Reply to post: good grief

0ops. 1,OOO-plus parking fine refunds ordered after drivers typed 'O' instead of '0'

Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

good grief

it was AAA 000A when I was a kid, the last letter was the year. When they got to Y (because Z looks too much like 2?) it became A000 AAA with the first letter indicating the year. When they reached the end of the alphabet again it became AA00 AAA with 00 indicating the year, 00 for the first half of 2000 and 50 for the second.

It's not tricky to work out, it's obvious enough in most cases. Is it weird that I know that from looking at number plates and not from having it explained to me?

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon