Personalised Number Plate

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My surname is Frost and therefore in the 1970's the appropriate personalised car number plate would be FRO5T. My job then involved travelling overseas. One Sunday morning I was boarding for a long haul flight to Pakistan. At the entrance was a stand with newspapers from which I took the Times bunch. I must add that this is the only time I have taken the Times as my usual read is tabloids. Sunday editions with magazines are considerably extensive. I took my seat (in Business Class) and opened the paper at random. The page was full of number plate details but my eyes were drawn to FRO5T at £9000. This was too high a price for me then but only if...? I did cut out the section from the paper and still have this as evidence.
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Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:28:47 +0000Coincidence ID:5317