wolf Goes to Rehab (WAS: Tales from the New Nuthouse) - Page 13

wolf · 06-01-2014, 04:37 PM

I'm off this week, but chaos is reigning at the rehab. I've gotten at least one cryptic text message, and have been making popcorn and watching a doozy of a veiled argument involving unfriendings and accusations over on the facespace.

I had no idea I was that much of a stabilizing influence.

wolf · 06-01-2014, 04:48 PM

Not really a story from the rehab, but as I was heading home FROM the rehab, I have decided this counts ...

So, I was minding my own business, driving along, listening to my audiobook, and all of a sudden there were blue/reds flashing behind me.

No biggie. I know I wasn't speeding, so I figured the cop just wanted me to get out of his (or, as it turned out, her) way because there was an important meeting scheduled at the Dunkin Donuts.

I pulled off to the side, and waited for the officer to pass me ... and waited, as the cop pulled in behind me.

Bloody crap. I can't afford a ticket, but I swear I didn't do anything. No speeding, no littering, no rude gestures out the window ...

Cop walks up to the window and I poke my head out, ready to offer my license, registration, insurance card, and a bewildered look.

She steps into my sightline, and I look up and say, "Oh, Hi! What did I do?"

"Oh, it's YOU. Nothing."

"So, why am I pulled over?"

"Your license plate is unreadable."

"Oh, it's probably dirty. I'll give it a good clean when I get home."

"Cleaning won't help it. It has to be replaced."

Crap, I think. it's a vanity plate. They are fuck-all expensive to replace. I had it in my head that it would cost around $50 (and eventually it will, but not all at once)

Short version, I didn't get a ticket, got home and started looking into it. I could have replaced my current plate if I had the police fill out some form that I would have to get notarized, or I could apply for a new vanity plate for the princely sum of $20, plus I'll be paying to renew the tag when it comes up in a few months. But I did learn something ... the Commonwealth no longer automatically replaces all of the existing plates every 10 years, so they are more likely to become illegible over their life span.

My first choice place is now showing unavailable, with my second choice still available, so I know which one I'm getting.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-01-2014, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

My first choice place is now showing unavailable, with my second choice still available, so I know which one I'm getting.

So you're getting a different plate rather than have them send new copies of the same plate?

wolf · 06-01-2014, 08:32 PM

Yes. It's time to let the old plate go. I had been thinking about it, and the deal pretty much got sealed when I read through the number of hoops you need to jump through to have an existing plate reissued ... which is a pretty new thing, incidentally. It used to be that if a vanity plate got lost, damaged, or stolen it was gone "forever."

After much consideration, I will have a plate that reflects the volunteer stuff that I do.

monster · 06-01-2014, 08:44 PM

not
NUT CRKR
?

wolf · 06-01-2014, 08:48 PM

That's a good one, but I don't think it would have gotten past the appropriateness screener.

monster · 06-01-2014, 09:12 PM

worth a try next time?

wolf · 06-01-2014, 09:28 PM

Were I still at the nuthouse, it would have been 302B.

fargon · 06-02-2014, 07:24 AM

302B?

wolf · 06-02-2014, 11:04 AM

The section of the mental health law that let me bring nuts before a psychiatrist to be evaluated.

BigV · 06-02-2014, 01:29 PM

renewing my vanity plates cost over $100. Some of that was reregistration, some was the compulsory plates replacement (every seven years). A couple months after I paid to replace my perfectly good plates, the rule was rescinded/expired. *sigh*

The new ones are a totally different color and look, though the number/digits are the same.

wolf · 06-05-2014, 11:01 AM

PA charges $20 to issue a vanity plate and $36 for a regular registration. In your first year of holding a vanity plate you end up paying $56, but after that it's only the $36 annual renewal.

wolf · 06-19-2014, 12:03 AM

Nurse: Female building to Security ... Female building to Security ...

New security guy: Security, go ahead.

Nurse: The girls are reporting seeing a male in tan pants and tan shirt lurking around near the trees.

New security guy: That would be me.

Best overhead exchange of the night. It managed to beat out patients sick in the elevator.

wolf · 06-21-2014, 12:14 AM

It never ceases to amuse me ... A 20 minute exchange between the nurse manager and security about an elopement ending with a classic ... "male unit, we have one of your little chickadees and we are bringing him home to the nest."

The new security guy is a former cop. You can tell on the radio. "I have surveillance on the male suspect. He has just entered the Turkey Hill. Police are on scene." He also says "affirmative" a lot.

The nest thing is funnier when you know that the rehab's name and logo includes a bird of prey.

sexobon · 06-21-2014, 06:48 AM

When elopees are returned, do they say "The Eagle has landed."?

06-01-2014, 04:37 PM	#181
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm off this week, but chaos is reigning at the rehab. I've gotten at least one cryptic text message, and have been making popcorn and watching a doozy of a veiled argument involving unfriendings and accusations over on the facespace. I had no idea I was that much of a stabilizing influence. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-01-2014, 04:48 PM	#182
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Not really a story from the rehab, but as I was heading home FROM the rehab, I have decided this counts ... So, I was minding my own business, driving along, listening to my audiobook, and all of a sudden there were blue/reds flashing behind me. No biggie. I know I wasn't speeding, so I figured the cop just wanted me to get out of his (or, as it turned out, her) way because there was an important meeting scheduled at the Dunkin Donuts. I pulled off to the side, and waited for the officer to pass me ... and waited, as the cop pulled in behind me. Bloody crap. I can't afford a ticket, but I swear I didn't do anything. No speeding, no littering, no rude gestures out the window ... Cop walks up to the window and I poke my head out, ready to offer my license, registration, insurance card, and a bewildered look. She steps into my sightline, and I look up and say, "Oh, Hi! What did I do?" "Oh, it's YOU. Nothing." "So, why am I pulled over?" "Your license plate is unreadable." "Oh, it's probably dirty. I'll give it a good clean when I get home." "Cleaning won't help it. It has to be replaced." Crap, I think. it's a vanity plate. They are fuck-all expensive to replace. I had it in my head that it would cost around $50 (and eventually it will, but not all at once) Short version, I didn't get a ticket, got home and started looking into it. I could have replaced my current plate if I had the police fill out some form that I would have to get notarized, or I could apply for a new vanity plate for the princely sum of $20, plus I'll be paying to renew the tag when it comes up in a few months. But I did learn something ... the Commonwealth no longer automatically replaces all of the existing plates every 10 years, so they are more likely to become illegible over their life span. My first choice place is now showing unavailable, with my second choice still available, so I know which one I'm getting. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-01-2014, 08:32 PM	#184
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Yes. It's time to let the old plate go. I had been thinking about it, and the deal pretty much got sealed when I read through the number of hoops you need to jump through to have an existing plate reissued ... which is a pretty new thing, incidentally. It used to be that if a vanity plate got lost, damaged, or stolen it was gone "forever." After much consideration, I will have a plate that reflects the volunteer stuff that I do. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-01-2014, 08:44 PM	#185
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	not NUT CRKR ? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-01-2014, 08:48 PM	#186
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That's a good one, but I don't think it would have gotten past the appropriateness screener. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-01-2014, 09:12 PM	#187
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	worth a try next time? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-01-2014, 09:28 PM	#188
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Were I still at the nuthouse, it would have been 302B. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-02-2014, 07:24 AM	#189
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	302B? __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

06-02-2014, 11:04 AM	#190
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The section of the mental health law that let me bring nuts before a psychiatrist to be evaluated. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-02-2014, 01:29 PM	#191
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	renewing my vanity plates cost over $100. Some of that was reregistration, some was the compulsory plates replacement (every seven years). A couple months after I paid to replace my perfectly good plates, the rule was rescinded/expired. sigh The new ones are a totally different color and look, though the number/digits are the same. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-05-2014, 11:01 AM	#192
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	PA charges $20 to issue a vanity plate and $36 for a regular registration. In your first year of holding a vanity plate you end up paying $56, but after that it's only the $36 annual renewal. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-19-2014, 12:03 AM	#193
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Nurse: Female building to Security ... Female building to Security ... New security guy: Security, go ahead. Nurse: The girls are reporting seeing a male in tan pants and tan shirt lurking around near the trees. New security guy: That would be me. Best overhead exchange of the night. It managed to beat out patients sick in the elevator. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-21-2014, 12:14 AM	#194
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It never ceases to amuse me ... A 20 minute exchange between the nurse manager and security about an elopement ending with a classic ... "male unit, we have one of your little chickadees and we are bringing him home to the nest." The new security guy is a former cop. You can tell on the radio. "I have surveillance on the male suspect. He has just entered the Turkey Hill. Police are on scene." He also says "affirmative" a lot. The nest thing is funnier when you know that the rehab's name and logo includes a bird of prey. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 06-21-2014 at 12:18 AM. Reason: More to say

06-21-2014, 06:48 AM	#195
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	When elopees are returned, do they say "The Eagle has landed."?

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