Even though he's now making over $90,000 a year as a physician's assistant, Jared has not bought a new car. It isn't because he's frugal; he just can't stand to part with the "Millennium Falcon."
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Shouldn't those tires be drawn bald?
Question; in Maine we have to have plates (or tags as they are called in other places) on the front and rear bumpers. Is California one of those single plate States?
Wanders- LOL! I was thinking the same thing and wondering if Jared is really a Physician's Assistant or an Assistant to the Assistant to the Physician's Assistant.
Per Zip Recruiter, the average annual salary for a physician assistant in California is $105,229. I realize that the cost of living in California is high, but I would think Jared could drive something better than a beater like this. Based on the low-level (okay, grunt work) tasks we’ve seen Jared doing at Northview Hospital, that hospital must have a different job description and educational requirements for “physician assistant” than anyplace else. I’m thinking Jared took a 30-day online course he saw advertised in a pop-up ad.
Panel 2: Dawn’s about to sit on Jared’s lap. No passenger seat in this death trap?
Having grown up in Pennsylvania, a state that used to require TWICE a year car inspections (now just once a year), I have been amazed at the condition of vehicles on the roads in other places. Jared's car is worthy of having been registered in Ohio (where I now live, and where motorists repair broken tail lights with the red lids from Folger's coffee cans. I gasped the first time I saw that). I looked up the vehicle inspection rules for California, and it looks like a car of the age of Jared's would have to at least be inspected every two years, to say nothing of the emissions this rolling heap probably belches out. A far way to go to make the point that Jared is Humble but Lovable. The duck tape on the front fender is the piece de resistance. I'm sure June had fun with this, but it's more likely Jared would have been late to pick up Dawn due to being stopped by the California Highway Patrol...
In New York, we were required to have two plates, as in Maine where I am now. I am betting that the plate fell off Jared's hooptie. Also in NY, when this happens, people just stick a piece of cardboard with their alleged plate number. In NY this junk box would pass inspection as long as it was able to pass the emissions test. In Maine, they'd fail it just by looking at it. (No joke. I went for an inspection and they claimed I had these "scratches" on my windshield that you would need a magnifying glass to see. This was from the idiots I bought the car from. I went to another place and they said "what scratches?")
I also was wondering why Jared is driving a piece of junk since he has a pretty decent job that requires more than a HS diploma. Perhaps he's spending all of his money on Star Wars collectibles.
Dawn has that sharp little Mini Cooper. She must be so embarrassed by being seen in this wreck.
In Washington State, we have only an emissions test every other year. If you fail that, you have to spend at least $150 trying to get it fixed. If it still fails, you show the receipt for the work you had done and they pass you with a Gentleman's C. My old PT Cruiser got by on that Gentleman's C at least twice. Of course my 2019 Mini Cooper Clubman (luxury lapis blue with white bonnet stripes, and all the electronics) passes with ease. It's the first car in my life I bought new instead of used. I still notice when I see PT Cruisers on the road, but I count other Minis.
It’s not that Jared can’t spend the money on a passable car — it’s that he won’t. Honestly, are you surprised? The man won’t spend ten bucks on a decent haircut.
Also, those Star Wars action figures are more expensive than you think.
At least Jared got his car painted. It used to be a an ugly shade of blue (Mary Worth 2679, 8/29/2017 ) instead of the sickly green beige of today. Some people just prefer to drive their cars into the ground rather than spring for a new one.
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Shouldn't those tires be drawn bald?
Question; in Maine we have to have plates (or tags as they are called in other places) on the front and rear bumpers. Is California one of those single plate States?
Wanders- LOL! I was thinking the same thing and wondering if Jared is really a Physician's Assistant or an Assistant to the Assistant to the Physician's Assistant.
@RobC - I was raised in California and the cars required front plates. Good catch.
Per Zip Recruiter, the average annual salary for a physician assistant in California is $105,229. I realize that the cost of living in California is high, but I would think Jared could drive something better than a beater like this. Based on the low-level (okay, grunt work) tasks we’ve seen Jared doing at Northview Hospital, that hospital must have a different job description and educational requirements for “physician assistant” than anyplace else. I’m thinking Jared took a 30-day online course he saw advertised in a pop-up ad.
Panel 2: Dawn’s about to sit on Jared’s lap. No passenger seat in this death trap?
Today's Boldface Haiku is titled
"Your 'Car', Not So Much".
New York?
Okay. Usual...
But?
You. Missed!
Having grown up in Pennsylvania, a state that used to require TWICE a year car inspections (now just once a year), I have been amazed at the condition of vehicles on the roads in other places. Jared's car is worthy of having been registered in Ohio (where I now live, and where motorists repair broken tail lights with the red lids from Folger's coffee cans. I gasped the first time I saw that). I looked up the vehicle inspection rules for California, and it looks like a car of the age of Jared's would have to at least be inspected every two years, to say nothing of the emissions this rolling heap probably belches out. A far way to go to make the point that Jared is Humble but Lovable. The duck tape on the front fender is the piece de resistance. I'm sure June had fun with this, but it's more likely Jared would have been late to pick up Dawn due to being stopped by the California Highway Patrol...
I wonder if the doors are welded shut and you have to get in though the windows?
Cue the horn playing "Dixie"!
In New York, we were required to have two plates, as in Maine where I am now. I am betting that the plate fell off Jared's hooptie. Also in NY, when this happens, people just stick a piece of cardboard with their alleged plate number. In NY this junk box would pass inspection as long as it was able to pass the emissions test. In Maine, they'd fail it just by looking at it. (No joke. I went for an inspection and they claimed I had these "scratches" on my windshield that you would need a magnifying glass to see. This was from the idiots I bought the car from. I went to another place and they said "what scratches?")
I also was wondering why Jared is driving a piece of junk since he has a pretty decent job that requires more than a HS diploma. Perhaps he's spending all of his money on Star Wars collectibles.
Twelve more payments and it's all his!
-- Scottie
Dawn has that sharp little Mini Cooper. She must be so embarrassed by being seen in this wreck.
In Washington State, we have only an emissions test every other year. If you fail that, you have to spend at least $150 trying to get it fixed. If it still fails, you show the receipt for the work you had done and they pass you with a Gentleman's C. My old PT Cruiser got by on that Gentleman's C at least twice. Of course my 2019 Mini Cooper Clubman (luxury lapis blue with white bonnet stripes, and all the electronics) passes with ease. It's the first car in my life I bought new instead of used. I still notice when I see PT Cruisers on the road, but I count other Minis.
So Jared's change from Medical Assistant to Physicians Assistant was just Moy not bothering to look it up?
[shocked face]
It’s not that Jared can’t spend the money on a passable car — it’s that he won’t. Honestly, are you surprised? The man won’t spend ten bucks on a decent haircut.
Also, those Star Wars action figures are more expensive than you think.
At least Jared got his car painted. It used to be a an ugly shade of blue (Mary Worth 2679, 8/29/2017 ) instead of the sickly green beige of today. Some people just prefer to drive their cars into the ground rather than spring for a new one.
Judging by the dripping crud on the sides of Jared's owtow, my guess is that he got a good deal on it at Artur's Fine Pre-owned Auto Shoppe.
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