licence/rego - same thing - where's the divide?

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:34 pm

This is a scallop

Yes their insides are orange with a white muscle, the bit you eat.

Potato scallops are just thick slices of potato in my mind, what you'd put on top of a potato bake with cheese....dammit now I'm hungry

FujiFan · Post by **FujiFan** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:32 pm

I appologise Jonno for getting carried away

You started a reeally interesting topic about lingo accross the continent

Really getting into it, although I sumarised my previous ramblings

Never yet needed a blue slip but ironically the only I car I ever bought with the luxury of 2 years inspection free (purchased after the 1st year as brand new car) will soon need a Blue (cough, curse) slip inspection!

As for scallops:

In NSW if you ask for a scallop, you get a piece of battered potatoe slice. Not bad as a staple for bachelors or lazy people on the run in search of a snack

If you make it to a coastal type establishment in NSW you may be confronted with the option of a sea scallop: My favorite!! yum yum yum

purp · Post by **purp** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:35 pm

The names of the various glasses beers come in is the hardest thing to figure out from state to state.

Schooner, middy, pot, glass, pint....

All mean different things in different places. Even a pint, which is a historical unit of measure means something different some places. The trick is just to ask for a beer, and if thy ask which sort, say "whichever is bigger...".

cerebro · Post by **cerebro** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:26 pm

I'd like to go into a fish and chip shop
"What'll ya have?"
"Some scallops, and some scallops please"

Rodeo4jake · Post by **Rodeo4jake** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:38 pm

In Victoria, if you ask for a middy you will get a pot of VB Gold

. Also scallop has never related to anything in relation to potatoes.
I'll be in Brisbane tomorrow, maybe I'll find a fish & chip shop & see how I go. I want some after all this talk.

Cheers Jake

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 1:21 am

Rodeo4jake wrote:In Vic, we have Souvlaki, in Nsw they're called a Kebab.

In Bendigo and Shepparton we have Kebabs. We also have Parmas as opposed to Parmis - which by the way are just wrong! It's a Parma and that's all that needs to be said on this topic!

tambox wrote:In Vic they just call Third Party Insurance TPI, so we pay rego and TPI in one payment.

It's actually the TAC insurance for those who have road trauma injuries to pay their medical bills and/or setup their living arrangements to deal with their new (and unfortunate) situation.

There's no actual third party insurance with our rego - if you have a prang with someone else and you're in the wrong you could be up for a lot of money to get the other person's car back on the road or replaced!

cerebro wrote:What's the difference between a Scallop and a Potato Cake?

Scallop is from the ocean, is battered, deep fried and eaten. A potato cake is a thick slice of potato that is also battered, deep fried and eaten.

RSR 555 wrote:I think you'd have a problem buying a "pot of beer" in any state.. unless you're in the state of incoherent... maybe like after many pints of beer

Yeah, come to vic - our pots are the same as the NSW middy if I've got this correct. Their schooner is the same as our pint, which is the old school size that I forget what it is in mL at the moment.

Cheers

Bennie

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:37 am

Funny in such a huge continent we only have a few small differences such as these - rego, licence and scallops! Have noticed that takeaways that still have the 'traditional' Greek influence in NSW from Victoria - Melbourne maybe have given us NSWelshies potato cakes, same as potato scallops, Batchelor staple

way different from sea scallops.

Railway gauge ?

tambox · Post by **tambox** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:05 pm

It's actually the TAC insurance for those who have road trauma injuries to pay their medical bills and/or setup their living arrangements to deal with their new (and unfortunate) situation.

There's no actual third party insurance with our rego - if you have a prang with someone else and you're in the wrong you could be up for a lot of money to get the other person's car back on the road or replaced!

Oops, sorry, Bennie, yes you are correct, just been paying TPI's for cars and had that in the mind when typing.

And motorcycles in Victoria have an extra $100 added their TAC charge, but if you own two, you can get a discount on the second one. So not only the lingo varies between states.

sven '2' · Post by **sven '2'** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:53 pm

From a SA perspective:

Parma = parmy

Kebabs & souvlaka = yiros

Milk bar = deli

And on sweet sweet beer:

Pint = 425ml

Imp pint = 560ml

Schooner = who knows (or cares), is small and designed for those who cannot handle pints

purp · Post by **purp** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:10 pm

In ACT (and NSW) a pint is, well, a pint (570ml) a schooner is 425ml, and a middy is 285ml. There is also a seven ounce glass (200ml) called, creatively, a "seven", although I've never actually seem someone drink a beer from one....

For reference, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Australia#Sizes

FujiFan · Post by **FujiFan** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:25 pm

Ah yes Jonno, and interesting one:)

Railway gauges:

New South Wales adopted the European standard gauge of 1435 mm (4' 8 1/2"), Victoria and South Australia built with the broad Irish gauge of 1600 mm (5'3" ), and Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia and parts of South Australia use the narrow 1067 mm (3'6") gauge.

My understanding is this came from engineering, political, financial and a lack of forsight into nation wide rail systems.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:03 pm

Nobody drinks beer from a seven! A seven is for drinking rum n cola or the likes. A shot of rum and a stack of ice leaves only a small amount of room for cola, making it quite a strong drink.

Sent from my new touchy phone thingy

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:41 am

Gannon wrote:Nobody drinks beer from a seven! A seven is for drinking rum n cola or the likes. A shot of rum and a stack of ice leaves only a small amount of room for cola, making it quite a strong drink.

And a very good one too!

I noticed today on the hire car keys that the key chain with the car's details has the rego number under "licence" - yet this is a vic rego'd vehicle - luck of the draw I guess on the plates!

Cheers

Bennie

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:24 am

milk bar = deli ?

Over east a deli is short for delicatessen (essen = German for 'to eat') is usually smallish shop where you buy smallgoods like Ballsnall salamis etc.
A milk bar used to be a place for food - touching on fish n chips? can't remember, but could get sangas made to order and milkshakes, fizzy drinks etc
Next time in my travels through sleepier parts I will stop at the nextt sign 'milk bar' to refresh my childhod memories

sven '2' · Post by **sven '2'** » Sun May 05, 2013 10:49 am

El_Freddo wrote: It's a Parma and that's all that needs to be said on this topic!

Cheers

Bennie

Ordered a 'parmy' at the Young & Jackson pub Flinders St in Melbourne Saturday - man was I chastised by the (extremely hot) bar maid and then the toothless St Kilda supporters around the bar at the time - 'is parma over here youse fancy-boy' [sic]

I sulked away with my pint with 580ml of Cooper Pale Ale goodness thinking how many flags they had won (cf North Melbourne) and felt better

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat May 11, 2013 12:35 am

sven '2' wrote:Ordered a 'parmy' at the Young & Jackson pub Flinders St in Melbourne Saturday - man was I chastised by the (extremely hot) bar maid and then the toothless St Kilda supporters around the bar at the time - 'is parma over here youse fancy-boy'

You sure they weren't collingwood supporters? Odd to have St Kilda supporters without teeth, that's all...

Cheers

Bennie