I went to a lot of church camps anid retreats growing up. I was also a camp counselor a few times.

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It would be so easy for it to devolve into a farce or parody of Southern women.

Ya, I think that is exactly what happened. Not good when you are actually PERFORMING in the South. That might be why it didn't sell all that well.

ION- The state of New York can kiss my rosy white ass. Those fuckers just extorted $25 from me because they said there was a lapse in my insurance THIRTEEN YEARS ago (after I moved to CA and had insurance in CA) and unless I could prove that I had insurance THIRTEEN YEARS ago, the only way to clear the record is to pay the fine. Um, I thought we were only required to save records from seven years ago! "I'm sorry sir, but the only way to clear the record is to pay the fine, or prove coverage." "That's extortion!" "I do not know what that means. But I can say, everything has changed in NY since 9/11". OK, yes, 9/11 was horrible, tragic. But a) what the hell does this have to do with terrorists hijacking a plane? Did they let there car insurance lapse? and b) Fuck you for blaming everything on 9/11, and how dare you throw that in EVERYONES face for EVERYTHING!

t /vent

sorry about that. really pissed me off. Now, I gotta wait for that charge to clear before I can go get my CA drivers license, which will be 5-7 days. Which will be when I am at work. Which means I can't be at DMV for a couple hours waiting on line. The best was when she said I could monitor the status online. "go to the www.nysdmv.com website, click on the... oh, I'm not sure, but just ask about the status of your drivers license". Um, just ask? Ask WHO? You do realize, it's not a counter, the site has set parameters, there is no person there that says take a number or anything, right? UGGGGGG!

t /more venting

OK, I'm going to breathe now. It's only $25 +$5 for credit card handling. :: breathe ::

(Aims, can you smite New York State DMV for me?)

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everything has changed in NY since 9/11

Nah, I'm pretty sure our state government was full of assholes and red tape before 9/11.

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I was also a camp counselor a few times.

I know that at the time you were a believer, but the though of you as a church camp councilor fills me with a wicked, devilish glee.

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Wow. That's pretty impressive DMV asshattery. CA is usually pretty good at havung the worst DMV. I do like the fact that every few years the state legislature has to stop the DMV from new sets of illegal charges.

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Yeah, DH had a similar thing last time he renewed his license, omnis - a hold for a ticket he'd gotten in Vermont 6 years ago (for being in a boat with not enough PFDs). Something just changed allowing states access to a database of all the other states' records of infractions so all this ancient stuff is popping up.

I roll my eyes at the 9/11 remark.

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I do like the fact that every few years the state legislature has to stop the DMV from new sets of illegal charges.

Ah, yes. and I got to experience something I think you natives never did - the DMV being forced to give me back my $300 out of state smog abatement fee.

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I got one of those too Sean. I purchased my Jeep Wrangler I Kentucky when I was in Grad school and then brought it back to CA. I got hit with the fine even though it passed smog with flying colors. Around a year later they were forced to pay all that money back.

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Is Israel One Of The World's Most Science Fictional Nations?

Are journalists running out of stupid questions?

Dunno. Maybe 9/11 did it. I mean, it surely gets as excuse to many things.

Edit: my Lord, my grammar!

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Oh, renting is good sometimes. Water heater needs to be replaced. And there are squirrels in my outside storage room which needs the ceiling fixed and a new door. I am totally calm about all of it. Because I know the squirrels can't get into my actual abode.

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