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Old 03-29-2007, 04:04 AM
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And I only had one lesson
 
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Originally Posted by mgburg View Post
Back in '77, I was pulled over by WI.'s first female trooper (at least the first one I ever saw...).

I passed her on a 2-laner (properly, with turn signals and the whole 9 yards), and she lights up the cherries.

My front plate on the '69 Caprice had been ripped off by an automated carwash machine, so I had written to the state for a replacement plate and stuck the carbon of the MO in the window for proof of purchase/replacement.

When she queried me about not having a proper plate (I had a dark blue w/black lettering plate that stated "AIRBORNE"), I referred her to the carbon in the window.

She made me take it out, then hand her that plus my license.

She went to her vehicle and I waited for what seemed like 15 minutes.

She came back, handed me the carbon (she had folded the tape onto itself, so I needed to tuck it away 'til I could re-tape it to the windshield.) and my license, then left me...no warning, thank you or good bye. (*****!)

Anyways, WI. requires two plates...screw around with that and you get the final screw.

And if what I've heard is true, if a trooper in WI. lights up the cherries, it's going to start at over $200.00, and it only goes up from there.

I'm making sure my nuts are on tight!


If it took the plate off, did it take the paint off of the car,too. Sounds like car washes were pretty violent, back in those days. I remember dad replacing a mirror or three, and an antenna every now and then..
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