The negotiations continue...

I'll be in Brisbane for work from the 21st to the 30th, but apparently
"It will be cheaper for the taxpayer if I ride from Canberra to
Brisbane rather than fly" might not be a sharp enough blade to cut
through the mountain of red tape. Oh well.


BTH

 

I hope for your sake you get to use your preferred form of travel
However, since when has an public office ever given a rat's hairy arse
about how much ANYTHING costs the tax payer? I thought the public
servant's motto was "there is no point but we're not paying for it so who
cares?"

James
ZZR250==>ZX9R

 

Workcover issues maybe?

j

 

That and the bit where if they let BT do it, they'll get
everyone else wanting to do it. And that would mean that
the staff were having *fun*. Fun is bad and not conducive
to a non-fun working environment.

G

 

No, it's more of a "Don't you own a car? We have procedures in place
to handle the paperwork required for you to drive your own car..."


BTH

 

(BT Humble) wrote in

Are they smart enough to tell the difference if you just
fill out the car forms?

G

 

Works better if it's a large Honda or Suzuki, because they generally
have 'Make' and 'Displacement' boxes on the form. 'Kawasaki' and '250'
would look a bit odd, 'Suzuki' and '1300' you'd probably get away with.

It's one of those situations where the perversity of the financial
administration gets multiplied by the perversity of the tex dept.

-----sharks

 

Heh, My excursions to Sydney, Brisbane and Perth with Goaty were all
work-related (annual conference). Work gave me the equivalent of a
return airfare because that was cheaper than paying a 50c per kilometer
allowance.

Next year is Tassie.

Moike

 

X-No-archive: yes
sharkey wrote in message ...
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The make you drive pick-ups.
Clem

 

Our paperwork refers to a "motor vehicle"

Don't you have a (sort of) car? Get approval to go in that, and when it
breaks down just before it's time to go, and you have to use your
substitute "car".

Sneaky Moike

 

What is this, Sharkey-makes-a-tpyo Day?

-----sharsk

 

The vehicle must be comprehensively insured, which Angus the Truck is not.


BTH

 

Hooyah! Sanity has prevailed and now I'll be riding up and back. :-D

Will you have finished your house move and established a spare room by
Tuesday night, Mr Lemmiwinks? I'll bring beer... ;-)


BTH

 

Wanna buy a car?

Cheap and in Canberra.....

Hammo

 

Didn't you already go through all this once before?

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

You trying to impress Bobby with all this macho beer talk ?

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

~
****!
"They" make you drive pick-ups!
[shakes fist at sky]
Curse you cruel irony-gods!
Clem

 

What confrence? I got one in Tassie this year.

G

 

Go into the Cum spray booth and not get wet?

Hammo

 

Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Cheers
Goaty