Number Plates Fetish/Obsession

"Gadget" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Recently I've picked up an obsession with number plates and here are a few that I've noticed.

The first was on a white van which read 50D D3M

The second was on an old Volvo estate which I thought was kind of appropriate for their
reputation. APC . That was it just APC

I don't know why I'm obsessed with this but I have a habit of noticing

cars

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and their odd number plates.

and what do these plates mean? I've never understood so-called "personal" plates where numbers are
letters except for I/1 of course. If anyone ever tried to boast to me thay had one and was counting
a 4 as an A or a 3 as a B or whatever I'd just ignore them.

"Stephen (aka steford)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Recently I've picked up an obsession with number plates and here are a

few

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that I've noticed.

The first was on a white van which read 50D D3M

The second was on an old Volvo estate which I thought was kind of appropriate for their
reputation. APC . That was it just APC

I don't know why I'm obsessed with this but I have a habit of noticing

cars

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and their odd number plates.

and what do these plates mean? I've never understood so-called "personal" plates where numbers are
letters except for I/1 of course. If anyone ever tried to boast to me thay had one and was
counting a 4 as an A or a 3 as a

B

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or whatever I'd just ignore them.

Oh, i've got a 3 as a B ... (you're ugly and blah blah blah (let's see if i'm being ignored!))

Gadget said:

Recently I've picked up an obsession with number plates and here are a few that I've noticed.

The first was on a white van which read 50D D3M

Sod you too, Gadget ;-)

I recently read in Guy's favourite newspaper (Daily Mail) that A1 has been misplaced. At least
twenty years ago I saw the plate A2 on a reasonably modern Roller.

To my mind, the whole idea of "cherished plates" is certainly an obsession.

Even worse than 50D D3M is house names along the lines of Llamedos.

Nosdoh Semaj

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Thus spake James Hodson <[email hidden]>

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I recently read in Guy's favourite newspaper (Daily Mail) that A1 has been misplaced.

That's a shame. When I was a nipperette, it belonged to a Mr Trevor Roper or Laker (I think) of
Leicester. As we walked past his house & car to the synagogue, he remarked to my Mum that he liked
her kids (there were 4 or 5 of us at the time). Mum said she liked his number plate.

Then there was ABC 1, which was used by the Lord Mayor of Leicester, who lived two doors away...

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden] Edgware.

"Gadget" wrote ...

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Recently I've picked up an obsession with number plates and here are a few that I've noticed.

The first was on a white van which read 50D D3M

The second was on an old Volvo estate which I thought was kind of appropriate for their
reputation. APC . That was it just APC

I don't know why I'm obsessed with this but I have a habit of noticing

cars

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and their odd number plates.

Gadget

Most American motor vehicle departments spend a fair bit of time weeding out potentially offensive
number plates. Wonder if they would have noticed that one?

Since almost every state allows personalized license plates (number plates) some people make a game
out of trying to say something really rude with their license plates without getting censored by the
motor vehicle department. Someone drove around Berkeley, CA, for several years with license plates
reading "AH MERDE" before the Department of Motor Vehicles found someone who could speak French...
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mark

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Thus spake James Hodson <[email hidden]>

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I recently read in Guy's favourite newspaper (Daily Mail) that A1 has been misplaced.

[SNIP]

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Then there was ABC 1, which was used by the Lord Mayor of Leicester, who lived two doors away...

Helen

A belated thank you for the MS info mail, which, like A1, was also misplaced.

James

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"Gadget" wrote ...

Quoted message said:

Recently I've picked up an obsession with number plates and here are a

few

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that I've noticed.

The first was on a white van which read 50D D3M

The second was on an old Volvo estate which I thought was kind of appropriate for their
reputation. APC . That was it just APC

I don't know why I'm obsessed with this but I have a habit of noticing

cars

Quoted message said:

and their odd number plates.

Gadget

Most American motor vehicle departments spend a fair bit of time weeding

out

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potentially offensive number plates. Wonder if they would have noticed

that

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one?

Since almost every state allows personalized license plates (number

plates)

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some people make a game out of trying to say something really rude with their license plates
without getting censored by the motor vehicle department. Someone drove around Berkeley, CA, for
several years with license plates reading "AH MERDE" before the Department of Motor Vehicles found
someone who could speak French...
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Is 3 supposed to be E then? I doubt they would have noticed it as it doesn't resemble it at all.
Besides was 50D D3M a legal plate ever - seems a strange combination. Sure they weren't just "having
a laugh" and had it made up for some sort of motorist "joke". Rubbish.

Thus spake James Hodson <[email hidden]>

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A belated thank you for the MS info mail, which, like A1, was also misplaced.

Would you like me to resend it?

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden] Edgware.

Gadget said:

Recently I've picked up an obsession with number plates and here are a few that I've noticed.

The first was on a white van which read 50D D3M

The second was on an old Volvo estate which I thought was kind of appropriate for their
reputation. APC . That was it just APC

I don't know why I'm obsessed with this but I have a habit of noticing cars and their odd
number plates.

Gadget

We played a game a few years back (1980s) with number plates. You had to see the numbers in order
starting from 1 and working up. It took weeks to get any where and you had to trust everyone
playing. It got addictive once I got past the twenties although I did eventually get bored. I think
I got passed a 100.

Looking back now I'm thinking what was the point? :-)
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"Gadget" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Recently I've picked up an obsession with number plates and here are a

few

Quoted message said:

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that I've noticed.

The first was on a white van which read 50D D3M

The second was on an old Volvo estate which I thought was kind of appropriate for their
reputation. APC . That was it just APC

I don't know why I'm obsessed with this but I have a habit of noticing

cars

Quoted message said:

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and their odd number plates.

and what do these plates mean? I've never understood so-called "personal" plates where numbers
are letters except for I/1 of course. If anyone ever tried to boast to me thay had one and was
counting a 4 as an A or a 3 as a

B

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or whatever I'd just ignore them.

Oh, i've got a 3 as a B ... (you're ugly and blah blah blah (let's see if i'm being ignored!))

It must be 500 DBM with illegal spacing, bolt additions and dodgy letter fonts.

Simon Mason

the Mark said:

We played a game a few years back (1980s) with number plates. You had to see the numbers in order
starting from 1 and working up. It took weeks to get any where and you had to trust everyone
playing. It got addictive once I got past the twenties although I did eventually get bored. I
think I got passed a 100.

ISTR I got past 400. Mind you, it did take several years.

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Looking back now I'm thinking what was the point? :-)

It killed time on long and boring car journeys. Of course on a bike ride you don't get bored and
don't need to kill time - sadly my parents were never persuaded of that :-(

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Helen Deborah Vecht said:

Thus spake James Hodson <[email hidden]>

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A belated thank you for the MS info mail, which, like A1, was also misplaced.

Would you like me to resend it?

No ta, Helen. I merely misplaced it - a dumb e-mail filter filter - rather than lost it. A
combination of mine and your mails gives me a good enough clue to what's going on.

Thanks anyway James

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Many years ago at an Advertising company where I used to work, the Chairman had a Bentley with the
registration RR1.

...of course, the client was Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, and he had to give it back when the client went
elsewhere - to a much inferior agency, of course!
:-P

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Peter Connolly Acute Computing Derby UK

"James Hodson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Gadget said:

Recently I've picked up an obsession with number plates and here are a

few

Quoted message said:

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that I've noticed.

The first was on a white van which read 50D D3M

Sod you too, Gadget ;-)

I recently read in Guy's favourite newspaper (Daily Mail) that A1 has been misplaced. At least
twenty years ago I saw the plate A2 on a reasonably modern Roller.

To my mind, the whole idea of "cherished plates" is certainly an obsession.

Even worse than 50D D3M is house names along the lines of Llamedos.

Nosdoh Semaj

--
A credit limit is NOT a target.

Have seen BOI 10X

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"Gadget" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Recently I've picked up an obsession with number plates and here are a few that I've noticed.

The first was on a white van which read 50D D3M

The second was on an old Volvo estate which I thought was kind of appropriate for their
reputation. APC . That was it just APC

I don't know why I'm obsessed with this but I have a habit of noticing

cars

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and their odd number plates.

Gadget