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I'm now a certified White Van Man
« on: March 25, 2009, 07:09:45 PM »
The boss finally got me a company vehicle.  No more putting 50k a year for the company on my personal truck.
I present to you the new Dasmi-mobile.
2001 Chevy Express, 11,000 miles.


(picture is representative only.  But it looks just like this.)
« Last Edit: March 25, 2009, 07:15:14 PM by dasmi »

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2009, 07:20:28 PM »
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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2009, 07:21:50 PM »
ahahahah :)
Mine's got the company logo on the side, slightly less suspicious.

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2009, 09:03:23 PM »
ahahahah :)
Mine's got the company logo on the side, slightly less suspicious.

Hmmm...

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2009, 11:25:07 PM »
Scout, I think you forgot the part about when the van is arockin'.
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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2009, 11:27:51 PM »
I don't get it.  What makes a generic white van seem suspicious.  They'e common as can be.

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2009, 11:41:58 PM »
They'e common as can be.

That's what makes them suspicious...... :police: :police:
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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2009, 12:30:52 AM »
I don't get it.  What makes a generic white van seem suspicious.  They'e common as can be.

they're always looking for a white van, remember the "D.C snipers" white van, I found this real quick on google
http://www.everyjoe.com/thedailytee/creepy-white-van-t-shirt-helps-prevent-crime/

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2009, 02:36:36 AM »
I don't know what difference the color makes, but they make a handy kidnapping-mobile.  Open the door, grab the victim, tie up and gag, move out.  If you have a driver, you can just grab and go.  With that windowless space, you've got a mobile torture/rape/murder lab.  Or just a discrete place for black market activity, like selling drugs or illegal incandescent Gaea-murder bulbs. 

Shucks, man, let's you and me get one and go on a crime spree. 
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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2009, 08:11:14 AM »
I don't get it.  What makes a generic white van seem suspicious.  They'e common as can be.

While conducting a bit of surveillance for a friend regarding a domestic issue I used the ultimate UC vehicle, the mini van. The boyfriend of friend's wife (Yeah, you get the picture) leaned on the van as he urinated in public, goat headed drunk, after pouring himself out of wife/girlfriend car also occupied by married couple's son.

Made for some interesting reading in the various legal papers filed regarding the divorce.

Oh, I was on the other side of the glass inside as the aforementioned boyfriend leaned on the van.

Beautiful.

The only problem with the mini van is that it can be a problem when a mistaken backing evolution leaves the mini van perched on a bird bath in the front of a mountain cabin a couple of doors down from the house where wife/girlfriend is hosting a party attended by boyfriend/not husband/paramour. That required some pretty fast talking to get the bird bath owner to help push the van back onto the road without tumbling the van down the hill and drawing a bunch of attention from the surveillance target.

I guess my line of bull%$#$#& is better than my driving!!
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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2009, 08:29:51 AM »
I don't get it.  What makes a generic white van seem suspicious.  They'e common as can be.

During the whole DC Sniper incident in 2002, the police were CERTAIN the perps were driving a white van.  They made lots of noise regarding this.  White males in white vans were questioned frequently, including a friend of mine (former Marine with a security clearance that allowed him to work at the White House).  Instead of white men in a white van, it turned out to be black men in a blue sedan.  :rolleyes:

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2009, 10:21:21 AM »
When do you get your lobotomy?  Or, is it only women van drivers that get those.......chris3

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2009, 10:25:17 AM »
I don't know what difference the color makes, but they make a handy kidnapping-mobile.  Open the door, grab the victim, tie up and gag, move out.  If you have a driver, you can just grab and go.  With that windowless space, you've got a mobile torture/rape/murder lab.  Or just a discrete place for black market activity, like selling drugs or illegal incandescent Gaea-murder bulbs. 


And, don't forget, with a few fake magnetic signs, you can make the plain white van look like a legitimate business vehicle and gain access to locations where others might be questioned.
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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2009, 10:28:49 AM »
It needs antennae, and lots of them.

Stencil tire pressure ratings on each of the fender wells, too. 

Mount a generator on a rear-bumper rack with the 115VAC power cord going inside the rear doors, let the generator idle, and park across the street from somebody's home for a while.  =D

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2009, 01:34:32 PM »
What's really fun is a cargo van.  No interior/sound deadening makes them noisy as all getout inside, but it also makes them very, very light.  Coupled with even a modest engine, most cargo vans will get up and scoot!

A company I used to work for purchase a Chevy Astro with the 4.3 liter V6.  By sheer chance it was also geared 4:10 with a posi.  It was like riding inside inside a blender full of rocks but, my-oh-my, that little van ran like a scalded cat.  If I was a betting man I'd say it would probably run low 14's, maybe even a high 13 on a perfect day.  Sucker was QUICK!

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2009, 01:51:05 PM »
It's got cell phone, scanner, and CB radio antennas. :)

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2009, 01:53:31 PM »
What's really fun is a cargo van.  No interior/sound deadening makes them noisy as all getout inside, but it also makes them very, very light.  Coupled with even a modest engine, most cargo vans will get up and scoot!

A company I used to work for purchase a Chevy Astro with the 4.3 liter V6.  By sheer chance it was also geared 4:10 with a posi.  It was like riding inside inside a blender full of rocks but, my-oh-my, that little van ran like a scalded cat.  If I was a betting man I'd say it would probably run low 14's, maybe even a high 13 on a perfect day.  Sucker was QUICK!

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« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2009, 06:36:37 PM »
Politicians and bureaucrats are considered productive if they swarm the populace like a plague of locust, devouring all substance in their path and leaving a swath of destruction like a firestorm. The technical term is "bipartisanship".
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« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2009, 06:42:16 PM »
Nice....all you need is a box of lollipops and a parole officer, then you're all set.....  :laugh:
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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #20 on: March 26, 2009, 07:19:03 PM »
That reminds me, due to the women I hang around with (all are 18+ but basically none look over 15) people joke about getting me an icecream truck with "FREE CANDY" painted on the side.


...I think they were joking, at least.  :lol:
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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #21 on: March 26, 2009, 08:01:27 PM »
I've got a friend who has a Chevy Astro... He's got a 350 in it... And he's about to pull the engine and tranny from a TransCamaro that one of his kids lunched while playing bridge-bumper-cars... He figures he's going to have to do some welding and cutting, but hey... The thing is already reinforced from the earlier donation...
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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #22 on: March 26, 2009, 08:03:08 PM »
Nice. 

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #23 on: March 27, 2009, 09:26:59 AM »
My 2nd roomate, the new roomate has a big white van, and of course when i saw it I made an inappropriate joke that started off something like, wow you could twenty clowns in that thing, and with (a certain people who hail from south of the border) you could fit fifty. Every time a white van is in an accident here in Central Florida, most people ask if there were Mexicans in it because there have been a few accidents where a white van had ten or so Mexicans hop out and run away in hopes of avoiding immigration. Orange county if infamous for busting entire landscapping crews for immigration violations. Luckily I live in Seminole County where most of the landscappers are white good ol' boys who own the businesses themeselves and pay decent wages for the work.

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Re: I'm now a certified White Van Man
« Reply #24 on: March 27, 2009, 10:19:51 AM »
I own one.  They are quite useful.  You can haul a lot of stuff comfortably in one and you can stack all the way to the ceiling if you choose.  It may well be one of the better bug out vehicles.
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