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Started by 1995hoo, November 25, 2014, 10:49:34 AM

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1995hoo

November 25, 2014, 10:49:34 AM  
I was parked a few cars down from this about 15 minutes ago. Note the plate.

"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

SSOWorld

#1
November 25, 2014, 01:17:23 PM  
nice find :-D Wouldn't have a clue who owns that or if it was in reference to eMpTyR, but its quite hilarious.
Scott O.

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As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
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cpzilliacus

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November 25, 2014, 03:13:02 PM   Last Edit: November 25, 2014, 05:35:53 PM by cpzilliacus
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 25, 2014, 10:49:34 AM
I was parked a few cars down from this about 15 minutes ago. Note the plate.



Looks like the shopping center with the Roy Rogers burger place in it on Va. 613 (Manchester Boulevard), the eastern "extension" of Va. 289 (Franconia-Springfield Parkway).

EDIT:  It also looks like the owner of the vehicle works for (or at) MWAA's Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).
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1995hoo

#3
November 25, 2014, 03:30:39 PM  
Quote from: cpzilliacus on November 25, 2014, 03:13:02 PM
Looks like the shopping center with the Roy Rogers burger place in it on Va. 613 (Manchester Boulevard), the eastern "extension" of Va. 289 (Franconia-Springfield Parkway).


It's actually Springfield Plaza, just west of I-95 off Old Keene Mill Road (secondary route 644). I went to the Springfield Butcher (just out of the picture to the right) to pick up the turkey for Thursday.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

cpzilliacus

#4
November 25, 2014, 05:36:33 PM  
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 25, 2014, 03:30:39 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on November 25, 2014, 03:13:02 PM
Looks like the shopping center with the Roy Rogers burger place in it on Va. 613 (Manchester Boulevard), the eastern "extension" of Va. 289 (Franconia-Springfield Parkway).


It's actually Springfield Plaza, just west of I-95 off Old Keene Mill Road (secondary route 644). I went to the Springfield Butcher (just out of the picture to the right) to pick up the turkey for Thursday.

Same center as where the Giant Food and Hard Times Cafe are located?
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1995hoo

#5
November 25, 2014, 05:54:48 PM  
Correct. Giant, Hard Times, K-Mart, Trader Joe's, and a liquor store are among the tenants. Used to be a Waxie Maxie's where Chipotle is now.

If you stand at the light on Old Keene Mill, the butcher is at about the 2:00 position in the wing to the right of Hard Times near where the Chuck E. Cheese's was in the 1980s.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

Laura

#6
November 26, 2014, 06:09:05 AM  

Quote from: cpzilliacus on November 25, 2014, 03:13:02 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 25, 2014, 10:49:34 AM
I was parked a few cars down from this about 15 minutes ago. Note the plate.





EDIT:  It also looks like the owner of the vehicle works for (or at) MWAA's Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

Ooh, a road and plane enthusiast!


iPhone

froggie

#7
November 26, 2014, 07:28:04 AM  
Could just be coincidental...

1995hoo

#8
November 26, 2014, 07:32:50 AM   Last Edit: November 26, 2014, 07:36:26 AM by 1995hoo
It looks to me like that sticker says "Oversand Vehicle Permit," which makes me think it's for Nantucket based on the shape of what's on the sticker.

I just went to the Photo Stream on my iPad and zoomed in. That is indeed what it says.

"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

NE2

#9
November 26, 2014, 07:48:10 AM  
Quote from: froggie on November 26, 2014, 07:28:04 AM
Could just be coincidental...
How dare you bring logic to the hunt?
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02 Park Ave

#10
November 26, 2014, 08:48:31 AM  
Is that an Alf Landon sticker on the vehicle?
C-o-H

1995hoo

#11
November 26, 2014, 09:15:12 AM  
Quote from: 02 Park Ave on November 26, 2014, 08:48:31 AM
Is that an Alf Landon sticker on the vehicle?

I presume your post was TIC, but Landon is the name of a private school in Maryland known primarily for a powerhouse lacrosse program.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

GCrites

#12
November 26, 2014, 10:05:55 AM  
Poor guy, his folks should have never named him Martin Thomas Robinson.

algorerhythms

#13
November 26, 2014, 11:57:54 AM  
Note to self: get vanity plate with three random letters so that an internet forum somewhere in the world can see it and obsess over who would get a plate with an acronym relevant to them.

1995hoo

#14
November 26, 2014, 01:54:45 PM  
Quote from: algorerhythms on November 26, 2014, 11:57:54 AM
Note to self: get vanity plate with three random letters so that an internet forum somewhere in the world can see it and obsess over who would get a plate with an acronym relevant to them.

Misplace your sense of humor? You didn't really think I actually believed it belonged to someone here, did you?
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

Pete from Boston

#15
November 26, 2014, 04:55:32 PM  

Quote from: 1995hoo on November 26, 2014, 01:54:45 PM
Quote from: algorerhythms on November 26, 2014, 11:57:54 AM
Note to self: get vanity plate with three random letters so that an internet forum somewhere in the world can see it and obsess over who would get a plate with an acronym relevant to them.

Misplace your sense of humor? You didn't really think I actually believed it belonged to someone here, did you?

If I read it correctly, the point is that it's kind of funny that some person that picked that plate for who-knows-what-reason is now having their choice (an vehicle) thoroughly scrutinized by folks on an internet site they've likely never heard of.  I thought this myself. 

cjk374

#16
November 26, 2014, 08:01:22 PM  
Is this that Carl Rogers fella y'all have talked about before?   :sombrero:
Runnin' roads and polishin' rails.

1995hoo

#17
November 26, 2014, 09:15:01 PM  
Quote from: Pete from Boston on November 26, 2014, 04:55:32 PM

Quote from: 1995hoo on November 26, 2014, 01:54:45 PM
Quote from: algorerhythms on November 26, 2014, 11:57:54 AM
Note to self: get vanity plate with three random letters so that an internet forum somewhere in the world can see it and obsess over who would get a plate with an acronym relevant to them.

Misplace your sense of humor? You didn't really think I actually believed it belonged to someone here, did you?

If I read it correctly, the point is that it's kind of funny that some person that picked that plate for who-knows-what-reason is now having their choice (an vehicle) thoroughly scrutinized by folks on an internet site they've likely never heard of.  I thought this myself. 

Perhaps I misinterpreted due to the words "obsess over."
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

SteveG1988

#18
November 27, 2014, 10:29:58 AM  
"My Tight Rectum"

What it means is that the owner is proud of being able to hold in farts.
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GaryV

#19
November 27, 2014, 10:42:53 AM  
Quote from: SteveG1988 on November 27, 2014, 10:29:58 AM
"My Tight Rectum"


It IS CalRog!

Nah, his would be VIATLGY   :-/
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