> Yeah, I've never seen a full arm wave either, except from close friends > and family. Though there was an exuberant family in a vanagon who > cheered and waved to see my red vanagon cruising the main drag through > town about six months ago. I count it among my most elevated vanagon > experiences, wish all vanagon drivers were that enthusiastic. Most van > owners in town don't react unless they are in the same color van as the > one I'm driving, then I get a you-stole-my-car look of shock for a > second or two. But where I live is nothing like out in the country. > Reminds moi of a wave I got once in my DC outside Moab, Utah- My wife & I were coming back from a camping trip, & a young woman sees the DC & holds her hand to her heart & points to us(the DC actually), jumps up & down as we drive by. My wife looks at moi & says WTF, do you get a lot of those reactions in the bus when I am not w/ you? I say, "no honey, this is the first time"! grin, Tom |
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