Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Nov 27 2019 09:41:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> And easier to get someone else to do it for you, as well... :) BM>> True. And I'll admit to being a little stuck in the rut with BM>> "updating the plates is my job" so didn't really occur to me. Plus BM>> in my case was a temporary tag so any sort of permanance did not BM>> make sense. NB>> Yup, you had a different situation... :) BM> Right - six month temporary while I healed. Will admit to being a bit BM> biased as for me it was a convenience versus a requirement. Not a BM> health issue where shuffling 100 feet is a problem. NB> I had one of those before... now mine is permanent... I'll admit NB> it's somewhat of a convenience, but the extra walk can be a NB> problem for me... I do tend to use the shopping cart as somewhat NB> of a walker, too... :) I had a small reusable grocery bag (the rectangular woven kind) attached to the front of my walker via a shower curtain clip for transporting smaller/lighter items. When graduated to a cane used a plastic bag the newspapers come in to carry a bottled water around: wrap the handle portion around my hand plus grasp the cane. (Other hand was holding on to the bannister,) NB>>> Lately, I've been moving the tag from my car to Richard's, as we NB>>> are going in his whenever we are driving together, to cut down on NB>>> the wear-and-tear on mine until we find someone to fix the clutch... BM>> Smart move! Any luck on finding a mechanic? NB>> Not definitely yet... Did hear of a place that specializes in Imports, NB>> including Volvos, but that it tends to be expensive (no real surprise NB>> there)... I'd hope that they'd at least do better work than the NB>> dealer has been doing.... BM> Specialists will tend to be expense "just because". Could even see BM> where the dealer would send a customer to the specializing mechanic BM> for certain repairs: the dealer not being specialized enough. NB> That is the case with one of the mechanics we use.... even the NB> dealers send any air conditioner problems to him.... That mechanic/shop must be real good with air conditioners! Or else more cost-efficient to have one shop equipped with the Freon/etc. capture devices. (If a small dealership like "Jeff's Car Corner" would make sense to send out certain jobs, where as "Green Buick GMC" has a service building almost bigger than all of Jeff's Car Corner.) BM>> I'm fairly certain the same here, for Iowa and Illinois. Have seen BM>> some plates which I would guess would be out of compliance but "not my BM>> job". Here (Iowa) the same plate is kept for I think ten years; yearly BM>> registration stickers are placed on the rear plate in the lower left BM>> corner. (To me) clearly stated on the form the stickers come on; BM>> naturally every so often see the 'stacked' stickers up along the left BM>> side. NB>> As long as the sticker is roughly in the right place....? We don't NB>> have a sticker for the plate, we have a sticker (good for 2 years) NB>> that goes on the windshield next to the inspection sticker... both NB>> get removed before the new one is placed... BM> Iowa for whatever reason eliminated vehicle inspection decades ago - BM> before I moved out here in 1975. New Hampshire I'm pretty sure was BM> (and still is) twice a year -- maybe just once a year. Remember BM> thinking no inspection not making sense: not for the "how does one know BM> the car is safe" but more for courtesy items like brake lights and even BM> headlights. (I've driven with a burnt-out headlamp -- can see but BM> 'seems a little dark'.) NB> Here the inspection is yearly, partly for safety (brakes, lights, NB> wipers, horn, windshield cracks, CV joints and similar) and NB> partly for emissions... Which to me makes sense. Can check headlights and brakelights by oneself (reflection) or easier to have someone else look. Wipers, horn and cracked glass also easy (though ignorable). Mechanicals and emmissions -- is that why people don't crowd up against my rear end any more?! BM> As for the registration stickers on the plate, they're supposed to be BM> applied over each other. I take a paper napkin, towel, etc., to wipe BM> the old one clean before applying the new -- the "stick'em" is really BM> strong but always a hare afraid if don't make some attempt at cleaning BM> the stack of stickers will fall off, especially after a few years' BM> worth. Never heard of any such incident. NB> But one can easily imagine it... and the disconcerted driver when NB> stopped by police... I'd think that running it through the NB> computer would show that it actually was up-to-date, though.... AFAIK one is supposed to have the registration sheet - the one the sticker as attached to -- in the car. As you said would presume easy enough to check if the registration was current. LIS, I've never had a problem with and never heard of a sticker falling off; could see someone taking a knife or screwdriver and peeling off just to be but seems like there would be sufficient left to make it obvious was there at one time. BM>>> up in the yard and noticed two moths who looked like butterflies, I BM>>> don't care too much about the moths but hope the butterflies around BM>>> here scooted off to where it's warm. (And now wondering where those BM>>> moths winter.) NB>>> As long as it isn't inside your house.... BM>> Gee I don't remember this sweater being a mesh! Have not looked for BM>> so not seen but wouldn't surprise me to have some bugs wintering behind BM>> the shutters or up against the vents ==> shutters are white so don't BM>> collect the sun's heat all that well but still a bit of warmth, plus BM>> protection. NB>> Outside's not so bad... :) BM> No, not so bad. The other day did notice some not-so-cute bug stuck BM> to the outside of the screen of one of the dining room windows. BM> Possibly got caught by the cold weather and so 'froze' -- more BM> semi-hibernation state. NB> Did you get the warming spell, too...? and did that bug warm up NB> and fly somewhere else....? :) The critter is gone, but don't know if flew off or fell off. Did warm up some, so probably flew off. LIS elsewhere, rather breezy out there this morning. Cooled off a few degrees since I started this REP earlier and the ansiweather reports indicate the wind has died down some -- just hasn't registered those howling wind gusts! 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