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From: Brimstone on 5 May 2010 11:33 "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote in message news:UuydnRYd8IN06nzWnZ2dnUVZ8jti4p2d(a)pipex.net... > Ian Jackson wrote: > >> Peter Twydell <Peter(a)twydell.demon.co.uk> writes: > >>>>> It was said that Bernard Manning had COM1C and Paul Daniels had MAG1C >>>>> - need I say more? > >>>> Wasn't it Jimmy Tarbuck who legendarily had the number MAG 1 C on a >>>> Roller or Bentley? > >> If Bernard Manning has COM1C, I can only assume that he got it by false >> pretences. > > You either "get" working-class northern humour or you don't. Obviously, > you don't, because Bernard Manning - despite being from <spit> > Manchester - was one of the very best of the type. From a Scouser (albeit a reject) that's high praise indeed.
From: Dave Plowman on 5 May 2010 13:31 In article <YdudncdlVq802HzWnZ2dnUVZ8gJi4p2d(a)pipex.net>, JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: > > It was said that Bernard Manning had COM1C and Paul Daniels had MAG1C > > - need I say more? > Wasn't it Jimmy Tarbuck who legendarily had the number MAG 1 C on a > Roller or Bentley? His number was COM 1C. First saw it on a white Mulliner convertible Bentley - the Chinese eye one - in the '60s. Saw the same number years later on a very mundane car - _Metro or something - on Kingston Hill. -- *What are the pink bits in my tyres? Cyclists & Joggers* Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: JNugent on 5 May 2010 14:13 Dave Plowman wrote: > In article <YdudncdlVq802HzWnZ2dnUVZ8gJi4p2d(a)pipex.net>, > JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: >>> It was said that Bernard Manning had COM1C and Paul Daniels had MAG1C >>> - need I say more? > >> Wasn't it Jimmy Tarbuck who legendarily had the number MAG 1 C on a >> Roller or Bentley? > > His number was COM 1C. Sorry - I *meant* COM 1 C. > First saw it on a white Mulliner convertible > Bentley - the Chinese eye one - in the '60s. Saw the same number years > later on a very mundane car - _Metro or something - on Kingston Hill. You know more about such cars than I ever will!
From: Mike G on 5 May 2010 14:13 "Mr. Benn" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:hrrbge$3v1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "Tim Downie" <timdownie2003(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:hrr9mk$uq0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Mr. Benn wrote: >>> Why do people waste money on these things? These plates do nothing to >>> enhance the appearance of a vehicle. Or do they? Maybe I'm missing >>> something. >> >> Here's another question, why do some people object to personalised number >> plates? Envy? >> >> Tim > > I do not object to them. They don't affect me. I'm trying to understand > the psychology of the people who choose to have them. Or keep them. My son has one in the form of ABC 123. Came on an MG Metro he bought over 20 years ago. The car was a fair price even without it's number plate. He chose to keep the plate when he sold it a year or so later. AIUI it's now worth well over �1000. If times get hard he can always sell it. Mike.
From: baggy1963 on 5 May 2010 18:55
On 5 May, 19:13, "Mike G" <miktool...(a)miktoolman.plus.com> wrote: > "Mr. Benn" <inva...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message > > news:hrrbge$3v1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > "Tim Downie" <timdownie2...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > >news:hrr9mk$uq0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >> Mr. Benn wrote: > >>> Why do people waste money on these things? These plates do nothing to > >>> enhance the appearance of a vehicle. Or do they? Maybe I'm missing > >>> something. > > >> Here's another question, why do some people object to personalised number > >> plates? Envy? > > >> Tim > > > I do not object to them. They don't affect me. I'm trying to understand > > the psychology of the people who choose to have them. > > Or keep them. > My son has one in the form of ABC 123. Came on an MG Metro he bought over 20 > years ago. The car was a fair price even without it's number plate. He chose > to keep the plate when he sold it a year or so later. AIUI it's now worth > well over £1000. If times get hard he can always sell it. > Mike. S4 FTY on a 4x4 driving on a Motorway with only "sidelights" on is a contradiction |