IVIV(13) references - trucks, tootees, classifieds

[Michael Bailey]

Peter Petto wrote:
> p216 "Peterbilt Rig" "VW Bus" "Kenworth" "Econoline van" -- lately Peterbilt
> and Kenworth are both PACCAR brands, with common drivetrains, sort of like
> Rolls Royce and Bentley. So telling them apart by sound would be quite the
> trick. I don't know if they were quite so similar in the early 70s. VW bus
> vs Econoline van seems like an easier call.

"It was the way the voices combined"  (-;

>
>
> p217 "shawm" a medieval woodwind instrument
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawm
>
> p217 "pommer" sort of a bass shawm
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pommer
>
sounds like somebody Robin would've met


also, "Puck" shows up again on 217...

another association for the name would be "hockey puck"
(apologies if that's already been mentioned)
Don Rickles used to pepper his routines with the phrase, applying
it to hecklers, for instance: "ya hockey puck!"


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