Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 85th Edition

• SevenEleven

  7 Jul 08, 16:53

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  I remember some minister (Raymond Lim, methinks) once claimed that ERP has actually 'helped car ownership'.

  His logic was that ERP = less congested roads = more people are willing to buy cars.

  Which also means that..... ERP has failed in its primary objective to control traffic.

  
  the only thing they succeeded is collecting more money

• av98m

  7 Jul 08, 16:53

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  i have a feeling the CB garmen will find a reason to suck money off those who use CNG.

  environmental tax! for saving the environment, u get taxed!

  
  I think they'll say its to discourage car ownership so the roads won't be so congested.

• kopiosatu

  7 Jul 08, 16:55

  honestly i dun like driving / riding around in SG.

  i just want my box on wheels to transport flashes that i'll use for shoots which earn me money.

• the Bear

  7 Jul 08, 16:55

  of course!

  i don't think CNG has a duty component to it..

  so they will find some way to tax it...

  notice if they were so "green" they'd give better tax breaks for hybrid cars like the Civic and Prius.. but they are not doing anything.. because less petrol used = less revenue

• sbst275

  7 Jul 08, 16:56

  Originally posted by av98m:

  
  I can actually see more people being pushed towards driving because of the horrific state of our public transport and the cost of taking a taxi these days, with the ever confusing surcharges piled on high.

  
  actually it's 1/2 done for public tpt before everything come into place, force w/ more ERP They've alrdy admitted e current MRT system cannot be expanded overnight
• SevenEleven

  7 Jul 08, 16:57

  somehow those CNG thing look so flammable and it's giving me the shiver

   

• av98m

  7 Jul 08, 16:57

  I wonder when they will announce road tax for cyclists. Maybe even force them to install the card reader for ERP.

• kopiosatu

  7 Jul 08, 16:58

  dun worry about that.

  if it is that flammabe then alot of mishaps would have happened in thailand already.

  service it, take care of it, it will be alright.

• Fatum

  7 Jul 08, 16:58

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  
  i'm thinking of this too... considering in pure $$ i get about 6.6km per dollar.. he gets 17km per dollar...

  suddenly the fugly CNG Toyota Wish becomes pretty cool

  the Prius gets 23.5km per litre still goes to be around slightly more than 10km per dollar...

   

  you can get it converted for around 3 to 3.5k ....

  will lose a bit of boot space though

• kopiosatu

  7 Jul 08, 16:58

  Originally posted by av98m:

  I wonder when they will announce road tax for cyclists. Maybe even force them to install the card reader for ERP.

  ERP parking at the bicycle slots.

• the Bear

  7 Jul 08, 16:59

  Originally posted by SevenEleven:

  somehow those CNG thing look so flammable and it's giving me the shiver

   

  
  don't worry...

  in Mythbusters, they tried to blow up a propane tank..

  they fired 9mm, M1-Gaurant, shotgun with pellets and slug.. all failed to blow it up..

  the only managed to do so by using a minigun with about 1,000 incendiary rounds...

• cassie

  7 Jul 08, 17:03

  Originally posted by SevenEleven:

  
  the only thing they succeeded is collecting more money

  
  collect nerver mind...if it comes back to people who pays for it in first place eg better facilities etc. but now you pay and you get nothing or worst facilities!

• fudgester

  7 Jul 08, 17:04

  Hmm.... I think what's preventing most car owners from converting to CNG would be:

  1. High initial installation cost

  2. Loss of some boot space

  3. Lack of CNG refuelling stations

  I think (3) would be the most serious drawback. Heard that more CNG stations are gonna be set up, though.

• fudgester

  7 Jul 08, 17:05

  By the way, Fatum.....

  I've picked up your suit from the dry cleaners.

  I'll be going to school tomorrow.

  I'll drop off your suit at your place sometime after lunch on my way to school?

• av98m

  7 Jul 08, 17:08

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  
  don't worry...

  in Mythbusters, they tried to blow up a propane tank..

  they fired 9mm, M1-Gaurant, shotgun with pellets and slug.. all failed to blow it up..

  the only managed to do so by using a minigun with about 1,000 incendiary rounds...

  
  .......I wish I watched that episode!!

• Fatum

  7 Jul 08, 17:09

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  By the way, Fatum.....

  I've picked up your suit from the dry cleaners.

  I'll be going to school tomorrow.

  I'll drop off your suit at your place sometime after lunch on my way to school?

  yeah, sounds great, but give me a call before you leave the house to make sure I'll be around, I do running around in the mornings, and sometimes I won't be back till mid afternoon ....

• kopiosatu

  7 Jul 08, 17:09

  i watched it, the metal is too thick!!!

• sbst275

  7 Jul 08, 17:10

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  I remember some minister (Raymond Lim, methinks) once claimed that ERP has actually 'helped car ownership'.

  His logic was that ERP = less congested roads = more people are willing to buy cars.

  Which also means that..... ERP has failed in its primary objective to control traffic.

  
  or even COE

  Remember ERP helps ppl to own cars?

• Fatum

  7 Jul 08, 17:15

  *moans .....

  I've spend a quarter of the day in the toilet so far ....

  ate durians and drank beer yesterday .....

  lethal combination .... >.< !

• the Bear

  7 Jul 08, 17:17

  Originally posted by av98m:

  
  .......I wish I watched that episode!!

  
  it was last thursday... the James Bond episode...

  and i think this is the 2nd time they fired that minigun.. the first time they used normal ammo to kill a barrel..

  => Mythbusters kill barrel with minigun

   

  this was when they blew up the propane tank with the minigun

  => Mythbusters blow up propane tank with minigun

   

  and you can search the night topics for the post just after you posted a huge montage of Kari Byron.. for the link to the most embarassing thing Kari has ever done for the programme

• av98m

  7 Jul 08, 17:19

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  
  and you can search the night topics for the post just after you posted a huge montage of Kari Byron.. for the link to the most embarassing thing Kari has ever done for the programme

  
  I know where the link is. I just refuse to click on it.

• SevenEleven

  7 Jul 08, 17:20

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  *moans .....

  I've spend a quarter of the day in the toilet so far ....

  ate durians and drank beer yesterday .....

  lethal combination .... >.< !

  
  you did that? you're courting death

   

• av98m

  7 Jul 08, 17:21

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  *moans .....

  I've spend a quarter of the day in the toilet so far ....

  ate durians and drank beer yesterday .....

  lethal combination .... >.< !

  
  why the constant self abuse?

• Meia Gisborn

  7 Jul 08, 17:25

  Bear,

  Could you please check your PM? Thanks.

   

   

• the Bear

  7 Jul 08, 17:28

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  Bear,

  Could you please check your PM? Thanks.

   

   

  yeah.. i did.. i just received the email back from the guy i asked when i saw the pink thing light up..

  wish i could help..