Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:48:43 -0400
Reply-To: Frank Lee <techedteacher@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Frank Lee <techedteacher@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [F] Names
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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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