ALTRAV,

Not at all.

Just quoting what you said.

You described yourself.

And who knows you better than you.

You cleared up a lot about yourself for us all here.

Kudos!

Indy, in reference to your mate with the 4 tonne camper-"truck", with the operative word being truck, he is paying a commercial rate.
I have been in the industry, amongst other industries, and I can tell you that, by example your mate was paying a commercial rate.
One of the vehicles I had was a Kenworth SAR prime mover, with an 800hp KT 19 engine.
The registration fee for that vehicle, (only a prime mover, not a normal truck with a tray body or pantechnicon body on it's back) was, to round out, around $10,000 a year.
Now in WA if a vehicle is registered as a "mobile home", it receives substantial discounts sometimes, but rarely up to 90%.
Because, it was reasoned that these vehicles were not used as an every day commute, therefore were justified in having a lesser registration fee than their commercial and equivalent counterparts.
I can go one better.
All states have some form of vintage/veteran car clubs.
Our major VCC is such a club.
I have several cars that qualify for acceptance to the WAVCC, as did I.
Those cars, instead of paying $700 odd a year cost me $70 a year.
My membership costs me $30 a year, last time I looked.

Lucky you ALTRAV. In Queensland my club rego is $250 a year. Still a lot better than the $980 the TR8 was costing me.

Better still, when I advised Shannons of the change to club registration, they knocked a big chunk off my insurance too.

Hasbeen, and some wonder why I hate this place.
The idiots who say stupid things like, "what are you complaining about, there are other places in the world much worse"'
And that's supposed to make me feel better, or justify getting ripped of or abused by a greedy and self serving system/govt.
We have had ALL our public assets GIVEN to these slimy bastards and their political puppets, where they can gouge and overcharge us as and when they want.
It's like when that weasel Keating said that electricity prices were too low, and we should be paying more.
What he was doing was to raise the profit of the electricity company to sell to private interests.
What the people don't know is, when the power company was offered for sale, the prospective buyers looked at the numbers and basically said, "it's not making enough profit, and when it is we will look at it again".
And if any of you recall, the price of electricity went up rather quickly over a relatively short time, and of course not long after it was sold.
I have said for years, that the govt should TAKE BACK, not buy back, all the previously owned public assets, and then reduce or subsidise the cost to the consumer.
They are, after all OUR assets.
It is like when we began extracting gas over here.
We were told by the then govt that 15% of the gas would be committed to WA consumers and industry at a reduced or discounted price.
Yeah, sure, another load of lies and BS from a disgustingly dishonest bunch of lying thieves.
And yet all I hear from those around me is, how wonderful these crooks are, with pathetic blinded fools and their adoration of them referring to them as "The Honourable, the Minister".
You fools!

Hey ALTRAV,
It's like how they promote free trade and the TPP.

The claimed benefits are questionable.
What it means is there's no recourse for citizens by the governments who represent them against multinational corporations who exploit them.

It's not free for us, but free of red tape for them.

Many things are done for interests other than what the public thinks.
I've just been watching this video and it explains the Marshall Plan wasn't for the purposes of rebuilding Europe, it was to give Rockefeller hegemony over Europe.

McDuff’s Mindfields, ep. 52: "William Engdahl on BLM, Color Revolutions, and The Atlantic Council”
http://youtu.be/Qn0AWM7bWwU

I go with second post on first page by runner.

An open forum, with all views.

I only wish we could attract more regular posters, including academics and similar who can use their real name.