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This just showed up in my aggregator. Since it came right to me in here in the United States by way of Topix.net, there's probably something worthy of comment here. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about how all of this stuff works to be the one to do more than point this out so maybe someone else can dig into it more. Did somebody just forget to code the page so Topix wouldn't pick it up? Did they even know Topix could pick it up?) Why does it matter whether or not folks in the U.S. read it? Good questions I don't have answers for.
Inventing is not all that hard, it seems. For instance, the husband of Jamie Dawn has just come up with "Moon on a Stick." This, she says, "is nylon-covered foam, shaped like buttocks and placed on a stick. Whenever one thinks a fellow driver is deserving, the buns are smashed up against the window. They look pretty real, too. I'm so proud." After Jamie Dawn reported that, she had at least eight comments, and almost all of them said they'd buy a "Moon on a Stick". Well, who wouldn't? What with there being so many witless drivers on the road. - Old Horsetail Snake
Hello, Mr. Navy Buick? I would just like to tell you that you suck at driving. You do not use turn signals and you stay very close the the middle lane - which scares me. Please, do not be on the road when I am driving, or I will hurt you. Thank you. - Erin
After I got home, I went with Nicki to get her car tags. She did one of the dumbest things. She locked her keys in her car, while it was still running, as we got out to go pay her tag. I tried to stop her from doing that and get her keys but I was too late. We sat at the tag office for 40 minutes waiting to the locksmith to come open the door. Thankfully, our insurance covers these type of situations, so we didn't have to pay for the locksmith. I hope Nicki takes today as a reason to get a copy of her key for me. This would not have happened if I had a copy of her keys since I had my keys on me.
So, while in the tag office, we've must have heard at least 4 cases of people not being about to get tags with paying extra taxes. These people couldn't understand why they had to pay so much for taxes. Simple: when it comes to cars, the state of Georgia is going to try to squeeze the most it can get from you. This will happen if you transfer your tags from one state to another. It's just a fact of life I've picked up from being a military brat, working in bankruptcy, and spending many hours at the DMV with my mother tagging Nicki's car when she got it.
The back bumper of my car fell off, and we had to stop at a gas station in Indianapolis. Panic set in, because none of us had any money beyond the cost of our Star Wars tickets. Fortune was smiling on us, because the teenaged boy working that evening was bored out of his mind and gladly fixed it for FREE. I always bless his memory every time we drive past that gas station. - Mamacita
IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged coworker of mine when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on earth are blind people doing driving?!"
IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver's side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "it's open!" To which he replied, "I know. I already got that side."
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