Quote: DaButt @ July 29 2011, 5:26 PM BSTI think it's actually illegal to put money into another person's parking meter to save them from being fined. Stupid.
And in Australia they have the Meter Maids.
I read the news today oh boy! Page 427
The real meter erm... checkers kept trying to stop him, yes.
Quote: Tim Azure @ July 29 2011, 5:40 PM BSTAnd in Australia they have the Meter Maids.
Called Rita?
Quote: zooo @ July 29 2011, 12:26 PM BSTI think Norway is the Canada of Europe.
More like the Kuwait of Europe. Not culturally of course but a large oil economy with a very small population.
That doesn't sound quite so attractive.
Quote: Tim Azure @ July 29 2011, 5:40 PM BSTAnd in Australia they have the Meter Maids.
Only in one city: the coastal resort of Surfers Paradise. And unlike meter maids elsewhere, the Australian ones are sponsored by local businesses - and they strut around in gold bikinis (no joke) and put coins into meters that have expired, to save drivers from getting fined by local council parking inspectors. Whenever the meter maids save a car from a fine, they pop a sponsor's calling (advertising) card under the windscreen wiper. But I was in Surfers Paradise last week and didn't see a single meter maid, possibly because most traditional individual parking meters have been replaced with machines that dispense printed tickets. Or perhaps the maids don't work in winter, although it wasn't unseasonably cold last week.
Advertising card?!!! Hmmm!
Australia is weird.
Oops, seems that with the new meters, the meter maids no longer feed in coins but just sashay about and tell motorists to pay up. Weak.
Councillor Greg Betts stressed the meter maids would not be 'feeding the meters' but would be simply involved in public relations... to help residents and tourists with the operation of the new meters and provide information on why they are necessary and what they will achieve.
Amy Winehouse was about to adopt? Very odd story..
http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/gossip/articles.aspx?ucsort=1&cp-documentid=158734915#ic-anchor
Dont mean to be cruel but I wouldnt trust her with a goldfish
she'd probably snort all its food
Weird. I think I vaguely heard them mentioned once, or maybe just saw a photo.
The mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, drives over an illegally parked luxury car with an armored personnel carrier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-fWN0FmcIU
(Looks like a setup to me.)
Quote: DaButt @ August 2 2011, 6:40 PM BSTThe mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, drives over an illegally parked luxury car with an armored personnel carrier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-fWN0FmcIU
(Looks like a setup to me.)
That's what I thought.
Balotelli should watch out though in case it catches on over here.