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I'm a scofflaw!
May. 22nd, 2006 06:53 pmHeh heh. Don't worry, I'll wait while you look that word up . . . . Done? Okay, good.
So anyways, since my new truck is coming in at the end of the month, I was starting to do the paperwork to transfer my old car to my brother. I got a notice to renew the vehicle's registration a couple weeks ago. I tried doing it online, but got a warning that said I couldn't, due to a "scofflaw" thing. I looked at the piece of paper and at the bottom it said, "El Paso: Scofflaw". I'm like, "What's that mean? I used to live in El Paso, years ago. Do I owe taxes to this Scofflaw guy? Is he the tax collector of El Paso or something?" Then I look up "scofflaw" and that's when I realize I had an old speeding ticket back in EP. I had lived there five years with no traffic violations. I graduate, and a few months later return, to pick up my diploma. I'm there for less than 24 hours, yet manage to get a speeding ticket. That was like, 3 years ago now.
So I can only renew my registration if I go in person to the local tax assessor's office. I'm just worried that this might be some sort of scheme to get me in there so they can arrest me. Tickets turn into arrest warrants if you ignore them long enough, I seem to recall. Or maybe not, I don't know. Anyways, the fine is gonna be big, to say the least. Not too big, I hope. Or else I won't be able to put down that downpayment on my truck.
Yup. I'm a scofflaw, scalawag, scoundrel, [insert other "sc"-word here]. I got a laugh out of that. Yes, I'm a contemptuous law violator. Gee whiz, they make it sound like I seduced the mayor's daughter or something.
So anyways, since my new truck is coming in at the end of the month, I was starting to do the paperwork to transfer my old car to my brother. I got a notice to renew the vehicle's registration a couple weeks ago. I tried doing it online, but got a warning that said I couldn't, due to a "scofflaw" thing. I looked at the piece of paper and at the bottom it said, "El Paso: Scofflaw". I'm like, "What's that mean? I used to live in El Paso, years ago. Do I owe taxes to this Scofflaw guy? Is he the tax collector of El Paso or something?" Then I look up "scofflaw" and that's when I realize I had an old speeding ticket back in EP. I had lived there five years with no traffic violations. I graduate, and a few months later return, to pick up my diploma. I'm there for less than 24 hours, yet manage to get a speeding ticket. That was like, 3 years ago now.
So I can only renew my registration if I go in person to the local tax assessor's office. I'm just worried that this might be some sort of scheme to get me in there so they can arrest me. Tickets turn into arrest warrants if you ignore them long enough, I seem to recall. Or maybe not, I don't know. Anyways, the fine is gonna be big, to say the least. Not too big, I hope. Or else I won't be able to put down that downpayment on my truck.
Yup. I'm a scofflaw, scalawag, scoundrel, [insert other "sc"-word here]. I got a laugh out of that. Yes, I'm a contemptuous law violator. Gee whiz, they make it sound like I seduced the mayor's daughter or something.
