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need opinions: license plate
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: May 19, 2003 10:23PM

Well, we need a new license plate for our van and I want to do a personalized one.

Should I get:

THRSDAY

THRS NXT

THRS-NXT

or

NEXTIAN

???

Those are all still available.

or can you think of a better one. I have 8 spaces to work with, BUT if all 8 spaces are used, one of them has to be a space or a dash. Otherwise, I'd have done THURSDAY

My hubby thinks I'm nuts. But he's used to it. And it's MY vehicle!



Post Edited (05-19-03 23:25)

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: dave (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: May 19, 2003 10:28PM

I like NEXTIAN

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: Carla (---.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: May 19, 2003 11:10PM

I'd go for NEXTIAN as well

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: dave (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: May 19, 2003 11:13PM

or how about

LTRA-TEC?

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: May 19, 2003 11:16PM

LIAGB?

I like Dave's suggestion...



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Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: dave (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: May 19, 2003 11:17PM

If only you could have 8, you could have gone for

LOSTPLOT...


:-)

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: Skiffle (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: May 19, 2003 11:17PM

I like Dave's idea too.

SPEC-OPS would fit

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: poetscientistdrinker (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: May 19, 2003 11:20PM

Now tht's good...



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Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: dave (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: May 19, 2003 11:22PM

I like that one.

I like mine too, but SPEC-OPS is good. So long as the CIA don't mind.

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: dave (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: May 19, 2003 11:33PM

and on that note, guys and gals, I'm off to bed. Eddie's birthday tomorrow, so a busy day of swimming, eating cake, taking him to the farm, more cake, and if he's very good, some cake.

Of course, we may have some cake along the way. Did I mention we had nearly a WHOLE chocolate cloud cake left over from his birthday party? Mwahahaha.

g'night to y'all, see you on wednesday...

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: Skiffle (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: May 20, 2003 12:05AM

Anyone who can work out how to e-mail cakes will win my undying devotion.

And a spare CD of 'Hunky Dory' by David Bowie

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: May 20, 2003 12:40AM

OoooH! I love SPEC-OPS! If we lived ANYWHERE else in the country, I'd feel safe using that. However, we live WAY too close to Washington DC for that one to be cool. I could just see my car getting demolished (hopefully with me NOT in it!) because it was too close to the Special Operations of any number of government agencies around here. Wouldn't be prudent!

I like LTRA-TEC too...oh boy now what to decide!! yikes!

The goal on these things is to make people aware of what your "message" is and THURS-NXT would probably get it across because they'll know what it says, and if they've read the books, they'll know what it means.

I dunno, still brainstorming!

do you think "NEXTIAN" sounds too much like a Star Trek geek type of thing?

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: May 20, 2003 01:50AM

I just saw that

PICKWIK

MYCROFT

and

JCK-SCHT

are still available

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: crrbllsweetie (---.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net)
Date: May 20, 2003 03:42AM

LOL, (or should I say hehe Carla?) I was about to post that same observation about Washington D. C., but more along the lines of car vandalism from citizens annoyed with Special Operations...or frantic kids asking for autographs...maybe if you kept your sunglasses handy you could at least act the part?

- Currer Bell



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Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: Magda (---.dialip.mich.net)
Date: May 20, 2003 04:21AM

I like NEXTIAN, LTRA-TEC, and THRS-NXT, and I agree that SPEC-OPS would be a tad risky in D.C.

Other possibilites:

EYRE AFR

DODO LVR

GOLIATH

SO-27

TOAST

A HADES



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Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: Carla (---.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: May 20, 2003 07:18AM

crrbllsweetie:

:-P
you can say LOL the only thing I don't like is LOLOLOL that bea tends to use!


I was a fan of NEXTIAN but now I think LTRA-TEC is a good one

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: jon (---.abel.net.uk)
Date: May 20, 2003 09:00AM

I'd go for NEXTIAN myself. I don't think it's too geeky, and it gets the message across. (I wonder how much TREKKIE would sell for?) LTRA-TEC is a good runner up, though.



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Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: Auntysassy (193.132.206.---)
Date: May 20, 2003 09:01AM

NEXTIAN would be my choice as well - wish we could do the same over here.


Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: Rob (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: May 20, 2003 09:23AM

I like LTRA-TEC (with NEXTIAN as a close second).

Dave: If you need help with the cloud cake you know where I am. (I'm only thinking of your waistline.)

Re: need opinions: license plate
Posted by: adam (195.8.190.---)
Date: May 20, 2003 01:45PM

How about LANDEN or BOOJUM

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