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Lost License Plate

This past Tuesday I attended a wonderful author-talk at a local independent bookseller downtown and upon arriving back at the parking lot found I had a parking ticket on my windshield. I was very confused as the time I had purchased had not yet expired and a friend, who's time had actually expired had no ticket. It wasn't until I had returned home that I read that the ticket was for not having a front license plate. I was not aware that the front plate was missing but decided I better do something about it before I get another ticket.

Our daughter, with some free time on her hands, went to the Clerk and Recorder's Office to get the new plates. Apparently this is not possible here in our town as you need to be actually listed on the registration to get the new plates. She was also told that we would need to file a police report for the missing plate before we could get the new ones.

So......I called the local sheriff's office as our home is in an unincorporated part of our city. Before I could get much of the story out, they transferred me to the city offices. Of course, when the city officer heard the story they said I would have to talk to the sheriff. She also said to make sure I quickly told them I lived in the county so they wouldn't transfer me again.

So.....I'm back on the phone with the sheriff's office and before I could get very much out they were going to transfer me again! I quickly said, "No, no.....listen to me please!" Well, apparently there was some big case they were working on and didn't have the time to listen to a missing license plate story so they told me they'd have someone call me later. About two hours later an officer from a nearby city called me. The first thing he says to me is, "Hi, how are you doing today?" The caller ID of course told me he was from another city's police department and I immediately think something bad has happened! But, not to worry. When I told him I was doing fine he then...

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