Is it just sitting there on the table? Annoying you? It’s such a small amount of money, but we all know that the cost is not what we are fearing – it’s the queues at the Traffic Department – oh, the pain! When is the best time to get there? And, when I get there, where exactly do I queue? Will I be sent to another queue when I reach the front? Will they even understand me?

So many questions, but they’re not questions that you have to answer. Because you’re better than that. You’re a 2oceansviber and I will take care of you. Come here, hold daddy’s hand..

A queue
..very similar to those found at the Traffic Department

The Photographer is famous for coming up with the most outlandish ideas and suggestions, very often without actual reasoning or the support of logic. That was all wiped clean, as I followed through on a suggestion he gave me, to do with the renewal of my bike licence.

“Andy,” I asked, “do you know what time the Traffic Department opens?”

“Umm, It’s either nine or nine thirty,” he replied.

“Hmm, not ideal – that half an hour could be the difference between me taking my life or not”

“Why do you want to know? Do you have to pay your fines?” he asked.

“Nought. For my effing scooter licence renewal. For a new licence disc.”

“Why don’t you pay online?”

“Don’t be silly, Andrew, you can’t pay online.”

“Yes you can.”

“No you can’t.”

“Yes you can. I did.”

“Andrew, do you promise that you paid yours online?”

“Yes, I promise!”

And so he want on to tell me how it works. I kind of listened to him but didn’t want to get excited until I did it and it actually worked.

It did.

Quite simply, my fine feathered friends, all you have to do is call the number on the licence renewal form (mine was 0860 103089) and give them your vehicle registration number (licence plate). Then you tell them that you want to pay online. The person on the other end will give you their bank details and a unique reference number. Then you go to your online banking website and pay them, using the reference number they gave you to indicate on their statement that you have paid.

I swear to God, it’s true.

I did it.

It works.

Work is a sideline, Live the holiday..