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[southendmd]

A friend was driving in San Francisco and noticed this license plate, and thought of me!

Of course, I imagine a companion car that says JK NSTY.

[Meryl]

Ooh, that's cool, Paul!  I wonder if JK NSTY is taken...

[Sason]

What a thoughtful friend, Paul!

[CellarDweller]

very cool pic!   

[Kelda]

A friend was driving in San Francisco and noticed this license plate, and thought of me!

Of course, I imagine a companion car that says JK NSTY.

How cool!

[Front-Ranger]

Only in San Francisco, I guess. 

But "ENNIS" is in Denver!! 

[Monika]

This duck has made headlines in my hometown as of late (did I mention that I live in a really small town )

Still...this duck has found an odd place to sit on her eggs.

[Kelda]

This duck has made headlines in my hometown as of late (did I mention that I live in a really small town )

Still...this duck has found an odd place to sit on her eggs.

Brilliant!

[Penthesilea]

This duck has made headlines in my hometown as of late (did I mention that I live in a really small town )

Still...this duck has found an odd place to sit on her eggs.

Aw, cute!

[Penthesilea]

I just ordered my girl's school books for next year.

Remember my whining every goddamned year about the exorbitant costs at the beginning of a school year?
Not today .

Finally, finally, the government of my federal state did something good. Instead of buying, you can now lend the books from the state - for 1/3 of the price. The state lends every book three times, so it doesn't cost them a thing, except for the administrative efforts.

Instead of 460 Euros (580$), I have to pay 190 Euros (240$). That's more than one third, because you can't lend the workbooks, where the pupils write into. For those, you have to pay the full price.

Of course I still have to pay for all other costs (bus tickets!), and Oliver's books. The book lending is not (yet) available for elementary schools.

But I save 270 Euros (340$) on book costs this year. Yay!