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Show ( A JUST STUFF Y JAM Vk Personalized license plates have - certainly become popular. People are touting everything from their hobbies to their occupations, from knicknames to real names to catchy little sayings. It's amazing to see what people come up with with a little imagination. I've seen one car that obviously belongs to an obstetrician. The plate says "OBGYN". Another one, not quite as blatant, but for the same profession says BB DOC. There's the ophthalmologist's that reads "EYE DOC," an insurance salesman that says "N SUR IT," a lawyer's that says "WRIT" and a realtor's that says "BUY IT." Some are a little tricky and you have to give them some thought. I ; saw one that said "INVNOl." I envy no one. One a bit braggadosio "IMGR8" or "IM D BST" I'm the best. One driver, proud of his monetary accomplishment had a plate on his Mercedes that said "PAID 4." But ' . most of us find ourselves in the same situation as the guys whose plate r said "IN DEBT", or "IO IO". These personalized plates are reaching such popular public approval, ap-proval, it's become necessary to apply for the plates, and give 2 or 3 choices in case your first choice has already been taken. That's where you see so many "variations on a theme." Simple "Suzy" can be written just like that, but if that's been taken there's always "SUE Z", "SU Z," "SOO Z," "SUE ZEE," or several other derivations. I heard about one the other day that really took the cake. It happened hap-pened somewhere where they allow seven characters on the plate, rather than the six allotted in Utah. An avid water enthusiast applied for a plate. His first choice was "BOATING," his second was "SAILING." If he couldn't have those he wanted no plate, which he specified. A few weeks later his awaited plates arrived. They didn't say "BOATING," or "SAILING." Instead In-stead he got his third choice "NO PLATE." But that wasn't the topper. A few weeks later he started receiving scores of citations for infractions he didn't commit speeding tickets, parking violations, expired registration notices. All undeserved. He finally got to the bottom of it. His license was registered in the computer as "NO PLATE." and all the citations, all the tickets, all the notices, were for cars that had no plate. The computer had simply cross-matched the two "NO PLATE" with NO PLATE! |