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GoldenMonkeyRedux t1_j7czcc1 wrote

Reply to comment by nayls142 in Someone changed my license plate? by HelloEverybody94

Remember when they used to cut the tags off the corners of one's plate?

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SnapCrackleMom t1_j7d5b1t wrote

Sometimes the whole first letter of the plate. Good times.

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PhilaTesla t1_j7dhd4r wrote

That goes back to the idiotic practice of keeping the registration decals directly on the plates themselves. People would get clear plastic covers for their plates to try to protect the decals. If you're old enough, you might remember consumer reporter Herb Dennenberg, who had a segment calling out people who did that (for making it harder for police to read the plates, etc.) while completely missing the reason for using the covers.

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mybreakfastiscold t1_j7dmga2 wrote

My dad would take a razer blade and score the sticker, so if someone cut it off they wouldnt be able to peel it and restick it because it would tear.

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wild_lettuce_ t1_j7h07et wrote

My dad used to cut an X through my registration stickers so they couldn’t be easily stolen

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SnapCrackleMom t1_j7dhl96 wrote

I don't remember that segment but I remember Herb Dennenberg.

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Robert_A_Bouie t1_j7lxuhm wrote

When he went after Ron Pearlstein (diamond merchant) Herb was in my bosses office a lot. I worked at a jewelry store and my boss was a certified gemstone appraiser. Herb would come in with new brides to have him appraise diamonds that their husband's bought from Ron Pearlstein. Basically, Pearlstein would sell them a rock and say it was "grade A" quality but in reality it was a C+ at best (the terminology isn't A, B, C, D etc. but I'm keeping it simple), not that anyone could really tell without looking at it through a microscope.

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