[Magdalen] Vanity plates

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

A friend of mine who plays early music low strings has

VIELLE

It is a type of stringed instrument.

One of those plates that says, "If you know, you know.  If you don't know,
you won't ever understand."

Hourly lady? Whoa, not gonna touch that one....

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 2/1/2016 12:23:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> kate.conant at gmail.com writes:
>
> I once  saw a plate that said "HRLYLDY"  and I wondered why an "Hourly
> Lady"
> would advertise that. It turns out it stood for "Harley  Lady"!
>
> Kate>>>>>>>>
>
> The only vanity plate I ever owned was a plate I kept on my car
> for about ten years:  W.A.Mozart.  I chose this when I  discovered
> JS Bach was already taken.
>
> Such as car plates used to be a very informal affair in Wisconsin,
> and I always strived otherwise to have the lowest number possible
>
> Getting a one digit plate was impossible, because they were reserved
> for the officials in the state government.  But two and three  digit
> plates were easy to reserve over the phone.  They just put them
> aside until payment was received.
>
> I can't imagine such a situation
> in the DMV of Pennsylvania.  Over and beyond the strict rules,  there
> are surly employees managing the phones in Harrisburg.  By  contrast,
> my experience with various USA Federal offices has been with pleasant
> employees, eager to help.  Maybe I'm just prejudiced by 30 years  in
> the VA.
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>