Date:         Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:31:58 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         djenkins@foxboro.com (Drew Jenkins)
Subject:      Re: waving


Unca Joel writes: 
>
>On Sat, 22 Apr 95 08:30:22 CDT Gerald Skerbitz said:
>>I waved at a Eurovan MV yesterday, and he honked and waved back!  <grin>
>
>:(  i'm in my bus and waved at a vanagon camper yesterday; flashed my lights
>and waved like crazy:
>
>i got a slight movement of the wrist in return.  :(

I'm in the habit of waving to all Splits, Busses, V'gons and EVs.

Here in RI, there aren't many of any of these. I almost always get waves
back from the busses and splits, 50% on the Vanagons and only once from an
EV. 

My wife initially thought that waving to other drivers was something "You
shouldn't do". (Who knows, New England Puritan ethics I guess :-). But
now she enjoys it as much as I do. When we are together in the Vanagon, 
we try to make it a game to see how many in the other vehicle will wave.

Friday she told me she waved to an EV and got a response. Its the first 
that has waved back to her. Granted, she has only seen probably less than 
10 but for her it was a moral victory.

So, long story short... it was interesting the EV wave thread just started.
Now I'm getting a little veclempt... Talk among yourself...  I'll give you 
yet another topic.. "Microsoft is neither micro nor soft. Discuss" :-)

Drew Jenkins  86 Synchro
djenkins@foxboro.com

 
> Was it anything like the full extension of the third finger?
> 
> When our street got completely flooded last winter, I set up a sign
> at my house and stood out there trying to keep people from enterin (cause
> the make a big traffic jam where the road dips and creates a river) and
> one guy flying by in a 4x4 flipped my off and kept going.  A few hours later
> he was able to get a buddy to come pull him out, and his truck sat in front
> of my house for a day or so until he got a tow truck to come get it...
> 
> Thom
> -- 
> > If I don't have some insanity soon, I'll go mad!
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