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re: Brake Tag question

Posted on 1/25/22 at 6:34 pm to
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
44071 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 6:34 pm to
quote:

"Make groceries" was a niche thing popularized by a Schwegmann's commercial.

Actually it's a holdover idiom from the French word "faire" to make or to do.

In French, "fait les courses" means to go shopping.

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Everyone said "brake tag" in New Orleans until pretty recently.

Probably because New Orleans had brake tags before the rest of the state had inspection stickers. New Orleans system was grandfathered in, that's why it was so different from the rest of the state.
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
85616 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 6:39 pm to
I went to a place and asked for an inspection sticker. They said sure. And I was like do you do the two year ones? The guy looked at me all strange. I was like they have the stickers good for 2 years. He then realized I meant brake tag and that they don’t do them.

Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20733 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 10:55 pm to
People just need to stop getting brake tags.

I haven’t gotten a brake tag in years- and the cops never check when they pull you over.

If yours is expired, scrape it off, if you get a new car, never get one.
Posted by Chalkywhite84
New orleans
Member since Dec 2016
33732 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:01 pm to
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It’s called a brake tag because they actually used to check your brakes




Some places are still called break tag stations.

Little gas station/mechanic by the harahan police department.
Posted by Chalkywhite84
New orleans
Member since Dec 2016
33732 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:03 pm to
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Charlie's Auto Repair on Jeff Hwy by Colonial Lanes. That old man doesn't check anything.




He is the goat. I didn't know that place was named charlie's. The guy right after the curve, right?
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
25583 posts
Posted on 1/26/22 at 11:14 am to
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The guy right after the curve, right?



Yup. Old Man River looking guy with a beard.
Posted by Original Corn Pop
The public pool
Member since Nov 2020
547 posts
Posted on 1/26/22 at 4:10 pm to
Brake tag?

Try that place by the K&B..... the one with the Lucky Dog vendor in the neutral ground.
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