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 -- -- John Callan <[log in to unmask]>