Wednesday, February 24
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MILLIE!
Amelia Ellen Roff is today officially 23 years of age. She is being taken out for dinner by Grant and Julia (her REAL parents) to some exotic Moroccan restaurant in Melbourne while her other parents in Newcastle eat spam on toast because they spent all their money raising her. Happy birthday Mil! We still love you!
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Everyone else in Melbourne was doing "Vindaloo against violence" but we did "Moroccan against murder". We had a great birthday dinner with Milly in a restaurant WITHOUT a liquor licence! Water is actually okay but I don't think it will catch on. All the Melbourne Roff/Keartons were there including Amanda who was still a bit shell-shocked from the big rock 'n roll demonstration the day before. Ten thousand marched, including me, Annika and Dom, but Amanda knew the names of the other 9,997. I think she's been here too long. Special guests tonight were Daniel's old flatmates, Jess and Luke. Jess entertained us with stories of Daniel interviewing prospective flatmates and asking questions like, "If you were abducted by aliens, would you prefer to be in their zoo or be used for medical experiments?" It was an excellent night and Milly gets more beautiful with every passing year.
Happy birthday Milky! I have a giant pencil for you (and Uncle Damian).
I have been doing "Vindaloo against Violence" for the last six weeks in India and I am over it. I am now on to "Rice Paper Rolls against Racism". Yum!
Hey, Lainey - any chance of a more detailed description of your current adventure? Where have you been, where are you now, where are you going, did you get robbed in Goa - that sort of thing?
Happy Birthday, Milly. I might call you tonight. Or I might not. I'm currently engaged in "Beers against Bigots".
What about "Redheads against racism" or, perhaps, carrot-tops against colonialism? In court again tomorrow, Daniel. This time it's a red light offence.I have a stat dec from Dom (fat lot of good that will do me) indicating I reversed from the intersection but my case is weak. Wish you lived in Melbourne so I could have full-time legal representation. I know you'd charge me mate's rates and I have a hundred potential clients. I'm wearing Poppa's suit tomorrow for good luck. It makes me look like I'm about 90 but it might ring a bell for the 106 year-old magistrate.
On another matter, when did we have to start calling them "Your Honour" rather than "Your Worship"?
I'm on one point at the moment so it doesn't really matter but the original offence was in November, 2008! The law really is an ass...
I'm still hoping to move down to Melbourne next year and study to become a barrister. I just have to make sure that NSW approves of the course so that I can move back.
Are you pleading not guilty? You might need Dom to go along to be cross-examined. And you may need to check if the offence is made out when you pass a certain point, as opposed to something more being required, such as traveling a specified distance. If you pleaded guilty, you could ask for leniency based on Dom's Stat Dec.
I know why you find the law interesting, Daniel. The magistrate had a patch over one eye and I was fighting back an attack of the giggles throughout my case. I was found guilty but with no penalty - yes, I'd crossed the magic line but, also yes, it was agreed (by the prosecution as well) that it was necessary. I haven't figured out yet whether "no penalty" means no fine and no points or just the former - hopefully both. Looking forward to seeing you in Melbourne next year so I don't have to keep doing this stuff myself...
In NSW it would be up to the RTA as to whether or not you would lose the points, because once the offence is "proved" it is up to some uneducated public servant to make the decision about the loss of any points.
sorry about my abscence from the roff report- i've been super busy at work and my credit card still hasn't made it to me yet, so as for now i am lap-topless. dinner was AMAZING and i was spoilt rotten (take note marianne and stu). i think i set a record for most birthday cakes in one day, getting one from each surgery at work (2), one from our guests luke and jess, and a STUNNING cake from Julia (which is a miracle cake as it managed to stay in my stomach despite my body's wishes). thank you to everyone who made it an awesome day, including Nick's beautiful footballer "friend" who made an appearence during dinner.
thanks again! mil
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