Speaking of pins and needles, I was on them this morning when I took my car in for a state inspection. Now that I do my own taxes, this is the most nerve-wracking thing I do annually. You never know what they might find, and even though my car is less than two years old and hasn't been driven much, things can still go wrong.
Anyway, everything passed inspection, and I emerged from the station $30 poorer but relieved of this for another year.