THE Michael Shackleford?!
January 17th, 2018 at 3:13:56 PM
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I was at my local government office this morning, and while I was testing my distance vision, I noticed a familiar name: it can't be that guy I know about from online, could it?! (Based on a search of this site—yes!)
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January 17th, 2018 at 4:26:26 PM
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I had to google ALPCA 4979
Apparently "Automobile License Plate Collector's Association."
Here's a young MS with a friend.
http://mathproblems.info/tags/
Apparently "Automobile License Plate Collector's Association."
Here's a young MS with a friend.
http://mathproblems.info/tags/
Psalm 25:16
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool finds no satisfaction in trying to understand, for he would rather express his own opinion.
January 17th, 2018 at 4:47:40 PM
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Of course it's him. The Wizard has lived a fascinating life.
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January 17th, 2018 at 5:33:16 PM
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It's funny the stuff we wind up collecting.
Me, it's Dinky Toys.
Me, it's Dinky Toys.
"What, me worry?"
January 17th, 2018 at 6:55:02 PM
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Quote: MrVIt's funny the stuff we wind up collecting.
Me, it's Dinky Toys.
You could have given me a thousand guesses and I would have never guessed.
There's no secret. Just know what you're talking about before you open your mouth.
January 17th, 2018 at 8:32:00 PM
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Yes, that is absolutely my collection! I'm happy somebody finally put two and two together. I've got displays in several California DMV offices, the Highway Patrol headquarters, and the Riverside car museum in Laughlin.
I write about my misadventures collecting license plates at DT in the thread License plate collecting with the Wizard.
I write about my misadventures collecting license plates at DT in the thread License plate collecting with the Wizard.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
January 17th, 2018 at 9:04:19 PM
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I am pleased to have contributed two collegiate affinity plates to the Wizard's collection. Here are links to photos (previously posted in this forum) that present the proof, one from late April 2010 and one from January 2015. No, they don't show up in the list of items in his collection, as posted in that mathproblems site linked above, but that seems to be an old list. I don't know whether he kept these two or found a better use for them. I am not a license plate collector, and the first of those plates became redundant after I moved from Georgia to North Carolina, as did the second one after I requested a personalized number on an affinity tag for the same school.
January 18th, 2018 at 6:59:28 AM
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http://www.nilps.org/Quote: OnceDearI had to google ALPCA 4979
Apparently "Automobile License Plate Collector's Association."
Here's a young MS with a friend.
http://mathproblems.info/tags/
???
also, 7 years with children really ages you, huh?
:)
Craps is paradise (Pair of dice).
Lets hear it for the SpeedCount Mathletes :)
January 18th, 2018 at 10:40:28 AM
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Quote: 100xOddsalso, 7 years with children really ages you, huh?
:)
Indeed.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
January 22nd, 2018 at 2:12:46 PM
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Very nice display !
There's emptiness behind their eyes
There's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart
September 17th, 2019 at 10:24:07 AM
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I'm back at the DMV.
California has brought back the dark-gold-letters-on-black license plates—for vanity plates only.
California has brought back the dark-gold-letters-on-black license plates—for vanity plates only.
September 17th, 2019 at 10:40:23 AM
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Quote: smoothgrhI'm back at the DMV.
California has brought back the dark-gold-letters-on-black license plates—for vanity plates only.
They did that a while ago. The yellow on blue style too. Personally, I oppose this. The rule, I think, is that to carry a "year of issue" plate, the car has to be at least 25 years old. So, it's a badge of honor to have the true black or blue plates. Now anybody can pay the fee for a special issue plate and have one.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
September 17th, 2019 at 1:53:30 PM
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Weren't the first California license plates non-standardized? I've heard you literally had to make your own license plate (or have it made) with the assigned number - so the style of the early CA plates were all very individualized. Wiz, do you have any of those in your collection?
So many better men, a few of them friends, are dead. And a thousand thousand slimy things live on, and so do I.
September 17th, 2019 at 4:51:13 PM
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Quote: smoothgrhI'm back at the DMV.
California has brought back the dark-gold-letters-on-black license plates—for vanity plates only.
According to the website, you can get the yellow-on-black plates with regular numbers, but you have to pay the personalized/specialty plate fee ($50 up front, plus $40 per year after that).
September 17th, 2019 at 5:58:16 PM
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Quote: ThatDonGuyAccording to the website, you can get the yellow-on-black plates with regular numbers, but you have to pay the personalized/specialty plate fee ($50 up front, plus $40 per year after that).
Ah. Thanks for the correction.
I look at license plates for entertainment, and have yet to see anyone with a regular number on a yellow-on-black plate.
September 17th, 2019 at 6:34:56 PM
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Quote: gordonm888Weren't the first California license plates non-standardized? I've heard you literally had to make your own license plate (or have it made) with the assigned number - so the style of the early CA plates were all very individualized. Wiz, do you have any of those in your collection?
That's true. In California you made your own license plate until 1914. The earliest homemade plates date to 1905. Most large states had the same policy.
Yes, I have some of these "pre-state" plates in my collection, but none that would impress a serious collector.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
September 17th, 2019 at 6:57:54 PM
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Quote: smoothgrhAh. Thanks for the correction.
I look at license plates for entertainment, and have yet to see anyone with a regular number on a yellow-on-black plate.
Neither have I - I only discovered this when I went to the website to see how long it would take for my new car's plates to arrive.
