Yesterday was election day and I voted. The election message of our carpool traveled to Blacksburg last week to watch the Hokies play.
It worked too. Remember, we tailgated with Governor-elect McDonnell during the first football game at Old Dominion University in September not that he put that tidbit on His blog. Ahem.
As I mentioned last week, we are huge college football fans and couldn't wait for the first day of football.
Locally, Old Dominion University launched their first football season in 69 years this past Saturday and we were at the game. We happened to be tailgating with the man whose name is On the stadium. Needless to say, we had prime seats from our tailgating spot to see a lot of action.
The ODU Monarch mascot went by and paused for a picture with me.
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Then the Marching Monarchs cruised past our tent..JPG)
By taking a few steps towards the stadium entrance, the football team walked by to cheers from their fans.
Then I met this guy -- Mr. Subway who was walking around with his accomplice trying to sell $5 footlong subs.
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The first thing out of Mr. Subway's mouth was, "Yo, can I have a sip of your beer. It's hot in here." Let me think about that, Um, No!
My beer was almost full and I have a thing about people backwashing that I Know. So I convinced Tim who was almost finished with his Corona to give Mr. Subway the rest of his beer.
It's hard to tell but he's chugging it under his subway costume. Nice tights dude..JPG)
He said he could get fired and I said, don't worry, I just have a blog where I share pictures with a few hundred people a day. *Cue evil laugh.* I told him to google "Mr. Subway" sometime this week.
Because we were invited to the suite of the stadium's name-sake, we were treated to a catered buffett, multiple adult drink options and a great view. Along the way, there were some recognizable faces such as the republican governor candidate Bob McDonnell and his family plus a few local sports newscasters. .JPG)
All school sessions were closed today due to snow. Here is a picture of the "snow" outside my door. See it?
Yes, this is how the school systems roll in this part of Virginia. If there is a threat of snow, things get canceled.
At least I watched the Inauguration live today.
(Edited to add:
Fast forward a year and then we really got snow.)
As I was driving home this afternoon I saw a big SUV with a VT on its front license plate. I passed it and craned my neck to see what state the car was from since it didn't have an official plate on the front.
It got me thinking....
The governor of Virginia was quoted as saying he's going to be cutting state jobs by ten percent this year to make up for the budget deficit. Virginia is one of 31 states that require two state issued license plates on registered vehicles in the US. Why not just issue one, charge us the same registration fees, annual vehicle taxes (which are High) and redirect the savings back into the state so workers can keep their jobs?
So, I did a little homework (and I mean little) and the cost of manufacturing plates varies by state and I couldn't find the exact number for Virginia. I did find that it costs approximately $5 per plate to manufacture (which is the average in the range I found). I don't do math but $5 times the number of registered cars in the Commonwealth would add up quickly. I looked and it's almost 7.5 million registered vehicles in Virginia.
Deb Math: $5 X 7,500,000 = $37,500,000 Savings Over Time
Yes, I realize that some people keep their plates between vehicles but Virginians love to personalize plates. One thing I hate is what I can't figure out what some of them mean. I'll blog about that some other day.
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