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  1. 20th October 2006, 06:33 #1
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    Inconveniences and rip-offs

    Lost my wallet in Hamilburg on Wednesday. Made me oh-so unhappy, it did.
    So I go through the motions with the pleece, get sorted at the bank (12/10 for the dude at Ham central BNZ) and go home to face the usual barrage of stupid questions from Mrs What?
    Yesterday I start getting replacements for all the other bits and bobs. Now, Driver's licences and Firearms licences are effectuively both issued by the gummint. They are essentially identical things, just different data attached. So, why is one $25, and the other $31.10? And why is either card so expensive, when these things can be profitably produced for under $2??
    And the airpoints card is also $25, and doesn't even have a photo!
    All my other cards get replaced for free.
    Funny old world, innit...
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  2. 20th October 2006, 07:55 #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by What? View Post
    Funny old world, innit...
    Everyone says that - yet nobody laughs...
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  3. 20th October 2006, 08:06 #3
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    but your respective 25 and 31 dollars are needed to pay the other social welfare system known as government employment in beaurocracy.
    Think of it as a gift, to all the lazy people in the world!
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    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
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    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer
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