My wife, who has not only tagged along on 'yarding trips, but has helped me sort and price plates for meets. Always ultra-supportive of my plating interests. Not everyone is this lucky! She's also the reason I got my 2BNMAINE plate to begin with...

Joey Hurd, who played a tremendous part in getting my collection off the ground. Many of my plates wear the "1925" badge on their backs with pride! Odds are, if you look in your collection, you've got some "1925" plates as well.

Phil Dolan, who was another key influence in the early stages of my collection. I actually had the honor of seeing his collection in Norway, Maine - I'm still a LONG way from having that many plates.

Dave Nicholson, who has been supremely helpful in helping me get to the point of having a Web presence. His technical support has been indispensible. His webpage has been a terrific source of information for me - both on plates and HTML - and is the inspiration for this one.

everyone I've done business with. That's a lot of people, but without them, I would only have about ten plates from three states. Not much of a collection there.

Clarissa and Katherine. I can't count how many plate-related questions they've patiently answered (all those e-mails!), and how many plate requests they have filled. Excellent Maine plate resources. Thanks also to the various Maine Secretaries of State for signing off on those registration requests.

Jeff Birtcher. Much assistance with .gif files, technical assistance and general moral support. Cheers, matey!

my online buddies.Lots of plates in my collection from these guys, literally too many to mention...but thanks. You know who you are.

The Youngs. My neighbors have adopted my hobby as my own! They've added plates from the Netherlands, Singapore, and Florida and have recruited all of their relatives to help out as well...Suzanne, Maddie and Kimberly, to name a few. Thanks again!