[TUHS] UNIX Plates

[Ron Natalie]

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 at ccc.com>
To "Tom Lyon" <pugs78 at gmail.com>
Cc tuhs at 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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