The Beatles and the Stones nailed my teens. I am a member of Baltimore Biodiesel <http://www.baltimorebiodiesel.org/>(see me on the youtube bottom of the page) where we buy certified B100 in summer, B50 in winter. I run it in my daily ride, a stock 93' Mercedes 300D 2.5 turbodiesel. (NOT a Veggy Greaser. We use certified, taxed and dyed diesel fuel from non-petro sources. "No war and drillin' required".). Anyway, When Libby and I found our tent replacement, an 82' camper na diesel -- amazingly it is YELLOW! "We all live in a Yellow Submarine...." by Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band No discussion. She became the "Yellow Sub". Frank
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: > I always thought that when I got a Vanagon I'd name it Greta, after the > oddball lady weekend announcer on our local NPR affiliate, but we got it > during the week that Pluto was demoted from planethood several years ago and > that had great significance but I did not like the Disney association that > everyone assumes. So we just call it the camper. It has never been > officially named. > > Stephen > > --- On Fri, 10/21/11, Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > From: Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: [F] Names > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Friday, October 21, 2011, 11:58 AM > > > I named our splittie double cab Lili Marlene, and my 87 Wolfsburg Lola-Lola > (for Dietrich's character in The Blue Angel). My son has the Wolfsburg > now, and I may buy it back from him since he is in need of a small pickup. > A German exchange student named our Syncro but I honestly can't recall the > name she picked. Most of the time we just call our Syncro "the Bus." My > 99 > TDI Beetle is named "Destry" for James Stewart's character in "Destry Rides > Again," as my 99 used to below to my parents until they passed away, and my > Dad's name was James Stewart also. > > Donna > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:13 AM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Well, here we are again on a Fryday. I was wondering how many of us have > > named our Vans, along with the what and why. I know from posts that > Ralph > > has a "Velma" and Pete has an " Aardvark" and a "JoesVan". > > So here goes, the story of my 91 Doka. Once upon a time in a driveway in > > Annandale, VA I had a 71 Single Cab, a 81 Bus, and a 2001 Bus. I was > > feeling a bit too rich so I decided in a fit of largess to clear my > > driveway > > for the benefit of the less fortunate and purchase something new. That > > night I had a dream. Now some plains Native American groups have the > > "Legend of the White Buffalo." It seems that you have this vision of a > > White Buffalo and it means something (I hope I'm not getting too > technical > > here). So I dreamt I saw a white DoKa with the sides down. Do you know > if > > you look at a Doka with all gates down, with the massive front end and > > small > > tight rear end it does have the shape of a buffalo? > > So the next day I found a white 91 DoKa and before long I had four (4) > > decades of Type II in my over-crowded driveway. So I made three people > > very > > happy with their new vans and I had my vision truck. > > ed- with the 91 DoKa, "Bison"; because getting the nomenclature correct > is > > important. > > > |
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