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Nov. 30th, 2011 11:14 pmLisa and I went to the DMV in Reno today to get her two vehicles and the trailer registered in Nevada. We originally planned to do this on the day before Thanksgiving, but it turned out we'd left one piece of paperwork behind in Fernley, so we had to put it off a few days. Waiting time was about 45 minutes, and it seemed to take at least that long for the clerk to register all three vehicles, primarily because the two trucks (van and pickup) are so old that their VINs don't show up in their system and they have to create new records from scratch including number of doors, seats, and so forth.
Lisa elected to get Virginia & Truckee Railroad license plates for all three vehicles. Because she registered them all at the same time, she got consecutively-numbered plates; unfortunately, it wasn't until after we finished and we were on our way out the door that she realized that we should have had them register the pickup first, then the van, then the trailer (the actual order was van/pickup/trailer) so that the towing and towed vehicles would have consecutively-numbered plates.
( Since we're in town, let's get some errands done )
On the way out of town, we briefly stopped in at the Nugget to tickle the card. With Camp Win-A-Lot now over, they're into a new December-only promotion called "Santa Sundays," which isn't quite as lucrative. We decided to play the Creature from the Black Lagoon slot machine for a few minutes, and were lucky enough to trigger the Snack Attack bonus round, from which we scored enough that Lisa was up eighty cents (plus the amusement value) when she cashed out and we headed home.
When we got home, we saw that one of the BNSF locomotives was tied up and idling on the switching lead across the street. Odd that they only left one of them here; they normally operate them in pairs. This locomotive will be idling all night to keep from freezing, as we're into a cold spell now. Tomorrow's high is forecast to be only 2° C with gusty winds. Time to hunker down and stoke up the fireplace.
Lisa elected to get Virginia & Truckee Railroad license plates for all three vehicles. Because she registered them all at the same time, she got consecutively-numbered plates; unfortunately, it wasn't until after we finished and we were on our way out the door that she realized that we should have had them register the pickup first, then the van, then the trailer (the actual order was van/pickup/trailer) so that the towing and towed vehicles would have consecutively-numbered plates.
( Since we're in town, let's get some errands done )
On the way out of town, we briefly stopped in at the Nugget to tickle the card. With Camp Win-A-Lot now over, they're into a new December-only promotion called "Santa Sundays," which isn't quite as lucrative. We decided to play the Creature from the Black Lagoon slot machine for a few minutes, and were lucky enough to trigger the Snack Attack bonus round, from which we scored enough that Lisa was up eighty cents (plus the amusement value) when she cashed out and we headed home.
When we got home, we saw that one of the BNSF locomotives was tied up and idling on the switching lead across the street. Odd that they only left one of them here; they normally operate them in pairs. This locomotive will be idling all night to keep from freezing, as we're into a cold spell now. Tomorrow's high is forecast to be only 2° C with gusty winds. Time to hunker down and stoke up the fireplace.
