Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:19:23 -0700
Reply-To: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Moderator Comment Re: NVC: Re: No High Beams
In-Reply-To: <9f4608e90910031104r1b2fef86j22457eee39ff6a5@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes
Dear Penisionerd,
Let's please get back into that excellent habit of changing
subjectline when warranted. There is no warrant. And you're not Ted.
The subject has changed from highbeamers to bumper snickers.
Thanks,
BenT
Sent from my mobile device
On Oct 3, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> For those who tend to want to crowd my bumper when I'm at the speed
> limit
> perhaps "What's the speed limit in YOUR lane" or "If you're in that
> much of
> a hurry, maybe you should have started sooner"
>
> The moderate weaving and then the idiots grin and wave when they
> pass you
> and give you the universal gesture of disrespect often works.
>
> pensionerd
>
>
> On 10/3/09, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The bumper sticker I'm seeking for my Westy says:
>>
>> 83 hp / 5,162 lbs
>> You do the math.
>>
>> On my aircooled baywindow I had a sticker made that said:
>>
>> 45 hp. Tailgating will not increase speed.
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/2/2009 2:16 PM Mark Hersh wrote:
>>
>> I am glad. I'm no zen master, but I would never rig something on
>> my car
>>> that may cause someone else to wreck. I've had a moderate
>>> seriously head
>>> injury and don't wish that on anyone.
>>>
>>> Generally when I'm in the VW, I am in no hurry but recognize that
>>> others
>>> might be, so I usually pull over or give them room to pass. But
>>> when
>>> there's no shoulder, I'm not going to risk running off the road so
>>> some
>>> rude
>>> fool can get to their destination 15 seconds sooner...
>>> On this trip I saw a licence plate frame that said on top "The
>>> closer you
>>> get" and on the bottom, "the slower I go" I would not mind a
>>> bumper
>>> sticker that said that.
>>>
>>> I'm having enough electrical issues on the stock van, so rigging
>>> something
>>> up is not an option. I'm also too lazy.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Aren't you glad you didn't have the means to blind the cop? Or the
>>>> redneck
>>>> with an assault rifle?
>>>>
>>>> Old friend of mine (also known for his yarns) told me he had
>>>> installed
>>>> landing lights as headlights on an old car he had. He said he
>>>> went to a
>>>> parking lot to aim them and they both exploded. Turns out they
>>>> need the
>>>> 200mph wind of flight to keep them cool.
>>>>
>>>> Karl Wolz
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of
>>>> Mark Hersh
>>>> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 10:16 AM
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> Subject: Re: No High Beams
>>>>
>>>> The guy tailgating me yesterday at 645 am on US 101 in
>>>> southwestern WA
>>>> was a
>>>> cop, although I did not know it until he passed when I pulled over
>>>> partially
>>>> off the road to let the blankety-blank by. Why didn't he just
>>>> put on his
>>>> emerg. lights if he wanted by that badly?
>>>>
>>>> Reminded me of a story told to me by an old boss who said he had
>>>> a friend
>>>> that mounted an airplane landing light on top of his old VW bug to
>>>> activate
>>>> when an oncoming driver would not dim. Said it dimmed all the
>>>> other
>>>> lights
>>>> in the VW. Don't know if it was BS or not, but he could tell a
>>>> good
>>>> story
>>>> and just remembering it made me laugh again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:06 PM, David Beierl
>>>> <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> At 07:25 PM 9/28/2009, Loren Busch wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Some years back I saw an ad for a reflector that could be
>>>>> mounted on
>>>>>>
>>>>> your
>>>>
>>>>> dash, facing to the rear, that would put most of the light from
>>>>> the bozo
>>>>>> behind you with the high brights right back in his face.
>>>>>> Didn't buy
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> the time, wish I had, and can't find them now...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure I'd recommend that. The very last time I punished
>>>>>> someone
>>>>> who'd passed me with his brights on, he fell back alongside and
>>>>> aimed
>>>>> a pistol at me. That was in VA in 1972.
>>>>>
>>>>> A friend once thought about designing a rig with an aiming CO2
>>>>> laser
>>>>> -- invisible beam and he thought the lamp reflector would focus
>>>>> enough energy on the filament to blow it. That would be more my
>>>>> style if I were going to get shirty...
>>>>>
>>>>> :)
>>>>> D
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 86 Campmobile Six-Seater "Monty"
>>>>
>>>> Black dogs are euthanized at a greater rate than other-colored
>>>> dogs,
>>>> regardless of temperament. Learn about Black Dog Syndrome at
>>>> http://www.blackpearldogs.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> 86 Campmobile Six-Seater "Monty"
>>>
>>> Black dogs are euthanized at a greater rate than other-colored dogs,
>>> regardless of temperament. Learn about Black Dog Syndrome at
>>> http://www.blackpearldogs.com/
>>>
>>>
|