vanity-plates-msg - 7/15/05 SCA vanity auto license plates. NOTE: See also the files: border-stories-msg, child-stories-msg, placenames-msg, SCA-stories1-msg, you-know-msg, SCA-romance-msg, Two-Score-art. ************************************************************************ NOTICE - This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday. This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with separate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter. The comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the individual authors. Please respect the time and efforts of those who have written these messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this time. If information is published from these messages, please give credit to the originator(s). Thank you, Mark S. Harris AKA: THLord Stefan li Rous Stefan at florilegium.org ************************************************************************ From: CAT_McGLOTHLIN at smtplink.sagepub.COM (CAT_McGLOTHLIN) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: SCA Vanity plates Date: 1 May 1996 20:56:45 -0400 More from our shire... GRYDRGON On a grey truck... 1ORDRGON One Or Dragon... IOBERTO in Italian: "I am 'Berto" (Umberto) and the ones we still want to get (no stealing, 'kay???) for me: EILIDH for a friend of mine: LVTHDRM (Live the Dream) -- Eilidh Swann of Strathlachlan ** Darach, Caid (Ventura, CA) Christine (Cat) McGlothlin Gurkweitz ** cat_mcglothlin at sagepub.com From: tmcd at crl.com (Timothy A. McDaniel) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: 30 Apr 1996 04:06:40 GMT Organization: Tim McDaniel's home IBM-PC clone running Linux ... you get an SCA vanity plate for your car. I'm getting my first choice, YAY 1066. [footnote 1] Second choice was HERALD 8. [2] Third choice was AZURE 94. [3] [1] Hi, Agilwulf! Hi, Suzanna! -- For obscure reasons, Illinois gives a *really* big discount for personalized car places of the form ++. [2] I thought HERALD 1, HERALD 2, ... were too presumptuous, HERALD 4 would lead to the question "herald for whom?", and HERALD 9 would be a claim (partly in German) that I *wasn't* a herald. [3] Dark blue '94 Civic. -- Daniel de Lincoln Tim McDaniel Reply-To: tmcd at crl.com Work account is mcdaniel at cpm.com Never use mcdaniel at mcdaniel.dallas.tx.us. From: djheydt at uclink.berkeley.edu (Dorothy J Heydt) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: 30 Apr 1996 13:25:40 GMT Organization: University of California at Berkeley Hal's say HAL RAVN. Confuses the hell out of the mundanes, even in Berkeley where they're used to the SCA by now, or oughtta be. Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin Dorothy J. Heydt Mists/Mists/West UC Berkeley Argent, a cross forme'e sable djheydt at uclink.berkeley.edu PRO DEO ET REGE Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: shafer at ferhino.dfrc.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Organization: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards CA Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:57:14 GMT As I was going up 14 on my way to work the other day, I saw a van with an SCA window sticker and the vanity plate "DUN OREO", which nicely complemented the Dun Or bumpersticker. -- Mary Shafer NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA SR-71 Flying Qualities Lead Engineer Of course I don't speak for NASA shafer at ferhino.dfrc.nasa.gov DoD #362 KotFR URL http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/People/Shafer/mary.html From: Lissa McCollum Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 15:56:05 -0400 Organization: Alliance Network, Inc. (GRR MI) (616-774-3010) I have seen at least two SCA vanity plates that I can remember. The first was 'KSCA', and the second was 'DRGNSLYR' (the lady had killed three cars going to her first three out-of-state events). Gwendolen Wold From: golsen at allencomm.com (Greg Olsen) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: Tue, 30 Apr 96 21:14:05 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) In article <31867055.4707 at alliance.net>, Lissa McCollum wrote: >Any others out there? > >Gwendolen Wold Gwen, you would have seen a couple more had you not left Artemisia so soon. Tryggvi Grabardr's Jeep = NORSE Angese Canigiono's Metro = LAURELS Greger Tryggvasen From: Kevin Davis Connery Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 1 May 1996 00:26:38 GMT Organization: Ringworld Engineering Caidan/Western plates: Aliskye, Branwen, Bronwyn, Caradoc, Keradwc, De Huyn, HERALD, KSCA, Eowyn, 00ZENA ("double-oh-Zena), WALES, SWRDFTR, off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more. --kdc/Keradwc -- Keradwc an Cai A Caidan Mistie (or was that a Misty Caidan?) Kevin Davis Connery kconnery at isi.com or keradwc at rahul.net From: "Michael S. McCollum" Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 22:33:45 -0400 Organization: The Home Office > >>Any others out there? > >> > >>Gwendolen Wold Lemme see...yup..mine says SYR EDRC...Sir Quentin ap Rhys has one that reads EARL Q. He has a Squire with Q Squire on his car. The local Baron has OTTO and his wife's is CARA (SCA names). Let you know more as I recall them. Eadric From: kreed at gravity.science.gmu.edu (Ken Reed) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 1 May 1996 12:04:19 GMT Organization: George Mason University Baron Niall McKennett and I have AFPOPA on ours, which stands for "Another Fine Product of Ponte Alto, one of Ponte Alto's "mottoes." Our neighboring Baron of Storvik has MORITU on his license plate. We have found that the Commonwealth of Virginia will produce a special plate with a imprinted logo for organizations (many college alumni associations have this done) if presented with a petition of 300 or more names. Efforts are underway to get a petition to the Commonwealth (we got more than 100 signatures at the first event the petition was brought out) for a SCA/ Atlantia plate. Teleri Talgellawg Founding Baroness Ponte Alto 300 people sign a petition From: Ginny Beatty Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 12:16:44 -0400 Organization: CompuServe, Inc. Hmm... In the Middle, I have seen the following plates: Sir Bardolph Windlaufer I thinks has 2 SWORD as his license plate. Finn Jarl Herjolfson has JARL Master Carlo and Mistress Myrra have PEERSX2. (they're both double peers) Maestra Ghita has GHITA Apparently, vanity plates in Illinois are also real cheap. Now, what's really fun is to watch incoming cars at Pennsic just to see the vanity plates. The parking lot is full of vanity plates! Gwyneth B. From: gileshill at aol.com (Gileshill) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 2 May 1996 07:14:34 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) There's also Countess Leonora Morgana's (DECORUM), and Dorothy's (from SunDragon in Atenveldt): SAK OZ (she _really_ dislikes her modern name). And then there's mine (M GILES). It constantly amazes me that words that are perfectly innocuous at a Society event (It means "Master Giles") suddenly take on a whole new meaning in the parking lot of a gay bar. I really prefer the text on my license plate holder: "WELCOME TO CAID... NOW GET DRESSED." Giles From: ianengle at freenet.columbus.oh.us (Ian Engle) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 1 May 1996 00:23:24 -0400 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet The ones I've seen in the Midrealm: JARL - Finn Jarl SIR ROBT - Sir Robert Fitzhugh LORD P 12 - Lord Paul the Simple PEERS X 2 - Master Carlo and Mistress Myrra BRNWYN --Sion From: John Campbell Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: Wed, 1 May 96 03:48:31 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info at delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) I ran into a guy with the SCA name of Gideon with GIDSDRAGON on his plate. (Liscense plate, not plate armor... (YKYITSCA when you have to make that distinction...) ) Aethelwulf of Mountain Freehold John Campbell jcampbel_ at delphi.com or jcampbel at teatime.vtc.vsc.edu Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: Kat at grendal.rain.com (June Russell) Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: Thu, 2 May 96 18:14:07 PST Organization: Redtroll Software We have GRENDAL and KATRYNE (couldn't fit Kateryne on it). Kat ( June Russell ) pacifier.com!grendal!kat kat at grendal.rain.com Heu! Tintinnuntius meus Sonat! From: mpengwyn at aol.com (MPengwyn) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 2 May 1996 23:59:12 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Until our recent relocation from Atlantia to Trimaris, our noble chariot bore the liscense plate: PUTTI in honor of our Italian alternate personas, Ilaria Francesca Aldobrandini and Nicolo Bartolomeo Aldobrandini. Alas, tis now more mundane. M Pengwyn From: mtgordon at students.wisc.edu (Mark T. Gordon) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 1 May 1996 07:07:23 GMT Organization: UW-Madison Mostly it's the Dark Horde folk around here who have vanity plates. The seneschal's wife's car has the plate SCA DH, and a local Laurel has a van with HORDE. A couple others, one persona-based (I forget how she spells it) and a car with the vanity plate WARLOCK that I'll let speak for itself. -Godwig Eadfrithing From: Kevin of Thornbury Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 13:04:24 -0400 Organization: Barony of Ponte Alto, Kingdom of Atlantia Mark T. Gordon wrote: > > Mostly it's the Dark Horde folk around here who have vanity plates. The Ah, to add: (Your pardon Excellencies) Baron Corun MacAnndra - MORITU Baron Niall McKennett - AFPOPA (Another Fine Product of Ponte Alto) Lady Aislynn Fyrlocc - FYRLOCC Is SWRDFTR taken in Virginia? May have to change the truck's plates from WIZRDRY for that one... In amusement, _____ |+^+| Kevin of Thornbury |/+\| (mka Kevin Maxson) \_/ kevin at maxson.com http://sca.maxson.com From: blackhmr at alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Robert M Van Rens) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 2 May 1996 20:24:51 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee In the Midrealm, there's also WNDHVN (Grimmund Blackwing, Shire of Windhaven) MELKOR (Melchior Stoneteeth) MARSLA (Marisela the Vintner) and I once saw bumper stickers for TOP ARQUEBUS Naval Gunnery School TOP BALLISTA Roman Artllery School Eadric Fahomra From: Ekaterina and Temur Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 16:31:42 Organization: TKS Network Services, Inc. The Household Seer has "SEER" for his tag in PA. From: boroghul at dcez.com (Boroghul Khara) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 22:05:29 -0400 Organization: Voices Aislynn Fyrlocc: FYRLOCC Boroghul Khara: BARDIC (Got the plate for a non SCA reason though) -- Yours, Boroghul Khara/Grey the Succinct "Non Omnia Possumus Omnes" From: horneugn at cwis.isu.edu (Eugenia Horne) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 1 May 1996 17:07:23 -0600 Organization: The Royal Society for the Advancement of Space Operetta In article <4m6b3u$m0q at samba.rahul.net>, Kevin Davis Connery wrote: [SCA vanity plates...] >Caidan/Western plates: > >Aliskye, Branwen, Bronwyn, Caradoc, Keradwc, De Huyn, HERALD, KSCA, Eowyn, >00ZENA ("double-oh-Zena), WALES, SWRDFTR, off the top of my head. I'm >sure there's more. There's a SCADIAN out there. The passenger wanted to know WHY I thought that plate was so hilarious. From: liversen at physiology.medsch.ucla.edu (Lori Iversen) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 2 May 1996 00:36:56 GMT Organization: University of California, Los Angeles GEE OME (Baron Sir Guillaume de la Belgique), VALKYRI (my old plate). Others? -- Alexis  From: eabbott at unlinfo.unl.edu (eric abbott) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 2 May 1996 21:22:39 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Here in Calontir, there are many personalized plates including, KSCA, Huscarl, Fyrdman, SCA 1, Mag Mor, Graf etc. . . Salvador -- Eric Abbott - Costuming Goob eabbott at unlinfo.unl.edu From: ercil at astrid.upland.ca.us (Ercil C. Howard-Wroth) Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Date: 3 May 96 00:54:52 PST Organization: Private Node Master Sir Charles of Dublin: Penbardd (leader of Bards in Welsh) From: system at blah.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Matt Stum (SCA: Gwydion ap Myrddin)) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: Wed, 1 May 96 10:35:28 EST Organization: Shire of Afonlyn, Midrealm At an Illinois event I saw no less than 8 SCA vanity plates in the parking lot. There may have been more, but I wasn't able to descipher them. I don't remember them all, but they were along the lines of GRTSWRD, LONGBOW, DANEAX, TWOSTCK, etc. Most were of a weapons or archery theme. -- Matt Stum Ball State University gwydion at afonlyn.midrealm.org Muncie, IN USA From: james at nucleus.com (james) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: 2 May 96 08:29:49 GMT Organization: AGT Advanced Communications Ragnar the Bold == BIFROST (the rainbow bridge to Valhalla) All my best, Thorvald Grimsson/James Prescott (james at nucleus.com) (PGP 2.6.2 user) From: moondrgn at bga.com (Chris and Elisabeth Zakes) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 05:37:49 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications Internet customer posting Well I saw RBNHOD on a car from Oklahoma once, and I'm thinking about MNDRGN for my car. -Tivar Moondragon C and E Zakes Tivar Moondragon (Patience and Persistence) and Aethelyan of Moondragon (Decadence is its own reward) moondrgn at bga.com From: djheydt at uclink.berkeley.edu (Dorothy J Heydt) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: 1 May 1996 15:16:08 GMT Organization: University of California at Berkeley Vanity plates, continued. Count Veniamin has a license plate that says CHIVALRY. Then he got a special-order license plate bracket that says HONOR above and COURTESY below. Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin Dorothy J. Heydt Mists/Mists/West UC Berkeley Argent, a cross forme'e sable djheydt at uclink.berkeley.edu PRO DEO ET REGE From: kellogg at rohan.sdsu.edu (kellogg) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: SCA vanity plates (was: Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 1 May 1996 14:41:28 GMT Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services In California, 'KSCA' belongs to Sir Aethelred the Jute. When he moved to Calontir, knights were lined up to see who could get it registered first. Aethelred spoiled it by keeping his car registered in California. Baron Talanque, Baron Calafia, has 'TALANQY'. Lady Briana, Calafian Seneschal, has 'WYVERN'. Avenel Kellough From: theducks at greenduck.com (Steve Urbach) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: SCA vanity plates (was: Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 17:02:08 GMT Organization: Best Internet Communications I own CA: DGNZCLW Derek Dragonsclaw From: moondrgn at bga.com (Chris and Elisabeth Zakes) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 05:27:47 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications Internet customer posting corun at access4.digex.net (Corun MacAnndra) wrote: >I have MORITU up here in northern Atlantia. >Corun That's amusing; we have one in central Ansteorra, too. Do you know Mordraut Freyulf? -Tivar Moondragn C and E Zakes Tivar Moondragon (Patience and Persistence) and Aethelyan of Moondragon (Decadence is its own reward) moondrgn at bga.com From: norseman at earth.usa.net (Lord Knut) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: 2 May 1996 04:39:43 GMT Organization: Internet Express (800-592-1240 customer service) Albert von Dreckenveldt has DADUKE with a gold chain licence frame on his beastie... Knut DASQUIRE From: alysk at ix.netcom.com(Elise Fleming ) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: 30 Apr 1996 22:58:13 GMT Organization: Netcom In <4m43kg$okj at nntp.crl.com> tmcd at crl.com (Timothy A. McDaniel) writes: >... you get an SCA vanity plate for your car. I got one for my 45th birthday (a while ago...the plates are well-rusted since Ohio won't replace them). Mine reads SCA NUT. Alys Katharine From: Kevin of Thornbury Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 12:59:01 -0400 Organization: Barony of Ponte Alto, Kingdom of Atlantia I must admit I'm watching the mail for new plates for my '89 Trans Am GTA that will read: THRNBRY Joining you in immersion, _____ |+^+| Kevin of Thornbury |/+\| (mka Kevin Maxson) \_/ kevin at maxson.com http://sca.maxson.com From: ttrutyna at mtu.edu (Theron T. Rutyna) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: YKYITSCAW... Date: 1 May 1996 09:15:26 -0400 Organization: Michigan Technological University I do remember seeing the following plate on an overloaded El Camino: STKJOCK Cyveiliog of the Mistig Waetru From: tdewinter at aol.com (TDEWINTER) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 5 May 1996 04:53:19 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Just adding to the list: TRISTA Countess Tristana de Winter Caid From: Pat McGregor Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 10:01:18 -0700 Organization: Intel IT Technical Publications And, let us not forget: SIOBHAN (now lost to a non-sca person, so I'm using SMOR) and ALDRIC And, Wander's RI ARDAN siobhan medhbh o'roarke, Mountain's Gate, Cynagua, the West From: dickeney at access1.digex.net (Dick Eney) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 5 May 1996 10:34:09 -0400 Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA Sir Volodya has SYR FOX (his badge) and Rorik Greygoose has RORIK. Unhappily, Maryland uses an alphanumeric system for mundane plates and SCA is one of the TLA's they have already taken. |---------Master Vuong Manh, C.P., Storvik, Atlantia---------| From: salley at niktow.canisius.edu (David Salley) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: 8 May 1996 00:57:02 GMT Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo, NY 14208 LVTHDRM - Lord Timothy of Edgewood BEAR AX - Syr Bear the Ax SYR RHYS - Sir Rhys of Harleck - Dagonell SCA Persona : Lord Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake, CSC, CK, CTr Habitat : East Kingdom, AEthelmearc Principality, Rhydderich Hael Barony Internet : salley at cs.canisius.edu (Please use this, reply may not work.) USnail-net : David P. Salley, 136 Shepard Street, Buffalo, NY 14212-2029 From: bknight at dorsai.org (Dwayne Herron) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: 6 May 1996 20:40:36 -0400 Organization: The Dorsai Embassy, Inc. I actually got mine past the New York State DMV. "DIABLU" (I still have them) -- Diablu, Black Knight of the East From: jeffebear1 at aol.com (JeffEBear1) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: 8 May 1996 02:33:18 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) I have a friend that says tmerider on his! Mine says Wtch Way as I am a lost witch mostly on the way to events! Misty- Morigianna From: wwwaft at access2.digex.net (Dexter Guptill) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: SCA vanity plates (was: Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 8 May 1996 15:39:36 -0400 Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA I've had Virginia tags reading SWRD JCK for about 7 years now. Last I looked, the Virginia KSCA tag belonged to Sir Kenneqrae of Gilchrest. There's also a fair pile of SCA-99 tags (VA standard tags are either XXX-999 or XXX-9999). *** Dexter C. Guptill, Computer Services, American Fed of Teachers *** Member, 49th VA Vol Inf CSA (N-SSA) & Hampden's Regiment of Foote (ECW) *** AKA Ld. Erich von Kleinfeld, Stierbach, Atlantia (SCA) From: asheffie at chem10.alleg.edu (Ann Sheffield) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 5 May 1996 17:13:33 GMT Organization: Allegheny College The Longship Company is a group in Maryland that owns, maintains, and sails/rows a reproduction Viking ship. In the eighties, when a certain BMW advertising campaign and a certain vogue in fitness equipment cooincided, they had a bumper sticker that read: THE LONGSHIP COMPANY LIMITED: THE ULTIMATE ROWING MACHINE -Ann Sheffield From: lisa at I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (lisa) Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Date: 6 May 96 12:19:47 GMT more sca plates: SCARCHER, from an archer in sacred stone (hi michael ryan!) FLION, the winged lion from galen's device (i think it's from his device) and i'm finally getting that MELYS plate (any day now... i keep checking my mailbox!) the bumper sticker du jour here in windmaster's has got to be "spiff happens!" altho i'm personally rather partial to aileen's "psychoamazon warbitch from hell" sticker too. :) ...melys angharad melys sacred stone / windmaster's hill, atlantia lisa at privnet.com http://www.privnet.com/lisa/ From: mhwag at aol.com (MHWag) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 6 May 1996 13:47:24 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Psychoamazon Warbitch from Hell with an attitude But it didn't make it to my new car - I was getting too many weird looks at school, work, church, my parent's house... Aileen From: yehudahben at aol.com (YehudahBen) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYITSCAW... Date: 9 May 1996 18:31:04 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) getting back to the bumper stickers.. Master Yehudah has a truck with the plate that reads MEDEVL From: liversen at physiology.medsch.ucla.edu (Lori Iversen) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 10 May 1996 19:11:31 GMT Organization: University of California, Los Angeles In article <4muh8q$d4b at usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, foxd at silver.ucs.indiana.edu (daniel fox) says: >OK, let's see if we can track down who, in each state, has KSCA as >their vanity license plate.... >Audelindis de Rheims In Caid, I believe it's Sir AEthelred the Jute. -- Alexis From: mhwag at aol.com (MHWag) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 12 May 1996 11:11:17 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) In North Carolina KSCA = Syr Forgal Kerstetter. Aileen Also in Atlantia - SIR KAI, MORDREA, BLEDRI, TERAFAN From: Christopher Allen Owens Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: SCA Vanity plates Date: 7 May 1996 01:42:37 GMT Organization: NetSet Internet Services -- Columbus, Ohio At Pensic I've also seen "HORSTHF" and a local Laurel has "SCANUT" -Shiraz, From: bl252 at FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Aaron Wilcox) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: SCA Vanity plates Date: 10 May 1996 19:50:16 GMT Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Yusef of South Tower's plate reads: "LDY IVY" which is his wife's SCA name. Arngeirr Halfdan -----------Aaron Wilcox------------------------------------------ From: "Timothy A. Pruitt" Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: SCA Vanity plates Date: 7 May 1996 03:28:49 GMT Organization: BuffNET In New York I have LIVTHDRM. "Live the Dream" or in some minds "Live the Drum" Sincerely, Timothy of Edgewood From: cq224 at FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael D. Cohen) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Vanity SCA plates (was Re: YKYITSCAW...) Date: 14 May 1996 12:28:52 GMT Organization: The National Capital FreeNet My lady, Sir Elizabeth (of Ealdormere in the Midrealm) has Ontario licence plates that read: " WE FEW " This is taken from her favourite speech in _Henry V_: "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..." Menken. Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: SCA Vanity plates From: Don Stark Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 17:11:26 -0700 Organization: Ellsworth Associates, inc. Well, Mine's simple it just reads "GALENS" Galen the Merchant... From: Baron.Devin at 2430-2112.woodybbs.com (Baron Devin) Date: 19 May 96 02:52:00 Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: SCA Vanity plates Organization: WoodyWare Software, Inc. Mine are simple, they just say DEVIN. Sir Bardolph has 2SWORD. Lord Thomas MacRoe has GRTSWRD. Sir Fernando, Baron of Three Rives, has HUSCARL. Thats all I can think of at three in the morning, but you see them all over Illinois and Missouri, where they're easy to get. Baron Devin Breighallach Shire of Swordcliffe Midrealm barondevin at aol.com -- |Fidonet: Baron Devin 1:2430/2112 |Internet: Baron.Devin at 2430-2112.woodybbs.com From: Frank Dragoon Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: SCA Vanity plates Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 11:18:48 -0700 Organization: IAONLINE.COM the Midrealm are: Sidi Hacmin ben Yusef SIDI, William of Dragouns Glen DRAGOUN, Bartholemew Stewart ILITON 1, Crenin CRENIN and many others From: TalyaDkwtr at aol.com To: Markh at risc.sps.mot.com Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 Subject: Vanity Plates Thought you might like one more to add to your collection...My plate reads TWN MNS for the Barony Twin Moons Kingdom of Atenveldt From: Erik Joramo Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: more Vanity Plates Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 17:24:45 -0600 My Friend James the Wise Has WYSDRAGN on his plates. i've also seen STIKJOCK on another vehicle. In service to useless Trivia, I am Lord Nialsterre Logan From: Dietmar Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 23:24:52 -0800 Lord Nialsterre Logan wrote: > My Friend James the Wise Has WYSDRAGN on his plates i've also seen > STIKJOCK on another vehicle. anymore? > Thought it would be nice to start another thread. I have an "environmental plate" (that's what California calls vanity plates, so as not to offend--and a little of the money goes to environmental causes) You might easily guess what my plate says: DIETMAR Sure makes it easy to spot my Honda amongst all the others...and everyone knows when I'm at the event. Dietmar From: "Lach" Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 00:48:23 -0700 Heather Senkler wrote in message ... >In An Tir, Grendal (Master Grendal?) has,....wait for it,..... GRENDAL >I have seen others but they don't come to mind at the moment. > > Ekatarina At my first event, I saw a plate with "SAXON". Don't know who's. A friend of mine had "FLRNTNE" for a while, but fights sw&shield now. :) Lach From: Kate at Worthington's.fuzzballs Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 26 May 1998 08:06:06 GMT My friend Lady Aileen Fitzwilliam has LDYFTR on her plates. Another couple in our shire has LRDLDY on theirs. A lot of people have their SCA name on their plates. I did, when I had a car. Morwydd Blackthorne k a w o r t h (at) ilstu dot edu http://www.ilstu.edu/~kaworth From: jhrisoulas at aol.com (JHrisoulas) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 26 May 1998 13:02:36 GMT On Her Excellency's Surburban: 8RSLADY on my ren-faire booth/towable vehicle: 8RSTRLR my business van: SWRDMKR my bike: 8RSINDN Atar Dr JP Hrisoulas, Las Vegas, Nevada Bladesmith, Metallographer, Researcher, Lecturer Author: "The Complete Bladesmith" "The Master Bladesmith" "The Pattern Welded Blade" SFC, NVDoM www.Atar.com Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 11:38:31 -0500 From: Berwyn Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Sir Dafydd ap Gwalchmai, Viscount Northshield, who has been called "Mayhawk" in glorious song, has MAYHAWK on his vehicle. And there's a Wisconsin van bearing the plates "NRTHSHLD". Lord Wulfgar's car had WULFCAR. And if you see a Buick with NoDak plates reading BERWYN, stop me and say hi. Berwyn From: georg Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 14:51:22 -0400 At my first event I giggled appreciatively at LVTHDRM. -georg non ani sunt permittendi From: pts21 at aol.com (PTS21) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 26 May 1998 22:33:39 GMT >At my first event I giggled appreciatively at LVTHDRM. > >-georg That one belongs to a friend of mine who was often teased about his "Love the Drum" vanity plate. I believe he has since added an "I" cori From: salley at niktow.canisius.edu () Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 27 May 1998 01:20:11 GMT Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo, NY 14208 georg (the.whichwaydidhego.georg at servtech.NARF.com) wrote: : At my first event I giggled appreciatively at LVTHDRM. It belongs to Lord Timothy of Edgewood. -- Dagonell From: satyrsong at aol.com (SATYRSONG) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 27 May 1998 01:42:49 GMT Friends, who are soon to leave Trimaris, where the motto is: From sea, to sea, to sea, have a plate that reads: C2C2C. SS. From: ygraineogf at aol.com (Ygraineogf) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 27 May 1998 07:59:32 GMT One of my favorites was Sir Alesandre du Mont St. Michel. He had "KSCA". Ygraine Calafia, Caid Ble mae'r tafarn agosta? http://www.mysurf.com/markt/WomensCamp/ From: bronwynmgn at aol.com (Bronwynmgn) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 27 May 1998 13:15:34 GMT I remember seeing one my first Pennsic that said "SCAVAN". And I'm sure I've seen at least one "SWORD". Brangwayna From: EAM Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 27 May 1998 13:31:36 GMT Organization: Serendib Polymathics Then there was the one I saw just driving down the road, looking as innocent as someone with SAXN DOG and a frame that said "Dare to hunt the King's deer!" could. One of the Merry Men, no doubt... (There was a Renn Faire at the end of that road that weekend, so I suspect he does Tudor, too.) From: "Carol E. Newby" Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 15:28:02 -0700 I've seen VALOUR and ARMORUP Elspeth ~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~ Carol E. Newby Lady Elspeth the Semstress of Dunkeld ladybug at neei.com http://www.neei.com/~ladybug From: ssilvers at liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Scott Silvers) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 28 May 98 14:21:00 GMT Organization: Washington and Lee University I've seen CT BARON - Court Baron BTL WGN - Battle Wagon From: herveus at access5.digex.net (Michael and MJ Houghton) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates HERVEUS yours, Herveus -- Michael and MJ Houghton | Herveus d'Ormonde and Megan O'Donnelly herveus at access.digex.net | White Wolf and the Phoenix Bowie, MD, USA | Tablet and Inkle bands, and other stuff | http://www.access.digex.net/~herveus/ From: barnabas at charweb.org (Patrick Harvey) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 31 May 1998 18:51:28 GMT I had NEOCELT in N.C. Barnabas From: roxdudley at aol.com (ROXDUDLEY) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 03 Jun 1998 00:51:44 GMT >My Friend James the Wise Has WYSDRAGN on his plates i've also seen >STIKJOCK on another vehicle. I wanted something with a broader scope for my vanity plate and came up with MDVL AGE. It was really obvious to me what this stood for but it has been a hoot to watch grown people stare and try to silently mouth what this stands for. They usually start with something along middle or medical but then can't figure out the "V" and will finally ask me which then leads into a whole other discussion :) Julianna de Bray From: Mark Shubelka Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 17:58:44 -0400 I dare say that my vehicle has FOOLE as it's plate. Although I'm sure that some Massachusetts drivers thought that was not harsh enough. My wife's says PICT and I've also seen CELT, LAUREL and VIVAT From: "Michael Z. Williamson" Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 01:30:47 -0700 we bought one of our cars, then MNSTRL 4 from a scadian. It then became DAGR 1, DAGGER 1 already being taken From: lyoness at panix.com (Jean Krevor) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: 9 Jun 1998 15:05:41 -0400 When I lived in Virginia, my license place was "L10NESS" (LYONESS was already taken, alas). (My arms have a lion, and my business is Lyonesse Designs. It's also an old nickname -- firstly because I'm a Leo, and also because I tend to fiercely defend those I hold dear.) It was always amusing when someone would try to read something into the "1" substituting for the "I" (or "Y") -- one or two folks asked just how much I loved tennis. :-) (I guess they saw L - 10 - ness ) It's way too expensive to get vanity plates up here in NY, so I don't have them anymore. :( Jean Krevor (Elizabeth Camerona nicIan) From: rcgriffiths Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: more Vanity Plates Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:36:56 -0700 I had, once, JGOSH, not really medieval looking, or sounding, but it was the first letters of my SCA name. For the past 12 years I've had: BLKDUKE (not enough letters for the full spelling of black). Among my travels I look for vanity plates--it keeps me amused and alert, soI've also seen HORDE; MONGOL; PAGAN1; SWORDS (the guy's name is Swords); ILUVPIKE (in the Wisconson, Minnesota area)--I'm not sure it had the U as my scrawl on the piece of paper is faint & illegible these days). KSCA--he was. RNDTBL--guy owned a Round Table Pizza. POKEME--but I'm not sure what they really meant with that one... and others which had their SCA name also on their vehicle: XENA--many years before the current series; TIMBOR From: jpmiaou at aol.com (JPmiaou) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: vanity plates and KNIGHT in Caid Date: 24 Jun 1998 02:29:49 GMT Someone mentioned a story about the show Knightrider and the vanity plate KNIGHT... A search of the "environmental plate" database reveals 44 plates with the word Knight on them: AKNIGHT BKNIGHT CKNIGHT DKNIGHT EKNIGHT FKNIGHT GKNIGHT HKNIGHT JKNIGHT KKNIGHT KNIGHT KNIGHTA KNIGHTB KNIGHTC KNIGHTG KNIGHTJ KNIGHTK KNIGHTM KNIGHTN KNIGHTQ KNIGHTR KNIGHTS KNIGHTV KNIGHTW KNIGHTX KNIGHTY KNIGHT1 KNIGHT2 KNIGHT4 KNIGHT5 KNIGHT6 KNIGHT7 LKNIGHT OKNIGHT PKNIGHT TKNIGHT VKNIGHT WKNIGHT ZKNIGHT 1KNIGHT 2KNIGHT 4KNIGHT 7KNIGHT 9KNIGHT So someone in either Caid or the West does have the license plate KNIGHT. (You can look up KSCA etc. the same way. www.dmv.ca.gov, "Special interest license plates" or something like that, then "search the elp database" or therabouts.) Subject: SCA vanity license plates Date: Mon, 17 Aug 98 17:08:36 MST From: "sheydel at bellsouth.net" To: "Mark.S Harris (rsve60)" My plate, reflecting my late-in-life addiction to SCA, is MEDIEVL. Worked out well, since Tennessee allows only 7 spaces on tags. Lord Edmund Cavendish Shire of Glaedenfeld, Kingdom of Meridies (Steve Heydel) From: deajavu at aol.com (DEAJAVU) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Date: 24 Nov 2003 06:07:04 GMT Subject: Re: OT: wumpus (was So, anyone heard what happened at the BoD meeting?) I want to get SCA BABY, and SCA BABY2, for me and my sister, but i don't know if they are already taken or not, lol, but being that we both were conceived at events, and grew up in the SCA, I thought it only fitting. ~K Edited by Mark S. Harris vanity-plates-msg Page 23 of 23