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  1. #1
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    Default Vehicle Inspection

    I had moved to Western Australia from New South Wales and at that time, a
    vehicle inspection was required to register my car.
    I was nervous. My car was in rough shape.
    I remembered W.A State's rigorous inspection requirements. Any number of
    problems might turn up that would be expensive to fix.

    I drove down a country road in Kalgoolie and found a garage that had an inspection
    sign. When I told the mechanic what I needed, he circled the car, turned on the lights and honked the horn.

    Then he completed the inspection form and asked me for the twenty-three dollar fee.
    I was shocked. "Is that all you have to do"? I asked.

    He answered, "Well, you drove it here, didn't you
    "?
    Androgens Order
    Forgive your enemies, but never, ever forget their names.
    The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but never forget.

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    LOL!

    Adapts easily to Pennsylvania.

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    True story:

    A couple of years ago I had to get the ute registered in Victoria, as the NT rego was about to expire.

    I left things a bit late, not knowing that you had to have an appointment to register the vehicle here.

    I couldn't get an appointment in Melbourne, but there was an appointment on the day I needed in Bendigo, a couple of hours drive away, so I booked in for that. The appointment was for 9AM which was also when the office opened. Naturally I ensured I arrived early.

    As soon as I got out of the car after the long drive, I had a sudden urge to go to the toilet but it was too close to my appointment time to go anywhere else and I could not get to the toilet inside the building until the office opened.

    I sneaked around the back of the building and found a fairly private spot between two shrubs in the back garden and was fairly feeling relieved.

    I had not noticed the back door to the office until it opened and two female workers emerged for their pre-work smoke. All the important bits were well covered but it was painfully obvious what I was doing.

    One of the girls said: "Hey, did you just bring that in for a roadworthy or do you need to do a license test on it too?" I just apologized, said I couldn't wait, zipped up and left.

    Five minutes later the office opened and I was called to the counter - by the lady I had spoken to out the back. Apparently I was not the first to be caught out like that.

    Doug
    I got sick of sitting around doing nothing - so I took up meditation.

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