> this brings to mind a question: how many of us are "hippies"? i don't > think of my syncro as a "hippie van", it's a 4wd brute that i use for > hauling stuff on mountain trips. but i also use it to camp at festivals > and tailgate at red rocks. i listen to a lot of hippie music (i was in > high school in vermont at the beginning of the phish era) and vote > green, but i work 9 - 5 and shop at the gap. > > it seems like most vanagon owners are utilitarian german van > enthusiasts, not dead-following, nader-voting vegans. am i right? > I think that hippies in vw buses are the prevalent stereotype out there. It is right up there w/ if you live in Utah like I do, then you are Mormon. I am neither, but am constantly dealing w/ these stereotypes. I guess it's better than looking of middle eastern ethnicity at the moment, at least we are not being persecuted anymore for driving our hippie vans! At least I have not had that problem. FWIW, Tom-heading to Burning Man in my hippie van-grin |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.