Date:         Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:29:52 -0500
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From:         Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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My 90 GL is named Millennium Falcon III. My 71 loaf was the first
gen, my 79 loaf the 2nd..


To quote Hans Solo(to Luke and Princess Leah) , " It ain't pretty,
but it gets me there"

DM&FS

At 06:13 AM 10/21/2011, ed donnen 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.