I finally got the new living room curtains up. No more ugly green and gold paisley! And no more cold air coming in!

Seriously, i am mindboggled by how many people keep the titles to their cars INSIDE their cars. And it's pretty much always people who recently bought the car and have not yet registered it in their own name...thus leaving them no way to prove legally that they own the car.

PSA: don't leave the piece of paper that says who owns a car inside said car.

Also: don't call the cops to report threats from your buyer...when you are growing illegal mushrooms.

Um, doesn't the registration have to be with the car? Isn't that proof of ownership?

The title is actually the proof of ownership, which should not be in the car.

I think title and registration are two different things, but I've never owned a car.

they are. registration shows who the dmv thinks owns the vehicle and should be in the car or in your wallet at all time (i.e. any time you pull over, gotta be able to show that to the ofcr ) but the title is a fancy piece of paper that proves you own the vehicle outright (no loans or leins) and should NEVER be in the car. It should be in a safe place--like a safety deposit box, or fire proof file box. If you have a loan on the car, the bank still has the title, you only get the title once you've paid off the loan or if you do a cash sale.

And if you've never seen a car title: on the back there's a space where a seller signs it over to a buyer. I.e. if someone steals your car, and the title is IN the car, they can just forge your signature, sign it over to themselves, and BLAM they now own the car. Officers have very easy access to registration information by liscense plate or VIN...so the reg can't really be effectively forged. But officers do not have access to copies of titles or records of histories of titles, that can take weeks or months to get a copy. So people whose cars are stolen with the titles in the car and not yet registered to them? SOL on making a stolen vehicle report because there is zero proof that they own the vehicle.

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I finally got to fly today! It's been nearly two months, and I was wondering if I'd still remember how. But it went well, and my instructor mentioned the magic phrase "check ride." There'll be a few more sessions smoothing out some stuff, but my pre-solo check ride is in sight.

Now, whether it happens before Easter depends entirely upon upcoming weather systems. [looks suspiciously toward the west, from whence comes most of this area's storms]