Landing in Lansing
The 2024 ALPCA Convention in Lansing was less of a convention for me, and more of a mission… a quartet of missions, actually. But square...
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Collecting Ontario licence plates for 40 years
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2CENTS ARCHIVES
First started as "My 2 Cents" in 1997, I have written posts numbering into the hundreds. New posts arrive continually. Find an article by clicking the tag cloud below, or selecting a category, doing a search (see magnifying glass below on the right), or just scroll down to see the articles in chronological order.
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Feb 10, 2023
ALPCA Best Plate of 2022: My Votes
It’s time for my annual round-up of ALPCA Best Plate Candidates! I still haven’t recovered from the 2020 edition when I had to rate my...
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Feb 10, 2022
ALPCA Best Plate of 2021: My Votes
It’s time for the annual round-up of candidates for ALPCA’s Best Plate award of 2021. Last year, we had only nine entrants, and I found...
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Feb 6, 2021
ALPCA Best Plate of 2020: My Votes
ALPCA members have nine choices up for consideration for the 2020 Best Plate Award. The thinner-than-usual field is undoubtedly due in...
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Feb 8, 2020
ALPCA Best Plate of 2019: My Votes
This year, ALPCA members have thirteen new plate designs from which to choose. Eleven of them are from within the US, with one each from...
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Jun 29, 2019
Flashback to Chattanooga 1999
Today is the Friday of the 65th ALPCA Convention, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The donation auction is probably in full swing at the moment...
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Feb 13, 2019
ALPCA Best Plate of 2018: my votes
As a member of ALPCA in good standing, I’m eligible to vote for the club’s annual Best New Plate award. Members nominate a new plate...
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Jul 27, 2018
Valley Forge 2018: Part 3 of 3
One thing I learned about Philadelphia is that it’s bigger than the map makes it seem, and it takes a longer time to get to different...
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Jul 22, 2018
Valley Forge 2018: Part 2 of 3
I awoke at about 7:30. It was Thursday, the second day of the ALPCA Convention in Valley Forge. The room service breakfast——that I had...
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Jul 17, 2018
Valley Forge 2018: Part 1 of 3
The 2018 ALPCA Convention at Valley Forge was my tenth since joining the club in 1995. It was quite a different experience than the...
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Mar 11, 2018
Looking back / Forging ahead
It could be that my dreary five-year cycle is finally over. In my early years of ALPCA membership, I attended whatever conventions I...
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Aug 9, 2016
Proud to be an ALPCAn
I was sitting in front of my home computer, reading articles, as I’ve often done before. I was logged into the ALPCA web site, and...
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Mar 28, 2015
Evolution
This calendar year, 2015, marks the 31st year that I have been a collector of old plates. It also marks the 20th anniversary of my...
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Jul 21, 2014
Rochester 2014
THE MONDAY Five years in the making: The waiting since I attended my previous ALPCA Convention. 17 years in the making: The complete...
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Jan 19, 2014
Peoria '96
I joined ALPCA in the summer of 1995, as soon as I learned about the club. My registration materials and the newly-printed August...
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Jul 15, 2009
Weary in Erie
The 55th Annual ALPCA Convention was quite a success. I had a pretty good time, but it wasn’t the best convention for me, personally. I’d...
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Jul 28, 2004
Providence Gold
#Providence is a fitting name for the location of ALPCA’s 50th annual #convention. Providence, taken from the dictionary, means “luck...
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Aug 17, 2003
Tucson ALPCA Convention, 2003
The 49th ALPCA International Convention was held in Tucson, Arizona. I decided to attend this one, having missed my chance the previous...
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