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Title: New York license plate fail
Post by: SidS1045 on September 04, 2014, 09:56:22 AM
Spelling pwns NYSDMV.
http://pix11.com/2014/09/02/mta-is-misspelled-on-some-of-its-new-license-plates/ (http://pix11.com/2014/09/02/mta-is-misspelled-on-some-of-its-new-license-plates/)
Title: Re: New York license plate fail
Post by: xcellntbuy on September 04, 2014, 07:01:22 PM
The replacements will be made at minimal cost at one of New York's finer crowbar hotels.
Title: Re: New York license plate fail
Post by: SteveG1988 on September 06, 2014, 03:28:51 PM
I would just put a sticker over the error.
Title: Re: New York license plate fail
Post by: Laura on September 08, 2014, 12:05:01 AM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on September 06, 2014, 03:28:51 PM
I would just put a sticker over the error.

That's a much cheaper solution.
Title: Re: New York license plate fail
Post by: The Nature Boy on September 08, 2014, 12:32:50 AM
How much does it actually cost to make a license plate?

Just curious
Title: Re: New York license plate fail
Post by: vdeane on September 08, 2014, 12:58:01 PM
Let's see... the first step in making the plate is to send the prisoners into Mordor to forge the metal into the plate, which they then color yellow from the melted gold confiscated from the peasants, and form the blue letters by mixing the gold with their blood.  On the other hand, the person who prints off the sticker actually has to get paid a union wage (this is NY, after all).

So:
Labor: $20/hour
Supplies: $5
Forging a new plate with prison labor and confiscated gold: Priceless
There are some things money can't buy.  For everything else, there's MasterCard.
Title: Re: New York license plate fail
Post by: The Nature Boy on September 08, 2014, 02:45:40 PM
Quote from: vdeane on September 08, 2014, 12:58:01 PM
Let's see... the first step in making the plate is to send the prisoners into Mordor to forge the metal into the plate, which they then color yellow from the melted gold confiscated from the peasants, and form the blue letters by mixing the gold with their blood.  On the other hand, the person who prints off the sticker actually has to get paid a union wage (this is NY, after all).

So:
Labor: $20/hour
Supplies: $5
Forging a new plate with prison labor and confiscated gold: Priceless
There are some things money can't buy.  For everything else, there's MasterCard.

That new plate should really be replaced, I liked the previous design a lot more. I was dating a girl from New York when the current design was introduced, she was quite upset with the change since she was a fan of the previous design.

Almost 5 years later and I realize that she was a keeper, she actually had enough of an attachment to a license plate to have a reaction to its change.