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| Photos by Salt Water New England |
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| "OH" shouldn't be too hard to figure out, given the clues. |
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| "JBY" is easier in context. |
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| A quest for an intelligent wardrobe, aligned with New England - ethos, architecture, coast - founded and beloved by our ancestors. Original photographs. |
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...still trying to figure out the reflection vs photographer in the first picture, but love the perspective(s) in that shot! Appreciate the puns in this Seen Around. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteWell, there was at least one Land-Rover there. A real one, too.
ReplyDeleteNow I want to see a Triumph Stag. Will settle for a Rover 2000.
Best I've seen, on a bright red Porsche: "GR8D8B8"
ReplyDeleteOh, how sad the RR owner must have been to settle for GAT5BY. I wonder who has GATSBY...
ReplyDeleteSomeone on Cape Cod. I saw a vintage car in Chatham with GATSBY.
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Oh, sorry - I checked my photo and the vintage car in Chatham, Mass. had plates saying "GATSBE'.
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Saw this license plate on an SL Roadster: "WAS HIS"
ReplyDeleteAssume she got the car in the divorce.
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A good one: IW84XMAS
ReplyDeleteMy wife's plate, when I first met her, was PEACH. She was from Georgia. And she is.
ReplyDeleteIn an odd way, this license plate whimsy seems to me to be the American equivalent of Haiku – but instead of having three lines of unrhymed verse to covey your message, one is limited to only seven spaces.
ReplyDeleteI’ve also noticed the common use of “r” “u” and “4” in many of these fun, idiosyncratic expressions.
Oops, "convey."
DeleteYears ago, a car passed me on the Maine Turnpike with the license, BAHABA. It took me a few minutes to figure that out!
ReplyDeleteTook me more than a few, but I finally got it...
DeleteNew York State allows eight spaces. But authorities retain editorial rights. To prevent perhaps plates lilike: soxs*ck
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