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confirmed with vic roads. my licence resumes midnight satnight 21st july 2007.

so at 12:01am just after midnight i am cleared to drive.

my licence wont be sent out till monday but that is ok and they acknowledged i can drive without the physical card and the police give you a week to hand the licence in if an offence has occured or they need to check it. i originally thought they would post it out a week before i got it back, but thats not the case. happy days are here ;)

the countdown is a vb program i got from planetsourcecode.com it was someone's quote changer program, i just modified it to do random quotes and do a countdown using vb date functions. nothing special. if you want the code i can give it to you, but its visual basic typical crap hacky code

yeah losing your licence 4 6 months does suck but that last 2 weeks is a killer it drags like you wouldn't believe but even better when you go to get it back and you think your on p's for a while longer and you get handed your full licence instead ;) and yes you do drink more because you don't have to drive but the car doesn't always have everything done that is planned becasue "you say 6 months plenty of time to work on it"

ill be out in the city sat night after midnight so if anyone is out and needs a lift home gimme a call

im serious, i havent driven in 6 months and just want to drive so if u need a lift home, gimme a call :)

ill be out in the city sat night after midnight so if anyone is out and needs a lift home gimme a call

im serious, i havent driven in 6 months and just want to drive so if u need a lift home, gimme a call :ninja:

HAHAHA MOBILE NUMBER PLZ

ill be out in the city sat night after midnight so if anyone is out and needs a lift home gimme a call

im serious, i havent driven in 6 months and just want to drive so if u need a lift home, gimme a call :ninja:

hah, sweet. may have to pm me ur mob number dude i'll be out sumwhere f**ked up and i dont trust indian cab drivers the last time i did i got jipped with a 50 buck taxi fair <_<

More to the point its an R33 taxi..... How Ironic!

Liam

hah... how origional you are :ninja:

hey paul if u go South melb way, i might be willing to take you up for the offer, i got a crappy course all week and its too long to travel to the city ;-) .. good luck with the driving and hope to see you driving again very soon.

paul mate your almost there!!

bet you can't sleep...lying in bed or in the 33 just waiting...waiting...waiting

well done man, i served an 18month term and got it back in march this year so i can feel your pain and excitment

just dont do anything stupid when u get it back and enjoy the freedom again

cheers

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