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Subject:Re: Personalized License Plates
Date:Tue, 19 Mar 1996 23:41:36 -0500

and so it was said:

>> >OK, what does NFA 4295 stand for?   <hanging head in shame>
>>
>>         Wait wait! I know I know!! "Not Fade Away", April 2 1995. NFA is
>> the song, 4/2/95 is the date the Grateful Dead performed it.
>>
>Close indeed. The NFA is the song "Not Fade Away", as performed originally
by
>Buddy Holly. The 4295 however might be better written as '42-'95, or a
memorial
>to the dates that Mr. Garcia graced us with his inspirational presence...

        Tricky!! I am duly impressed! Did anyone else catch this elusive
detail? I didn't bother to check setlists, being so used to seeing the date
formats as such. VERY stealth indeed!
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So, was anyone there?   Was it really good, or what?  Was this a Bird
Song/Help on the Way/Loose Lucy type show?

BTW, i've been hearing a lot of bad deadhead jokes recently.  
 What did one deadhead say to the other where they ran out of pot?
Man, this music sucks!
What do you call a Deadhead without a VW bus?
Homeless.

:)   Clara