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#4491 - 07/27/00 12:23 PM Tough license plates
TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC	OK, here's my first try at starting a new thread. I noticed an older thread about license plates. Some years ago I ran across the license plate ML8ML8. I couldn't believe my eyes, because after following the car for about 5 miles I realized you could tell not only the make but the color of the car from the license plate! Another one I saw in VA was an Isuzu pickup truck with the plate GSNDHT. And for several years here in Colorado (until the ex took the car to another state) I had a car with OH FEX (though I admit I stole this one from a friend in VA). _________________________ TEd
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#4492 - 07/27/00 02:46 PM Re: Tough license plates
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Ted, could you send me the explanations for the first and third ones, please? I got the middle one, but for the others IM2L8.
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#4493 - 07/27/00 09:08 PM Re: Tough license plates
Bridget addict Registered: 06/27/00 Posts: 444 Loc: Sydney Australia	>>could you send me the explanations for the first and third ones, please? I got the middle one, but for the others IM2L8<< Me too! (is this a boy thing?) One of my favourites was in 1999 - a Volkswagen Beetle with the plate Y2K. And one of my least favourite, from the carpark at work - a black VW Golf covertible with the plate PHW 00 R.
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#4494 - 07/28/00 12:51 AM Re: Tough license plates
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	OH FEX sounds like a reverse allergy medication (which follows from GSNDHT I suppose).
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#4495 - 07/28/00 01:58 AM Re: Tough license plates
Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta	Bridget, bear in mind that what we call a VW Beetle, Americans call a Rabbit. Bingley _________________________ Bingley
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#4496 - 07/28/00 07:11 AM Re: Tough license plates
TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC	>Bridget, bear in mind that what we call a VW Beetle, Americans call a Rabbit.< Bingley: Actually a Rabbit (which is not made any more so far as I know) was an entirely different model from either the new or the old Beetle. you're on the right track though. Ted PS: You might ask Alice _________________________ TEd
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#4497 - 07/28/00 07:15 AM Re: Tough license plates
TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC	>OH FEX sounds like a reverse allergy medication (which follows from GSNDHT I suppose). < Not even close. But the answer IS in OED. _________________________ TEd
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#4498 - 07/28/00 07:17 AM Re: Tough license plates
TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC	Whee. When I started this thread I was a stranger, now I'm a newbie! _________________________ TEd
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#4499 - 07/28/00 08:07 AM Re: Tough license plates
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Congratulations, TedNewbie! MANY thanks for the inside info. As I said, obviously I don't know fex! !
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#4500 - 07/28/00 09:28 AM Re: Tough license plates
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	>in the OED many crude and wonderful things are in the OED (and some are also in my wwftd list), such as feck; why would you put a phonetic spelling of the plural of an Irish/Scot slang word on a Colorado license plate -- unless you were trying to pull a fast one on the DMV.... never mind.
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