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Date:         Mon, 11 Sep 1995 08:38:51 PDT
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From:         "Joshua R. Poulson" <jrp@plaza.ds.adp.com>
Subject:      Re: Waving Vanagon drivers (again) 

> At 11:24 PM 9/9/95 CDT, SyncroHead@aol.com wrote: > >I waved at dozens of other Vanagon drivers and only got 1 wave back. > >(to their credit, I think most of them didn't notice me)

> On my longest trip in Beethoven (up to Crater Lake) I waved like mad at any > bus in sight. Waved about 50 times (there are lots of buses in California). > Got waved back at twice. Ah well. I think waving might be more prevalent > where the buses aren't.

On my run from Media, PA to Beaverton, OR the ratio of waves/bus increased as population density increased.

I got VERY heavy-duty waves from driver and passengers whenever I passed a vanagon that was also transporting a canoe, like I was. :)

I made sure I waved at every bus I noticed.

------------ Joshua R. Poulson, Systems Engineering, ADP Dealer Services, Portland, OR PGP Public Key available upon request


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