Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:42:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Cory Sammons <slagskot@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Cory Sammons <slagskot@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Surfboards and other near disasters
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reminds me of a ski trip i took in college
the front clamp arm of the ski rack on my buddy's truck broke so we clamped
the skis in the back clamp and tied them to the front crossbar
as we were driving home people kept honking and waving and flashing their
lights
we would honk and wave back thinking they were just other college kids
having a good time
after this happened a few too many times, i decided to lean out the window
and check things out on the roof (no fair pulling over to the side on a road
rip!)
i found that the string in front had snapped and the skis were standing
straight up in the air, held only by the rear clamp!
it was hilarious at the time, but thank god no one was hurt - especially the
idiot leaning out the window at 60mph!
anyway - be careful and double check things stored on the roof
serious personal injury could result if you try to make your wife lean out
the window at 60mph!
cory
84 westy
maine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Wellhouse" <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: Surfboards and other near disasters


> Gee:  maybe that's what was happening the night I was hauling 9 kayaks and
a
> canoe home on top of my Vanagon.  All those blinking lights that I thought
> were fireflies behind me might've actually been turn signal lamps!!
>
> Dimwitted Mooseand Flying Squirrel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Kasper" <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 3:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Surfboards and other near disasters
>
>
> > on 8/27/2001 12:54 PM, Joseph Fortino at fortino1@ONEBOX.COM wrote:
> >
> > > speaking of nutty stuff, last Friday some smart dude was
> > > carring a complete garage door ontop of his small pickup truck in the
> > > fast lane.. I moved out of the way.. Lost a good friend, when a truck
> > > lost some of his load.. It came threw his front window killing him,
all
> > > the time his 5 year was in the seat next to him.
> > >
> >
> >
> > we were driving in eugene on our way back to portland and saw a 15'
dinghy
> > tied upside down on an older mitsubishi short bed pickup truck.  tied
> upside
> > down on the bedrack, and the boat was nearly as long as the truck.  the
> > bottom of the keel was four feet above the top of the cab roof.
> >
> > i discreetly moved onto a different freeway.
> >
> > bill
> > '87 syncro westfalia
> > http://www.scruznet.com/~kasper/pics/westy/
>