Date:         Tue, 28 Jan 2003 06:34:26 -0500
Reply-To:     80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
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From:         80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject:      Re: The Vanagon wave!!
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@ATTBI.COM>
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Another interesting two handed "wave" is the VW sign, again
not recomended while driving. I live in downtown Toronto, a
city with BIG traffic issues, I walk a lot of places.

When I see a van stopped at a light or something while I'm
walking I give them the VW sign. Basicly you make each hand
into a "V" peace sign and overlay them so that it looks like
a VW.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:26:37 -0800
>From: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@ATTBI.COM>
>Subject: The Vanagon wave!!
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>It's been on the list before, but I'm going to get it
started again.
>
>I must have passed by a half dozen Vanagons on my way to the
office today
>here in Seattle, and a couple of folks even waved at me! I
didn't really
>have a chance to properly wave back, so, I'm now going to
waving at every
>Vanagon driver I see.  This simple gesture of automotive
camaraderie was the
>norm in the '70's when I was driving my MGB, which my wife
and I still
>drive, and it is a custom that I think needs to be brought
back.
>
>So, if you happen to be driving around Seattle wave at other
Vanagon
>drivers, and look for an old yellow Vanagon Westy (with a
much older driver)
>that has a blue Vanagon.com sticker on the top and wave with
both hands so
>I'll know you are on the list!!
>
>Okay, okay, that's a bad idea.  Maybe someone else can come
up with a
>non-offensive one hand wave we can all use!  Thumbs up maybe?
>
>(Oh boy, this is a whole new topic. I probably should have
waited for Friday
>for this post!)
>
>Stuart MacMillan
>Seattle
>'84 yellow Westy w/2.1
>Westy owner since '74
>Plus a family full of MGBs