[tcb] Re: Name that event

  • From: Paul Smith <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:50:31 -0600

I like

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On Dec 23, 2012, at 8:05 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> An interesting story on a bulli.  About 20 years ago I was restoring a single 
> cab and working on it in front of my garage.  A young man about college age 
> stopped and wanted to know about my "bulli."  He sort of took me by surprise. 
>  Most people have limited knowledge of split busses, much less an SC; they 
> usually think it is a cut up VW bus (right Paul); so a twenty year old using 
> the term bulli was very unusual.  So I asked him how he knew the term bulli.  
> His explanation was that his grandfather was German, lived in Germany, and 
> had a VW bus; and he usually visited his grandfather in the summer; and 
> that's what they called them.
>  
> Anyway, I like Das Belton Bullis; and we could add @P if need be, but I just 
> like Das Belton Bullis as is.  Also gives sort of a slang to it; as in "The 
> big belting trucks."
> From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sun, December 23, 2012 7:20:37 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Name that event
> 
> Now I like that one!
> 
> On Dec 23, 2012, at 6:55 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Das Belton Bullis
>> 
>> From: Chuck Blue <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Sun, December 23, 2012 10:12:42 AM
>> Subject: [tcb] Name that event
>> 
>> Transporter Classic @ Belton  ---TCB
>> oleblue

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