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Date:         Wed, 03 Aug 94 22:31:57 CDT
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From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: nomenclature variation ...

On Wed, 3 Aug 94 20:52:33 CDT Jerry Dunham said: >]so if 1949-1967 are Microbuses (but Jerry has a 1984 Microbus?), >]and 1968-1979 are Buses, or Bread-Loafs (or just Loafs), or Bay-Windows, >]and 1980-1991 are Vanagons or Caravelles or Bricks ... >If I'm the Jerry in question, my '84 will always be a bus to me, as was >my '76, and my '69. And if I ever have one of those EuroThingies, it'll >still be a bus to me. If it's a box with windows and seats, it's a bus.

i think it was you or jerry huff. by the by, here's a thought that keeps recurring to me (only you, joel):

if it's a PRIDE of lions, and a HERD of cows, and a GAGGLE of geese, and so forth,

what are a bunch of buses when they all get together? a brick-yard? a bakery of buses? a parking lot?

just stiring the pot a little. :) joel


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