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After searching for nearly an hour. I finely found a NON-COMMERCIAL inspection station locator. I thought I would pass along this link ... in case someone else might need it. Of course it has regular inspections for cars and such as well.
Texas DPS Inspection Station Locator
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A series of four notes on a pan flute means the scissor-sharpening man is in the neighborhood. A ringing hand bell means the garbage truck is here. In parks on weekends, balloon vendors announce themselves with a buzzing plastic whistle.
The sounds are not just noise, say some. They are part of Mexico's culture, and the government is celebrating them, including "sound walks" through cities, performances of recorded street noise and a contest to choose "The Most Beautiful Sound in Mexico."
"People who come from other countries may be bothered by all this noise, but for Mexicans, these sounds are part of our identity," said Álvaro Hegewisch, director of Mexico's Fonoteca Nacional, or National Audio Archive.
To capitalize on the street sounds, the government has declared this week to be National Sound Week, which runs through Sunday.
During the week, government-run radio stations will play two-minute segments featuring Mexico's "endangered sounds," such as the tip-tap of cobblers hammering nails into leather or the notoriously out-of-tune organs played by Mexico City's organ grinders.
One spot features the sound of typing on manual typewriters used by public scribes or typists who serve illiterate Mexicans. The scribes fill out legal documents, government forms or take dictation for letters for customers and are found seated behind desks on sidewalks next to government offices and courts. The scribes are becoming fewer in number as literacy rises in Mexico.
Source: USA Today

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I love idioms. An idiom is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made.There are estimated to be at least 25,000 idiomatic expressions in American English. [via wikipedia]
The usage of Bouched Up:
Man, you really bouched up that song tonight.
Meaning of Bouched Up:
Made a mess of, Jacked up, Substandard
The origin of Bouched Up:
Sir Thomas Bouch designed a bridge that was built at the Tay estuary at Dundee in Scotland. It was supposed to be the greatest structure built in Victorian England. The building of the Tay rail bridge culminated in him being knighted. The Tay bridge was nearly two miles long, consisting of 85 spans and at the time (1879) was the longest bridge in the world.
One stormy night, only 19 months after the bridge was declared safe by the Board of Trade and opened to traffic in the summer of 1878, the wind caused some of its spans to collapse. A train and 6 carriages and 75 souls were lost that night ranking it as the worst accident caused by structural failure in the history of England. Sir Thomas Bouch died only 10 months after the failure. [via American Idioms]
Ah, only in America can we take someones tragedy and make it a common phrase.
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from this article.
Christian Petersen is the creative genius behind this bicycle-covered bike shop. This German bike shop is covered with over 100 bicycles, drawing attention and business at the same time.
The bike-covered building is quite a sight to see. How Christian Petersen managed to get those bikes up there is a mystery to me. Check out the gallery to see the bicycle-covered building. If you want to see the building in real life, you’ll have to travel to Berlin. Better book your ticket now.
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