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09-15-2008, 06:46 PM
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Realist
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Vanity Plates
What's with all the freakin' vanity license plates around Maine? Particularly Knox County...seems like every other vehicle has some dumb, cutesy vanity plate. I think they're dumb. Why do people pay more license fees for dumb vanity plates? Are they really that 'vain'? Am I just a curmudgeon?  |
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09-15-2008, 07:10 PM
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Maine is home
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: 26° 55′ 34″ N, 82° 21′ 35″ W
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curmudgeon!
LOL! Yes, I must be THAT vain! My last one read "ISLEAHO". Before that it read "I LA HO" but most people didn't get it so I changed it.
Years ago I had one that read "IOGMAC" and my DH's said "IOGMAC2".
It's a Maine thing. I love the new Maine sportsmans plate, btw! My son just put one on his new truck. Very fitting.
Personally, I love trying to figure out what they say!
Great thread, shuffler!
Now everyone should tells us about the best ones you've seen.  |
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09-15-2008, 07:17 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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Oh, see now I was just going to say they were a curmudgeon |
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09-15-2008, 07:26 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: May 2007
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You figured it out. We've created them just to tick you off. You're welcome!
A friend of ours designed the agricultural plates. She worked hard to get this through. I have them on my vehicle. They've earned $100,000 for MAITCA so far. |
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09-15-2008, 07:45 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Northern Maine
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My plate used to say SEAWOLF. It was my call sign long ago and far away.
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09-15-2008, 07:46 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Argyle, Maine
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Registering our vehicles cost so much more in Ct, when we moved to Maine, we were really shocked to see how much cheaper it is to register here.
In Ct a 'veteran' plate would cost $40 and says 'veteran'.
In Maine a 'veteran' plate costs $25 and has your pick of any of your combat medals on it.
I had never seen plates with combat medals on them, I liked the idea, so we now have veteran plates on our newer cars.
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09-15-2008, 08:41 PM
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"status" from Dale Carnegie
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: a step from New Brunswick...
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We have vanity plates too.... Calais is actually one of the Maine towns with the highest percentage of vanity plates. It's a nice way to get a little braggy without coming right out and bragging... although one of ours isn't really bragging, much. It's a tidbit of personality 
so, ayuh, you're being a curmudawhatever.... it's just something fun to do |
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09-15-2008, 09:05 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: eastern Hancock County
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man
My plate used to say SEAWOLF. It was my call sign long ago and far away.
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My plate says LION 61. It was my call sign long ago and far away. |
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09-16-2008, 05:41 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Central Maine
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Mine says NO RADON. It's what I do.... (Well, one of the things I do)
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09-16-2008, 06:17 AM
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Maine is home
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: 26° 55′ 34″ N, 82° 21′ 35″ W
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My favorite soccer mom plate on a Ford Windstar in Brunswick: PB4UGO
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