| czajkowski | Gooooodo morning! | 09:23 |
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| ebel | guten morgen! | 09:23 |
| slashbel | Grüße! | 09:24 |
| czajkowski | hey you got your german licence plate also | 09:25 |
| czajkowski | dod you guys have to give your your irish drivers licence ? | 09:25 |
| slashbel | we both do, legal requirement if you're staying longer than 6 months | 09:25 |
| slashbel | we still have our licences, these are valid everywhere in the EU (except Ireland) until they both expire in 2020 | 09:26 |
| czajkowski | ah so is the same in UK | 09:26 |
| czajkowski | but nobody does it | 09:26 |
| czajkowski | as I found out when I tried | 09:26 |
| czajkowski | I got odd looks | 09:26 |
| slashbel | czajkowski: this is Germany, the laws are enforced ;) | 09:26 |
| czajkowski | as this way I cannot get points on it from UK | 09:26 |
| czajkowski | :) | 09:26 |
| slashbel | yes you can | 09:26 |
| slashbel | i hired a guy from limerick as an intern when in england | 09:26 |
| slashbel | he got caught by a speed camera, the DVLA put points on his record | 09:26 |
| slashbel | not having a GB licence will not get you out of the point system, unfortunately | 09:27 |
| czajkowski | hmmm | 09:27 |
| czajkowski | last time I checked they have no way of adding points from UK onto irish licence | 09:27 |
| slashbel | true, but they stay on your record | 09:27 |
| slashbel | you can be banned from driving in GB | 09:28 |
| czajkowski | which record though ? | 09:28 |
| slashbel | the DVLA keep a record of foreign licences | 09:28 |
| slashbel | also having a foreign licence, you must carry this with you at all times when driving | 09:28 |
| ebel | czajkowski: they keep a UK record. | 09:28 |
| slashbel | you are not required to carry a GB licence when driving in GB | 09:29 |
| ebel | So like, they can't put points on your irish licence or stop you driving in ireland. they can stop you driving in UK thought | 09:29 |
| czajkowski | hmmm interesting | 09:29 |
| slashbel | meeting time, bbl | 09:29 |
| czajkowski | not that I speed or have been caught when I went over | 09:29 |
| czajkowski | those average speed cams drive me insane though | 09:29 |
| czajkowski | tooldes | 09:29 |
| czajkowski | especially those 30 mph | 09:29 |
| czajkowski | and also it's mph in UK! | 09:30 |
| ebel | yeah silly uk | 09:30 |
| * ebel is gonna change my irish licence for a DE one. Mostly because it can get a smaller one (I think) | 09:30 | |
| czajkowski | nods | 09:30 |
| czajkowski | although I jsut saw irish ones are now credit card style | 09:30 |
| ebel | I know a Hungarian guy who saved €400 a year on his insurnace for changing his HU licence for an IE one when living in IE | 09:31 |
| czajkowski | nods | 09:31 |
| czajkowski | there is a handshake between us which does mean if I exchage mine I still get its original date of when I got it | 09:31 |
| ebel | yeah I think so. Tis all EU licences. "You have had a EU category A/B/etc licence since $DATE" | 09:32 |
| ebel | How goes new job? | 09:33 |
| czajkowski | it's going well | 09:40 |
| czajkowski | busy | 09:40 |
| czajkowski | but good | 09:40 |
| czajkowski | heading to Kenmare tomorrow to surprise my dad for his birthday | 09:40 |
| czajkowski | back and then Munich, back then SAn Fran, Paris and then a few days off and ireland for xmas | 09:40 |
| ebel | busy busy | 09:44 |
| czajkowski | yeah | 09:44 |
| czajkowski | better than being bored | 09:44 |
| ebel | yeah | 09:45 |
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