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Date:         Mon, 7 Feb 2011 19:35:26 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
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From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Learned in the past week
Comments: To: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
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So is a sailboat and you don't even have to leave the dock.

Tom

www.towercooler.com

From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Peter T. Owsianowski Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 7:22 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Learned in the past week

Smiling now.

Never thought of the bus as a "batchelor's den" but it has been a fantastic "marital aid"!

Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "JoesVan" WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 20:01, Mark L. Hineline <hineline@ocotillofield.net>wrote:

> Many of you already know this, so this is for newbies. > > If you are taking someone of the opposite sex for a first ride in your > Westy, here's the way to do it. > > 1) Make sure that it's as clean as you can get it, and smells good. No > patchouli oil, it's too stereotyped. Make sure the table is fastened > so that it doesn't swing. > > 2) Just before you leave, put some very cold nonalcoholic drinks - > orange juice, Coke, Fuji water - in the refrigerator. Don't bother to > turn it on, it doesn't matter. > > 3) Also, make some ice in the ice tray beforehand. Wrap this in an ice > pack so that the little cubes don't melt. > > 4) Put a couple of very clean glasses in the cabinet. > > 5) Pick her up. (For most of us on this list it's a her.) > > 6) Walk her to the Westy and tell her that she really must ride in the > back seat the first time. Open the slider, and ask her if she would > like something to drink. Open the refrigerator door as you do this. > Then put the ice cubes in the clean glass, pour the drink, and invite > her to sit down. > > 7) Close the slider with authority. Don't slam it. Authority. This may > be the most important move you make. > > 8) Go for your ride. Be sure to say "feels a little like a limousine, > only better, doesn't it?" Also, for AFM Westies, be absolutely sure to > say "That's the same engine that Porsche put in their 914." Nobody > knows what a 914 is anymore. > > Now, I haven't gone any further than this. But what I already know is > that girls and women like this first experience. > > For what it's worth. > > Mark >

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