I can't remember, are you living in MD??? Or is it VA? Anyway, MD state inspection sucks. Everyone I know, including me, who brought a car in from out of state ended up having to get work done. Sucks!
VA. And we knew we were going to have to have most of it done - taillights were cracked, brakes were going. Still. One thing I'm pissed about is apparently the fuel pump was recalled (which explains why the car just fucking stopped in the middle of one of the busiest intersections in Athens) and the dealer never bothered to send us the recall notice.
One of my MD friends got a pass on his Jeep Cherokee he brought in from NJ. The gearshift knob had long since broken off, and had been replaced with the ball finial from a newel post. The MD inspection requires that the gear map be clearly labelled on the gearshift, so it was going to fail.
The guy doing the inspection handed my friend an index card and a pen. My friend drew the gear map. The guy taped the card to the wood ball, and passed the vehicle.
The guy doing the inspection handed my friend an index card and a pen. My friend drew the gear map. The guy taped the card to the wood ball, and passed the vehicle.
Bwah! I guess a lot of it is up to the individual mechanic doing the inspection. I know people who've gotten 2nd opinion inspections and ended up having to get much less fixed than they would have if they'd gone with their first inspection.
I'm sorry for your kitty rejection, ND & KT. Did the B&W kitty Alissa was pimping get adopted by someone else?
Bwah! I guess a lot of it is up to the individual mechanic doing the inspection.
oh, yeah. I knew a few places that people with borderline cars could go. or should not go.
Laga, that kitten turned out to be male. We can't adopt a male cat because of Byron.
yay truck
silly kitten people - they needed to know your philosophy. My cats have been mostly indoor kitties- I don't want them running all over the neighborhood. and even when they are outside -I'm watching. Our nonclimber can't get out - but that doesn't keep other cats from getting in my year
But I hate it when it's used as a "gotcha" thing (and this is far from the first group I've heard of doing that). Just say "we require all our placements to be indoor cats", ferfucksake. None of this "you're denied because you answered the secret shibboleth question wrong" business, please!
Yes, exactly this. That's what's been bothering me so much. And I knew it when I was filling out the application. I got to that question and just knew I should check "inside" rather than "both," even though they added qualfiers about how often and if it would be now or later or supervised or not. It's the damned sneakiness about it that bothers me so much.
Anyway, there are a ton of cats and kittens at the local Humane Society, but honestly I have a really hard time going to Humane Societies without ending up a snivelling mess. So I think for now the two spoiled cats flopped on my bed are off the hook. No little sister(s) for them just yet.
Thanks for all of the kind words, everyone. I think the rejection hurt just because I hate the implication that ND and I are bad pet-owners.
I got to that question and just knew I should check "inside" rather than "both," even though they added qualfiers about how often and if it would be now or later or supervised or not. It's the damned sneakiness about it that bothers me so much.
oh that's total bullshit then. feh.
I'm sure you guys are great pet owners and the universe has a way of providing kittens when needed. In my experience anyway.
