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License plate story. Got one?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 30, 2013 2:09AM PST

My license plate story is from 2000. Someone had removed my plates but a co-worker saw it and chased them down.

I learned more as the story unfolded and to make it funny, the office manufactures CCTV gear and there are cameras watching cameras that watch the entire complex. The whole thing was on video ready for the RCMP.

RCMP? Google that!

The person was under 18 so under the law there they would not have a record in a few months so this is where it gets a little more interesting.

When they want to ship out some stolen car in a container they want some current plates that match model and color so it passes a cursory check. So they send out the word to go get plates for that and I got lucky this time.

Now they employ those under 18 since they won't have a record and can't be held for long as well. So there is a ready market for plates and jobs for the young.

I never heard if they plugged that hole in the system.
Bob

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seems for an organization
by James Denison Nov 30, 2013 4:14AM PST

of crime, it would be easier to just get some mild steel sheets and stamp out a pile of fake plates. Heck, they could all be the same number for awhile.

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Have you noticed some states don't stamp?
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 30, 2013 4:31AM PST

Seems you could print them out.

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hadn't noticed it
by James Denison Nov 30, 2013 5:54AM PST

except for temporary paper tags.

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not me but a coworker
by Roger NC Nov 30, 2013 8:19AM PST

moved to northeastern NC small town from Maryland, I think it was Maryland.

No front tag here, except a few city required tags, so when he registered his truck here he only got one tag for the rear. He never removed the other state tag off the front.

He pulled up at home one day, and a sheriff car came flying up behind him, cop got out with hand on his gun grip, didn't removed it but acted like he was expecting a problem. Coworker kids in the yard crying as the cop yelled at the man to show his hands etc. Then here comes another cop car sliding to a stop lights running.

Seems the first cop noticed the front and rear tags were different states so assume it was stolen and he was probably dangerous.

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Gotcha'
by Willy Nov 30, 2013 11:52PM PST

Here in Ohio they continue to issue frt&rear plates. The state law enforcement organizations and troopers all want the dual plates to make it easier for them. As of now, there is a pending legislation or another try to get only 1 plate issuance. With that thinking why do other states offer only 1-plate. Don't they think their law enforcement is worth the effort and all that? Does it really cost that much to have 2-plates? Is it really that harder for law enforcement to look at only 1-plate. So, isn't the citizen the trump card here, do what we want, don't force law enforcement wants&needs as the basis for law, just enforce the current laws. Anyone ever been treated like a big time criminal in some small township enforcing some nit-picky ordnance or law then basically its a pay as you leave policy? ------Willy Happy

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back when horses were ridden on the roads
by James Denison Dec 1, 2013 3:04AM PST

did they hang both front and rear tags, and if a rear tag, was it under or over the horse's tail?

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Over.
by Dafydd Dec 1, 2013 3:16AM PST

If it was under, that would be crap and would be obscured.

Dafydd.

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Tangent issue. Romanian Horse Cart Ban
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 1, 2013 3:19AM PST

Sadly you can research what happened next.

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This is how.
by Dafydd Dec 1, 2013 3:38AM PST
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I like that better than where the Romanian story.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 1, 2013 3:47AM PST

I didn't see anyone top post that story.

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Wrong link Bob.
by Dafydd Dec 1, 2013 4:19AM PST
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Hopefully those whose idea it was
by Steven Haninger Dec 1, 2013 4:35AM PST

were made to eat their own words.

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Probably did.
by Dafydd Dec 1, 2013 4:46AM PST

I went to france once and most likely ate one. Of couse, the French way of cooking is: cut it's horns off and wipe its arse.
Now that's what I call rare.

Dafydd.

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I thought the French idea of cooking meat
by Steven Haninger Dec 1, 2013 5:33AM PST

was to beat it until where it came from wasn't recognizable to the eye and to cook it with so many herbs that where it came from wasn't recognizable by the tongue. Wink

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Fois Gras.
by Dafydd Dec 1, 2013 5:37AM PST

EEEEEWWWWWW!

Dafydd.

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Ahh Fois Gras
by itsdigger Dec 1, 2013 5:45AM PST

Pate' if ya mash it up. I love it, deep fry , slow cook, beef chicken bear duck or moose ,call it what ya want, I love Liver!! Don't the Welsh and Scottish have a name for this....Digger

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Scots eat haggis
by Steven Haninger Dec 1, 2013 5:48AM PST

Waste not, want not.

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(NT) I'll top post the horse carriage ban story.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 1, 2013 5:49AM PST
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Faggots, and Haggis.
by Dafydd Dec 1, 2013 5:50AM PST

Not your type of faggots, a mix of pork, liver herbs, spicy meatballs if you like.
I just don't like the way fois gras is produced.

Dafydd.

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Wow.
by Dafydd Dec 1, 2013 5:55AM PST

I didn't realise that that word is not allowed. I apologise, but in my country it's legit for a savoury dish. Oh crap! Am I in more trouble?

Dafydd.

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No but you may not get the second box of cookies.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 1, 2013 6:02AM PST
Grin
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B.S .
by itsdigger Dec 1, 2013 6:06AM PST

He gets a Big Box Of Cookies... Right On Dafydd.....Digger

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Truly...
by Dafydd Dec 1, 2013 6:10AM PST

... I am so sorry. In my little town in the south wales valleys, it's not uncommon to say, I'm going to the butchers to get a couple of f......ts for tea.
Totally different meaning here.

Dafydd.

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Dayfdd
by itsdigger Dec 1, 2013 6:11AM PST

Don't let any of these Yuppies tell you that what your culture has been eating Way Before America Was Here is not acceptable. Hell, Meat Is Meat And A Man's Gotta Eat ( Motel Hell)...Digger

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Think I know the word now
by Steven Haninger Dec 1, 2013 6:19AM PST

In the '60s here, I remember the shortened version of the word as referring to a cigarette and folks asking if they could bum a ***. Never smoked so could never oblige.

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True!
by Dafydd Dec 1, 2013 6:23AM PST

I grew up in the 60s and a f.g was a ciggie.

Dafydd.

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over fed Ducks
by itsdigger Dec 1, 2013 6:04AM PST

Hell, Lots of folks don't like the way Veal is produced either . Do you eat Veal? I was married to an animal rights activist for 20+ years and yet she ate beef and wore leather and ate chicken and turkey, wore a goose down coat too, and when I came home from fishing , she sure enjoyed the catch of the day. I have no problem with Haggis... The problem here in the U.S is , we call too many animals Pets and not enough Food....Digger

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Me thinks you eat too much and need to diet
by Steven Haninger Dec 1, 2013 6:09AM PST
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No Problem
by itsdigger Dec 1, 2013 6:22AM PST

Hamster it is ! It's a delicacy somewhere , I just hope if I travel to Pakistan that Hampster isn't confused with Brother Rat because both will go in the pot without discrimination Devil ....Digger

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In Holland.
by Dafydd Dec 1, 2013 7:01AM PST

During the war, they tried to farm hamsters as food. Unfortunately the hamsters all died. So they thought how can we recycle these hamsters. Somebody said, why don't we make jam out of them. So they tried the jam and it was disgusting.

Then someone said why don't we plough it into the ground and grow tulips on it.
And that's how you get..... TULIPS FROM HAMSTER JAM!

Dafydd.

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