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[theweaselking]

Hey New Yorkers: I saw a sign that said you get your license suspended for two speeding tickets, under state law. That real? More to the point: Is that "two ever", is that "two before the points fall off", is that "two New York tickets"? What's the deal?

Related: Americans get awesome soft drinks. Nobody imports vanilla cream soda or cherry diet pepsi into Canada. Of course, there's a tradeoff: nobody sells fucking hard disks within ~150km of Ogdensburg on the US side - Kingston or Ottawa, sure, but they're on the wrong side of the border, and beyond that it's fucking UTICA.

Seriously, people. Radio Shack: "No, try Wal-Mart or the computer store on Ford street[1]." Computer store #1, on Ford street: "We don't do parts. Try Wal-Mart." Computer store #2, on Ford street: "We don't keep hard disks in stock, but can order one in 2-3 business days. Try Wal-Mart?". Wal-Mart: "No".

Massena? Nope. Potsdam? Nope. Watertown? Probably, but that's an hour each way. And fuck that.

[1]: NB. EVERYTHING is on Ford street. And not like King Street in K-W, this is actually just one street and it's reasonably straight.

Comments

[dscotton.livejournal.com]

It's funny that you envy our soft drinks while we envy Mexico's, which are made with sugar instead of corn syrup. (Although those are obtainable around here these days, not not ubiquitous).

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Canadian ones are made of real sugar, too. It's just that we don't get the weirder flavours, and I *like* cherry cola and non-pink cream soda sometimes.