Prime Wheels

I got a new car about two months ago. We needed a third vehicle so my son could get to work without major inconvenience to his parents. It was either buy him an older used car or buy me a new car and give him by 8 year old Camry. We opted for the latter.

I had to get new tags for the new car (a 2005 Camry). I chose the nifty-looking Maryland Chesapeake Bay tags. Rather than the usual 3-letter/3-digit format used by most Maryland license plates, the Chesapeake Bay tags have just a number. I remember thinking when I filled out the registration form at the dealer, "Boy I hope I get a prime number on my plates." I've always liked prime numbers. There's just something special about them. (Like they have no factors other than 1 and themselves.) And they have many useful applications, like making good seeds for random number generators.

My tags recently came in and do you know what the number was? 43067! That's right, my license plate number is 43067.

A prime number! How cool is that? I am tickled to death. You're all excited for me, right? Just a bit? Maybe a little? No? Not at all?

*Sigh* I suppose little things please little minds.

FYI, 43063 is also prime.
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