[09:23] <czajkowski> Gooooodo morning!
[09:23] <ebel> guten morgen!
[09:24] <slashbel> Grüße!
[09:25] <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
[09:26] <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
[09:27] <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
[09:28] <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.
[09:29] <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
[09:30] <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
[09:31] <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
[09:32] <ebel> yeah I think so. Tis all EU licences. "You have had a EU category A/B/etc licence since $DATE"
[09:33] <ebel> How goes new job?
[09:40] <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
[09:44] <ebel> busy busy
[09:44] <czajkowski> yeah
[09:44] <czajkowski> better than being bored
[09:45] <ebel> yeah