That’s not retroactively going to change all the non-metric attachments already existing.
thorny – two 1950’s tractors, among other things – locust
I will make a sacrifice if I can have what I want!
I had an Illinois drivers license for 33 years, and for whatever reasons, I was asked for the number enough times that I did eventually memorize it (I still know it!). I did not memorize my California license that I had for 10 years, but I knew the first letter and a few of the digits. My less-than-one-year-old Nevada license? No idea.
I don’t remember ever not knowing my SSN, from the very first time I got my card as a kid.
And license plates are easy. I always know my plate and my wife’s. The latest ones, I had memorized by the time we got back to the car at the DMV.
I changed jobs three times after I graduated college within six months and had to enter my DL on all the hiring forms. I easily memorized my CA DL number after that and never forgot it. Helpful that the number had three zeroes in it.
My license number did not change when I got REAL ID.
The company I retired from used to use SSN as the employee number. Really not smart, and they changed it to something random.
For some reason, I just never stored the license plate “number” on my last two cars into my memory. Maybe I could get the first character.
I run my kitchen sponges through the dishwasher every couple of days. I’ve also recently started a regimen where I replace the sponges every two weeks. The most important thing is make sure you wring it dry after each use. America’s Test Kitchen did a test comparing sponges that had been wrung dry against those which were stored wet. The measure of bacterial contamination is “Colony Forming Units per milliliter”. The wrung sponges averaged 20 CFU/ml. The sponges that stayed wet averaged an amazing 500,000 CFU/ml.
I practice that. It still gets stinky after a couple of weeks, so I nuke it or toss in the DW if a load is pending.
I don’t currently use a sponge as such; but I use similar things. They get washed out with dish soap, well rinsed, and dry between uses; and occasionally get tossed in the washing machine.
There wasn’t an “other” option, so I picked “WTH”.
When I was in college, the university used the Social Security number as an ID. Between that and job applications, I had my SSN memorized by the time I was 20.
I live in a state where you have to show a picture ID for a whole lot of things. So I carry my driver’s license whenever I leave the house. On the rare occasions when I need the DL#, I always had it. So I never needed to memorize it.
Every car I have ever owned has been a very common model, in a very common color. I needed to know the plate number to find it in a crowded parking lot. So I always memorized it.
Whenever I renew my car registration, I toy with the idea of getting a vanity plate. It always seems to happen when I am short on time or short on money. So I always say, “Eh, not this year.”
I said “I don’t have a yard.” But I do have potted plants that I putter with.
My state has several variants of the “standard” license plate. They all have the same basic colors, but different details in the background. The MVD records think I have a different variant than the one I actually have.
If the police ever want to find me, I am pretty sure that they will be more interested in the plate number than the background picture. So I don’t think I am committing any cardinal sin.
Someday, I intend to go to the MVD and correct the error. But not today.
I always toy with the idea of getting a specialty plate when I renew my registration, mainly because California has a pretty boring standard plate, but some rather nice specialty plate designs. But my frugal side always wins and I can never bring myself to pay more than absolutely necessary to register my car.
Vanity plates almost never cross my mind, except perhaps during a poll like that.
My junior high used the SSN as an ID. I’ve known mine since 6th grade.
My father who worked at SS said that organizations aren’t supposed to use SSN for any other reason, but my school district and college, and probably other organizations didn’t get that memo.
I rode a horse, probably actually a pony, once, at a school fair. It was a very bumpy ride(trot?), which I think the pony did deliberately. It circled the track once and I couldn’t stand straight for a good 30 minutes.
My plates are either the current standard model for my state, or were the standard model when I got them. I’m not sure which, because I don’t know whether they’ve changed the standard model, or only added on something else which you have to pay extra for.
If I’m going to spend extra money expressing my opinions, it isn’t my car that I’m going to express them with.
The poll wasnt very good as I both soak in vinegar and/or nuke.
I mean, I DW the sponge and nuke, sometimes one or the other. Never saw the point of both.
Yes, I mean one or the other not both at the same time. When the sponge starts to smell I just toss it.
I’ve lived in the Chicago area for the last 35 years, and I listen to WBBM Newsradio (“traffic and weather on the 8s”) pretty much every morning. I know what a “gapers’ block” is, though the term I usually hear is “gapers’ delay.”
So you want multiple choice. Fine. 
Ugh, 1) I don’t know why there’s “bleach” and “bleach soak” options, doy. And there should have been a “boil in bag” option probably.