Personalised numbers plates - why?

[Terry B]

What's interesting is that we've got a raft of rat's ringers (no surprise there! ) and a few who hate them. There's also a load of comment about different plates people have seen and a (mildly) interesting diversion on the subject of small French bermbs and farts.

BUT - the 7 blokes who have personalised plates still haven't said why they've got them.

Col the Continuing Curious

I have personalised plates- just my initials and numbers. They were given to me as present. At least it makes it easy to remember my number plate when I check in to a motel and they seem to wan't my plate no on the registration.

[silentC]

Jeez mate, if you have trouble remembering your number plate, how do you get on with all those drugs and symptoms and all that doctor stuff?

[Ashore]

Our personalized plates cost $15 long time ago and are in shmbo's name "LYN" and we have just transfered them with each car, I did notice however when I was last in a regestry office the cost of some of these new plates where you can pick the colour etc and it was huge and ongoing , you have to pay each year but if thats what rocks you boat and you can afford it then why not , I mean how many on this forum have bought a tool not because you needed it but because you wanted it and it sits on desplay in the shed and is the first thing you show visitors same thing realy

[Terry B]

Jeez mate, if you have trouble remembering your number plate, how do you get on with all those drugs and symptoms and all that doctor stuff?

There are important thing to remenber and less important things. Stupid numbers fit into the first category. The wifes mobile number also. Anniversaries must be in the second category.

[echnidna]

Anniversaries must be in the second category

most definately

[Wongo]

Anniversaries or Birthday?

[jmk89]

Now that's an idea - you should be allowed, if you are a bloke, to get a plate that reads XX 1234 Y, where the XX are the wife's initials, 1234 is your wedding anniversary and Y is a random number or letter just thrown in to make sure there are 34 (O and 0 are too similar, as are I and 1) for each combination (in fact there are 68 because you can do the numbers daydaymonth month and month month day day). What a liberating innovation for blokes.......

[jmk89]

Anniversaries or Birthday?

Anniversaries only - you never forget the birthday, but anniversaries are tricky IMHO

[Howdya do that]

I would never have them. The pedestrians might work out who ran them over

[Dr Jan Itor]

I would never have them. The pedestrians might work out who ran them over

I've always thought that the cars with personalised plates seem to stand out more in traffic. Personally, I prefer to remain as inconspicuous as possible.

[echnidna]

well, i always forget my wifes bday (or otherwise i remember for a couple of seconds and then i forget again), and all of those things. it was her bday yesterday and i said i would take her out for tea, then forgot, so i got dim sims for tea.
we are going away for a couple of days, so hopefully that will get me in the good books again, if i behave myself and do the things she wants to do i suppose.

[echnidna]

The previous message is a forgery from swmbo

[Terry B]

well, i always forget my wifes bday (or otherwise i remember for a couple of seconds and then i forget again), and all of those things. it was her bday yesterday and i said i would take her out for tea, then forgot, so i got dim sims for tea.
we are going away for a couple of days, so hopefully that will get me in the good books again, if i behave myself and do the things she wants to do i suppose.

You better hide the credit cards. Retail therapy is often prescribed for wives whose hubbies have forgotten important events as punishment.

[silentC]

You need a password on your screen saver

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

but if thats what rocks you boat and you can afford it then why not , I mean how many on this forum have bought a tool not because you needed it but because you wanted it and it sits on desplay in the shed and is the first thing you show visitors same thing realy

I would never have them. The pedestrians might work out who ran them over

You're taking 'em off the shed wall and mounting 'em on the vehicle?