if the take halucinagenic drugs. what do they see/can they see anything. like do they make up pictures in thier mind or what????

 

[MoeBro]

I would think the only way of finding out is to ask someone who was born with sight and subsequently went blind, however, he'd already have images of what the world looked like before he went blind to base his visuals on.

I would assume that people born blind would just miss out on the visual component to their dreams. Maybe make up for it with touch and sound?

 

[Fatty Fungai]

yeah thats what i thought. thanks. just wondering what other people thought of the subject

 

[Donny Don't]

Why is something bad referred to as the "shit hitting the fan"?

*goes off and checks google*

 

[preacha]

A man in a crowded bar needed to defecate but couldn't find a bathroom, so he went upstairs and used a hole in the floor. Returning, he found everyone had gone except the bartender, who was cowering behind the bar. When the man asked what had happened, the bartender replied, 'Where were you when the shit hit the fan?'

there you go