Kathi and I enjoy watching the television show "Lost." We were loyal followers, if we couldn't be home on Wednesday nights we would DVR it so we could keep up on all of the plot twists and turns. Well ever since I told my friend Pat about our move to the jungle he has made reference to the fact that it seemed a little like we would be joining the Dharma Initiative which is a major part of the show. Now if you are not a fan of the show you may want to skip the next paragraph and just check out the last paragraph.
So Saturday night our staff was invited to a once a month get together at one of the Chevron families homes for a camp wide get together. We all met at Andrew and Diana's house which is another teaching couple here. We were told that they had a van that could take us all to the party. When I laid eyes on the 67' VW Bus I laughed out loud at the fact that here I was in the jungle riding around in a Dharma Initiative vehicle and all I was missing in order to be an extra on "Lost" was a one piece grey jumpsuit that had my name on it. Pat if you are checking this blog these pictures are for you.
Off of the "Lost" topic and on to the experience of the VW. First off we have a staff of Five teaching couples and our Principal and her husband. We were told that they could take three of the couples over at a time. Kathi and I were in the first group to leave along with two other couples and Andrew and Diana. We get into the van and realize they only have one three person bench seat in the entire van. This means that the boys are sitting on the bench and the girls are on our laps. No problem except...First the van won't start because it had not been driven all summer. Once we get it started the headlights won't work. All the while this is going on it is 80 degrees outside and the windows are fogging up inside the van. The girls makeup is starting to run and a few of us guys have to go to the bathroom. We haven't even left the driveway. We decide that headlights aren't really all that important for driving in the dark so now we are ready to get this thing out on the open road. One problem. The clutch is going out an we can't get it in reverse to get it out of the driveway. After about ten attempts to get it in reverse, each time inching closer to the back of his house because consistently he was finding 4th gear, and several offers of those sitting in the German Engineered sauna in the back that it was really ok to walk to the party, Andrew was finally able to get it into reverse. Once moving Herbie's love child ran like a top and had us to the shindig in no time, albeit with no headlights. The party was great and the return trip was much less adventure filled and he even got the headlights working.
Kathi and I enjoy watching the television show "Lost." We were loyal followers, if we couldn't be home on Wednesday nights we would DVR it so we could keep up on all of the plot twists and turns. Well ever since I told my friend Pat about our move to the jungle he has made reference to the fact that it seemed a little like we would be joining the Dharma Initiative which is a major part of the show. Now if you are not a fan of the show you may want to skip the next paragraph and just check out the last paragraph.
So Saturday night our staff was invited to a once a month get together at one of the Chevron families homes for a camp wide get together. We all met at Andrew and Diana's house which is another teaching couple here. We were told that they had a van that could take us all to the party. When I laid eyes on the 67' VW Bus I laughed out loud at the fact that here I was in the jungle riding around in a Dharma Initiative vehicle and all I was missing in order to be an extra on "Lost" was a one piece grey jumpsuit that had my name on it. Pat if you are checking this blog these pictures are for you.
Off of the "Lost" topic and on to the experience of the VW. First off we have a staff of Five teaching couples and our Principal and her husband. We were told that they could take three of the couples over at a time. Kathi and I were in the first group to leave along with two other couples and Andrew and Diana. We get into the van and realize they only have one three person bench seat in the entire van. This means that the boys are sitting on the bench and the girls are on our laps. No problem except...First the van won't start because it had not been driven all summer. Once we get it started the headlights won't work. All the while this is going on it is 80 degrees outside and the windows are fogging up inside the van. The girls makeup is starting to run and a few of us guys have to go to the bathroom. We haven't even left the driveway. We decide that headlights aren't really all that important for driving in the dark so now we are ready to get this thing out on the open road. One problem. The clutch is going out an we can't get it in reverse to get it out of the driveway. After about ten attempts to get it in reverse, each time inching closer to the back of his house because consistently he was finding 4th gear, and several offers of those sitting in the German Engineered sauna in the back that it was really ok to walk to the party, Andrew was finally able to get it into reverse. Once moving Herbie's love child ran like a top and had us to the shindig in no time, albeit with no headlights. The party was great and the return trip was much less adventure filled and he even got the headlights working.
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Just don't go near the black smoke...
The guy with the eyeliner just showed up at your folks' farm in 1976 and told them their oldest son was going to be very special. Then he shot some hoops.
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