Shoot the Breeze With the Cooler Crew - Peoplesforum Edition

Good Morning crew I only have two projects to finish one is is 3 quarters done and the other is half done Yeee Haaa. then I get a whole week off and start 4th quarter. I start after noon classes, my schedule is: Monday and Wednesday- Design 4 and Economics, Tuesday and Thursday -Web Page Design and Computer/Video then on Friday I have Design Concept. Oh ya I get to use the new G-5's this quarter very cooler (For all you PC users out there the G-5 is the newfangled Mac)

Happy Sunday cooler heads :)

Good morning Search. You're up early on a Sunday morning.

good morning all

Look what happened to me.

Some twerp rammed us on 694 by Xerxes Ave.

And, the twerp took off! So we don't even know who he is. But, he left a clue. If any of you photoshop pros are able to enhance or clarify this shot so we can get his license plate, I'll buy you a beer.

Here's a detailed photo that shows what I can see of the imprint his plate left on our bumper. The numbers and letters are what it looks like to me, you may see other things.

Frosti - That sucks!

I tried inverting colors and I'm thinking the U might actually be a V. I also think you might have the numbers correct - but could the 9 be a 0?

Yeah, it's anybody's guess. We tried to jot down the plate number as he drove off, but it was raining and we got it wrong. We had CGV 789, the highway patrol ran that plate and it didn't match.

Bummer deal.

I did what I could with the photo, but any extra filters didn't apply extra detail. Perhaps a shot in different lighting would work better..

That was about the best shot I could get. However, I stuck some other ones in the Cooler Crew photo thread, in case anybody wants to play.

I missed that sweet Joe.
However! No one seems to be responding to my plea for green!
Are you all frightened to tell me something horrible?

Here is the best I can do for you frosti

Hey KT!

Haven't seen nor heard from the green one. She's probably hibernating or something similar. She tends to disappear between big hunts.

what kinda car hit you...color and type...i might be able to get it at work....

can't do it at home...sorry...

It was a silver Honda. I think it was a Civic. Couldn't be sure though. To be honest, I thought it was a Mazda until I saw the hood emblem.

#1 ---- Happy Birthday MMM!!!!!!!

#2 ---HOLY SMOKERS FROSTI!!!!
and to all of you helping him figure out the numbers!!! wow and thanks for your ideas.

we have our own FBI COOLER CREW INVESTIGATIVE TEAM!! = CCI
we have enough practice with clue solving yah know ;)

THX- please pass on to Scribe that I only have the 1901 presidential assassination newspapers NOT 1881. wrong president. sorry :(

I also have a couple around here somewhere on the Lincoln assassination AND Kennedy as well as deaths of Hubert Humphrey.

All but the one she wants. BUT, please tell her she can take her dates down to the 3rd floor JJHill library and look up the newspapers on microfische and print the stories to read if she has time. It cost a quarter a page-I know it's not the same as the original newspaper
:(

TELL HER GOODLUCK- if I find anything I will let you both know.

we have our own FBI COOLER CREW INVESTIGATIVE TEAM!! = CCI
we have enough practice with clue solving yah know ;)

No kidding. I thought of you guys right away!

Hail hail the gang's all here................ as the song fizzles out.. yeah. LOL HELLO everyone ;) Me2 I got that gift certificate for yaz since ya won AW's mock hunt... allz ya gotta do is come in and eat ;) $20 worth of free food!!

goodevening and goodnight -:)
and I look forward to pizza! I have thought of it twice this week already-

check this out everyone...I know, I know-I'm acting just like Oldtimer-"I AM YOUR MOTHER" and you hear this all the time from me......don't throw stuff out til you have exausted asking everyone if they want it!

(I learned this recently the hard way by tossing lawyer files and not thinking of Scribe :( --sorry Scribble.)

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Frosti - Sorry to hear about your hit-and-run, but it's kinda fun being a CCPS investigative officer. ;-)
I have some enhancements that help show what the plate number is but are too big to post to show anything on a size restricted site without reducing quality. Could you please send me the original sized shot or possibly take another one? The first letter clearly looks to be a V or a W but you'll need to send a larger shot showing a little more of the bumper to be sure. Or at least one where you can see where all of the first 3 letters should be anyway. So far I have MN plate VCU-789
Did the cops take any pictures? If not, I'd love to get a hi-res shot to play around with.

Joe

You can see why we would need shots showing just the first 3 and last 3 characters.

WCU789 and VCU789 are not in the MN state License list...
Sorry I can't tell you how I know this...

also
there is three honda civic's that are gray or silver that have
plates that have a 789 in them...

If we can figure out the first letter I can find it...

I think....

Where in the alphabetical sequence are we as far as plates go in Minnesota? I'm sure we're not up to V's yet, but knowing that would cut down the choices of first letters. Kitch, it sounds as though you might know that information.

o.k. this is going to be really bad...I just tried...

A*U7** and B*U7** is 17 gray or silver honda civics in minnesota

and that is just a mess if you think I'm going to scan ever letter for a possible first letter....

I think all you need to do is get 2 more and you might have a remote chance...but will be tough to know for sure......

I wasn't suggesting that you scan every letter in the alphabet. I am just wondering if you have any idea of where we are in the sequence. I just called and they are now on M.

Arabia

See, I Knewyou guys would totally love this!

Kitch,
We jotted down the plate number but were wrong. Here's what we wrote down originally: CJV 789
From the imprint, I'm fairly certain that the V is actually a U. Try using C (or maybe G) for the first letter.

CM,
I have the originals at home, I can e-mail them. Also, you know I'm quite snap-happy so let me know if you want anything in particular and I'll try to get new photos of it.

Youse guys rawk!

THX 1138 3/29/04 10:11am

Lol I know that THX that's why I am looking for him- he could be using another moniker- was a poster a few years ago over at Sympatico's.

With that information, can the police go and look at that vehicle to see if it has damage around it's license plate? And will they? Just wondering. Or.....maybe someone on the case from the CC should surreptitiously go and look at it? Isn't this exciting!

My impression, from talking to the Trooper, is that they won't bother looking for the guy. Too much time and not enough resources. And he also said that even if they catch the guy, hit-and-runs are very hard to prosecute, so they generally don't bother.

but I would bet your insurance company would be very interested

I think if you have most of the license plate and a honda car with damage to tier front bumper-your insurance co. will be interested. What if that guy has his license revoked OR has had lots of accidents already? that would look bad on him.

MystiKal Muzik - Both Mark and I wern't feeling well tonight -We wanted pizza so we wouldnt have to cook -we called you at PAPA Mikes and VJ and Steve but couldnt reach anyone- I dont have your home number on the Cooler Crew list- :(

I will tell you all that that list has come in handy a couple of times now in the last few weeks-wish everyone was on there- especially when the forum was down the other day-I had to make a couple calls due to us going out Friday.

Aghhh the portfolio show is tomorrow and it is swamped in here help some one come and dig me out of this mess:)

only if your covered in snow-so we can get some practice in ;)

GOOD LUCK!

I paid a visit to a likely suspect tonight in Brooklyn Park based on an anonymous tip. Wasn't the guy.

Likely suspect, anonymous tip. This is getting serious. We'll apprehend the perpetrator before long I think.

Frosti... sorry I just go on here.... I messed with my Photo shop and bascially I came up with everything you guys already pushed for..
Sorry to hear about this :(

frosti, tc suggests getting some charcoal and taking a rubbing of your bumper. beyond that, for photoshop analysis, i'd suggest what has already been suggested. multiple straight-on shots of the bumper from going all the way across.

Ok... i'm looking at this thing more now... First Unknown SU-78 Unknown

the last number looks like a 4.

I see the first letter as a V or W - In Times Roman font nonetheless. The first 25 degree slant makes me think this.

V or W?

I'd Say V. If it's a w then it cuts into the area for the second letter.