Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:40:30 -0800
Reply-To: Joel VanderKwaak <joelvanderkwaak@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Joel VanderKwaak <joelvanderkwaak@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: AL Knol Decoder Software was Snakes in a Bus
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I believe he tried, rather diligently, to avoid any use of or
reference to the words 'vote', 'voter', 'veteran', 'aging',
'disabled', etc; flavoured, as required by recent Northern directive,
with much vanagon content. I failed, unfortunately.
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Larry Chase <roadguy@roadhaus.com> wrote:
> Volks,
>
> Does anyone have an extra set of "Al Knoll aka Cane Rattler aka
> Pensioner Decoder Software" so I can figure out what the hell my
> friend is saying.
>
> I'm lost
>
> larry
> roadhaus.com
>
>
> - - - -
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 08:55:20 -0800
> From: Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Snakes in a Bus (volkstransport)
>
> So how many old cane rattlers do you think you can fit in YOUR bus,
> bunkie? As is my quaint custom I drove some 'cane rattlers' and
> 'geef' to and fro yesterday to help em do 'stuff'. Our local veterans
> group offers a 'shuttle' service and a bowl of chili to those who need
> it. We put five cane rattlers, two geef, and one straightleg in on
> one of the trips. Yeah, not enough seatbelts but whatcha gonna do?
> Talk about stimulating conversation! Geef and cane rattlers in
> animated and pointed discussion regarding that quaint custom I
> mentioned previously.
>
> We did a bunch of trips, no idea how many 'geef', gomers, cane
> rattlers or marginally able shared the bus, but it was a lot.
>
> Always get a 'I useta have one of these' or 'It don't sound like my
> old veedub' We have a small, folding stepstool to assist those who
> struggle with the giant leap into the back and it got a real workout
> yesterday. Bessie the charolais camper did fine, geef hauling,
> keeping her opinions to herself, now if she could pass that on to
> others....
>
> I did get an offer to buy the road diva. But 25000$ just isn't
> enough. Reminds me to upgrade the old insurance policy. I do that
> once a year as the value of Syncro Westfaliae increases each year.
> For a real reality dip, visit gowesty.com and look at the sold vans.
> Holy COW! (a charolais is a large french cow). These divae are
> TWENTY YEARS OLD....Yeah, Joel, I know, having a twenty something
> sharing your life can be really interesting. But I digress, as I
> often do. Change yer smoke alarm batteries, check your fuel lines,
> change the brake fluid, swap the tires around, check the belts, drain
> and refill the water tank, drain and refill the cooling system, lube
> the speedo shaft, grease the shifting box, change the oil again to
> winter grade, check the taillights ( right one had gone to taillight
> heaven, I discovered before the snakes on a bus incident), refill the
> windshield wishywashy with winter grade washywishy (local
> colloquialism here), new blades, clean and lube the seat
> sliders...the tasks never end. Why do we do this? Don't we know
> better? TWENTY YEAR OLD DODDERING OLD LADIES? We put scads of cash
> and years of time into 'em. Gotta be a sickness or something. heh
> heh
>
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