The Providence Journal / Steve Szydlowski

When Charles Scott Jr., of Warwick, was working his way through college at the Shipyard Drive-In Theater back in the ’70s, his boss was retiring and moving out of state and was giving up the plate PROVRI. Charles went to the Registry and was able to get the plate, which he now has on his London Roadster, a kit car. People sometimes comment on how neat it is to have the state and capital, so Charles wondered if it would be possible to have the reverse, RI PROV. He went to the Registry and, lo and behold, it too was available, so he got it. Charles says he and his wife, Sonya, are quite opposite. As they say, opposites attract, so once married, he gave her the plate.

sszydlow@projo.com