The beauty of living in Kansas!!!
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Actually, that's the upside ... the most exciting thing that ever happened in Wichita was an occasional funnel cloud. I was given the title of Honorary Kansan because the first time the tornado sirens went off, I sprinted out of the house see it, while everyone else sprinted for their basement shelters.
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Actually, that's the upside ... the most exciting thing that ever happened in Wichita was an occasional funnel cloud. I was given the title of Honorary Kansan because the first time the tornado sirens went off, I sprinted out of the house see it, while everyone else sprinted for their basement shelters.
Sounds familiar.....I work in TV news.....during the Gulf War....the sirens would go off and all the people would put on their gas masks and run into the shelters.....the TV crews would run outside and start shooting (cameras).
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my first month in KC - I didn't know they tested the sirens each Wednesday of the month - so when they went off, I went running out of my office to see where to hide. of course everyone else was going about their business - they got a good laugh out of that
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I spent August to late October for three years in the late'70s/early'80s in Hutchinson and I am really surprised that no one has mentioned what I think were the two greatest things I observed about Kansas (Hutch, Wichita, Kansas City - wait, that was MO), in this order: 1. the best looking women in the continental US (I've never been to Hawaii and only a couple of days in Juneau, AK) and 2. the nicest, friendliest people I think I've met anywhere.
I can't believe Perry, whose location is shown as Seattle, criticizing the weather in Wichita! Heat, yes, but you've got that 95% humidity mixed up with St. Louis or Houston, and you can guess what it was doing every one of the 3 or 4 short trips I've made to Seattle, and it wasn't snowing. Oh, one other thing you're all forgetting about Wichita - the worlds biggest western store, Shepplers.
JMHO guys,
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I can't believe Perry, whose location is shown as Seattle, criticizing the weather in Wichita! Heat, yes, but you've got that 95% humidity mixed up with St. Louis or Houston, and you can guess what it was doing every one of the 3 or 4 short trips I've made to Seattle, and it wasn't snowing. Oh, one other thing you're all forgetting about Wichita - the worlds biggest western store, Shepplers.
JMHO guys,
Pete
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I can't believe Perry, whose location is shown as Seattle, criticizing the weather in Wichita! Heat, yes, but you've got that 95% humidity mixed up with St. Louis or Houston, and you can guess what it was doing every one of the 3 or 4 short trips I've made to Seattle, and it wasn't snowing....
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Adrienne, How did you explain to the DMV the meaning of your plate? In WA, you have to tell them what the plate means, and according to them: "Plates suggesting vulgar, racial, ethnic, or indecent messages will not be issued."
My parents still live in the house I grew up in Leawood, and they keep suggesting that I buy their house. But if I'm moving out to the sticks, I would want more than a 2 car garage, especially since I could buy a few more toys. I could just put a pole barn out back...but then I remember there were rules about everything and all the lawns were green and nicely kept. My neighbors were never happy about my 72 Olds rusting out on the street so I'm sure today I couldn't just build a shop out back.
My parents still live in the house I grew up in Leawood, and they keep suggesting that I buy their house. But if I'm moving out to the sticks, I would want more than a 2 car garage, especially since I could buy a few more toys. I could just put a pole barn out back...but then I remember there were rules about everything and all the lawns were green and nicely kept. My neighbors were never happy about my 72 Olds rusting out on the street so I'm sure today I couldn't just build a shop out back.
BUT, I do get to explain the plate to the random cop that pulls me over for speeding. I just tell them, "it's a Targa, and I LOOOOOVE my car!!" and that's all the explanation they need! The laughter (yes, cops DO laugh!!) can help bring levity to the situation, and hopefully some leniency.
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Sales Tax
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Registration & Titling fees
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Being able to get "993" on my plate............PRICELESS!!!!
Why nobody has snatched this one up for only $46 dollars is beyond me but I'm not complaining
Property Tax
Registration & Titling fees
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= $2,900
Custom Tags
______________________
= $46
Being able to get "993" on my plate............PRICELESS!!!!
Why nobody has snatched this one up for only $46 dollars is beyond me but I'm not complaining
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Tx does not require explaining the plate or initial documentation on what car the vanity plate is going to be placed on. Thus, they'd have to be a Porschephile to understand the meaning of the plate, which is not likely to happen with a DOT data processing employee.
BUT, I do get to explain the plate to the random cop that pulls me over for speeding. I just tell them, "it's a Targa, and I LOOOOOVE my car!!" and that's all the explanation they need! The laughter (yes, cops DO laugh!!) can help bring levity to the situation, and hopefully some leniency.
ps - avatar is a direct marketing ploy for the Women of Rennlist calendar. Get your orders in now to see the REAL pictures from 12 of Rennlist's ladies!!
BUT, I do get to explain the plate to the random cop that pulls me over for speeding. I just tell them, "it's a Targa, and I LOOOOOVE my car!!" and that's all the explanation they need! The laughter (yes, cops DO laugh!!) can help bring levity to the situation, and hopefully some leniency.
ps - avatar is a direct marketing ploy for the Women of Rennlist calendar. Get your orders in now to see the REAL pictures from 12 of Rennlist's ladies!!
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I was born in Kansas City, KS and lived in the area for most of 40 years (RockChalk). I finally put a snow snovel in my car and drove south until someone said "What's that?" That's how I made it to Austin, TX.
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