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Oh, The Stupidity
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JrzyTmata
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Jun 12, 2010 - 7:38am |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Yesterday I went to put my contacts in for the first time in a week or so. After a couple of stabs, I got the first one in, then the second one went pretty well too. I blinked a couple of times and walked out of the bathroom and WOW everything was fuzzy. Close one eye then the other and everything's all weird. I thought maybe I put them in upside down and/or swapped L/R so I went in to take them out and try again. I got the one out of my right eye, but after 15 minutes of jabbing my left eye I couldn't get that one to move. My vision was a little blurry so I figured it was shoved off to the side or ...after a while I decided I must have dropped it trying to put it in or something: there was no lens in there. So I went to the eye doc to get more lenses and put them in my pocket for later since I was pretty much done jabbing myself in the eye for the day, I'd just do without for a while. Went downtown last night and realized I could see fine out of my right eye, able to read movie posters across the street etc. So that means yesterday morning, I had put both contacts in my right eye at the same time.
Oh, the Stupidity!
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DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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Jun 12, 2010 - 7:33am |
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samiyam wrote: My Nox is fair... within legal parameters... I've got the car going to a shop on Monday to confirm that I have the car within legal limits before I take it to the "test only" place and get the smog checked... If I pass the test, then they HAVE to give me the registration...
I only want two more years so I can save more money for a down-payment on a new used car.
I used to live in Phoenix AZ and I owned a 1980 TVR 2500M that passed emissions but they still wouldn't let me register it because it had NO smog equipment at all and they all came from the factory that way. Even without the equipment it passed with flying colors but I was still never able to get it registered and had to sell it.
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samiyam
Location: Moving North
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Jun 12, 2010 - 7:30am |
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sirdroseph wrote:I feel ya, I have not had a car payment in 20 years, don't want to be forced to have one! If I get really evil in my quest for new wheels, I can always turn my dad into the DMV for being 87 and almost blind. If he loses his license he'll have a nice Toyota Corolla he can't drive and a son who needs a car... (you can see where my evil mind is taking this...)
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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Jun 12, 2010 - 7:27am |
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samiyam wrote: My Nox is fair... within legal parameters... I've got the car going to a shop on Monday to confirm that I have the car within legal limits before I take it to the "test only" place and get the smog checked... If I pass the test, then they HAVE to give me the registration...
I only want two more years so I can save more money for a down-payment on a new used car.
I feel ya, I have not had a car payment in 20 years, don't want to be forced to have one!
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samiyam
Location: Moving North
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Jun 12, 2010 - 7:25am |
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Xeric wrote: Not that they ought to be doing this to you, Stu, but of course mileage is not their—or the only—concern. You miles-traveled-per-gallon-of-gas is pretty good, sure—but you pounds-of-NOx-per-mile (and so on) may well be really, really bad. Just a thought towards a more complete picture. . . .
My Nox is fair... within legal parameters... I've got the car going to a shop on Monday to confirm that I have the car within legal limits before I take it to the "test only" place and get the smog checked... If I pass the test, then they HAVE to give me the registration... I only want two more years so I can save more money for a down-payment on a new used car.
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Xeric
Location: Montana Gender:
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Jun 12, 2010 - 7:20am |
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samiyam wrote: they've sent me a letter which says in essence: your car is worth $500 if you sell it to us now but if it doesn't pass smog and goes out of registration, then we won't pay you a penny for the car and we know that your car is too old to sell anyway so bring it down and let us junk it for $500 now or you will miss out on the deal when we refuse to grant you a new registration.
They're basically telling me that they're going to refuse to let me re-register my car. They don't care that I'm getting better mileage than 90% of the cars out there.
Not that they ought to be doing this to you, Stu, but of course mileage is not their—or the only—concern. You miles-traveled-per-gallon-of-gas is pretty good, sure—but you pounds-of-NOx-per-mile (and so on) may well be really, really bad.
Just a thought towards a more complete picture. . . .
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Xeric
Location: Montana Gender:
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Jun 12, 2010 - 7:17am |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Yesterday I went to put my contacts in for the first time in a week or so. After a couple of stabs, I got the first one in, then the second one went pretty well too. I blinked a couple of times and walked out of the bathroom and WOW everything was fuzzy. Close one eye then the other and everything's all weird. I thought maybe I put them in upside down and/or swapped L/R so I went in to take them out and try again. I got the one out of my right eye, but after 15 minutes of jabbing my left eye I couldn't get that one to move. My vision was a little blurry so I figured it was shoved off to the side or ...after a while I decided I must have dropped it trying to put it in or something: there was no lens in there. So I went to the eye doc to get more lenses and put them in my pocket for later since I was pretty much done jabbing myself in the eye for the day, I'd just do without for a while. Went downtown last night and realized I could see fine out of my right eye, able to read movie posters across the street etc. So that means yesterday morning, I had put both contacts in my right eye at the same time.
Oh, the Stupidity!
So, that gave you 20/10 out of the right?
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Jun 12, 2010 - 6:56am |
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Yesterday I went to put my contacts in for the first time in a week or so. After a couple of stabs, I got the first one in, then the second one went pretty well too. I blinked a couple of times and walked out of the bathroom and WOW everything was fuzzy. Close one eye then the other and everything's all weird. I thought maybe I put them in upside down and/or swapped L/R so I went in to take them out and try again. I got the one out of my right eye, but after 15 minutes of jabbing my left eye I couldn't get that one to move. My vision was a little blurry so I figured it was shoved off to the side or ...after a while I decided I must have dropped it trying to put it in or something: there was no lens in there. So I went to the eye doc to get more lenses and put them in my pocket for later since I was pretty much done jabbing myself in the eye for the day, I'd just do without for a while. Went downtown last night and realized I could see fine out of my right eye, able to read movie posters across the street etc. So that means yesterday morning, I had put both contacts in my right eye at the same time.
Oh, the Stupidity!
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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Apr 27, 2010 - 7:17am |
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samiyam wrote: they've sent me a letter which says in essence: your car is worth $500 if you sell it to us now but if it doesn't pass smog and goes out of registration, then we won't pay you a penny for the car and we know that your car is too old to sell anyway so bring it down and let us junk it for $500 now or you will miss out on the deal when we refuse to grant you a new registration.
They're basically telling me that they're going to refuse to let me re-register my car. They don't care that I'm getting better mileage than 90% of the cars out there.
Tell 'em to "cram it clowny." What happened to the anarchist in you Stu? Don't you just love it when a liberal and a conservative come together?
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Proclivities
Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:
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Apr 27, 2010 - 6:46am |
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samiyam wrote:Isn't there an ethics question hanging over this? There is, but someone else "finished up" his Ethics class for him as well.
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samiyam
Location: Moving North
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Apr 26, 2010 - 11:28pm |
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Manbird wrote:Anyone good at Politics (san carlos)
Date: 2010-04-26, 10:53PM PDT Reply to: gigs-uyven-1712241120@craigslist.org <Errors when replying to ads?>
I'm taking an online politics class and Im already pretty much half through the semester and I'm not doing so well. I want to pay someone to finish it up for me. I'm not looking for a tutor, so please dont email me if you only want to help. I want someone who will just do it for me. This just reqires reading the text book and a couple tests/essays email me for more info. Poli Sci Politics paid history
Isn't there an ethics question hanging over this?
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samiyam
Location: Moving North
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Apr 26, 2010 - 11:27pm |
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Monkeysdad wrote:
What type of force are they using stu?
they've sent me a letter which says in essence: your car is worth $500 if you sell it to us now but if it doesn't pass smog and goes out of registration, then we won't pay you a penny for the car and we know that your car is too old to sell anyway so bring it down and let us junk it for $500 now or you will miss out on the deal when we refuse to grant you a new registration. They're basically telling me that they're going to refuse to let me re-register my car. They don't care that I'm getting better mileage than 90% of the cars out there.
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Manbird
Location: ? ? ? Gender:
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Apr 26, 2010 - 11:19pm |
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Anyone good at Politics (san carlos)
Date: 2010-04-26, 10:53PM PDT Reply to: gigs-uyven-1712241120@craigslist.org <Errors when replying to ads?>
I'm taking an online politics class and Im already pretty much half through the semester and I'm not doing so well. I want to pay someone to finish it up for me. I'm not looking for a tutor, so please dont email me if you only want to help. I want someone who will just do it for me. This just reqires reading the text book and a couple tests/essays email me for more info. Poli Sci Politics paid history
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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Apr 26, 2010 - 3:46pm |
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sirdroseph wrote:Or the updated late 80's early 90's version; Fight the Power! That'll work! I can understand the wisdom of getting smoking, badly maintained vehicles off the road. But how many of those do you see on the road? Other than Stu's? Sorry Stu.
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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Apr 26, 2010 - 3:44pm |
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KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: What starts in California... ends up everywhere.
What was the battle cry in the sixties? "Fight the man, man!"
Or the updated late 80's early 90's version; Fight the Power!
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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Apr 26, 2010 - 3:42pm |
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sirdroseph wrote:Yea, Georgia's got that too, I'm going to have to start submitting my cars to the emission tests. I pride myself on keeping my old cars running, I hope they don't force me to get a new one! What starts in California... ends up everywhere. What was the battle cry in the sixties? "Fight the man, man!"
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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Apr 26, 2010 - 3:39pm |
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Monkeysdad wrote: Didn't the state try this before....late 70's early 80's?
SEMA is an old car guys friend. They have been here to help. Thank you SEMA!
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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Apr 26, 2010 - 3:36pm |
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Manbird wrote: They also require you to get the 'smog only' test every year if you have an older car. Whereas some time ago, you only had to get a standard smog test every other year. My classic 1977 truck was just one year away from being smog exempt - d'oh! I think it used to be any vehicle older that 30 years was smog exempt then they changed it and set the year at pre 1976. I think.
My '74 is exempt. The only "test only" I had to do was the last one. They tried to nail me but my truck ran cleaner out the exhaust than it did stock. (The hard part was making it look stock) And it put out about 300 more horsepower than stock... and it got better gas mileage. It is '75 and older at the moment. This could change at any time Al Gore has his way with me. I'm not one for the government trying to tell us they're "experts" in the field of automotive engineering. Ex= used to be Spurt= small and short lived
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sirdroseph
Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:
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Apr 26, 2010 - 2:07pm |
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Manbird wrote: They also require you to get the 'smog only' test every year if you have an older car. Whereas some time ago, you only had to get a standard smog test every other year. My classic 1977 truck was just one year away from being smog exempt - d'oh! I think it used to be any vehicle older that 30 years was smog exempt then they changed it and set the year at pre 1976. I think.
Yea, Georgia's got that too, I'm going to have to start submitting my cars to the emission tests. I pride myself on keeping my old cars running, I hope they don't force me to get a new one!
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Manbird
Location: ? ? ? Gender:
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Apr 26, 2010 - 1:59pm |
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KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:Incentives. That's about as far as they can go at the moment. Soon, will come big taxes to make you give up. Coming soon to a State near you too. SEMA... http://www.sema.org/ is fighting this nonsense by going after this kind of legislation to get rid of older and classic cars. They also require you to get the 'smog only' test every year if you have an older car. Whereas some time ago, you only had to get a standard smog test every other year. My classic 1977 truck was just one year away from being smog exempt - d'oh! I think it used to be any vehicle older that 30 years was smog exempt then they changed it and set the year at pre 1976. I think.
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