18 May
2025
18 May
'25
1:28 p.m.
Of course, Amrando put one of the DEC license plates (complete with the
official expiration tabs) on the front of his car. It went missing for
a while and he inquired if anybody had seen it (which get worldwide
repsonse that it wasn’t in a lot of places). I think he eventually
recovered it.
------ Original Message ------
From "Clem Cole" <clemc(a)ccc.com>
To "Tom Lyon" <pugs78(a)gmail.com>
Cc tuhs(a)tuhs.org
Date 5/17/2025 5:36:06 PM
Subject [TUHS] Re: Was the SVID A Foregone Conclusion Pre-usr group?
If we are going to be historical, I believe that I have
had the
Massachusetts UNIX plate for at least 6 months before Shannon secured
NH (and have had them since). They have been displayed on eight
vehicles, currently on my '18 Model S/P100. Somewhere is a picture of
our cars parked next to each other, which would have been the first
UNIXmobile, my silver '79 Capri, which I also had at UCB. BTW: Goble
had the Indiana UNIX plate, but I'm not sure where in the sequence he
was. wnj eventually had California's VMUNIX plate, but that was after
both Shannon and I, and I think George. Jon Hall has the current NH
UNIX plate and the NH LINUX plate.
Interesting story, Mass used to allow a single plate, with nothing or
anything of your own choosing on the front. So, I used to have the
official Mass plate on the back and DEC plate on the front, which
looked like an NH plate. I got pulled over by a NH cop one time who
was really confused. The Commonwealth of Mass made me stop doing that
about 20 years ago. I'm on the 3rd set of plates (they changed colors
once, the others just faded), and it's really time for me to order a
new set, but that means dealing with the RMV, which is never fun.
Clem
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