Though even I thought I was technically guilty of being in the wrong place in the wrong truck, I was exonerated by my Budget receipt. Short term lease? Not guilty. That makes sense: It was personal use, not commercial. But, in my (uneducated) reading of the code, it seemed that trucks of that size...
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Archive for February, 2009
The verdict: Not Guilty
In my defense, part 2
The New York traffic “court” (the DMV’s Traffic Violations Bureau) is more akin to the system featured in North Carolina: a special “administrative law judge” (who is not technically a judge in the formal sense, but more an empowered attorney) hears cases, decides on guilt and sentences guilty parties. The real court system, meanwhile,...
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In my defense
I have to explain a crime of dispassion. You may recall last summer’s move, during which I was cited for driving a double-axle truck off-route. Finally, I will have my day in court. And that day is Thursday. As a policy, I contest traffic violations. Not that I have many. It’s just that I...
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Super Bowl party guest
Video of me being a real man about the mouse, as well as additional mouse pix after the jump.
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New neighbors?
The apartment across the hall is finally getting some residents (not that we missed having a neighbor like the one in our previous apartment). It’s a relatively young couple, no kids visible. Yet.
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