Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:44:41 -0330
Reply-To:     Bob Norman <B.Norman@THEZONE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Bob Norman <B.Norman@THEZONE.NET>
Subject:      Re: "It's not a Van... it's a Bus."
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Philip Hanson (Volt Computer) wrote:
>
> I dislike referring to my '88 Westie as a "van" - I prefer to call it a
> "bus".  For some reason, "bus" has a better karmic feeling to it.  To me,
> the word "van" conjures up images of an old Chevy cargo van with a broken
> 8-track player, duct tape over the windows and a hostage in the back.
>
> Definitely a "bus" man, myself.  You?

Could not agree more! Took me several years to realize that i really
really didn't like anyone calling my bus a van.  Then one day some one
said the V word and it hit me, It is not a van, vans are common
ordinary, non-fun things with a car steering wheel, and no soul... I
drive a bus. Even though i refer to it on the list as a "Westy" it is
only for the sake of clarity, In person, i never use that term, i always
refer to it as my Bus, or the Bus.

Cheers,
Bob Norman
'81 Bus (Westy)
Gander, NF
Canada
--
Last night, as I lay in bed and looked up at the stars, I thought,
"What the hell happened to my roof."