Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 13:10:16 -0700
Reply-To: Monsieur Obeechi <obeechi@RUNBOX.COM>
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From: Monsieur Obeechi <obeechi@RUNBOX.COM>
Subject: Re: Wal-Mart parking lots
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People are always complaining that their van caught on fire and they blame it on the poor fuel lines. Well that was just their factory installed barbeque lighting up. You have to use morse code and understand German to get the vent controls to turn it on. Das ist mein barbeque.
From: Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com>
To: "Monsieur Obeechi" <obeechi@runbox.com>
Subject: Re: Wal-Mart parking lots
>
> That's a new twist on Roach Coach. I can see it now. No bed, no cabs
just four reefers and stove tops serving everything from bento, sushi,
bbq and hot huckleberry pie!
On 5/20/08, Monsieur Obeechi <obeechi@runbox.com> wrote:
Park under a really bright street light, then it doesn't look like
you're up to something, and you get security. If you've really
clever, you can tap into the lights' electric current and barbeque
hotdogs in your open hatch. Before you know it, you'll have a crowd
of friendly locals hanging out like hungry pigeons
From: taeke <taeke.t@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Wal-Mart parking lots
> In a vanagon a real option is to park on the street. It's somewhat
stealthy in the urban east coast.
> I really don't want a ticket and tow.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: 5/20/2008 12:58 AM
> Subject: Wal-Mart parking lots
>
> Like most 'un-written' or assumed privileges, if you seek to
'define' the
> 'rules' you'll find we'll all be denied. I hate it when I see
stuff like
> "Wal-Mart overnights" being wrecked, but it seems to be on the way
out. When
> pushy travelers start to 'assume' that camping in Wal-Mart is a
right,
> rather than just something that's "benignly overlooked" as a matter
of
> course, when people deploy their awnings and set up barbies at 4pm
in the
> lot...Not good..
> As soon as someone really "steps in it", Wal-Mart's legal staff
will
> 'intrude' and mandate that nationwide the stores prohibit overnight
parking
> in their lots...likely they will cite "Insurance or Liability"..and
then you
> WILL get ticketed for parking there overnight, or have some cop
banging on
> your van at 3am telling you to move on...
> Too bad, because the late night Wal Mart snooze was often the
only real
> alternative, in some areas, to keeping on driving till you fell
asleep or to
> renting a $100 motel bed for an hour or two..
> Don Hanson
>
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--
Neil
'82 Diesel Westy
Peace of
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