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Date: 13 May 2007 17:34:37
From: Martin R. Howell
Subject: A freeway encounter
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Today, while driving home on an interstate highway, I noticed the license
plate on a very nice SUV in the next lane over. A couple of things made it
catch my eye. First, it was one I haven't seen before and second, it was
a vanity plate. I found myself first determining the home state and then
moving on to the vanity message. The plate was apparently a new design for
Alaska. A very nice looking and colorful depiction of the Big Dipper with
a drawn-closer-for-effect Polaris. Then I was immediately struck by the
vanity message. It was simply, "M1." Hmm, was this an amateur astronomer
I wondered or was it just the first of several vehicles owned by "Mike?"
Silly reasoning told me that a glimpse of the driver might help me decide
if there was indeed a chance I was in the company of another amateur star
sleuth. Pulling ahead just enough for the driver to be visible revealed a
late middle aged and pleasant looking man. Now, I am not sure what that
driver would have had to look like for me to say, "No way, this is not a
fellow amateur astronomer, this is MIKE!," but I had no problem envisioning
this man at the eyepiece of a telescope.
Perhaps an insignificant event to many or most, but taken as a whole, it
made my 55 mile commute home from work a bit special and one I will not
forget.
For those interested, I have created a mock-up of the license plate closely
resembling its appearance. This can be viewed a Moderated
sci.astro.amateur. Here is the link:
www.theastropost.com/moderated_sci.astro.amateur
Look for the topic in the board "Statements, Questions, Answers, and More."
--
Martin R. Howell
Worldwide Amateur Astronomers
Moderated sci.astro.amateur
www.theastropost.com/moderated_sci.astro.amateur
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Date: 14 May 2007 01:30:18
From: MA
Subject: Re: A freeway encounter
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Yep..AKA Mick
"Martin R. Howell" <martinhowell@ilikestarsisp.com > wrote in message
news:159fpdo2v70z2$.1g78fw7t306km$.dlg@40tude.net...
>
> Today, while driving home on an interstate highway, I noticed the license
> plate on a very nice SUV in the next lane over. A couple of things made
> it
> catch my eye. First, it was one I haven't seen before and second, it was
> a vanity plate. I found myself first determining the home state and then
> moving on to the vanity message. The plate was apparently a new design for
> Alaska. A very nice looking and colorful depiction of the Big Dipper with
> a drawn-closer-for-effect Polaris. Then I was immediately struck by the
> vanity message. It was simply, "M1." Hmm, was this an amateur astronomer
> I wondered or was it just the first of several vehicles owned by "Mike?"
> Silly reasoning told me that a glimpse of the driver might help me decide
> if there was indeed a chance I was in the company of another amateur star
> sleuth. Pulling ahead just enough for the driver to be visible revealed a
> late middle aged and pleasant looking man. Now, I am not sure what that
> driver would have had to look like for me to say, "No way, this is not a
> fellow amateur astronomer, this is MIKE!," but I had no problem
> envisioning
> this man at the eyepiece of a telescope.
>
> Perhaps an insignificant event to many or most, but taken as a whole, it
> made my 55 mile commute home from work a bit special and one I will not
> forget.
>
> For those interested, I have created a mock-up of the license plate
> closely
> resembling its appearance. This can be viewed a Moderated
> sci.astro.amateur. Here is the link:
> www.theastropost.com/moderated_sci.astro.amateur
> Look for the topic in the board "Statements, Questions, Answers, and
> More."
>
>
>
> --
> Martin R. Howell
> Worldwide Amateur Astronomers
> Moderated sci.astro.amateur
> www.theastropost.com/moderated_sci.astro.amateur
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Date: 13 May 2007 17:42:16
From: G.T.
Subject: Re: A freeway encounter
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Martin R. Howell wrote:
>
> For those interested, I have created a mock-up of the license plate closely
> resembling its appearance. This can be viewed a Moderated
> sci.astro.amateur. Here is the link:
> www.theastropost.com/moderated_sci.astro.amateur
> Look for the topic in the board "Statements, Questions, Answers, and More."
>
Gotta be an astronomer. If he was doing his name I would think he'd do
something with more of it included. Or he could be a vintage weapons
enthusiast, doubtful with that license plate background.
Greg
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