Peripatetic

Apparently a photograph of me & my father, driving in the 65E appears in the March 2009 issue of “Classic Motorsports“… I guess as part of the article titled “Jaguar E-type Buyer’s Guide.” I have yet to confirm this however.

Today at lunch I went to a local Barnes & Noble bookstore to see, and unfortunately could only find the January 2009 issue. I did note a British car magazine with a D-type on the cover so I flipped through it. As I was about to slide it back on the rack I noted a familiar image on the backside.

Sure enough, the famous “Miss January” shot of the 65E, which has graced the very first XKEdata.com calendar, as well as won the first annual SNG Barratt photo contest. I guess SNG are getting good milage from the image.

I didn’t buy the magazine, as it was $10.50(!) so I just snapped a photo with my cell phone. 😉

11 thoughts on “Peripatetic”

  1. and just as the plate gets famous you dump it! 😉

    will they let you keep it on the front with something different on the back? can imagine that could end up with traffic offence as well from a grumpy cop…

    Jerome

  2. by ‘style’ do you mean personalised plates? we have those here… and they legal replace the alpha-numerical plates cars normally have if you have the dollars….

    and if so then how did you get away with ’65E’ on the road?

    Jerome

  3. I think we’re not understanding each other.

    The old personalized plate on the back (Washington: 65E) was purchased specifically to match the decorative British “65E” plate on the nose of the car.

    Even though I’ve given up the personalized plate, nothing will change on the nose. 😉

  4. now I get it… you have to be aligned with a State…. can’t be State-less like on the front…

    there was a bar in Wgtn that had US plates all round the walls … some of the slogans for the States were amusing…

    we don’t have that sort of thing here unless you have a surround around the plate to add advertising or to make sense of the silly personalised plate… used to be a good old Lada that visited work… its plate was ‘Ivan’…. fitted very well!

    Jerome

  5. “…there was a bar in Wgtn…”

    Was that meant as “Wigton,” Jerome? If so….that’s my ancestral homeland! Maybe you mean Washington?
    If you wish, Jerome, I can send you some Colorado plates….;=P

    Chuck, I trust you were paid and/or credited with that photo? If not, SNGB owes you some Jag bitz!

  6. They don’t often change but some have: the only one I know has changed in Oklahomas; they used to say, “Oklahoma is OK!,” but then I suspect someone actually *visited* OK and thought better of that!

    Colorado plates are stamped with “Colorful Colorado.”

    Which is a bit of a hoot, because the predominant color of Colorado…is brown.

    🙂

    Here’re the REAL sayings, or at least more truthful!

    Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have Electricity

    Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can’t Be Wrong!

    Arizona: But It’s A Dry Heat

    Arkansas: Literacy Ain’t Everything

    California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda

    Colorado: If You Don’t Ski, Don’t Bother

    Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy’s Don’t Own It-Yet

    Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water

    Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids

    Georgia: We Put The “Fun” In Fundamentalist Extremism

    Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But Leave
    Your Money)

    Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes…Well Okay, We’re Not, But The Potatoes Sure
    Are Real Good

    Illinois: Please Don’t Pronounce the “S”

    Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free

    Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn

    Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States

    Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names

    Louisiana: We’re Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That’s Our Tourism Campaign

    Maine: We’re Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster

    Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It

    Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden’s (For Most Tax Brackets)

    Michigan: First Line Of Defense From The Canadians

    Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes… And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes

    Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State

    Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work

    Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, And Very
    Little Else

    Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest

    Nevada: Hookers and Poker!

    New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone

    New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! state Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! state Motto Right Here!

    New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent pets

    New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An
    Attorney….

    North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable

    North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States!

    Ohio: At Least We’re Not Michigan

    Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing

    Oregon: Spotted Owl… It’s What’s For Dinner

    Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal

    Rhode Island: We’re Not REALLY An Island

    South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn’t Actually Surrender

    South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota

    Tennessee: The Educashun State

    Texas: Si’ Hablo Ing’les

    Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus

    Vermont: A-yup

    Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don’t Mix?

    Washington: Help! We’re Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!

    Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?

    West Virginia: One Big Happy Family… Really!

    Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese

    Wyoming: Where Men Are Men… and the sheep are scared

  7. Hehehe…I was in WI a few years back and saw a fake plate for sale, saying, “EAT CHEESE OR DIE.”

    Damn near fell off my seat, laughing!

    🙂

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