{"id":1531,"date":"2006-08-03T13:14:43","date_gmt":"2006-08-03T17:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amynews.com\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2015-10-08T17:35:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T21:35:27","slug":"the-da-amy-kode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amynews.com\/2006\/08\/the-da-amy-kode\/","title":{"rendered":"The Da Amy Kode"},"content":{"rendered":"

The license plate I had on the most recent Grand Amy version of the AmyMobile,<\/p>\n

Was the license plate I’ve had since 1984.<\/p>\n

The first car that had that license plate was a 1972 Army green Ford Maverick.<\/p>\n

A fairly ugly ass,<\/p>\n

But incredibly reliable,<\/p>\n

Car.<\/p>\n

Obviously my lack of interest in stylish cars goes a long way back.<\/p>\n

Anyways,<\/p>\n

We called that Maverick the Incredible Hulk,<\/p>\n

And what was kewl about it was the last three letters on the license plate were HLK,<\/p>\n

So it,<\/p>\n

Like fit.<\/p>\n

To each new car,<\/p>\n

I took the license plate.<\/p>\n

And over the years,<\/p>\n

It became incredibly,<\/p>\n

Incredibly worn.<\/p>\n

Probably not legal in the end,<\/p>\n

In fact,<\/p>\n

I’m fairly certain of it.<\/p>\n

I have a bunch of cop\/deputy\/trooper friends,<\/p>\n

So I asked several of them if I could get a ticket for having a faded license plate,<\/p>\n

The response almost unanimously was:<\/p>\n

“Could you? Yes, you could. Though it’s far more likely I’d be giving you another speeding ticket and a warning on the license plate. Though for what it’s worth … consider yourself warned on the license plate. \ud83d\ude42<\/em>“<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t blame them if they did give me a ticket though,<\/p>\n

The plate was in sad shape,<\/p>\n

And I was faced this time trying to decide what to do,<\/p>\n

When it came to licensing the new AmyMobile.<\/p>\n

I had just paid the plate fees a few months back on the HLK plate,<\/p>\n

So it made some financial sense to transfer the plate over to the new AmyMobile.<\/p>\n

And from what I was told,<\/p>\n

All I had to do was ask for a new plate,<\/p>\n

And they’d give me a replacement plate at that time,<\/p>\n

One that could be read and was actually useful.<\/p>\n

But I didn’t want to turn the old plate back …<\/p>\n

I sorta wanted to be able to keep it,<\/p>\n

Frame it.<\/p>\n

It was one of the few things of Joe that I hadn’t yet tossed.<\/p>\n

Plus …<\/p>\n

I didn’t want to get into the whole confusion thing about how that plate was in Joe’s name,<\/p>\n

And I want to transfer it to a car in my name.<\/p>\n

Not to mention,<\/p>\n

Timing wise I had a bit of an overlap,<\/p>\n

As I was acquiring the new AmyMobile before turning back the Grand Amy,<\/p>\n

And I wanted to start driving the new AmyMobile right away,<\/p>\n

Considering I was so many miles over on the Grand Amy.<\/p>\n

But I couldn’t do that until I returned the Grand Amy since I still needed plates on the Grand Amy to drive it to the dealership.<\/p>\n

I checked with the Secretary of State and they said I could purchase a temporary plate for like $15 or so,<\/p>\n

Which could solve that problem,<\/p>\n

And I was considering that.<\/p>\n

However,<\/p>\n

With the HLK plate,<\/p>\n

All my other cars had something special about them,<\/p>\n

At least in my mind,<\/p>\n

And I wanted the new AmyMobile to have something special about her plate as well,<\/p>\n

Which wasn’t going to be the case if I just got a randomly assigned new plate.<\/p>\n

A vanity plate could solve the delimma,<\/p>\n

But I’m not into vanity plates because they are,<\/p>\n

Well … vain.<\/p>\n

However,<\/p>\n

I reasoned,<\/p>\n

If I got a vanity plate that didn’t look like a vanity plate,<\/p>\n

Just like a normal plate,<\/p>\n

‘Cept there could be a special meaning to me,<\/p>\n

Then the problem would be solved, and …<\/p>\n

All would be kewl.<\/p>\n

Well done Amy-wan ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So that’s what I decided to do.<\/p>\n

My first thought was to get the HLK numbers on a vanity plate,<\/p>\n

That’d be nutty.<\/p>\n

But then I figured it’d create that same confusion problem with the old plate being in Joe’s name,<\/p>\n

And me trying to get a new plate with Joe’s old number.<\/p>\n

Not to mention,<\/p>\n

That was Joe’s plate,<\/p>\n

I needed a new plate,<\/p>\n

With my own special digits ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So as I was waiting for my number to be called,<\/p>\n

I created an incredibly simple,<\/p>\n

Da Amy Kode,<\/p>\n

For my new license plate.<\/p>\n

It’s a total of 5 digits,<\/em><\/p>\n

Not necessarily read as five numbers.<\/em><\/p>\n

It totally personalizes the AmyMobile,<\/em><\/p>\n

Though doesn’t present vain.<\/em><\/p>\n

When you get the answer,<\/em><\/p>\n

You’ll have to agree …<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s Amy.<\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Take a guess if you’re up for it,<\/p>\n

Otherwise I’ll share the digits wth ya later !!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

(Though those of you that I’ve already told the answer, don’t play. That wouldn’t be fair.)<\/p>\n

\"Removing<\/p>\n

Mwah removing the license plate from the Grand Amy.<\/p>\n

\"Putting<\/p>\n

And Mwah putting the new license plate on the Grand Pricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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