Velvet Glove

Perhaps that was the original version that I was talking about many years ago ! I didnt mention Ram Jam

What the guy really should have done was to shut his mouth and then plead not guilty at a hearing. He would simply get off because the dates/facts are all wrong. I guarantee I know what would've happened next. They withdraw the original ticket and then re-issue him with a new one with the correct details, wheich he no douby would've ended up paying. It is a very funny letter though, but unfortunately the last laugh would definitely been on him. Nice try though :hiwelcome:

986.2 on 4th go. Something about that number !

Came and saw me yesterday and will be installing me in a couple of weeks. I have no dramas with it at all

Hook, line and sinker :lol:

I liked the original version done many years ago. Anything else is just a cheap ass way of capitalising on someone else's good work. Cover versions are the haven of a lazy band. I had a lot of respect for Spiderbait up until this point, as their songs rocked and were original. Now they don't. The clip is good though, the song is the problem Excuse the negativity, just my opinion

Nah, wasnt me. We've got marked 8's and T's as well as regular marked XR's so dunno which station they came from

Yes, I got my bra through Mick. I have managed to snap a couple of the elastic things that hold it on but once I worked out that it was sooooo much easier to remove the hooks using a pair of pliers (trust me, if you have one u know what I mean) rather than my fingers. I used to keep it on all the time but now I will only put it on when I travel outside the ACT. They are good but you have to remember to make sure the car is pretty clean when u put it on so there's no scratching underneath

There was an urban myth going around Canberra that a guy got pulled over at night and told the cops that if he got booked, as he was a Workcover inspector he would have them fined $5000 for not wearing their vests if they fined him. Someone on the radio swore it 'happened to a friend of mine'. Think it was on 104.7 in Canberra Unfortunately that myth is rubbish and Workcover issues dont come anywhere near our workplace, they wouldnt dare If it was true and it happened to me, Mr. Workcover would be Mr. Centrelink by the next arvo, along with a few charges to his name

Wouldnt be as bad unless someone said that I did look like it :(

After nightshift last night, and the customary multiple drunken fool arrest I thought I'd like to share with you, and have you share with me, the worst possible things you can either say, or have heard said to a copper at work. The sort of little pieces of gold that turn a situation from a friendly chat, to something completely different. These are a selection of my faves: 1. Oink, oink 2. I smell bacon 3. Dont you have anything better to do 4. You can't do anything about it 5. I know my rights and you cant do that 6. I know (insert name of senior Police officer/politician/magistrate here) 7. My taxes pay your wages 8. You are supposed to look after me so you have to give me a lift home 9. You are a public servant so you have to give me a lift home 10. I honestly have absolutely no idea why you pulled me over officer 11. You are only doing this because I'm (insert racial origin here) 12. You're only picking on me because my car is shick moit 13. I bet you're not so tough without that uniform on (yes, I lose all my 'super powers' ); and last but not least, walking into an office to speak to someone, someone does one of the following a) Yells out to their mate 'hey George, the cops are finally here to get you' and laugh as though its the funniest thing he's ever heard (even funnier for us when we ARE there to see George) b) Says, in a loud voice, 'it wasnt me officer' and p*sses themselves, wondering why we still have blank expressions on our faces; or c) puts their hands up on the wall like they're ready to be searched. A few 'goldies' from my selection, with about a million more running through my head. Some of them really do make me laugh at work. I'd like to hear yours. I'm sure Plonky, Curious et al would have a few corkers. Back to nightshift in the CBD again

Agreed. Speed in a straight line, on its own, causes few accidents. Its when u combine speed with anything else that the problems start (I.e. not looking, not cornering correctly, too fast for a corner, not compensating for whats going on on the road). Accelerating/decelerating through corners is my all time favourite The Glove

I think Plonky (or was it Mr. ESTRADA ?) posted something about socks or no shoes a couple of months ago. Unless I suddenly became the fashion Police then u wouldnt have anything to worry about

I've said it before and I say it again. Licences should be hard to get and hard to hang onto. Hard to hang onto if you drive like a clown I mean. Too many people view the ability to drive as a right. I see it more of a privilege. I see some remarkably stupid driving from many people, but more shockingly see a lot of it from P platers, ones very new to our roads. I booked aguy the other day for 107 in an 80 zone who was going so much faster than everybody else (who could see the marked Police car). When I pulled him over he said he had just done the 'P Off' course in Canberra. I asked him if they happened to mention anything about speeding on the course....he said yes. I suggested that he might actually like to pay attention when he is being taught things. Had his licence for about 10 secs and look what happened. A few years ago there was a terrible accident (all fatal ones are) in Canberra where a young fella killed himself and I think 3 of his mates by driving like a maniac down Hindmarsh Drive towards Woden. This kid had failed his licence test 4 times (I think) and had finally gotten it either that morning or the day before. Mach 5 down Hindmarsh Drive and killed himself and his mates when maybe he shouldnt have had his licence in the first place

I'm outraged !!! They ringbarked a tree....when will this senseless destruction of tree's ever stop!! Yes, that is very tongue in cheek but unfortunately the road is not the place to get your ability confused with your ambitions. That is right Plonky. I only get my ambitions confused with my abilities in premises where refreshing beverages are being served

Two dead in 'street race' crash Leanne Edmistone March 22, 2004 A BRISBANE teenager will spend his 19th birthday today mourning the tragic deaths of two mates, after the car he was driving crashed early yesterday. It is believed two cars, one containing five young men, were street racing just before the accident which happened about 3.45am on Calam Rd near the Compton Rd intersection, Sunnybank Hills, in Brisbane's south. The five young men were from suburbs in Brisbane's south. Two 18-year-old men, one from Rochedale and the other from Sunnybank, who were back-seat passengers in a sedan, were killed when the car smashed through a guardrail and landed in a garden embankment of the Sunnybank Hills shopping complex. One passenger died instantly and the second died as he was being taken to hospital. A third back-seat passenger, also 18, from Norman Park, escaped with severe bruising and a front-seat passenger, 19, of Gumdale, was treated for a suspected broken jaw. Both were taken to QEII hospital. The now-19-year-old driver, from Carina, suffered only minor injuries and was not taken to hospital. Resident Carmel Combridge yesterday said she was woken by the sounds of speeding cars, heavy braking and the impact, and was the first person on the scene. Ms Combridge said smoke was pouring from the car as she ran across the road, calling triple 0 on her cordless phone. Three young men were walking around when she arrived. "They were all in shock. The boy I assumed to be the driver . . . he was just saying to me as I was trying to find a pulse, 'Please tell me he's (one of the rear passengers) all right'," she said. "I just said the ambulance was on its way. I didn't have the heart to tell him I couldn't find a pulse." Neighbour David Brownlee said he held the hand of a trapped passenger, who was semi-conscious, speaking quietly to him until emergency services arrived. Police are appealing for witnesses who saw a small maroon sedan or hatch in the area, or who know the occupants, to come forward. The Courier-Mail

Unfortunately its an epidemic nowadays. I always park my car in the station when at work. These clowns just show what little regard certain people have for the property of others. They will never afford one of their own so they destroy someone elses. Wanton vandalism is rife nowadays and the courts will not do anything to deter it. The fellow Canberrans here can testify to that

God help me.....I agree totally with you here !

Don't have to do it....I just do

Well I have seen the accidents during burnouts. Someone explain to me how this conversation (once AGAIN !) has become about Police ? Midnight Oil once wrote a song (or was it an album ?) called 'Redneck Wonderland'. Some of the posts here do justice to the lyrics. 'Fitzroy Legal' ?? Right up there with the Green Left Weekly and the other left-wing publications for lack of fact and level-headed sentiment. Try and stick to the subject matter. I wont bother discussing it any more, clearly logic and common sense is wasted on you

I would say great logic....but none exists in that post

That's like saying you're out of control when driving on the Hwy! Coz if a tyre blows, what happens next? If you're doing a burnout and the front tyres ARE holding you in position, you are in control. If the rears grab and send you to the fence, you are out of control THEN. Same as the Hwy example, driving along in control, tyre blows, out of control. ANY situation can turn from in control to out of control in a split second, even a seemingly safe situation. I can agree to disagree with Scotty but this is rubbish. When a car is operating under normal circumstances on a hwy then it is not out of control. No-one deliberately goes out to burst a tyre. Front tyres holding you in position, gimme a break. Cars cant be partially in control. When the back wheeels are spinning and slipping the car is not in someones complete control, thereby dangerous. Using your highway logic we are all dead, cos its gonna happen some day. People voluntarily put cars into the 'out of control' scenario, the blown tyre on the highway is an involuntary one. But is you're so pro-burnout get out and do 'em and see how long your licence/car lasts

I am all for legal 'street' drags on dragways in the manner that people have described. "One interesting note that our 'blue Bro's' mentioned about the street drags and the people laundering drug money on their cars, all I can say is these must be the little people in the drug rings cause from my understanding of the drug trade the money made is obscene, so how many fully syck Lambo's or McLarens get to these meets?????" I am yet to see a drug dealer that drives around in a Lambo or McLaren. Flagrantly displaying wealth with no obvious means of income only draws attention to oneself. Don't think what happens on US TV is the real thing. Most major drug offenders that I have dealt with either live in guvvy or very modest houses, or waste their profits on personal usage. I can tell you factually that a number of well known crime identities are associated with the street racing, fully sik scene. They are well known for offences ranging from drugs to organised vehicle re-birthing and theft

I read your post in its entirety as I always do. Don't go taring us all with the same brush, there are lots of things that K1W1's do that defy logic especially those with big mouths. You are saying that it's not possible to control a car whilst it's spinning the back wheels. Maybe you should try it yourself & then you'll know what you're talking about & not just arriving at the aftermath of some moron who got cocky & tried drifting at 100kph in the main street. Scotty Your logic is beyond me. Lets just say that as a copper I have done an extremely high level of driver training in both patrol and tactical work, as well as 4WDing. If you think that you are in complete control of a car while its back wheels are spinning at a high rate then you are either: a) a stunt driver of some renown; or b) wrong But dont take my word for it, take it from the driver training instructors that told me what I'm telling you. Suffice to further say that, within my driver training, I have been in MANY situations in which you speak of, in controlled environments, that prove the situation that I speak of. But being as your such an expert I needn't have bothered, should I. As for this part: "Don't go taring us all with the same brush, there are lots of things that K1W1's do that defy logic especially those with big mouths." Who have I 'tarred', and what I said in no way casted aspertions over Kiwis, it was just a notable example. If they were from another planet I may have mentioned that to jog the memory. But go ahead, keep doing your 'completely in control burnouts'. Ruin your tyres, overstress your vehicle. But when the inevitable happens, dont complain

Sorry, I forgot I was talking to the god of burnouts. Please explain to the rest of us how the car is completely in control when you are doing a burnout. Then please explain that to the people at the incidents I have attended when a car doing one of these 'in control' burnouts ploughs into a crowd. Then please explain how this theory (which is apparently lost on me) explains how a person who purports to be a big gun and expert on the subject (the aforementioned NZer at Summernats) has an accident whilst doing one. Its quite easy really. Back wheels spinning=no grip=no control. Chuck in any one of a million other small variants such as water, gravel, change of sruface and voila ! An accident waiting to happen. I defy you to apply your 'street physics' to that one and discount it. Then again maybe I'm not the one whose lost his way. Read people's posts in their entirety before you choose to try and fry them