[tcb] Re: Murray update and PSYCOBLOOIE!
- From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:02:20 -0700 (PDT)
The soul of a bus lies in the driver who loves and appreciates the beauty.
I plan on being up there with Brian, probably Thursday, ELizabeth is flyin' in
on Friday...lookin' forward to havin' a good stress free couple o' daze!:)
Then, its back fer surgery... :(
--- On Thu, 6/26/08, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Murray update and PSYCOBLOOIE!
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 9:17 AM
> I winched Murray on to his trailer yesterday and took him
> out to Wayout Salvage. Derrick and Danny inspected him
> carefully and kinda declared him DOA. We figured that we
> would have to, basically, cut off everything from under the
> roof to the B pillar, and were looking at $5K, pretty much
> as Will said. I looked at a '67 that I could gut
> completely and transfer all the mechanicals from Murray.
> Really, build a new bus that wouldn't be Murray.
>
> Interesting concept, at what point does a repair make him
> no longer Murray? The engine and running gear or the body?
> Where is the soul of a bus?
>
> Anyway, as I was getting increasingly depressed, Derrick
> sent me to a guy in Berryville who has a reputation for
> pulling and straightening cars that are beyond saving. He
> looked at it and pronounced that he could fix this, but
> that it could take more than two day's work. I
> personally saw a notch that was really destroyed in an
> accident and that I thought had died, but was put back on
> the road. Now, I find that this was the guy that did it.
>
> So, I am to call him today and see if he can start on
> Murray tomorrow and I get to watch. Let's all cross our
> fingers and toes.
>
> PSYCOBLOOIE!!! Julie is, apparently, this year's
> dynamite jockey. She will be transporting the fireworks.
> Pray for her. Dan and Kat have finally confirmed that they
> will be here, probably Friday, stylin' in a 2008 Jetta
> to show us how the upper crust live. Brown Bus Mike is
> coming on Wednesday to take all the best spots. Steve and
> Sharon and Dennis and Claudia and maybe Mike say Friday,
> Paul and corn on Saturday. Where is Shirley? Somebody get
> to Shirley. Robb and his entourage have said
> "Maybe". If I have not mentioned any of you that
> are coming just chalk it up to my mental state.
>
> All you that are coming need to shame and cajole the ones
> who say no or on the fence. If you can't make it, we
> still love you, but you will forever be the Ones Who
> Weren't Here. And nobody wants that, do they? No.
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