It happened a couple of weeks ago. I was parked by the rural mailbox picking up the mail and a pretty girl rode past on a bike. She called out "awesome van". Well I think that is what she said, might have been "awesome man". To be quite honest, I don't know which version would have pleased me more.

:)

alistair

On 2012-09-13, at 9:50 PM, Gabriel Hourtouat wrote:

> 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.