Sometimes I’m Such a Moron
“Can you tell me when my registration is due? I didn’t receive a notice and we’d like to have both vehicles due at the same time,” I asked the nice girl at the registry counter. The BG and I were renewing the registration on the Prelude on his way back to work.
She offered to look it up in her computer using my plate number. “That plate has no records.”
Um. Shit?
“Well, that’s weird. I have my insurance right here.” The BG and I look through my files and the registration paper is from 2005-2006. Hmmmmm.
“Do you have a 2007 sticker on your plate?”
I ran outside to check, and the last sticker on my plate…
2005.
From my old Honda Accord.
Yes, shit.
Apparently when we bought my van we didn’t switch the plate over and I’ve been driving an unregistered vehicle for 2 years.
Thank God I didn’t get pulled over or in an accident. I’ve had lots of photo radar speeding tickets, but they’re just a fully automated cash cow so nobody was the wiser.
We’re all up to date now, and I’ll be writing REGISTRATION on my calendar for next year - just to make sure.
There have been far too few bulleted lists around here of late. You all know how I love the bulleted list, so we can’t have that.
Anyone know how to easily switch a two column theme to a three column theme? I want to put a column on each side. My web guru is due to have a baby any day so, though she can probably do it, I’d like to leave her alone for once. If you can help, please email me. I’m in training, so I need someone to either walk me through it or do it for me. Rest assured, however, that I’m not a complete moron. Not all the time, anyway.
Thanks to my new friend Liz at greatgreenbaby, I now have blogads on this site in addition to the other sponsors who’ve been here all along. Since they’re brand new here and currently empty, I’m going to do a draw for any of you who’d like to place a free ad for your site. To enter, email me. I’ll contact the winner via email. Thanks to Izzy for the great idea. And go check out Liz. You’ll like her! Do two bullets count as a bulleted list?
How about when the bullets don’t show up. How disappointing is that? Crap.Man, I lurve bulleted lists!
Now, because I know someone out there is going to help me with my column issue, and because you’re nice, I’ve got some gratuitous cuteness to brighten your Monday.
“I lurve blueberries. They’re way better than bulleted lists.”
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:45 am
Now that is too funny! At least you figured it out before you got into trouble.. what did they say about it?
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:35 am
I don’t know what surprises me more … that you were driving an unregistered vehicle or that you got lots of photo radar tickets!
How did that cute little boy eat all those blueberries and not get one on his shirt?
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:38 am
Mom 101 just switched to three columns and she said this guy helped her: http://cynicaldad.blogspot.com/ Maybe he can help you?
Also, try Karen’s advice blog: http://blogher.org/node/14277
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:55 am
Wow! That does not seem like you - more like me - but it sure gave me a giggle!
LL
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Ok dude … I so would help if I could … If you have yet to find one in a few weeks email me and remind me (I am planning on updating your theme anyway, so think about new colours, etc if you can wait
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April 2nd, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Way cute!
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Wow 2 years unregistered! You are lucky no one noticed! Something similiar happened recently with Joe’s truck registration. We never received the renewal in the mail either and he noticed it was expired. He had his license updated to our new address, and I did an official change of address when we moved 2 yrs ago, but they had our old address for his registration. Made no sense to me.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
AH! I too forgot to do the renewal of the plate thing… damn… still haven’t done it, but must do it soon! The DMV doesn’t stay open late and I’m at least 45 mins away… hmm… not sure how I’m going to swing it, but I’ll get to it eventually.
TWICE when I was in high school and had Mom’s car, I got pulled over for not having the plate renewed - even had to sit in the back of the cop car once - talk about embarassed!!! Mom laughed… and laughed… I must ask her if she remembers that.