Vanity Plates VIII 1

[SantaMufasa]

It's time again for a new thread for the most popular Tek-Tips topic ever.

How do you like this ironic plate?:

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”

 

[Opieo]

@Flap
4t l43st I c4n still r3pl4c3 E with 3 4nd A with 4.
(Sorry, couldn't resist)

~
“Your request is not unlike your lower intestine: stinky, and loaded with danger.” — Ace Ventura.

 

[drlex]

Thanks, Francis: I don't think I'll need the other 49 rebuttals .
This bit

3 letters followed by 3 numbers

intrigues me - is this due to a prior LA coding scheme?

soi là, soi carré

 

[flapeyre]

drlex:

It's the current coding scheme. We started at AAA 000 in January, 1993 for new vehicles. Starting in 1994, renewals got new plates instead of a two-year validation sticker. Thus, by the end of 1996, any old plates still on the road were invalid.

The highest I've seen to date is TML nnn (the Q seris was skipped, but, curiously, the letter O was not. Once, I saw OON 999 in a parking lot. I wonder if they actually issued OOO 000, the plate that would have come after OON 999. I have seen another plate with OOO as the letters).

-- Francis
I'd like to change the world, but I can't find the source code.

 

[drlex]

Thanks again, Francis.
Your current scheme is similar to the system here in the U.K. between 1932 & 1963 - I used to own a car plated AGF960.
Seeing 999 leads me to consider whether, in a God fearin' state such as Louisiana, would 666 be rejected as indecent?

soi là, soi carré

 

[2ffat]

Interesting. In Virginia, we have a special license just for HAM operators. It will not only show their call sign but also has a special caption showing that the owner is a HAM.



James P. Cottingham
[sup]I'm number 1,229!
I'm number 1,229![/sup]

 

[flapeyre]

James:

Louisiana has ham plates, also (in fact, I am a ham, and I still have one, although the plate is expired). They just meant that you can't get a ham plate as a vanity. To get one, you have to provide a copy of your FCC license.

I suspect that rule is to keep non-hams from getting one as a vanity.

-- Francis
I'd like to change the world, but I can't find the source code.

 

[flapeyre]

drlex,

No, I have seen 666 plates (although I understand that Mississippi skips over them).

(I have seen the STN prefix on the road; I wonder who has STN 666?

-- Francis
I'd like to change the world, but I can't find the source code.

 

[SantaMufasa]

I have seen 666 plates

At a previous company, the last name of one of my co-workers was "Sae-Tan". She was unaware that her surname had "devilish" implications.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”

 

[Turkbear]

Hi Santa.

Are you really sure she was unaware? Could be one of Satan's tricks to mislead you from discovering her true identity



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[SantaMufasa]

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”

 

[SamBones]

On a Mercedes: CUINQRT

On a Hummer H3: HUMM TUM

The first one obviously an attorney or a judge, or maybe just a very litigious person. The second, I have no idea.

 

[SantaMufasa]

Could be one of Satan's tricks to mislead you from discovering her true identity

And remember, the difference between Santa and Satan is a mild case of lysdexia. <grin>

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”

 

[Annihilannic]

On a white hatch with black trim: GH05TI.

Annihilannic.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

On a red Mini Cooper spotted on the way to work this morning:
[tab]H@TWHLZ!

The "@" on our plates is very round. Still, I think the "@" makes it look more like "hat" than "hot".

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[SQLSister]

I saw ARSENAL this morning onteh way to work. You better believe, I didn't get in his way!

"NOTHING is more important in a database than integrity." ESquared

 

[Opieo]

On a green jeep on the way home yesterday, I saw what I think is the 2nd coolest plate yet:
ZOMBIES

~
“Your request is not unlike your lower intestine: stinky, and loaded with danger.” — Ace Ventura.

 

[rjoubert]

Opieo, what was the coolest plate you've seen?

 

[rjoubert]

Nevermind Opieo...I just went back to the original Vanity Plates thread that I started way back on April 2nd, and I saw that you were the first one to reply with your favorite (OMGSTFU). Mine still has to be the inspiration for starting this thread LI{cent}PL8 (where {cent} is the cent symbol).

 

[Opieo]

Yes, that is still my favorite. =)
I am jealous of it to be honest. I wouldn't mind having that or zombies.

~
“Your request is not unlike your lower intestine: stinky, and loaded with danger.” — Ace Ventura.

 

[MCuthill]

TBH, I am surprised OMGSTFU made it passed the censor at the licencing vendor ("DMV" in America?).

I have contemplated getting a vanity plate, but all the ones I can think of would only be funny to very few people, which has it's perks I suppose. Then again, I am yet unsure I *want* my plate to be memorable... ~grins~

There is a really flashy truck here in town with plates that make you roll your eyes. I think the plate is "4U2NV" (on a newer Dodge RAM "Daytona"). I will post confirmation once I see the truck again.

Cheers!

Mike
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