On Apr 2, 2010, at 5:27 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hijack!!(sorry) which makes me think (and thanks so much!) that
> 'batik' would make a great name for a van.
> You would have to
> capitalize it, but, so much for the details.......which brings up a
> question that keeps me up many nights. Ben T, do you name your vans
> or are you not the sensitive type? If you don't, is it because you
> think others will think you to be weak, or even perhaps (God
> forbid,) some
> kind of liberal? If you do name your vans, does it concern you that
> others may view you as snarky? I've gotten somewhat off track, but
> that's what hijacking is all about, right? Now give it up!

Do not use names common to people. My Vanagons do get nicknames. As a
kid my grandparents had series if canine pets called "Doggie". It
should be noted that I grew up in a country where 'bakit' means 'why'
and batik is a kind of print on cloth. We have men called Boy's and
called Girlie, Baby, etc. Some of them are doctors, nurses, even
militant revolutionaries. So think nothing of it when you hear  me
call my white 1989 Syncro 16 Doublecab 'Syncro'. I have other Syncros
but only one was called just 'Syncro'. It's California license plates
even carry it's moniker.

Now leave my hijack thread alone!?!?@&$");-

BenT

Ps: my 2wd Canadian Double cab is just called 'the doublecab'. My kids
call it the smuggler.