Speaking of Gorilla Glue

[mikea]

My neighbor pointed out that the sticker on the license plate on the Mustang was a year old. I knew I was currently registered because I had the renewal form inside. I knew immediately that somebody STOLE THE STICKER! "You hafta to score the sticker with a razor so they can't get it off!"

I avoided driving the 'stang until I have my new sticker.

I wondered where I could have parked that some low life could have sprung. I have parked in the city once or twice but it could have been a shopping center parking lot.

This morning I managed to get to get to Secretary of State in time and get the new one.

I'm not going to let THIS ONE get peeled off. I'll put it on with my GORILLA GLUE! (and you were wondering what this had to do with this thread!)

I used a utility knife to get grip and pulled the lump of old stickers, carefully wet the plate and gobbed my white Gorilla Glue (OK, I had to find vise grips to get the bottle open.) on the plate and the sticker. Getting some on my fingers, of course. I wiped the gluey sticker down and the thing floated all over the place. I cleaned up as best a could and drove off wondering a) if it would fly off entirely in the slipstream before the glue dried and b) if white GG was going to leave a lumpy white glumpy mess all over it and make it unreadable.

I put the convertible top down and carefully placed my registration card in the console.












I spotted the previous year's registration card in there.














It had the 2009 sticker still attached to it.






















I also noticed that the sticker has the license plate number printed on it so it would be of limited use to a teef. The state is paying attention.




In the end my new sticker only dried lumpy. It's gonna be an adventure whether I try to get it off next year or not.

 

[Richard]

You hack. This ranks right up there with GEICO's "No good deed goes unpunished" thread.

On another note, why just today the batch of resin I mixed went off before I could apply it to touch up dings. You'd think after 40 yrs of playing with glas I would know what I'm doing.

 

[catmandu]

Re: Speaking of Being Dumb

July for us is 'vacation month' and our brains are acting accordingly.

Got back from a trip to visit my brother and his family, and, well, since we just got back from a trip, it must be Sunday, so my wife kept telling my son yesterday (Friday) that he has a lacrosse game tonight, because, you know, it is Monday, when summer lacrosse happens. Because we always return from a trip on Sunday. Except this time, when we went midweek to midweek, because travel is so much easier.

BUT, there is more:

We kept saying how nice it was, that my wife did not have to work until Saturday, after vacation, as we usually need to worry about her getting to work the day after vacation, because we usually have to plan things that tightly. Yep, real nice, no work until Saturday. The 19th. The date she and I both saw several times on the computer this week, as her next day of work. Except, of course, careful reader, that today, is, in fact, Saturday the 18th!

So, one drive to the airport later, cursing the stupid computers because they will not let her sign in for work, my charming bride came home. And as I saw her car coming down the drive, that funny feeling came over me, and I reached for my cell phone (no one wears a watch anymore, right?) and saw the date, and had enough time to phrase the question: "So, was that good practice for tomorrow?"

This getting old stuff is starting to get old!

 

[John Baker]

Re: Speaking of Being Dumb

You have to be careful when you mix glues, such as Gorilla Glue and the self sticking glue on your renewal sticker. Some glues react against each other, rendering them both useless. I don't know if this is the case with Gorilla Glue and the renewal sticker glue, but you should test it first.

John