> I myself did 11 years in the US navy (submarines). Is there some connection > between Westfalias and ex-squids? Maybe it's wanderlust...or the constant > maintenance...or maybe just living in a confined area... it's the smallest 4-wheeled thingie that can rightfully be called a "boat" .... ... it is the only one that has "berths". ... you go 'sailing' (tacking?) into the wind. ... the engine is in the rear, below 'deck'. ... the control cabin ("bridge") is up front, up high. ... owners are usually "lifers". ... kinda shaped like a barge. or maybe the admiral's jolly boat. :) unca joel ex-ground-pounder (don't like being out of sight of land. i kin walk better than i kin swim! and them airy-plane fellers can't land just anywhere ... got to have them big expensive airports!) |
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