When I lived in NY I had to take a 1/2 day vacation if I had to go to the DMV. In NH it’s so much easier. Most of the time I’m in and out in 20m minutes.
I did say the safety meetings were bi-weekly . . .
Those safety meetings are the only time I have ONE donut . . . and that’s every two weeks, in case I wasn’t clear enough earlier
“stand up meeting” . . . knowing you, you weren’t joking
No, we’re sitting down in chairs
Somebody pacing around would make the others nervous
At least we can rely on YOU to rain on somebody’s parade
you’re good at that, anyways 
I do enough standing and moving around at work . . . you do know I’m a mechanic, right?
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@db, touché!
Thank you for your measured, logical response, making very valid points.
Anything, life’s little pleasures, in moderation (that’s the key as you already know) as you point out. are terrific.
Enjoy, man! 
Guilty as charged, but it looks like you’re catching on to my annoying habit. People can never quite determine when I’m fun’n or serious. I was teasing and I know you’re more than capable of monitoring your diet and exercise without help from me.
Yes, and I’d bet a really good one. I’d like to have you work on my vehicle and then catch a beer or two with you, in moderation of course! 
CSA
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Stand up meeting is a term embraced by Software Developers for their daily scrum meetings. These meetings are intended to be short (10-15 minutes). And many people took them literally. I know of at least one company that doesn’t have chairs in their conference rooms. Way too much time is spent in meetings.
In Florida, going to the parking lot for a “Safety Meeting” means something totally different.
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That’s true! You just jogged my memory. During my career in education, I sat through too many boring meetings that dragged on and on, wasting the time of an almost dozing audience, making butt-prints in the sands of time. I have read/heard that stand-up meeting are highly more productive and user-friendly, timewise. Sitting really is the new smoking.
CSA
Hmmm… examining the carcass of the latest alligator?
Standups are for the daily Scrums. Each person says what they worked since last meeting…what they will be working on and any blockers. Should take each person no more then 2 minutes.
There’s a GREAT Muppet video called “Meetings, Meetings and more Meetings.” It was one of those videos created by artists (in this case Jim Henson) for corporations. The video was very informative.
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Got it!
In NJ, those “safety meetings” will be completely legal in a few months.
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@Whitey The Department of Motor Vehicles was taken away from the political party of the governor here in Indiana some years ago.
I agree that it didn’t comply with the Hatch act. Back then, it seemed as though the DMV was run for the convenience of its employees. Today, our DMV is run to accommodate the public. As I stated earlier, in my recent trips to the DMV, the staff has been very professional.
All this is not typical. The 2 states (Ohio and Florida) I have lived in both tax the car at the point of purchase and yearly for registration and there is where it ends. There is no personal property tax on cars or trucks in either state. If I sell a car, no tax is due on my part, only on the new owners part when the car is titled.
If I dropped registration for a few years, Ohio would dink the owner a fine when it is re-registered for some stupid reason. It is as if the owner forgot and was driving on an expired registration and should then get a fine instead of the car being stored for a period of time without being driven.
If you were lucky enough to sell a car at a profit, income tax would be due in Ohio but not in Florida. Federal tax, of course, would be due in either case.
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I didn’t say it would shift a bracket. It doesn’t matter if it would. Technically it is income but unless it was a high-dollar collector car, as you say, most people wouldn’t bother reporting it.
Well that got me a little confused. Buy a new car for $40,000. Sell it for $30,000. $10,000 loss. Buy at $40, sell at $50, $10,000 profit/income/capital gain. Yeah not likely unless a collector car or boat but then keep track of all the restoration expenses. Good question on the loss though if it can be combined with other passive losses to offset passive gains? Just academic anyway and would have to be depreciated. Now baseball cards are something else.
No this is not typical . All we pay here is a state fee when you purchase a vehicle new or used plus registration . Not taxed as personal property . Nothing owed when the vehicle is sold or traded .
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