**That has got to be the most confusing answer to a question that I've ever seen . Should they go back to the Body Shop and DEMAND a box of Liscense Plate HOLES ?** Not so confusing. The car was wrecked. The body shop didn't finish the job. The body shop should have provided and installed all the parts in the first place. Do you go to a shop so you can do it yourself, plus provide your own parts anyway? If you do, come to my house so you can pay me while you do your own work...and pay me for parts I didn't provide.

I too have the "burn at the stake" one. I must have forty or so accumulated over time (and I'm talking about around 8 years) in an envelope in my glove compartment. People give me stickers fairly often - I keep the ones I like best and pass along others - and they're not exactly expensive investments. The ones from the Northern Sun catalog are the priciest ones I ever buy at $2. Allison, although there is a risk of theft, you can mount a regular sticker on the very thin magnetic sheets from any craft store. Barb, the dragons sticker is a spinoff of the line from one of the Lord of the Rings books - "do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger". I picked that one up in a science fiction bookstore. (One of my dream bumper stickers would read: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. -- JRR Tolkien No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style. -- Steven Brust) I'll grant that there are many bumper stickers out there that make me wish I had a rocket launcher mounted on the hood of my car - usually expressing some kind of hate-filled, couldn't-pry-that-closed-mind-open-with-the-Jaws-of-Life vileness - but I would never even consider defacing someone else's property no matter how much they p!$$ed me off. I saw one today that made me rather sad: "War does not define who is right. It only defines who is left." (As in left alive.) So true, and I wish it weren't. However, I don't care to put any kind of advertising stickers on my car, just like I don't wear clothes with brand or store names splashed across them. (I do like to wear kooky t-shirts, I'll admit it, because I think it's fun to make people do a double-take. My favorite is worn to tatters - reads "give me that old-time religion" with a drawing of people dancing around Stonehenge. LOL) I figure if a business wants me or my car to be a billboard they can dang well pay me for it.

There is now a reciprocal agreement with the Native American Indian reservations and there are 7 different tribe plates in my state. The state has 4 different official plates for state owned vehicles. And 15 different dealer plates. Plus there are 30 different special issue plates which include such things as; Antique, Hobbyist, Modified, and two different ones celebrating the home football team (none for baseball), the state university (but none of the extensions), the Sesquicentennial plate is in use and replacement plates are still made but no longer allowed a new issue, various military plates are conditionally offered offered and a Gold Star plate for immediate family members available conditionally. Then there are others that charge a high fee where part of the money is a donation to an organization like endangered species. also there are "blank" numbered plates where one has to apply to the organization such as the Freemasons, who then are allowed sell a decal that is applied to the plate. There are also different plates for motorcycles, buses, farm vehicles, trucks, motorhomes, taxicabs, drivers ed vehicles, low speed electric neighborhood vehicles and temporary plates for new cars. Then there are all sort of quirks, like the collector plate comes in two colors; one for sellers, one for owners and one must also own a "regular" plate for another car with can have the same registration number. So that makes about 90 altogether. they have cut down greatly on the number of choices for special plates designs for autos. People just weren't buying them, and it was too costly to offer such a variety.

Sorry guys. I was spending a fair amount of time on my laptop on Saturday and was catching up on some discussions on this side. I'm a regular/frequent contributor on the Kitchen Table and the Cooking forums. I was browsing here and this discussion piqued my interest. I mentioned my post about the Nissan Cube with the Rubiks personalized plate. I smile when I see it. Also, there are quite a few personalized plates here (Ontario) but they're also a $200 ticket item. I'd never pay that.