Times have changed.  I remember Maine not permitting rusted vehicles to have
their registrations renewed.  Maybe I just hadn't yet run into that particular
use of duct tape...or maybe the rule didn't apply to locals...I did have
another generation or two to go for that distinction.

-jc

"John Leeke, Preservation Consultant" wrote:

> >>Me, I just get in my trusty li'l red pickup truck, depart from my early
> twentieth century suburban domicile, and five minutes later I am parked
> downtown and walking in the door of my place of employment.  No websites
> required.<<
>
> Me, I just tumble out of bed, stumble down the hall of my nineteenth century
> intown domicile,
> and five seconds later I am walking in the door of my home office. No pickup
> trucks required. (Though I do have one. In Maine you have to have a pickup,
> even if you don't have to have one. Some duct tape on the salt-rust holes is
> as mandatory as the licence plate.)
>
> John

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