Today, I had to drop off items for our table at the annual Scooper Bowl in City Hall Plaza in Boston. This is like chowderfest, Kimmie, only with samples of ice cream. We had a great booth by the exit where we could bring in some entertainers (clown, face painter, storyteller, etc.) and hand out our magazines. Anyway... you guys know how I drive. Basically, I DON'T. At least not well. I pull up to the plaza and this cute officer of the law approaches my car and says, "I don't wanna bust your chops honey, but you're parked in a fire lane and Mayor Menino gets awfully mad when people do that." Mayor MENINO does??? I don't even want to think about the tickets that guy gets written off every day. So I say, rather demurely, "Oh dear. I just want to drop a few things off for the Scooper Bowl..." And I flash a little smile. And he says, "Well, why don't you just drive right into the Plaza. Here, I'll open the gate for you."
How very nice. I just have to teach Meghan this method. Because a week ago, there was a news story down here about a teenager with a junior operator's license who got a speeding ticket (42 in a 30mph zone), paid the $130 fine and then gets a letter from the state telling her she's lost her license for 90 days and will have to pay $500 to get it reinstated once the three months are up. First offense. Yeesh. How many of us have driven 42 in a 30? If nothing else, it makes me sound like less of a nag when I tell her to drive the speed limit.
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Yesssssssssss...she is alive afterall!!! The Scooperbowl sounds even better than the chowda competition, especially being that it was about 100 degrees that day!!! Of course chowder would be appropriate this year so far!!
Nice job with Boston's Finest by the way...heh heh. Hate to disagree with ya on the first ticket for "new" drivers, but they have to learn the harder way it seems....these kids (not ours necessarily mind you) are hell on wheels sometimes...I almost get hit in the parking lot of school every morning...drives me crazy!
Oh, no, no no. Don't get me wrong. I LIKE the idea of cracking down on teen drivers who speed too much.But who do you think ends up paying the $500 so their teen can drive again? I saw a TV interview with the father of this girl who lost her license. He was spitting-nails-mad about the whole thing. I can't imagine how H Roy would react. ;)
aaaaaaaah he'd just break the car in two thats all...
I can't blog all weekend unless I find a computer in that god forsaken wasteland of Aroostook county so read my latest and hang on tight for the end.
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