Date:         Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:36:21 -0500
Reply-To:     Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Film sighting of Westy
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Westy = S-l-o-w M-o-v-i-n-g.......?




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





On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> In Richard Linklater's satisfying 2014 film "Boyhood," we have a Westy
> sighting.
>
> The kids' first stepfather (the first of two abusive alcoholics) has a
> road rage incident when he's stuck behind a slow-moving* Westy, loses
> his temper, jams on the gas and passes it in dangerous traffic causing
> much panic.
>
> Looked to be a nice clean white Westy.
>
> * It's apparently slow-moving though we can't tell for certain from the
> camera angles. But (a) it's in front of him and he wants to go faster,
> and (b) it's a Westy.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>