On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:36:30 -0800 Chris Paquette said:
>I dislike referring to my '88 Westie as a "van" - I prefer to call it a
>"bus".  For some reason, "bus" has a better karmic feeling to it.  To me,
>the word "van" conjures up images of an old Chevy cargo van with a broken
>8-track player, duct tape over the windows and a hostage in the back.
>Definitely a "bus" man, myself.  You?

to me, it's a bus or a Vanagon ... not a van. sometimes "my truck", but
mostly "The Bus". when i don't call it by its own name, that is. :)