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August License Plate Report

August 31, 2006

Can you spell "total bust"? Motor vehicles jammed island roads, but I didn't add a single new license plate to my list. I still need Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Hawaii, and (of course) North Dakota. Maybe I should get out more? Maybe I should spend a few hours a day on the Vineyard Haven ferry dock, scrutinizing the plates that go and the plates that come? Hah. On the other hand, if you hear that someone has plunked herself in a director's chair and refuses to move until she spots one or more of the above, especially if that individual is white, female, and accompanied by a talkative and cheerful malamutt, feel free to come by for a beer. BYO, of course: Vineyard Haven was still dry last I looked. Rhodry, by the way, is feeling much better; thank everyone for asking and worrying and giving him cookies.

Meanwhile, here's a visual aid. Gaze in the center of the plate. Form a picture in your mind. Affix that mental picture to a motor vehicle -- details are up to you. Visualize that motor vehicle proceeding to Woods Hole, getting on the ferry, getting off the ferry, and then hanging out somewhere I'm likely to see it. The parking lot at the West Tisbury post office would be good. Or Back Alley's on one of the days I stop by for an afternoon hit of pepperoni pizza. Main Street, Vineyard Haven, is always a possibility.

 

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