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Mon, 30 May 2011 06:13  |
hertfordnc
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Literature doesn't come up here very often but I figure I can't be the only one who was inspired by Steinbeck.
Growing up in a boring New England mill town, the book got me through 9th grade.
I've always dreamed of recreating the trip with my family.
I considered naming the Revcon Rocinante but I figured I'd get tired of explaining it to people.
Alas, this article says the book is largely fiction.
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Travels with Charlie was a myth? [message #127969 is a reply to message #127966] |
Mon, 30 May 2011 08:24  |
James Hupy
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Another journey, perhaps more applicable to GMCs, is "Blue Highways", By
William Least-Heat Moon. I think he wrote it in about 1978.
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Hardie Johnson <hardie.j@gmail.com> wrote:
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> hertfordnc wrote on Mon, 30 May 2011 07:13
> > <>I considered naming the Revcon Rocinante but I figured I'd get tired of
> explaining it to people.
> > Alas, this article says the book is largely ficion.
> Surprised? You shouldn't be, he was after all, a master of fictional
> literature. Their job is to fool us. After all, Don Q himself was deluded to
> believe chivalary was real.
> Someone else here had used Rocinante for a GMC name, based on Don
> Quixote,but had the same problem as you mentioned.
> "Has met Dulcinea many times"
> --
> Hardie Johnson "Crashj"
> 1973 26 foot Glacier, White Thing
> Raleigh NC
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| Re: [GMCnet] Travels with Charlie was a myth? [message #127974 is a reply to message #127969] |
Mon, 30 May 2011 08:59 |
James Hupy
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Another book: "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintence" 1974, by Robert M
Pirsig. Involves a 17 day motorcycle road trip by father/son, bonding stuff,
life affirming and all that.
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:24 AM, James Hupy <jamesh1296@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another journey, perhaps more applicable to GMCs, is "Blue Highways", By
> William Least-Heat Moon. I think he wrote it in about 1978.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, OR
> 78 GMC Royale 403
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> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Hardie Johnson <hardie.j@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> hertfordnc wrote on Mon, 30 May 2011 07:13
>> > <>I considered naming the Revcon Rocinante but I figured I'd get tired
>> of explaining it to people.
>> > Alas, this article says the book is largely ficion.
>> Surprised? You shouldn't be, he was after all, a master of fictional
>> literature. Their job is to fool us. After all, Don Q himself was deluded to
>> believe chivalary was real.
>> Someone else here had used Rocinante for a GMC name, based on Don
>> Quixote,but had the same problem as you mentioned.
>> "Has met Dulcinea many times"
>> --
>> Hardie Johnson "Crashj"
>> 1973 26 foot Glacier, White Thing
>> Raleigh NC
>> _______________________________________________
>> GMCnet mailing list
>> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
>> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
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