License plates

Benson Gray · Nov 18, 2006

Does anyone else use their car's license plates to express an interest in paddling and canoes? I have posted a few examples below and hope that others will add theirs here. It is also probably worth explaining that OTCACO was the telegraph address for the Old Town Canoe Company in the early 1900s and was also probably the souce fo the Otca model name.

Benson

pklonowski · Nov 18, 2006

paddler plates

Not me... Illinois charges extra for that, and I'm not donating extraneous money to the State, for a license plate that repeats what my bumper stickers already say! Still favorite, from Rutabaga (Madison, WI): "I paddle wherever the voices in my head tell me to." I may have to get a new one, as it's getting pretty beat up & faded.

I passed on the sequel, which says "You're just jealous 'cause you can't hear the voices." There's no more room on the bumper...

Hockersmith · Dec 6, 2006

Here's mine....

Jon

Rob Stevens · Dec 6, 2006

And you gotta love the New Hampshire state motto, "Live Free or Die".

thompsonboatboy · Dec 14, 2006

Wisconsin's state motto is "Eat Cheese or Die"

Andreas

Tom Heys · Dec 17, 2006

C'mon, you all haven't heard the Massachusetts motto? "Pay Taxes and Die"

mark wismer · Dec 18, 2006

Or New Jerseys....Die, and keep paying taxes...

Benson Gray · Sep 20, 2007

Another?

It is not clear if the plate below is for Old Town Canoe or someone else's initials. It was the first thing that I thought about when I saw it but that may just be another sign of a larger issue.

Benson

MGC · Sep 20, 2007

I would but...........

Shut up and paddle will not fit on a plate.

Mark Adams · Sep 20, 2007

Mine is:

WOODCNU.

I had it in Utah, and now here in Nevada.

Mark

Howard Caplan · Sep 24, 2007

Mine is BRDRH2O

I thought NJ was Die and Keep Voting - or is that Illinois?
Howard

mark wismer · Sep 24, 2007

Howard Caplan said:
Mine is BRDRH2O

I thought NJ was Die and Keep Voting - or is that Illinois?
Howard

That's only Jersey city & Newark...

pklonowski · Sep 24, 2007

Oh, that's Silly-noise, too... it's hard to lose an election when your great-great-great-great-grand-uncles all still vote for you....

Dave Osborn · Sep 25, 2007

My Plate

My plate says "CANOES 9"........I had 9 canoes at the time I ordered it.
Cheers!
Dave

Benson Gray · Apr 15, 2014

Does anyone happen to know if PADL from Elon College in North Carolina as shown below is a wooden boat paddler? I realize that it could be something else completely but my daughter thought of paddling after seeing it.

Benson

Benson Gray · Feb 1, 2016

A pair of paddles and a new Old Town.

Benson

Dan Lindberg · Feb 1, 2016

Benson,

Am I reading that correctly, 2 cars with the same plate?

Dan

Benson Gray · Feb 1, 2016

Dan Lindberg said:
Am I reading that correctly, 2 cars with the same plate?

Yes, The Michigan paddle and the Maine paddle were together for a short time last Saturday.

Benson

Dan Lindberg · Feb 1, 2016

I didn't see the 2 different states.
Somebody had a long drive.

Dan

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