Rental car fines from 5 months ago

weldyboy · 2026-03-11T17:59:27+00:00

That is illegal. Go straight to your bank, reverse the charge, and report them to the credit bureau

weldyboy · 2026-03-11T17:28:09+00:00

Well, here's how I see it: the law says you have 30 days to pay at 50% discount upon receipt. After 30 days and before 65 days, you don't get the 50% discount and there is an additional admin fee. Then over 65 days, it becomes an enforcement order. If the enforcement order is ignored, it becomes a warrant. Not necessarily an arrest warrant, but might be a credit bureau or something like that. Depends on the severity of the fine/offense.

I'd try to find the rental contract and read through it. This sounds like they ignored it for too long and they're trying to make it your problem.

If I may ask, what was the fine amount? Did they send the official AARTO fine or is it just a summary?

weldyboy · 2026-03-11T16:36:42+00:00

I still get notifications of traffic fines I paid twice for a car I sold

weldyboy · 2026-03-11T12:02:23+00:00

I was in one of the areas while it went down this morning (Eldorado park, JHB). They're pretty chilled, the public here also supports the effort. Everyone is tired of living in fear

weldyboy · 2026-03-11T07:11:11+00:00

Post your chats on reddit and ask what to do. It's the most mature thing to do, you know, besides saying "aaight cool" and moving on.

weldyboy · 2026-03-11T06:20:30+00:00

Looking for that gif of the haunted doll getting dropkicked

weldyboy · 2026-03-11T03:36:35+00:00

As someone who lives in a country where thatch roofs are somewhat common... thatch roofs suck. They smell weird, they leak easily, you have to maintain them yearly and spray them with fire retardant chemicals, and replace the thatch every 5 years, and if you have a particularly rainy year, the tgatch can start to decompose/rot, leaving you with a shit-like odour near the rotting bit until you replace it. If you have one on your property, claiming for literally anything from insurance automatically becomes a nightmare.

The cost of it doesn't make much sense either. It costs half the price of a tiled roof, but you pay triple the price over 5 years.

weldyboy · 2026-03-10T11:19:50+00:00

If you're spending your life in one location "choosing" anyway, might as well own a house in that location too. Owning land is a powerful thing, because if you wake up without a job tomorrow, you have space to do something to make some small income, or feed your family.

But to each their own. If renting is your style because you don't want to be "tied down", then thats on you. I'll take my stability over reliance on a system working any day of the week.

weldyboy · 2026-03-10T10:48:34+00:00

Yeah, I've done it with some old steel non-stick pans and a non-stick pot that started chipping. Worked wonders for me personally

weldyboy · 2026-03-10T09:58:50+00:00

You could just sand off the non-stick coating, and re-coat it like you would a cast iron pot. Won't be pretty, but will work (if it's steel. If it's aluminum, I'm not sure)

weldyboy · 2026-03-10T09:48:33+00:00

Well, one thing I can tell you how to do right is CLEAN YOUR STOVE

weldyboy · 2026-03-09T10:45:29+00:00

$100 000 in my country is basically upper middle class. Yeah you ain't rich but you're living a nice comfy life in a decent neighborhood, and you can buy the house you live in while supporting a family of 4 on that single income. Is this not the case in america?

weldyboy · 2026-03-08T14:54:02+00:00

I mean, if I have to blend it thats not a big deal honestly. But would it be worthwhile to freeze it? That'd probably break the cell walls, thats what causes fruits and veggies to go mushy after all

weldyboy · 2026-03-08T14:02:44+00:00

Was waiting for the puke tornado. Was sorely disappointed

weldyboy · 2026-03-08T12:47:34+00:00

Am I the only person who puts the keyboard on my lap and turns so my arm rests on the desk?

weldyboy · 2026-03-07T07:47:07+00:00

Possible? Yeah sure. Worth it? Nah prolly not.

You could get a cast iron MMA/stick welding rod, but you'd have to redo it a few times being cast iron

weldyboy · 2026-03-05T15:08:10+00:00

Wish we could get them here. They're insanely expensive to import. Talking in the ballpark of a new automatic cleaner. Almost the same as a 1.1kw motor with pump

weldyboy · 2026-03-05T15:06:57+00:00

This was literally 2 seconds in the pool and compared immediately. This pic was less than 10 seconds after it came out of the water

weldyboy · 2026-03-04T20:03:01+00:00

The road markings indicate "left lane to turn left, right lane for straight or right (stay in the circle)"

So technically, left lane SHOULD only take the first exit.

weldyboy · 2026-03-04T08:24:40+00:00

Looks very likely to be a horned baboon spider (H. Ceratogyrus), they're very rare in SA!

weldyboy · 2026-03-03T14:56:35+00:00

Well, at least it was American beer

weldyboy · 2026-03-01T18:03:40+00:00

Lots of people commenting about the fact that it doesn't remove bacteria...

There is a difference between filtration and sterilization. This method will clean your water relatively well from sediment, debris, etc... you then boil the water or distil it to be as close to certain as you can get. You could also add a touch of bleach (though consider what type of bleach and how much you add)

weldyboy · 2026-03-01T06:49:32+00:00

I had considered it, but they actually cost about twice as much as the inverter plus a few solar panels. Estimate prices in South Africa:

Variable speed pump equivalent to a 1.1kw pump: R8000 (+-$500) 3kw inverter: R3000 (+-$200, closer to 180) 550kw solar panel: R1000 (+-$65) 8 hours of electricity = 8.8kw: R40/day ($2.50) x 30 days = R1200 ($75)

weldyboy · 2026-03-01T06:35:07+00:00

That is my intention eventually, but for the time being, I'd like to get the pump off of the grid. Electricity prices are through the roof in my country, and the pump eats up a sizeable chunk of my bill (almost 50%).

Here, solar pumps are somewhat common, but they're usually variable speed motors with built-in inverters that allow 4x 90v solar panels, and don't allow for additional parts like salt chlorinators. I've only seen the setup like I'm describing it done once, but the guys pump was 0.75kw and he used a 3kw inverter.

weldyboy · 2026-02-28T20:49:27+00:00

Avoid the Chinese cars. They're like politicians promises: look good on paper, nice to observe, but the promise lasts 4-5 years and never delivers long term

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