Mattes's Musings by KC2GIK

  I was hesitant to leave Cape May for three months because I'd miss my friends but there was a definite upside.  License plate collector and ALPCA member Jeff Francis hosts a license plate meet in January at his huge warehouse in St. Petersburg Florida. The warehouse is filled with license plates, all kinds of memorabilia  from highway signs to even a few antique cars. He also has a few phone booths, although I checked and no dial tone.  It takes days just to see everything then you get to the license plates!! I actually found one or two plates in the vast sea of tin. One of the many highlights was travelling with my buddy  Rick Kretschmer.  who I first roomed with at the 2007 ALPCA Convention in Huntsville and have done numerous trips out to Hersey  before I moved from Woodcliff Lake down to Cape May. One of the first thoughts when my dad bought the house down here was Rick had to drive through SC to get to Florida so I had my chance!! It just so hap...

  I  have been using the Sout Off section in the Cape May Herald as a way to exercise my writing skills. I used to keep track of the Spout Offs I wrote, but the site has deleted them for room. I also comment to spouts, that's when things really get heated. I have sparred with the best/. The spout below AND the comment really got my juices flowing, I just had to share it! I responded to a comment someone made about the SPOUTOFf The original Spout Off: Please let the ice folks come to CMC ASAP! So they can get rid of working illegals and my grandsons can get a job! Oh that's right the contracts would have to pay them on the books and have workmanship comp! And there in lies the problem! The comment that got me thinking: Like your grandson couldn't get a job. There is work everywhere. The kids of MAGA won’t mow, paint, or do any manual labor. Just like their MAGA parents. They simply make Tik Tok digital junk. Here's my reply: Nothing to do with MAGA everything to do with ...