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676.1 | Let's hear some more... | GRNDAD::STONE | Roy | Wed May 31 1989 21:41 | 15 |
| A few that come to mind...
WAS-HIS ...on a Mercedes driven by a good lookin' blond.
2TH-DR ...a dentist perhaps?
PPMD ...this one was sported by a Massachusetts urologist until
someone complained to the Registry of Motor Vehicles
and they took it away from him.
3MTA3 ...to be read in your rear-view mirror on the front of the
car behind you.
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676.2 | CSAABGO | WR1FOR::ADELMAN_AA | The KJV Bible is the Word of God | Wed May 31 1989 22:37 | 1 |
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676.3 | SNAAB | SKIVT::ROGERS | Damnadorum Multitudo. | Thu Jun 01 1989 02:02 | 0 |
676.4 | IML8 | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine, CXN | Thu Jun 01 1989 02:20 | 1 |
| On a white VW Rabbit.
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676.5 | CMKRNL | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine, CXN | Thu Jun 01 1989 02:21 | 1 |
| On a car I saw at the CXO3 building (aka Colorado phone support site).
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676.6 | COPUL8 | CAM::MILLER | Me upon my pony on my boat | Thu Jun 01 1989 02:55 | 1 |
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676.7 | URNOJFK | WR1FOR::ADELMAN_AA | The KJV Bible is the Word of God | Thu Jun 01 1989 05:37 | 1 |
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676.8 | The Christian Perspective | WR1FOR::ADELMAN_AA | The KJV Bible is the Word of God | Thu Jun 01 1989 05:47 | 5 |
| YES AMEN - It's mine
KJV 1611 - Bible Version
KJV ONLY - Take that you liberals!
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676.9 | BWANA | COMICS::DEMORGAN | Richard De Morgan, UK CSC/CS | Thu Jun 01 1989 15:54 | 1 |
| Once seen on a Land Rover in the Maynard carpark (c 1970): BWANA.
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676.10 | Get it????? | WLDWST::SURE | | Thu Jun 01 1989 22:22 | 10 |
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HB4BUT
L8BKNYR
UR26E
RUCR8IV
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676.11 | | WHEEL::SWINIARSKI | NANcy--*NANSKI*--SwiniarSKI | Fri Jun 02 1989 00:49 | 4 |
| F-NADER on a Corvair
DECTECH - Some ex-DEC employee, years ago.
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676.12 | who? | MELEE::BIELSKI | Stan B. | Fri Jun 02 1989 01:48 | 4 |
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TOBEME - on a sports car
UBU - on a Jaguar
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676.13 | EIEIO | CNTROL::HENRIKSON | SomeGuysGetAllTheAdjectives | Fri Jun 02 1989 10:28 | 4 |
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On my brother's neighbor's car...
the McDonalds.
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676.14 | TECO | BINKLY::LEVITIN | G'dot Mate | Fri Jun 02 1989 19:36 | 1 |
| TECO - seen in Worcester County, MA.
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676.15 | D 161 TAL ? | CURRNT::PREECE | Whose garden was this ? | Mon Jun 05 1989 18:27 | 11 |
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On a Jaguar owned by Fiona Richmond, (past nude model and generally
scandalous person) ..... "FU 2"
On a blue Horizon..... "BEYOND"
All together, now -
"'Beyond', the blue horizon....."
IP
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676.16 | Driven by Mr. Bill? | SKIVT::ROGERS | Damnadorum Multitudo. | Mon Jun 05 1989 18:44 | 3 |
| I saw OH NO this weekend.
L.
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676.17 | VAX-VMS | WMOIS::M_KOWALEWICZ | Today's special! (tomorrow is too) | Tue Jun 06 1989 16:54 | 11 |
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For many years now, there is a vehicle in the incredible city of
G-Vegas with the license plate VAX-VMS.
ps. (Gardner Mass. U.S.A.) and it's not _that_ incredible.
mk
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676.18 | More Techies | CRLVMS::TREESE | Win Treese, Cambridge Research Lab | Tue Jun 06 1989 23:09 | 10 |
| From MIT:
COS X
and
MULTIX
- Win
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676.19 | up market. | AYOV18::BRIGHTTHOMAS | | Thu Jun 08 1989 22:25 | 8 |
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On a brand new Porsche 911...
F911 EGO.
PBT.
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676.20 | Truth | SSDEVO::GOLDSTEIN | | Fri Jun 09 1989 00:22 | 5 |
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On a new, top-of-the-line Porshe:
BIG LOAN
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676.21 | Love in the Afternoon? | HOTAIR::SIMON | Hugs Welcome Anytime! | Fri Jun 09 1989 01:37 | 4 |
| In Massachusetts some years ago:
PMDLIT
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676.22 | A1ANDA2 | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine, CXN | Fri Jun 09 1989 08:24 | 3 |
| While not real, it was offered as a plate for Lawrence Welk's car.
(For those lucky few who do not know the name, he's a US
band leader who specializes in a kind of polka music on downers. ;-)
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676.23 | Downuder | LAMHRA::WHORLOW | 1:25000 - a magic number | Fri Jun 09 1989 09:54 | 28 |
| G'day,
From Downunder
VAX 750 ( an ex digit)
4MYEGO
NE 2469
KIT (on a black nissan ?x300 )
4 FUN (on a Rolls convertible )
LONDON (on a London cab growling around Sydney )
FUN 911
OOO000
Derek
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676.24 | | RIGAZI::SPERANDIO | | Wed Jun 14 1989 02:09 | 1 |
| NO PANTS
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676.25 | PEN15 | ECCGY4::HAIGH | Ich glaube mein Schwein pfeift! | Fri Jun 16 1989 18:21 | 1 |
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676.26 | I SCREM | CAM::MILLER | Me upon my pony on my boat | Fri Jun 16 1989 18:48 | 1 |
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676.27 | IOU 1PA | KAOA01::LAPLANTE | Not the Northern Magus | Mon Jun 19 1989 21:52 | 4 |
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On a new sporty Mustang driven by a young lady.
Roger
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676.28 | 5HIT | BYENGF::GTURNBULL | PrecipiteVolissimeVolmente | Thu Jun 22 1989 17:41 | 2 |
| On a Bentley Mulsanne Turbo!
Greg.
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676.29 | See also... | BYENG0::GTURNBULL | PrecipiteVolissimeVolmente | Fri Jun 23 1989 19:15 | 3 |
| See also selected replies to note 24 of the CARS_UK conference.
Greg.
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676.30 | I SK8R | BOMBE::MADDEN | NOP: Just sit there and look pretty | Mon Jun 26 1989 09:14 | 1 |
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676.31 | Honesht Ossifer | AYOV27::IHAGGERTY | | Tue Jun 27 1989 17:59 | 9 |
| There is a legend of a wealthy business man in Edinburgh who had
his licence revoked for driving while under the influence. He was
next seen being chauffeur driven in a large limo with the number
plate
50BER.
IJH
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676.32 | Bol-what? | BYENG0::GTURNBULL | PrecipiteVolissimeVolmente | Tue Jun 27 1989 19:09 | 5 |
| Jasper Carrot (an English comedian) used to tell a funny story about an
Englishman living in the States whose license plate was "Bollocks", because the
word didn't mean anything to his American friends.
Greg.
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676.33 | I've seen this one too | AYOV27::ISMITH | Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew... | Tue Jun 27 1989 20:34 | 17 |
676.34 | | MRED::DONHAM | I'll see it when I believe it. | Wed Jun 28 1989 20:19 | 6 |
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On a red Rhode Island Datsun 300ZX:
WHY 55
Perry
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676.35 | | EVETPU::CANTOR | Splitting nines... | Sat Jul 08 1989 08:55 | 5 |
| California THX 1138
I even rode in the car.
Dave C.
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676.36 | apropos | GRNDAD::STONE | Roy | Mon Jul 10 1989 19:28 | 11 |
| On the way to work this morning I followed a frozen-food delivery truck
from Vermont; it license plate:
BRRRR
Which remined me of a story I had heard that an employee of the County
Extnesion Service in Vermont frequently had the task of visiting local
farms to perform artificial insemination on dairy cattle. His license
plate reflected his job:
TORO
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676.37 | 726 ELY | SSDEVO::EGGERS | Anybody can fly with an engine. | Tue Jul 11 1989 01:35 | 1 |
| How about this one in Massachusetts?
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676.38 | Superior attitude! | GRNDAD::STONE | Roy | Mon Jul 17 1989 23:19 | 5 |
| Seen on one of those compact pickup trucks with the ridiculously high
suspension and huge oversized tires (the kind you need a stepladder to
get into)...
I2HI4U
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676.39 | It's a small city! | AYOV27::ISMITH | Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew... | Tue Jul 18 1989 15:27 | 18 |
676.40 | | HSSWS1::DUANE | Send lawyers, guns & money | Tue Jul 18 1989 23:54 | 8 |
| On a Renault LeCar:
LE TAG
Saw this one in _Reader's_Digest_:
FENRY ( on a Honda Accord )
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676.41 | | MRED::DONHAM | Watch out! You might get what you're after! | Fri Jul 21 1989 19:29 | 3 |
| Seen on a motorcylce registered in MA:
XSGAS
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676.42 | NVR55 | WECARE::BAILEY | Corporate Sleuth | Tue Jul 25 1989 01:41 | 5 |
| On a red sportscar (what, me notice the make?!) in Nashua: NVR55
(Not the message *I* would choose to show our boys in blue!)
Sherry
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676.43 | Two more from Vermont | SKIVT::ROGERS | Salvandorum paucitus | Wed Jul 26 1989 02:12 | 9 |
| Seen yesterday in Burlington, Vt.
2MATO on a bright red Toyota.
B# (maybe the guy driving it was named Brian Sharp or somesuch?)
The B# plate reminds me of the vanity plate my friend Penny Edwards used to
have - 1 CENT.
Larry
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676.44 | can't | WELSWS::ANDERSSON | 4 days left | Thu Aug 17 1989 21:35 | 5 |
| On a mercedes coupe driven by a quite nice looking brunette:
HOP 1N
she was driving at 100 mph so I did try to
J-C
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676.45 | | ROBOTS::RSMITH | Time to make the doughnuts | Thu Aug 17 1989 22:15 | 9 |
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On a large american car (LTD or other monstrousity), always parked
about a block from my house (in Mass., not surprisingly):
MY CAH
I wouldn't want it.
Robbie
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676.46 | No sign of intelligent life, Scottie | WMOIS::M_KOWALEWICZ | Today's Special- Tomorrow is too | Fri Aug 18 1989 18:36 | 5 |
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This morning in the WMO parking lot
BMMEUP
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676.47 | Summer of '42 | CAM::MILLER | Run my pony through the sand | Fri Aug 18 1989 20:31 | 2 |
| ETE 42
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676.48 | | SUCCES::DONHAM | Watch out! You might get what you're after! | Wed Aug 23 1989 00:40 | 5 |
| On a Honda Prelude in Nashua:
&FUGUE
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676.49 | are make and model really relevant? | POOL::TRUMPLER | Thiotimoline sold here | Wed Aug 23 1989 18:44 | 3 |
| Seen on a car:
AWETOE
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676.50 | You Should've Seen the One that Got Away | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | | Tue Aug 29 1989 00:17 | 10 |
| I've seen a Porsche with plate PORTIA, and an X1/9 with plate VROOM.
My old 240Z had plate PDP-Z for many years, back when DEC machines
were all PDPs. Also I recall a VW Rabbit bearing plate FIVER (you
have to have read Watership Down).
I saw a really good one on a NY plate a few weeks ago in Lenox MA,
but of course I've forgotten it...
len.
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676.51 | DWORKS | SSDEVO::EGGERS | Anybody can fly with an engine. | Tue Aug 29 1989 03:24 | 1 |
| Seen in Colorado Springs.
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676.52 | From Cupertino, California..... | WLDWST::SURE | | Thu Aug 31 1989 04:15 | 7 |
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BEAT IBM (Seen in HP Parking lot.....)
RBRNECK (.....on a Cadillac??)
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676.53 | | SHALOT::GELBER | | Wed Sep 27 1989 18:32 | 2 |
| On a VW: 1WABBIT1
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676.54 | Two more from the Green Mountain State. | SKIVT::ROGERS | Damnadorum Multitudo | Thu Sep 28 1989 00:13 | 9 |
| On a nondescript Subaru:
IBCNU
On a big, expensive, macho-looking 4x4 wagon driven by a pretty lady:
AGIFT
Larry
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676.55 | intercontinental | PEKING::AMANNP | I'm Opus T. Penguin | Fri Sep 29 1989 21:30 | 3 |
| How about this from Lincoln England
1CBM
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676.56 | IX XI | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine, CXN | Wed Oct 11 1989 02:23 | 1 |
| Seen on a (you guessed it) Porshe 911.
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676.57 | SNAAB 2 | GLIVET::RECKARD | Jon Reckard, 381-0878, ZKO3-2/T63 | Wed Oct 11 1989 15:03 | 0 |
676.58 | IERNDIT | SKIVT::ROGERS | Damnadorum Multitudo | Wed Oct 11 1989 16:55 | 5 |
| Connecticut plate seen on Rt. 290 in Worcester on a sharp-looking Jaguar.
No giveaways here.
Larry
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676.59 | SNAAB ??? | SSDEVO::HUGHES | Thus thru Windows call on us(Donne) | Wed Oct 11 1989 21:52 | 9 |
| > <<< Note 676.57 by GLIVET::RECKARD "Jon Reckard, 381-0878, ZKO3-2/T63" >>>
> -< SNAAB 2 >-
This one escapes me -- except that I have a vague memory that _SNAAB_
means _quick_ in Swedish.
What kind of car was it?
-Jim
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676.60 | SNAAB = SNOB | KAOA01::LAPLANTE | Not the Northern Magus | Thu Oct 12 1989 16:11 | 8 |
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SAAB is pronounced 'sob' as in crying.
SNAAB would therefore be pronounced 'snob'
At least that's the way I read it.
Roger
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676.61 | Who, me? | GLIVET::RECKARD | Jon Reckard, 381-0878, ZKO3-2/T63 | Thu Oct 12 1989 16:18 | 7 |
| > SAAB is pronounced 'sob' as in crying.
> SNAAB would therefore be pronounced 'snob'
> At least that's the way I read it.
And that's the way I read it too. To be considered in the "success is measured
by the car you drive" syndrome. 'Course, because I *don't* have an expensive
car, and look down (up?) my noses at those who do, I'm not snobby in any way
at all, oh no.
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676.62 | Remember the commercial? | WR1FOR::ADELMAN_AA | Money talks, mine says goodbye | Thu Oct 19 1989 22:03 | 7 |
| I will probably never own a Subaru, but if I do, this might be
appropriate:
WUPDEDO
Aaron
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676.63 | | GRNDAD::STONE | >>>--He-went-that-a-way--> | Thu Oct 19 1989 22:22 | 4 |
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Seen on a BMW in Nashua...
NT2WRY
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676.64 | Different message fore and aft. | GRNDAD::STONE | SPECIAL WHEN LIT | Fri Oct 27 1989 18:24 | 6 |
|
On the way to work this morning, I looked in my rear-view mirror and
read the license plate on the car behind me: HAY HO
It took me a minute to realize that it was my mirror image of a
plate that actually read: OH YAH
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676.65 | Works Both Ways | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | | Thu Nov 02 1989 22:48 | 5 |
| re SNAAB - someone once told me they saw a ratty old Saab with the
plate SLAAB.
len.
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676.66 | HEIGH HO? | MARVIN::KNOWLES | Running old protocol | Mon Nov 06 1989 17:06 | 6 |
| re HAY HO
A good number to have when you're "off to work". What do you change
it to when you're coming home?
b
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676.67 | 2DLU | KAOA01::LAPLANTE | Les Montagnards Cameron d'Ottawa | Tue Nov 07 1989 19:33 | 4 |
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Seen this past week, a cheery goodbye
Roger
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676.68 | And a few more... | WR1FOR::ADELMAN_AA | Aaron Adelman @WRO DTN 521-0200 | Thu Nov 09 1989 03:41 | 6 |
| ...On a green Saab - SABLIME
...On a red import - CHRRYUT
Aaron
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676.69 | Get Off Of My Bumper!!!! | WR1FOR::ADELMAN_AA | Set_Affections=Above | Wed Nov 29 1989 19:47 | 7 |
|
STP TLG8
Would you believe that I had to tailgate in order to read this??
Aaron
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676.70 | | WR1FOR::ADELMAN_AA | White Border Stop Signs Optional | Wed Jan 10 1990 01:03 | 5 |
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Seen on a VW Rabbit:
LE WHITE
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676.71 | FEATURE | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine, CXN | Thu May 03 1990 02:17 | 2 |
| On a VW Bug....
(I heard this about 10th-hand).
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676.72 | BEAMEUP | BLKWDO::MERRICK | | Sat Aug 04 1990 00:24 | 9 |
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EDUC8R -- In Phoenix
HCTIB -- In New Mexico several years ago
XXXXXX -- In Colorado, also several years past
EX UFO -- On a car that has definitely seen better days.
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676.73 | Honk, honk; squirt | STAR::CANTOR | What's the dif btw a burro & a burrow? | Sun Dec 30 1990 02:50 | 17 |
| Found in the Nov 1990 edition of The Howdy Doody Times (The Official
Journal of the Doodyville Historical Society):
IM2BZ2P California
AUDIDOD (Audi Doody) Illinois
Elsewhere in the same issue, though not about license plates, but in a
similar vein, there is copy of a cartoon "Rubes" by Leigh Rubin showing
Howdy Doody dressed like a stereotypical Arab (headress, robes, etc.)
sitting on a camel in the middle of a desert. The caption is "Saudi
Doody".
arrgh
Dave C.
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676.74 | DECie?? | TEMPE::MERRICK | Twilight Zonie | Tue Jan 01 1991 18:51 | 8 |
| Saw this one on an AZ plate yesterday:
NOTES
I wondered if it belonged to a DEC employee...
LN
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676.75 | | GENSIS::LAVEY | Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive | Fri Jul 09 1993 14:08 | 4 |
| Sighted awhile back, on a NH plate in downtown Nashua:
R&MVAR
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