I get the wave from other VW bus drivers, and teenaged
boys give me the V peace sign, to which I respond with
the W sign, but no blown kisses from babes.  That
would be nice.

Stephen

--- mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Hmm. Maybe it's your zebra stripe, Nathaniel. ;]
>
> I don't get much attention from anyone. Or perhaps I
> am just oblivious. I
> don't think I've evere gotten "the wave" either.
> I've only been driving the
> bus since July so perhaps I just don't have enough
> over the road experience.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@gmail.com>
> Date: Feb 6, 2007 12:03 PM
> Subject: The Subtle Joys of Busdom
> To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
>
> A woman passed me on the highway yesterday while I
> was driving the bus �
> smiled, blew me a kiss and waved. Don't know if was
> the bus, the zebra
> stripes or this gosh-darn mug of mine.
>
> Come to think of it, it probably was the bus. I get
> a
> lot of that; women are always coming up to me and
> telling me how much
> they looove my bus. Especially the tattooed, pierced
> type with sh*t
> kicker boots. *Yow*
>
> Are VW buses really such chick magnets (pardon the
> expression, ladies) ?
>
> Sigh. Some days I wish I was single and
> twenty-something again. Then
> again, maybe not. But I probably should let my son
> drive the bus more
> often. Man, turning into an old fart sucks. Sure
> could've used Marty
> 25 years ago ;)
>
> Nathaniel
>
> Marty
> 1980 Zebra Bus
> (AKA AC vanagon)
>
>
> --
> mordo
> 1990 Carat
>

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