Sie müssen einen Hut immer tragen, wenn Sie Ihr Vanagon fahren!
Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "Joe's Van" WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 6:57 PM, levi hawkins <b1levi@yahoo.com> wrote: > This entire diatribe puts me in quite a pickle, as I am certain I am > German, having traced my lineage back to stocken bei kierspe, westfalen, > preussen, at least to the mid 1400's. And yet, I do not even *own* a hat. > Perhaps this is a failing on my part? Am I denegrating my forebears by not > donning a donut of some sort? > > > --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: "Thieves Cashing in on Stolen Clunkers in Germany" (shows a > Vanagon being heisted) > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 12:12 PM > > "... to a German gentleman (he wore a hat)..." > > [fuddles brow in puzzlement] > > What kind of hat? A German hat? A German gentleman's hat? I sometimes wear > a hat. Now I wonder if people think I'm German when I wear a hat. > > This little bit of extra information leads to so many questions, not one > of which is Vanagon-oriented, so I apologize for even bringing this up ... > b-but others might want to be on the lookout for men wearing hats which > indicate, either by the cut of their hat, or the simple fact that they are > in fact out and about wearing hats at all, that they are German. And take > action accordingly. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > Bend, OR > KG6RCR > > > > On 8/12/2009 8:23 PM Melissa Mourkas wrote: > > > I sold my first Westy, an '85, in 1995 to a German gentleman (he wore > > a hat) who claimed he was going to ship it back to Germany for sale. > > There may be some truth to this. > > > > On Aug 12, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Poppie Jagersand wrote: > > > >> --- On Tue, 8/11/09, Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >>> > >> When I was in Germany 2006-7 it was even difficult to buy a used T3 > >> Vanagon. The good ones went to other parts of Europe, and the less > >> good to Africa. > > > > > > > > Melissa Mourkas > > 84 Westy > > > |
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