Eight Years Old
Aug. 13th, 2007 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebIt's time to renew my car's registration and for the first time ever, I got the ominous message "***NEW PLATES REQUIRED***". On my last car, the age of my plates got reset somehow, so I never had to get new ones.
There are no instructions about this at all. The entire contents of the envelope look the same as if I were getting just a sticker. But surely they don't mail you a set of license plates for the same $1 handling fee they charge for mailing you the sticker?
Wrong. I finally found a place on the website that explained that I have all the same options as if I were just getting a sticker except that I can't pay at HEB (grocery store). Since I didn't even know I could pay there in the first place, that's no big loss to me.
However, there's an office one mile from my house and practically on my way to the dentist where I had a 9:00 appointment, so I decided to just drop by in person anyway.
I dropped in, had remembered all the things I needed (form, proof of insurance, checkbook) and had no problems at all. I asked the recommended method of disposal of the old plates. She said we can just put these in our recycle bins.
Not only that, but my new license number is so much easier to remember that I already have it memorized. I never did quite learn my old license number other than the idea that it reminded me of some sort of thffwt sound what with all the f's and 4's and such.
It's all too easy! So I had to make my own trouble by leaving the headlights on throughout my entire dentist visit.
There are no instructions about this at all. The entire contents of the envelope look the same as if I were getting just a sticker. But surely they don't mail you a set of license plates for the same $1 handling fee they charge for mailing you the sticker?
Wrong. I finally found a place on the website that explained that I have all the same options as if I were just getting a sticker except that I can't pay at HEB (grocery store). Since I didn't even know I could pay there in the first place, that's no big loss to me.
However, there's an office one mile from my house and practically on my way to the dentist where I had a 9:00 appointment, so I decided to just drop by in person anyway.
I dropped in, had remembered all the things I needed (form, proof of insurance, checkbook) and had no problems at all. I asked the recommended method of disposal of the old plates. She said we can just put these in our recycle bins.
Not only that, but my new license number is so much easier to remember that I already have it memorized. I never did quite learn my old license number other than the idea that it reminded me of some sort of thffwt sound what with all the f's and 4's and such.
It's all too easy! So I had to make my own trouble by leaving the headlights on throughout my entire dentist visit.