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wickedfleaI got carded for freakin' cigarettes tonight. I'd have been flattered, but after the woman checked my ID, she STILL didn't believe me. She kept going on and on about how my license had the CT DMV's URL on it: "I ain't never seen one with a WEBSITE on it!" I'm thinking, lady, it's not an actual WEBSITE, it's the goddamn ADDRESS for a website printed on the license. But instead I joked with her, "The damn thing better be good--I paid ten dollars for it just down the street." And she went, "THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKIN'!!!" I was completely bumfuzzled. So then she checked the ID against her little book, and of course the one in the book looked just like mine except no URL. So then she called some supervisor and asked him. Meanwhile, I grabbed the book from her and immediately found a note beside the picture that clearly read, "dmvct.org may appear in red below picture." So finally she sold me my flippin' Camels, but as I walked out, she was still mouthing about never having seen a license with a website on it.
Jesus. I'd have walked out earlier, but I was afeared she woulda called 911 on my young yankee ass and my tobacker shenanigans and I'd have had to take off runnin'.
Jesus. I'd have walked out earlier, but I was afeared she woulda called 911 on my young yankee ass and my tobacker shenanigans and I'd have had to take off runnin'.
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Date: 2007-01-12 05:52 am (UTC)Of course, I've always said you look like Jailbait.
Heh.
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Date: 2007-01-12 01:46 pm (UTC)I have no idea.
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Date: 2007-01-12 03:34 pm (UTC)I used to hate it when I waitressed and we HAD to ask everyone for their ID. Even the 60 year olds ... that walk with a cane. Slightly embarrassing.
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Date: 2007-01-12 04:37 pm (UTC)Sometimes it was enough to make me go apeshit.
And what the FUCK is up with people not accepting PASSPORTS as valid IDs? That's happened to me down south, in Boston (of all international cities!) and even in Los fucking Angeles. Like, wtf? I've asked people how they deal with international travelers, who have drivers licenses that are paper fold out dealios with a picture that is NEVER updated (unless you lose the thing). They're usually like, 'what? Europeans have drivers licenses???'
FUCKING FOOLS.
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Date: 2007-01-12 04:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-12 05:02 pm (UTC)oh fuck off. with everything going on, people deserve a goddamn drink. I can tell you what...if NYC gets attacked again (or, I suppose, I should say 'when') I'm heading out to get a damn beverage. Why not get numb and drunk in the face of death? Fuckers! people are MAROONS (to quote bugs bunny).
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Date: 2007-01-12 05:11 pm (UTC)Eat some Lulu!
grack!
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Date: 2007-01-12 05:14 pm (UTC)That's nothing compared to some of the stuff in this cookbook. One recipe for "Hunter's Coffee" calls for two cups of ground coffee, three raw eggs, a couple of teaspoons of salt, and half a teaspoon of dry mustard to be thrown into a pot with five quarts of water, boiled, and served up to the gang. GOOD TIMES. Goes well with Muskrat Stew.
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Date: 2007-01-12 05:23 pm (UTC)*rubs tongue across carpet*
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Date: 2007-01-12 10:48 pm (UTC)Yo...
Date: 2007-01-14 01:45 am (UTC)But anyway: You wouldn't believe the crapfest I had to go through to get my AL DL after I had lazed past the grace period of 30 days for new residents. Of course, there was the small matter of my having been entirely illegally on the road for a period of 5 years.
I think it cost me more than 500 bucks including late fees to get set up as a legal driver in this state.
Have you ever seen Dude, Where's My Car? You know that crazy knife-wielding woman at the DMV? Well, her thinner older cousin works in the local examiner's office. She and I got along well.
She's the one who informed me of my suspended license, which she discovered mere moments after I had just answered the question "Have you ever had your driver's license suspended or revoked for any reason?"
"Nope," I say, having had no idea at the time about that whole situation.
As I was taking the written test (amazingly, it's computerized, with immediate results) I hear over my shoulder, "You know, you got a suspended driver's license in Mississippi. You gon' have to clear that up before you can take yo road test."
I was, of course, shocked. I explained this to her, and attempted to make sure she didn't think I'd lied. She totally believed me, too. I think dents appeared in the acoustic tiles in the ceiling from the concussion from the velocity of the upward motion of her rolling eyes.
Testing Fees (Written and Road)
License Fee
Late Fee (AL)
Failure To Appear Fine (MS, Cty Justice Court)
Speeding Fine (MS, Cty Justice Court)
Lack of Current/Valid Inspection Indicator Fine (MS, State Of)
Reinstatement of Driver License (MS, State Of) <- Though it expd in 2004
Tag Fee (AL)
Sales Tax On Vehile (AL)
Various Fees Related To Same (AL)
And that doesn't even include insurance. Drat it all, I voluntarily pay insurance. I much prefer being a scofflaw, but at least now I don't live in mortal fear of bored and/or observant police. (Once, for instance, I was pulled over by a local yokel cop for doing 75 in a 35 (speed trap) but his heart wasn't in it. At the time, I could have probably been thrown in jail: Expd license, expd tags, no insurance, suspended license, legally reckless rate of speed. I got a ticket and I never even paid it, and THAT was in AL. It somehow didn't appear on my record.
Anyway: You only down here temporarily or something? Or, you just don't like dealing with the DMV?
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Date: 2007-01-16 05:14 pm (UTC)Ugh. You tell me that horror story and then ask why I haven't been to the DMV yet? ;) I still haven't gotten a new SSN card, and I'm afraid they're not going to accept the tattered one I have. And now MY tags are expired, and I can't find my freaking title for the car, so I can't get Alabama plates until I do. So yeah, I just hate dealing with all that crap, so I haven't yet because I'm stupid.
But at least I don't have outstanding tickets--that I know of, anyway. :P