Number Plates

Sorry mate but.. 17*C is cold?

17*C here feels like spring, like blooming nature, like occasional occurrences of something called the "sun".

And those prices are insane. Who'd give 900€ for a plate? Man, that's new winch. Or a good locker.

I'm with you on the Wine. I was a Winemaker for 20 years before giving it all up to play in the sandpit. Earthmoving, operating mostly Dozers and Excavators and Scrapers but also, any and everything in the earthmoving game. Fair Dinkum, I would have done it for nothing and been happy. Did that until last year in March when they told me I had inoperable cancer. Oh well, it has been a bloody good run so far and I aint dead yet.

Keep on fighting!
But also very glad to see that you are still up for a good laugh with Monty Python.
Those guys have/had a very healthy way to look at the darker aspects of life

Yep, remember their Always look on the bright side of Life

I don't actually fight the cancer, I take the drugs, receive and follow the advice given and use things like Oxygen and the compressor gadget to breathe at night. I work on my 100 acres, drive tractor when I can, drink a little wine, entertain and try to stop my 6 kids from sooking and moping around when they come visit me. Actually, if it wasn't for the pain I would have to say that this is one of the best times of my life, and I've had a good one. So, if the same happens to anyone out there. a bit of advice. You are not cancer, you have cancer but don't let it define you. Be informed and listen to what people have to say. Take your medications and other aids and remember, Life is a Death Sentence. We all die, but we can meet it on our own terms and in a manner of our own choosing and... don't whinge about it. Shit happens! Take what comes and make the best of it, I do.

Wonderful! You are an inspiration!

Often wonder why i am rotting away in my office at work. What is the point.
Most of the work we all do and value we create through our jobs only goes to the excessive spending of the stinking rich owners of global companies.
(and to get money to myself and my familys adventures and experiences, i know..)

But still, i heard many in your situation or similar experiences that happens to them, that makes them wake up and go do stuff they probably never would have gotten around to otherwise..

Its so nice to hear somebody with a good positive attitude to life. Good work !

On the number plate subject, every time I find one I like I am not allowed to use it because it makes the car appear younger than it is. I wanted one for my Lada Niva. It was green and named "The Frog" by my daughter when she was young.
I found FR09AWD on the DVLA website going very cheap but was not allowed to have it.

That's a bummer. I slipped one through the system once by doing it at the local VicRoads. Convinced them that I had a Greek Uncle called MYXSUX (Pronouncing it Micksos) but, of course, you and I know it meant My EX Sucks!