Big Brother is watching

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John Daley

Every five years down here in New Zealand, the Government does a census of the three and a half million citizens, just to check that we haven't escaped and to keep their records up to date. (Probably to make sure they don't miss any taxes!) All the information has to relate to where you are at midnight on a particular date. Well we had some friends visiting from England and we had taken them for a few days sailing around the coast and islands of our Hauraki Gulf. Beautiful weather, lots of dolphins, everybody happy. Anyway a small charter boat came alongside as we were sailing and held upo a sign saying "census". They gave us the various forms to fill in and envelope to post it back or they said they could call by and pick them up the next day. The important thing was that we had to state as our official address the name of the boat and where we would be at midnight that night. So I was thrilled to bits that our official address for the next 5 years is "s/v Trader Jack", Shark Bay, Ponui Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland. and not our boring old suburban address in town. I also hit the GPS and stuck in the chart co-ordinates for good measure. That should confuse them!
 
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Dakota Jim Russell

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Ah, if we could only to be able to confuse Uncle Sam the same way. But you have given me some ideas <grin>
 
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ted

in alaska

the department of motor vehcles, needs a physical address for all applicants, its not uncommon for people to use gps coords or even physical discriptions like 3rd cabin past such n such river,or even the name of a bay.
 
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Chris Bloor

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We have a friend who's been living aboard his boat for the past 5-6 years. He docks at the local sailing club during the summer, and at the marina where he works during the winter (they have bubblers so he can keep the boat in the water). He recently had to pay a parking ticket -- yes, he does own a car. The local court wanted a physical mailing address -- he has a post office box. He told them he lived on a boat and didn't have a physical address. After repeated attempts to tell the court he did not have a physical address, he finally gave the street address of the marina. "This is where you live?" "No, I live on a boat." I guess the courts finally accepted this as a physical address, but our friend said it was absolutely the dumbest conversation he's ever had!
 
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