From: Terry W. Colvin (fortean1@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Mar 10 2003 - 10:26:56 MST
Amara Graps wrote:
>
> Christian Weisgerber
> >Eventually, I read in the newspaper that the American forces had
> >started issuing stealth license plates that largely look like German
> >ones, but with the otherwise unassigned initial codes AD and AF.
> >I can add HK to that list. Also, in place of the little D/EU logo
> >they have the NATO one, but that's hard to see from a distance.
> >The basic idea had some merit, but the implementation is pretty
> >silly. The big crosshairs is still there
>
> These HK license plates are very common in and around Heidelberg. I suppose
> I am sensitively tuned into the differences between the cultures, that
> I didn't need to think who belonged to the HK license plates- I knew
> immediately and I could not point to the specific thing that clued
> me in. I agree, they are not exactly stealth, in fact the opposite.
>
> Amara
When stationed in Naples, Italy (1977-80) my Alfa Romeo plates stood out
like a sore thumb, AFI (Armed Forces Italy) with black letters on a white
background. It facilitated the Carabinieri to stop us and ask if we had
paid our radio tax, front end alignment looked bad or suspected cracked
windshield/windscreen.
Terry
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