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Category Archives: License Plates
Aug
16
License Plate Letters — GBN
The Global Broadcasting Network sounds like one of those fictional news networks created for a TV show or movie, doesn’t it?
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Jul
06
Iowa’s going to have mismatched plates for a DECADE?
The DOT is finally going to look at a new license plate design. That’s…fine, I guess. Iowa ended up being on the front end of the light-blue-at-top-gradient-to-white style that spread across the country. IIRC, the design — the first not … Continue reading
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Jun
08
Wisconsin expanding license plates to seven characters
Instead of phasing out license plates from the same system and same design that has been around since 1986, Wisconsin is adding a seventh character to its license plates as of a few weeks ago. The combination will be three letters … Continue reading
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Dec
23
License Plate Letters — EZE
As 2016 comes to a close, the E series of Iowa license plates is too. I have yet to “stand on the corner in Winslow, Arizona.” Some day.
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Jun
13
License Plate Letters — ELK
“I’m an elk! Shoot me!” Bugs Bunny – Duck! Rabbit, Duck! by bugs-bunny1
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Jan
28
License Plate Letters — EAG
September 13, 2011: Iowa’s southernmost state park, Nine Eagles, is on J66 between Davis City and Pleasanton in Decatur County. We’ve broken into the E’s.
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Jan
14
We cannot allow a corn-license-plate gap
Nebraska has held much tighter control over specialty license plates than Iowa, but in the past few years that has loosened. Now Nebraskans can have specialty plates for Creighton University, the state’s sesquicentennial (2017), and members of the military. But … Continue reading
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Dec
11
License Plate Letters — DXY
It looks like the state of Iowa will come close to using up four letters’ worth of plates in a span of three years and three months. There are a few stragglers out there whose county offices didn’t check the … Continue reading
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Sep
24
License Plate Letters — DQX, DRS
Doctor, doctor, give me the news, I’ve got a bad case of loving you… No banter here other than recognizing the use of Q in the middle position.
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Sep
22
Did Phil Coulson drop someone off in Iowa?
I was rewatching the season finale of “Agents of SHIELD” when something near the end jumped out at me. In the second-to-last scene, SHIELD Director Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) and Agent Skye (Chloe Bennet) visit Cal Zabo (Kyle MacLachlan) after his … Continue reading
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