Half Century
50 up in “CNPS”:http://www.richardherring.com/cnps.php, an important milestone along the route to 999 glory. Seen as I started just over six months ago, I’ll be finished in a mere twenty years time! It’s quite clear I’ll never be finished as in twenty years time there will be very few “proper” number plates left.
Ten seconds after spotting a 50, a 51 went past only for it be a GE51 and therefore doesn’t count. Of course a false 52 passed shortly afterwards, and then a real 53. This will be like finding a needle in a haystack with the added complexity of having about a million false needles in the haystack as well.
I think I’ll treat this as a cricket score. I’ve reached a respectable England score if they were playing Australia whilst Richard Herring has nearly reached a half decent Australia score against the English (419). It took me a Boycott like innings to get to 35 (5 and a half months) and then a Botham performance to get to 50 (2 weeks). It’s just over one a day which means I’ll be done in 3 years.
Just checked the rules, I’m on 53. I’d just assumed that the new number plates would be counted as cheating by Mr. Boatmeister Herring, but no
bq. Extreme CNPS players may choose to also ignore obviously personalised number plates TIM 1 for example, or indeed the new style number plates which are at present a good source of 2’s and 51s and 52s. In the current climate where old style number plates are slowly dying out, this may be a rule too far. For all but the most obsessed player, personalised and new style number plates are acceptable (make sure it is not a foreign plate though)
To clarify the new style 02 on a number plate can be counted as a 2. However some new number plates also include the letter “O”. Do not be tempted to use these “O”s to turn an 02 into a 200.
Given what a reasonable game this is, I can’t in any way be classed as “most obsessed” can I?
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