Two of my big “nevers” on that poll are water-related. I never successfully learned how to swim – my parents enrolled me in swimming lessons three times when I was a kid, but when the lessons got to the point where I had to put my head under water, I would freak out. So, no swimming, and no diving boards, for me.
I know we own a toilet plunger, but I have no idea where it is. Thankfully, clogged toilets haven’t been a problem in our home for at least 10 years.
I never had a big mac for two reasons. I rarely go to McDonalds and the very idea of “special sauce” makes me want to gag. I used to enjoy the occasional quarter pounder, but the last couple I’ve had left me disappointed.
Related to the fresh / stale Peeps poll a couple of weeks ago
Years ago someone on the SD mentioned having boxy plastic boxes in their bathroom for toothbrushes and such, and I got one of those. It holds the toothbrush, asthma medication, and some tubes of other stuff. I counted that as a ‘basket’.
There are two built in mini ‘shelves’ one is designed to hold toothbrushes vertically & the other is for a bar of soap. However, the toothbrush holder is designed for older, narrower toothbrushes; modern ones with ergonomic &/or stylish handles do not fit in there as the holes are too small. Further, there’s a liquid soap pump in there so no bar soap is used at the sink. Brushes* sit horizontally on one of them.
-* Historically travelling a lot & getting home late I intentionally keep the last brush there so I don’t need to unpack everything before brushing for the night & going to bed.
I got both of those right, then.
I’ve been actually drunk . . . three times, I think. All of them by accident. I don’t like being drunk. (First time, total ignorance of my limits, having never before had more than a glass of wine with dinner. Second time (or maybe the third, I don’t remember which order these were in) homemade hard apple cider, which was a whole lot stronger than it tasted; and it tasted delicious. Third time, tequila that must have been higher proof than I realized, mixed with something that diluted the taste – maybe with orange juice? – and which didn’t seem to be having much effect until shortly after I’d stopped drinking it.)
Slightly tipsy, rather more often. Slightly tipsy can be fun.
I might have done so, if it was in good shape, because I might have assumed that a plate frame was necessary. I had to go look at my current vehicles (both of which had their plates installed by used-car dealers) in order to realize that they’re mounted without any holders.
I have a vague recollection of changing plates and using whatever holders were in better condition, years ago. Did they use to be necessary, and at some point they started making the plates differently? Or have the holders always been unnecessary?
I think they made us at least jump off a low diving board at some point in some swim class I took. I can’t remember whether they got me to actually dive. I loved swimming; going headfirst into the air was/is another matter entirely, no matter how much the front of my head knew there was water down there.
I wasn’t talking about a holder (which may be used to mount the plate to the car, especially in front, which are only required in some states. I was talking about the totally optional frames, which are technically illegal in some states as they cover the edge of the plate. I doubt many people get pulled over for that alone, but be a dick when you get pulled over for something else & the cop may decide to write you a second ticket
Never:
Ridden on a motorcycle.
Rollerbladed.
Ice skated.
Served on a jury.
Been to a high school dance.
There were a couple that I barely did but they still counted. A family member had a boat and he let me drive for awhile. Never sat down with a Bible but I did go through CCD.
I did overachieve on COVID. Had it 3 times so far.
So was I. If there’s a holder invisible behind my plates, I don’t know it; I’d have to go take another look and see if there seem to be two layers.
Either they’re legal in NY or the law’s not enforced much; and wasn’t enforced anywhere I drove when I did have plate frames on the car, either. And NY IME generally does enforce that sort of law, when they’ve got one. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a frame which concealed any portion of the plate that needs to be legible, though; that I would expect to be illegal. Do some states have letters or numbers or tags that go right up to the edge of the plate?
NY does, & people have been fined over it.
Huh. When did the law take effect, do you know?
Maybe that’s why my current plates don’t have frames.
Don’t know but that was a 2019 news story so at least six years, though if I were to make a guess, I’d say probably decades.
It looks like NYC has a new/updated rule (effective as of yesterday) - NYC Finalizes New Rules to Crack Down on Obscured License Plates to Protect Public Safety.
Looks like NY (state) has something similar
But a standard license plate frame doesn’t do any of that. That reads to me very much as they’re prohibiting anything that prevents or makes difficult reading the plate. There’s nothing on the edges of the plate to be read.
Maybe the frames are now illegal; maybe it’s interpreted that way. But I don’t think that’s what it says. I think they’re talking about frames that have a glass or plastic insert that covers the numbers and letters on the plate, leaving them theoretically legible but in practice often not and maybe unreadable by some sensors. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen one of those; the frames I’ve seen (and you linked to) are very thin strips of metal or plastic around the edges, often with a thicker part that sits above or below the plate and shows a dealer’s name or other language. But that part doesn’t cover any of the plate, and no other part of the frame covers any part of the letters/numbers.
They cover the state name at the top/bottom of the plate. In theory, there could be 50 “ABC-123” plates, & while NY’s older orange/yellow ones were a unique color most states have dark letters on a white background to make it easier for the automated toll readers to read & therefore, harder for someone to give the PD an absolutely unique & identifiable description of the 1984 white Ford Bronco, which then provides reasonable doubt that you really saw OJ’s car going past.
I like fries with mayo, but neither of those two things are on my dietary plan, except as a cheat. Heh, last appt with my cardiologist I mentioned that my last cheat meal was at Roscoe Chicken and Waffles, and I thought she was going to have a heart attack. I can’t survive without an occasional cheat – maybe twice a month or less?
My license plate frame says UCLA Alumni – even though I’m actually an alumna.
I’ve canoed, but once the youth group I worked with rented a flat pontoonish boat? It was ages ago, but it was motorized, and I did drive it.
My dad ran the CCD program at out church! My mom thought it was ironic since he was a convert.
I knew a guy who ran a CCD program, but it was for the development of a Charge-Coupled Device, and he wasn’t a Christian.
There’s nearly half an inch between the top of the plate and the top of the lettering of the state name. There’s a strip all the way around the plate a good quarter inch wide that has no printing whatsoever, even of background color; and considerably more than that to the lettering, nearly half an inch everywhere and more than that at some points. The type of frame I’m talking about doesn’t cover any lettering at all, including not the state name.
To whoever was first in my toothbrush poll, sorry. I edited it just
as you voted and it deleted your vote.
Please have another free vote.
And regarding that toothbrush poll, I have a couple of old toothbrushes that I saved in the past, and they are sometimes useful. But subsequent toothbrushes get thrown away, because I already have those that I saved in the past, and just accumulating more old toothbrushes in addition to the ones I already have is not useful.
Yep, but now i use and electric brush and I toss the replaceable heads. Old style toothbrushes are handy for cleaning small things. I put mine on the edge of the sink until it dries, then into a jar- if I remember.