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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:12 am
by Beamish
LotusSevenMan wrote:Sorry to hear about your license woes. Hope the grovelling goes well re. single nurse etc etc.
Well, it took a bit of Honda FireStorm site searching, but I eventually found you VTRGirl here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rabkc5kW2s
Oh Mamma.......you should not have put that image in to my easily programmed head
Re: Its not all bad
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:16 pm
by VTRgirl
Tripod wrote:Hey Cecily maybe you can give the bike a clean now
LOL! Welcome to the UK, Cliff.
Fancy your first post here being about my dirty bike
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:12 pm
by Pete.L
Hmmm!
This doesn't look like a bloke to me
Sorry VtrGirl but it was in the gallery if anyone cared to look
Pete.l
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:44 pm
by VTRgirl
Timbo wrote:Tripod wrote:Hey Cecily maybe you can give the bike a clean now
Your name is Cecil? Thats a blokes name
LOL
Anyone over there free to give Timbo some reading lessons?
Pete.L wrote:This doesn't look like a bloke to me...
D'oh! My secret's out. I'm not a bloke! (And to the first "misquoter" who plans to quote me & remove the word "not",
)
Someone asked for a pic of me & my bike... I should've had one taken yesterday. Had the tank bag extended to the extreme (about 3" off the top of the double-bubble) with a tray of mangoes, nectarines & cherries sitting on top, as well as a fully loaded & extended matching bag strapped to the pillion seat. Considering the rain & me dressed up like the Michelin Man, I definitely attracted some laughs & finger-pointing (not to mention the many chastising comments & eye-rolling from my mother as I left their place...).
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:06 am
by VTRgirl
Well, licence suspended for about 20 minutes this morning
Just enough time to get to the Magistrate's Court (on foot...), file my "Special Hardship" application & get back to the Transport Department (walking walking walking...) to have it reinstated until the court date. Naturally, it rained all day.
So 17th January is D Day for me. Now it's just up to whatever mood His Honourable Honour is in on the day. Last time I faced a court room, I was instructing a barrister. I think this might have a slightly different feel to it...
Fingers crossed!
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:43 am
by Pete.L
So 17th January is D Day for me. Now it's just up to whatever mood His Honourable Honour is in on the day. Last time I faced a court room, I was instructing a barrister. I think this might have a slightly different feel to it...
Good luck with that. Just remember, go in with no attitude and be contrite. Hopefully you'll get a compassionate Judge.
Pete.l
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:37 pm
by sirch345
Good luck for the 17th Jan VTRgirl
Chris.
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:21 am
by VTRgirl
Thanks guys. And thanks for the advice, Pete. I worked in law for a fair while before I swapped to nursing, so I kinda know how to play the game.
Just have to wait now. Ho hum. Did about 3 hours today (in the rain...) & have now dropped the bike off for a service, so I'm bikeless for a day or two anyway. Wonder if they'd let me count that towards my suspension... Hmmm...
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:25 am
by VTRgirl
Woohoo! Pretty much got what I wanted. I can drive 24 hours, 7 days for the purposes of work only. Direct route to & from, etc.
They wouldn't allow volunteering for the bike shop rides, saying if they needed me that badly, they could take me. Fair enough. It was worth a crack. LOL. I think I may have a loop-hole on that one anyway, but gotta fine-tune it yet. Am looking along the lines of my boss "donating" nursing services for the rides... We'll see.
Either way, I'm happy with today.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:14 am
by storminateacup
Well Done.
Will this make you slow down a bit or at least improve your observation skills
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:31 pm
by VTRgirl
storminateacup wrote:Well Done.
Will this make you slow down a bit or at least improve your observation skills
No... It will just make me only ride to work & back. LOL. Can't see it as a "lesson well learnt", but I will abide by the order. Spoke to my lawyer (gotta love having one in the family... LOL) & he advised not pushing the bike shop thing, so might just leave that as is.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:16 pm
by storminateacup
Timbo wrote:And if yougot nicked whilst on your "good behaviour" order, what would they do? Original Sentence or worse?
Don't you just love a naughty nurse
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:30 pm
by Pete.L
Ha!
Your licence must have more lives than a Cat
Nice one VTR Girl
Pete.l
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:44 pm
by VTRgirl
I did get got whilst on Good Behaviour! Hence going to court. I was too scared to ask what happens if I stuff up now. I expect they'd just suspend me for longer & longer. It's not worth it. If I ride like a Shayne for six months (OzFS joke...), then my licence will be restored to sparkling new afterwards, so that's my plan. I shall keep my knitting on board.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:24 pm
by sirch345
VTRgirl wrote:Woohoo! Pretty much got what I wanted. I can drive 24 hours, 7 days for the purposes of work only. Direct route to & from, etc.
They wouldn't allow volunteering for the bike shop rides, saying if they needed me that badly, they could take me. Fair enough. It was worth a crack. LOL. I think I may have a loop-hole on that one anyway, but gotta fine-tune it yet. Am looking along the lines of my boss "donating" nursing services for the rides... We'll see.
Either way, I'm happy with today.
Oops I missed this one
Excellent VTRgirl, I'm pleased too hear you just managed to keep your licence, even if it is only for work purposes, at least you get to ride your bike
Make sure you don't bend the rules in the next six months, as they'll probably throw the book at you next time
Chris.