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Jun 28 2012, 01:05 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jun 28 2012, 01:53 PM) Until earlier this year my licence didn't have a photo on it at all. So it doesn't make sense that having one with a photo that is out of date can be an offence. It probably is, though. Paper licences become invalid in 2033. I got my photo licence in 2000 and thought, like my paper licence, it was valid until I was 70. The licence is valid but the photo becomes invalid after 10 years. Does not make sense to me, why not just say the licence is invalid as you have to get a replacement every 10 years.
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Jul 26 2012, 07:09 AM
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QUOTE (Jayjay @ Jun 28 2012, 02:05 PM) Paper licences become invalid in 2033. I got my photo licence in 2000 and thought, like my paper licence, it was valid until I was 70. The licence is valid but the photo becomes invalid after 10 years. Does not make sense to me, why not just say the licence is invalid as you have to get a replacement every 10 years. It's been a very clever, subtle money-making scam by the Govt. Nobody considered the very small print when they opted to renew their old paper licences with the more convenient and modern plastic and appreciated that they were letting themselves step into the govt trap... Updates every 10yrs which have to be paid for, large fines if you fail to renew. If it looks like a scam and feels like a scam it probably is a scam.....
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Jul 26 2012, 08:31 AM
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QUOTE (spartacus @ Jul 26 2012, 08:09 AM) It's been a very clever, subtle money-making scam by the Govt. I doubt very much if it makes money, it's just more busy-work for the Big State administration monopoly.
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Jul 26 2012, 08:42 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jul 26 2012, 09:31 AM) I doubt very much if it makes money, it's just more busy-work for the Big State administration monopoly. Yeah, they should tender out such work like this to private firms like G4S. That would work.
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Jul 26 2012, 08:49 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jul 26 2012, 09:42 AM) Yeah, they should tender out such work like this to private firms like G4S. That would work. No, just don't do it at all - like much of what the state does, the only beneficiary is Big State plc.
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Jul 26 2012, 08:57 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jul 26 2012, 09:49 AM) No, just don't do it at all - like much of what the state does, the only beneficiary is Big State plc. No driving licence - good idea.
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Jul 26 2012, 09:05 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jul 26 2012, 09:57 AM) No driving licence - good idea. Or here's an idea - just issue a paper driving licence without a photo.
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Jul 26 2012, 09:10 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jul 26 2012, 10:05 AM) Or here's an idea - just issue a paper driving licence without a photo. Maybe there is an reason these are no longer considered a good idea. Just a thought.
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Jul 26 2012, 09:14 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jul 26 2012, 10:10 AM) Maybe there is an reason these are no longer considered a good idea. Just a thought. Sure, photo-id's are a much better idea because Big State plc can charge you for a new one every ten years - and better still, if you forget, it'll sting you for £1000. Oh happy days.
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Jul 26 2012, 09:17 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jul 26 2012, 10:14 AM) Sure, photo-id's are a much better idea because Big State plc can charge you for a new one every ten years - and better still, if you forget, it'll sting you for £1000. Oh happy days. Such cynicism. You can always opt not to drive if you find the cost prohibitive.
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Jul 26 2012, 09:53 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jul 26 2012, 10:17 AM) Such cynicism.
You can always opt not to drive if you find the cost prohibitive. I'm OK, I have a paper licence, and I'm saving an absolute fortune on allotment rent so I'm rolling in it. Anyways, I'm not going to get overexcited about a £10 renewal, there are bigger issues, for starter there's the Big State student scam - £30k personal debt for nurses to learn how to empty bed pans at university. But that's really for another thread...
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Jul 26 2012, 10:16 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jul 26 2012, 10:53 AM) I'm OK, I have a paper licence, and I'm saving an absolute fortune on allotment rent so I'm rolling in it. Anyways, I'm not going to get overexcited about a £10 renewal, there are bigger issues, for starter there's the Big State student scam - £30k personal debt for nurses to learn how to empty bed pans at university. But that's really for another thread... I'm glad you hold the role of the nurse in such high esteem.
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Jul 26 2012, 10:20 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Jul 26 2012, 10:53 AM) for nurses to learn how to empty bed pans at university. But that's really for another thread... I am sure some nurses would hit you over the head with a bedpan if that is what you think of their skill level!
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Jul 26 2012, 10:50 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jul 26 2012, 10:10 AM) Maybe there is an reason these are no longer considered a good idea. Just a thought. The reason is that out masters in the EU demanded a common style of licence across all 27 countries.
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Jul 26 2012, 10:53 AM
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QUOTE (Berkshirelad @ Jul 26 2012, 11:50 AM) The reason is that out masters in the EU demanded a common style of licence across all 27 countries. Sounds like a good idea to me.
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Jul 26 2012, 11:03 AM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jul 26 2012, 11:16 AM) I'm glad you hold the role of the nurse in such high esteem. You're right, the bed-pan thing was less than complimentary and I apologise for that. I meant no disrespect to nurses or nursing, the point I was trying to make is that nursing is not best trained for in a university where student nurses are obliged to run up enormous debts, it is most appropriately trained for on-the-job in paid employment - the core skills are essentially caring. I have a reasonable idea of what level of skill and training is required for a modern nurse; it does not require a university degree, and making a degree a requirement serves only the universities and the state bureaucrats who administer the student loans, and it may even have contributed to the decline in nursing standards by recruiting accademic but dispassionate nurses.
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