goin to CA soon, to be a CC tychoon

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Tue Jun 10 14:19:01 2003

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, chris wrote:

> Here in NJ, the DMV drivers manuals are printed in English as well as
> Spanish, and I think Arabic (possibly others as well).
English and Spanish too, in CA. Never seen Arabic, though. Sellam
would know :)

Still.. most Asians speak neither, so they're hosed. What struck
my mom (also Dutch, with whom I was in line to get her through the
whole drivers license thingie) that the woman's family *demanded*
she get a license, and, later, made a big fuss when they denied
her one, based on language issues. So, my mom, in her best
English, at the counter "I am sorry about my bad english, but it
is NOT as bad as that lady's.." :)

> excuse for ignoring speed limit signs? Sorry officer, I can't read, if
> you would read the sign to me I'll be happy to obey it).
I pulled that twice... third time failed, because the damn cop
noticed that it was kinda funny that some tourist from Holland
(I have two drivers licenses..) actually owned the car he was
driving in, which a San Jose-based address... damn me..)

> And of course, when you NEED a drivers manual, the only ones the DMV ever
> seems to have in stock are the Spanish ones.
Yup.

> Oh, and nothing beats the speedyness of the Trenton No-Fee DMV (a special
> office for No-Fee registrations and plates). They had my reg and plates
> ready before I could finish writing out the check. Yes, this is NJ DMV...
> the only place you have to PAY for No-Fee registrations!!!
:)

God, I wonder if our old house is still there in NJ... *sigh*

--f
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