Peter, at 21:48 on Thu, Apr 13 1995, you wrote...

BG> It still amazes me that places like K-Mart, Woolies, and all hardware 
BG> stores  sell electrical fittings to the GP, yet they can only legally be 
BG> fitted by  licensed electricians or EWB ticket holders.

BG> A bit like buying non-Austel modems, when you think about it.  |-)

PC> Or Radar Detectors!

Nothing at all like radar detectors, as it happens.  WA is now the only
state in Australia where it is still legal to even possess or sell these
things.

Creative Electronics at Matraville in Sydney no longer manufacture them,
but are still importing the BEL series from the US.  BTW, as they are now
prohibited imports in eastern states, they are being brought into WA and
despatched from Creative's Perth office.  However, if you ring their Sydney
office and ask about buying a detector, they go into panic mode, and start
asking you questions about how you heard about them, who told you they were
selling them, etc., but once they realised that I was an old client, they
were quite happy to send me some brochures.

Unlike non-approved modems (which you can legally own, but not legally
connect to the PSTN), radar detectors are illegal to possess under any
circumstances.  And I bet you thought we lived in a democracy.  |-)

Regards, Bill
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