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We have a few exceptions in Norway, where the number plate stays with the person:
The car of the Norwegian king has had a "A-1" number plate since the 1930s. (All new cars since 1970 have a two-letter, five-digit number plate, except for the king.)
For a few years, we have had the option to buy "personalized" number plates with up to seven characters, provided the letter combination is not yet taken (and the word is not offensive). You pay a fee (almost 900 USD) for it, and it can be transferred to another car for a period of ten years, when it must be renewed. But these personalized plates are sort of a "secondary" registration number: The original XX-12345 number is still assigned to the car, and will be the one used if the personalized plate is not renewed after ten years. A standard format number is always assigned when the car is first sold, even if the buyer immediately switches to the personalized plates.
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Previous Post[^] Dejavu all over again?
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Experience: Recognizing a mistake the second time you make it.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Not even the donkeys struggle two times with the same stone   
(I have been told this a lot of times   )
M.D.V. 
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 I assume that's a German saying, because I don't recognize it in English. There must be an equivalent, but I can't think of it.
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Actually is a spanish one. 
Meaning is that only the human being is the only dumb live form that repeats the same errors many times without learning from them.
M.D.V.
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If every Monday morning is a deja vu to you, then you are up for a few deja vus in the future.
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If related, it was a lazy curse...
On the other hand... I sometimes wonder if those "brave" are not just plain "too dumb to be afraid"
M.D.V.
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Try typing “dirty” followed by your first name into urban dictionary and see what....ummm...acts are named after you.
Warning. You probably won’t be able to post the results here.
My first name is Scott if your name doesn’t yield any results.
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Mine was ... um ... unprintable, so I tried a few others here: "Dirty Kent" is a bit ... specific. I wonder if he knows?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I'm just happy we have no Sanchez among the regulars.
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Well, ummm...  "John" has connotations anyway.
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I came out of it, unscathed - first name 'Steve', which you probably could have guessed:
A mixed drink: Ginger ale, Bombay blue sapphire gin, cherry juice.
'Harry' is safe too.
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That’s the “top definition” keep scrolling down to see more.
Some of the definitions of Steve are beyond even soapbox material
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Warning: If you come to Norway, in particular if your last name is Cook, you should rather use your full first name (which I assume is Stephen or something similar). "Steve" is pronounced like the Norwegian word for "stiff" (stiv), and "Cook" is pronounced like a Norwegian slang term for Cook with a single o.
Even if your last name is not Cook, you might receive some funny look if you introduce yourself as: Hi, I am stiff!
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Just a tip: Don't do it while lunch break or after eating something if you don't have a very resistant stomach 
Pompey 3 wrote: My first name is Scott if your name doesn’t yield any results.
Dirty Mike is a good competitor, didn't compare though
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Not going there...
...Ok, I went there, ugh!
No further comment!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Can we reformat and reinstall 2020 as it seems to have a virus?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Calling customer support sure didn't help!
I'm hiding from exercise...I'm in the fitness protection program.
JaxCoder.com
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Maybe you should vent sooner rather than saving your ventilator.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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This 2020's all to good at it's own version of BSOD.
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If we do that can we take it all the way back to before Windows 10 was installed?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Absolutely the last time I buy a year made in China! 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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