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Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:15:43 -0700
Reply-To:   Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From:   Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:   Re: [F] Names
Comments:   To: Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@GMAIL.COM>
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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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