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Date:         Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:19:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Annie <lsandrsn@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Annie <lsandrsn@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Fwd: [F] Names
In-Reply-To:  <CA+-+seV0+bGq_MrqV0td81T4g-DCocbb2DOetn66YUxawJjw5Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Mine is named Bartok, after the albino bat in the kids movie *Anastasia*. (Don't ask me - it was grandma and the kids' idea!) But my van is not white - it's gold. ;-) Soon to be some other color, like probably burnt orange.

*Annie Anderson* ~ asaMedia Design ~ Blogger, Designer, Thinker & Mom web: asamediagroup.com email: asamediagroup@gmail.com twitter: asamediagroup <http://twitter.com/asamediagroup> *Blazin' a trail where there is no path.*

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Sheilah Rogers <sheilah@sheilah.org> wrote:

> I've had my Vanna White for about 12 years now. ('86 westy) > > in the last month, two people have asked me why my white van is named Vanna > White. > > never did it occur to me that this might happen… ugh! > > s. > > other vans in my life (the ex's, good friend's) include: > > 1/ Lester (that's when he got a dodge tradesman turtle top, i named it) > 2/ Vanglorious, or for short, Vangie (another westy) > 3/ The Nookie (a chinook) > 4/ The Cookie (another chinook) > 5/ The Wookie (another chinook) > > > > > On Oct 21, 2011, at 8:18 AM, John Jensen wrote: > > > I had an 82.5 named Poirot...Hercule Poirot. A play on the > > Belgian/French pronunciation of Hercule: Aircooled. > > Also had a '69 named Swervy because of the major play in the steering > arm. > > Another, a '66, named "Faith" perhaps because that is what kept it > > running. > > Another '66 named "Shanty Mama," after the song by Jonathan Edwards. > > Other were never named or the names never stuck. > > > > johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com > > http://www.johnjensenartist.com > > bluesbug@verizon.net >


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