Tag: car licence plate
On the Road
I’m used to seeing vintage cars, particularly really old ones like this one, at museums or possibly car shows, so I was startled when I saw this one nonchalantly pulling up at a petrol station and being filled up with normal petrol or possibly diesel. BTW: The H, the last letter on the car license plate, stands for “historic” and is reserved for vintage cars (provided they are maintained more or less like the original ) and it has advantages regarding insurance and tax purposes and I also think exemptions regarding emissions.
FOWC with Fandango: Operational
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Children Can Be Relentless
applying their secret super power: PP, or Pester Power. FOWC with Fandango: Pester
What Do You Keep in Your Bucket?
There is a cat in my bucket. There is a fish in his bucket. The neighbours have pumpkins in their bucket. And just for full measure, not another bucket but an almost bitch: Midweek Madness: The Letter B
A Tale Full of Woe
German car number plates consist of one, two, or three letters denoting the region, random one or more often two letters and up to four digits. You had to take the middle letters that luck (and the district office) gave you, nowadays you can pay … Continue reading A Tale Full of Woe
Mini Stampede
I’m glad I was out of the way when these cows decided to rush down the meadow.
Wacky Is as Whacky Does
Stay away from this driver – not only does he have a wacky car plate (not his fault, he just happens to live in the WArthburg Kreis) but the line below it says: “Car Cosmetics – bungling doesn’t have to be expensive”.
This cut-out (just stick your head through) resulted in seriously (!) whacky pictures.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Wacky
What Did Bob Wish When the Fox Told Him to Duck?
German car number plates work like this:
- the first letters (1-3) denote the area (B = Berlin, M = Munich, RÜD = Rüdesheim, i.e. the less letters the bigger the town)
- the next one or two letters are random
- as are the numbers at the back (four maximum)
You used to take what you got but these days you can choose the middle letters and numbers. Lots of people drive around with their initials and their birthdates or -years.
But it’s much more fun if the plates make words. Sometimes German words but English is popular because the words are often shorter. Or people might not realise that they drive around with an expletive in a foreign language (particularly people in Fulda or Dieburg).
I like to collect photos of license plate words (sometimes with wonky spelling).
And with a bit of luck, they even make a story.
I’m ready to duck.
Much Obliged
And here are my special thanks to — oh, you know who you are!
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