Friday, October 8, 2010

Check ME Out

If you drive around Maine (or New England) you’ll notice a lot of vanity plates.  When a coworker purchased one for his new car this morning, it made me wonder – where is Maine on the percentage of vanity plates?  And well, the Internet being a completely awesome place to pull random data on morning thoughts, here’s the rundown of states and percentage of vanity plates.

Maine is 6th in the country with vanity plates.  1 out of 10 people in Maine have one.  Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut are all in the top 10 as well. 

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Since it’s Friday, here’s something to do for the weekend.  Apparently there’s an official Consecutive Number Plate Spotting organization dedicated to the game of spotting numbers in license plates in order: 1,2,3, etc.  The rules are, as you imagine, quite a bit more detailed and exact. Originally a UK game, it most definitely can be played in the US but the founder warns that “ this game is very long and practically impossible to complete. In order to give yourself a fighting chance it is worth familiarizing yourself with number plates of cars that are regularly parked in and around your road. Especially if the numbers are within the next twenty or so that you are looking for. Then when your reach that number you can conveniently go and spot it. You can often clear 3 or 4 numbers on a good day if you are well prepared.”  He also advises that you write down you current number so you don’t forget and establish t-shirts and membership badges.

Remember the license plate above has a 4 in it.  You’ll need this by Sunday afternoon.

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