Date:         Sat, 20 Dec 2014 12:05:37 -0500
Reply-To:     Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: My BLUE van is home!!!
Comments: To: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com>
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Another bus adventure that will be a great campfire story!

Pete
'87 Westy "JoesVan"
'79 Westy "Aardvark"




On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:

> So, I went to pick up my van from the paint shop and got there at
> about 4 PM. We figured we'd put the headlights and taillights on it
> and drive it home, but we couldn't find the screws for the headlights,
> so decided to try to get 'er home before dark.
>
> We got about 2 miles down the road and there was a speed trap in Fork
> Union. Yep, I got pulled over. The police officer was very nice, and
> very confused. He said you've got no headlights and you've got no
> windshield wipers and you don't have an inspection sticker on your
> windshield. I said, yes, you're absolutely right. I just picked up the
> van from being painted and I'm just trying to get it home to put all
> the parts back on, oh, and they replaced the windshield, so that's why
> there's no inspection sticker, but I have the receipt from where it
> was inspected in April. He says, where's home? I said I was trying to
> get to Charlottesville, but I could take it to Lake Monticello. He
> said, Lake Monticello it is. Oh, and I'm cutting you a lot of slack
> here, but if somebody else pulls you over? I said, too bad? Yes, too
> bad, he says. So, we continue on our way, squeaking through another
> speed trap, and get 10 miles down the road and the oil warning light
> and buzzer go off. Crap. Called AAA and had the van towed home.
> Sigh... Still, the van's home and it's beautiful, and, hopefully, I
> didn't blow up the engine . . . First order of business on getting
> home, pouring a good, stiff drink.
>
> Marc Perdue
>