Ukulele Vanity Plates

Martinlover said:

What are people thinking when they see me driving around with my UKECRAZY plates?

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Martinlover said:

OH NO! What are people thinking when they see me driving around with my UKECRAZY plates?

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AQUATOPAZ said:

So sorry to hear you were in that Paradise fire. Is it possible to give them the burnt out licence plates? Was there anything left of them that could show what they were? Since they are stamped, maybe there is enough left for identification so that they are assured you don't have them. I would also ask to speak to a supervisor and contact Newsom's office. It seems so little to ask after you have lost so much. You would be surprised how much can be accomplished by contacting a politician's office.

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Tonya said:

The Miata burned to the ground to less than 7 inches tall (don't even ask about the LoPrinzi!) so there was nothing left, just ashes, a piece of transaxle and metal puddles where the wheels melted. DMV didn't seem to care (even with a photo): "If we don't have at least one of the plates we can't re-issue..." I'll give Newsom's office a try--great idea! My replacement vehicle is a little white RAV4 that looks like something out of Star Wars from the front, so its personalized plates are TWOOPER. I'd rather have UKALADY, though....

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Tonya said:

This is from back in 2005. My Miata has the UKALADY plates and I spotted Ken in our little town back then with UKULELE plates so I had to get a photo of the two of us.

Sadly, Ken has passed on and my Miata, the plates and the LoPrinzi soprano I'm holding in my arms all burned up in the Paradise, California fire last November. California DMV won't re-issue the same plates when *both* plates are destroyed because they have no proof you really destroyed them and they may truly exist somewhere out of the system. Geesh... I've used this license plate as years for my avatar, though, and the DMV can't take that away from me!!

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Tonya said:

The Miata burned to the ground to less than 7 inches tall (don't even ask about the LoPrinzi!) so there was nothing left, just ashes, a piece of transaxle and metal puddles where the wheels melted. DMV didn't seem to care (even with a photo): "If we don't have at least one of the plates we can't re-issue..." I'll give Newsom's office a try--great idea! My replacement vehicle is a little white RAV4 that looks like something out of Star Wars from the front, so its personalized plates are TWOOPER. I'd rather have UKALADY, though....

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Jerryc41 said:

I asked on another forum and got some answers -

"Noun. uke (plural ukes or uke) (judo, martial arts) The training partner against whom tori performs a move. (Japanese fiction) A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom."

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