Date:         Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:24:11 -0800
Reply-To:     Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The Subtle Joys of Busdom
Comments: To: Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@gmail.com>
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Lately I get a lot of waves from truck drivers, especially when climbing
hills right alongside them.  I don't know if they just like the company, or
the fact that I usually make an effort to stay out of theri way (not easy
when running the San Francisco Bay Area commute - dodging SUV yuppies on one
side and trying to give the trucks room on the other!)

Donna, 87 Syncro


On 2/6/07, Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A woman passed me on the highway yesterday while I was driving the bus –
> smiled, blew me a kiss and waved. Don't know if was the bus, the zebra
> stripes or this gosh-darn mug of mine.
>
> Come to think of it, it probably was the bus. I get a
> lot of that; women are always coming up to me and telling me how much
> they looove my bus. Especially the tattooed, pierced type with sh*t
> kicker boots. *Yow*
>
> Are VW buses really such chick magnets (pardon the expression, ladies) ?
>
> Sigh. Some days I wish I was single and twenty-something again. Then
> again, maybe not. But I probably should let my son drive the bus more
> often. Man, turning into an old fart sucks. Sure could've used Marty
> 25 years ago ;)
>
> Nathaniel
>
> Marty
> 1980 Zebra Bus
> (AKA AC vanagon)
>