Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 03:45:54 -0800
Reply-To: Ron Lussier <coyote@ANDROMEDIA.COM>
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From: Ron Lussier <coyote@ANDROMEDIA.COM>
Subject: Short report from London
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Hi there!
I'm tooling around London this week, and naturally I'm keeping my eyes open
for Vanagons and other interesting vehicles. The first cool car I spotted
was a Fiat Amigo. It looks exactly like a Vanagon Westie, except it's 2/3
scale. Very cute. (I took a picture and will hopefully post it soon.)
I also saw a EuroVan flatbed pick-up. Very strange. It's a EuroVan
double-cab with a VERY long autocarrier back. The back end is about 1.5
times the length of a normal EuroVan double-cab (I think there's a picture
of one of these on my web site.)
I had only two other van spottings. The first VW van I saw here was a VW
Vanagon panel van, apparently used by a housepainter. There were two huge
ladders strapped to the roof. The second was a Vanagon high-top camper. (I
didn't think to check the plates for country-of-origin.)
I'm having fun, but London is sooooo expensive. Everything costs about the
same number of pounds as dollars, i.e., lunch is about £5-7.00.
Unfortunately, the exchange rate is about 1.65 US$ per £. On the positive
side, everything here is incredibly charming. It seems like every pub has a
story about a historical figure who used to have affairs in their keg cellar
or something. London is very multicultural, and everyone speaks with a
british accent... africans, indians, japanese, which of course I think is
very sexy.
We spent one night watching this show called "Blind Date", which is like
"The Dating Game" but with a really nasty edge. After the two folks go on a
date, they come back and get all nasty with one another. One woman was
saying "I was all up for a snog, but he's a bit of a wet noodle." He was
saying "She was so pushy and gobby. I could hardly breath, let alone talk."
Nasty and fun to watch, sort of like when your neighbors have a brawl.
Coyote
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