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07-02-2007 09:33 AM #1
Seems surreal that Virginia produced such noted Revolutionary War luminaries as;
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
George Mason
Benjamin Harrison
Times sure have changed!Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
It's much easier to promise someone a "free" ride on the wagon than to urge them to pull it.
Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity converge.
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07-02-2007 09:52 AM #2
Ahh the good ole days when a man did things to better himself and others,now......... we do it for profit....................and we can see what that has brought.......no new Washingtons or Franklins.
Washington is now paid off by the lobbiests and Franklin has sold out to the big profiteers.Its gunna take longer than u thought and its gunna cost more too(plan ahead!)
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07-02-2007 11:58 AM #3
The reason that Virginia added fees instead of raising the ticket cost was because ticket revenue goes to public schools whereas the fees would go to the highway fund. Virgina expects to get over $200 million a year in fees. (must be a lot of law breakers in Virginia)
The other states that already have rules similar to Virginia are: Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Texas. The most expensive of those 4 is Texas. All of them add multi-year penalties for expired insurance and licenses.
PA doesn't yet have multi-year fines or penalties but they got fees. For a $25 violation they tack on an additional $68 in fees for everything from the cost of writing the ticket to padding a fund for emergency medical.Bob
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail....but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying..."Damn....that was fun!
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07-02-2007 12:08 PM #4
And we just keep going along for the ride.........................
It scares the h*** out of me that there are laws like this being passed and we have no contol over any of it.
Don
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07-02-2007 12:34 PM #5
Our good ole Democratic Governor is now saying he did not know that language was in the bill, and if he had, he would not have signed. Yeah, I believe that
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JackK.I.S.S.
".......So sanded it all down and resprayed. ......" Been there. done that on a couple of paint jobs over the years. Usually took me a couple of days to get over being mad before I started...
Stude M5 build