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Subject:Re: boy or girl?
From:John Rodgers
Date:Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:37:22 -0500

How about "Yuz" ?

"Yuz" does this, "Yuz" does that, "Yuz" carries all the Girl Scouts,
"Yuz" carries all the Groceries, "Yuz" likes camping....etc, etc,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver of the  "The Red Brick"

Joy Hecht wrote:

>Oh dear, does that mean Matilda should be named Fayez, after her PO?
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>Joy
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>and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
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>:::-----Original Message-----
>:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
>:::Of bueses
>:::Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 1:53 PM
>:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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>:::> Anyone else out there refer to their V'gon as a boy? I know the
>:::tradition is
>:::> to call all things mechanical (cars, boats, etc) "she," but to me, my
>:::van is
>:::> a "he" - nothing feminine about him.
>:::>
>:::> I'm sure Greg Potts' **Bob the Tomato** is a boy... or maybe not?
>:::>
>:::> /Trina
>:::> '91 Multivan "Blue" (definitely a boy's name)
>:::
>:::My 84 Westy is named Detlef, even w/ vanity plates named that.  It was
>:::named
>:::in honor of a German, Detlef S., who was the original owner for 18 years,
>:::&
>:::kept it in pristine condition before he sold it to moi. In fact, he would
>:::not let me drive it when my wife & I, the 1st tentative buyers, showed up
>:::to
>:::look at it!  He took us for a ride in it, & told us how to care for it(do
>:::not follow to closely behind other vehicles, don't go over 55 mph, etc.)
>:::
>:::Tom
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