tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post40624205725222026..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: More About License PlatesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-63262609074635735472020-01-13T07:44:45.009-05:002020-01-13T07:44:45.009-05:00In 50's, 60's Boston, my dad had to go dow...In 50's, 60's Boston, my dad had to go downtown and stand in line for a few hours at the end of December to buy the then annual plate. Jan 1, it my job to lie in the snow and ice and replace last year's plate with the new one. All the nuts and bolts were steel, and often they had rusted together during the previous year and had to be hammered apart.<br /><br />The ideas of aluminum bolts and plastic nuts and multiyear plates with stickers was yet to come.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-15144847993178477212020-01-13T01:28:49.276-05:002020-01-13T01:28:49.276-05:00It didn’t make the plates, but you can see it in t...It didn’t make the plates, but you can see it in the road sign in “Smokey and the Bandit,” which I can attest to from my youth. As you passed the border, you’d see a sign that read: “Welcome to Georgia, State of Adventure.”<br /><br />And it was, too, in those days. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44907232870172109422020-01-13T01:26:22.369-05:002020-01-13T01:26:22.369-05:00https://www.signchicken.com/images/138751388377885...https://www.signchicken.com/images/1387513883778851031389.jpegGrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-86719099130421108492020-01-12T20:46:09.143-05:002020-01-12T20:46:09.143-05:00Here in Wisconsin we have a wall-o-plates at the D...Here in Wisconsin we have a wall-o-plates at the DMV that looks just as big. I don't know how police manage.<br /><br />We also have a series of plates from a few years ago that used a lamination on the metal. Over time and sunlight that lamination has deteriorated, and now I see unreadable plates all the time. The plastic peeled up, and peels even faster with assistance. I imagine this is useful for people trying to avoid paying Illinois tolls.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-55515405668507064612020-01-12T20:30:25.624-05:002020-01-12T20:30:25.624-05:00Awesome. I wouldn't go out and buy one as a s...Awesome. I wouldn't go out and buy one as a souvenir, but if the family had preserved one unto this day I would consider it a treasure.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-5364209194062536882020-01-12T20:09:06.093-05:002020-01-12T20:09:06.093-05:00My grandfather told me that during WW2, license pl...My grandfather told me that during WW2, license plates in Illinois were made from <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=soybean+license+plates+illinois&t=ffsb&ia=web" rel="nofollow">soybeans.</a>.RichardJohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490819511630683969noreply@blogger.com