Maybe I'm not the only one trying to accomplish a seemingly simple objective who begins to feel the goal is impossible, when dealing with humans with computers.

I ignored the notices for months. My normal procrastination was coupled with a premonition (okay, a hunch) that the "Urgent" advisory wasn't going to apply to my vehicle.

My fifteen year old Ford pickup came with a salvage title. It had been wrecked and repaired. I bought it from the frame shop owner who repaired it. He pointed out that the driver's side airbag had been deployed.

Finally after receiving notices by mail about once a week for months, I called Anthony at our small town Ford dealership. Did Anthony think it would be worth bringing my pickup in under the circumstances? Anthony did.

"I'm only a freak by the standards I reject."
--a hustler

"It's not so much I'm scared of the police. I'm scared of the junkies."
--A dealer

"What is that? Fuckin' Spider-man? I'm talkin' serious. Life. It's not all shit and dope. People do things."
--a junkie

By the early 1970s, it…

I decided to join E2 once again, after a long 16-18year break.
Firstly,
I like to use () a lot, instead of ; or : or -
I use ()s to express sidenotes and information that is not directly relevant to the main point, though reading over the below I feel that I could introduce the point with the stuff inside the ()s.

Been reading E2 at work (given the mute colours of the site, I can read without drawing too much attention from people in the open space office) and decided that I could…