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Subject:Fraydaye -- What Was Your Favourite Westy Moment This Week?
From:Gabriel Hourtouat
Date:Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:50:57 -0400

Mine:
Sunny, mid-day family outing to the library.  Parallel park in front
of a restaurant between SUPER! swanky, lovely green Porsche and some
big Audi.  Wifey says "look" -- kids wave to the faces watching us
through the restaurant windows.  It's so innocent that the faces wave
back.  Park job is perfection in one movement, stop engine, wheels
coast to the curb.  Side door opens.  Nalgene water bottle and
children's toys make a racket as they tumble out of the van and spread
across the sidewalk.  Kids and parents laugh, as if on cue.

Same faces watch us pull out of the parking spot 20 minuts later.
Exhaust leak (which has graduated from "tick tick tick" and is
no-longer self-sealing when hot) accelerates slowly into the distance
- fut......fut.....fut....fut...fut..fut.fut.fut.fut.  wifey laughs --
she loves the sound of the engine.

she wants me to go see Frank C and Rita again.

she wants us to get an orange bus.

she's crazy.

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