Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:01:22 -0700
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: "Thieves Cashing in on Stolen Clunkers in Germany" (shows a
Vanagon being heisted)
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So I guess we now need to submit our "Vanagons and hats" photos.
Stephen
--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Peter T. Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
From: Peter T. Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@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, 8:09 PM
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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