PatB Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Here in Western Australia, in the general run of rego numbers, use of a Q designates a vehicle owned by a state government department. Unless it's a single letter, followed by some numbers, whi h means it's a vehicle registered in the shire of Quairaiding. When it comes to vanity plates, though, depending on how much you're prepared to pay and whether someone else got there first, you can have any combination of letters and numbers not deemed offensive and not beyond a certain length. Anecdotal evidence suggests that what is deemed offensive is fairly broad (or maybe it depends on the individual member of staff issuing the plate), so BOLLQX or variations thereof, probably wouldn't have got through here. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2019 4 hours ago, PatB said: Here in Western Australia, in the general run of rego numbers, use of a Q designates a vehicle owned by a state government department. Unless it's a single letter, followed by some numbers, whi h means it's a vehicle registered in the shire of Quairaiding. When it comes to vanity plates, though, depending on how much you're prepared to pay and whether someone else got there first, you can have any combination of letters and numbers not deemed offensive and not beyond a certain length. Anecdotal evidence suggests that what is deemed offensive is fairly broad (or maybe it depends on the individual member of staff issuing the plate), so BOLLQX or variations thereof, probably wouldn't have got through here. I'm surprised it got through in Victoria. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2019 2 hours ago, kevinlms said: I'm surprised it got through in Victoria. Perhaps the owner works in the local equivalent of the DVLA?!! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) From a friend's FB feed...... Edited May 3, 2019 by newbryford 1 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2019 2 hours ago, newbryford said: Additional info added to the post....! Funny how it's always a "friend" or "somebody I know"!! Mike. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) Beautifull Edited May 3, 2019 by peanuts 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I am waiting for the list of his best lines to commemorate the event. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Funny how it's always a "friend" or "somebody I know"!! Mike. Apologies Mike, I didn't want to dob you in................... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 4, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 4, 2019 5 hours ago, TheQ said: Ah.. Batteries not included.. Sure they haven't become corroded in? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Its one of those which is safe to use around airfields. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold CHAZ D Posted May 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) Sir Douglas Funny how there are 8 bytes per bit so 256 options. Might explain the reason for said error Is this right???? Edited May 5, 2019 by CHAZ D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted May 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, CHAZ D said: Sir Douglas Funny how there are 8 bytes per bit so 256 options. Might explain the reason for said error Is this right???? Probably. A single byte being used for the axle count. That would equate to a total of 64 4-axle vehicles (say, a Bo-Bo + 63 bogie wagons). So in all probability, not unreasonable to use a single byte as it's unlikely to ever be that high. However, it would have been safer to spec a double byte unsigned integer, then there would be 65536 possible values. That would be a very long train indeed... Edited May 5, 2019 by Ian J. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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