Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:49:13 -0500
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From: David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: Triple-A won't extricate you from just any old where
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><DIV> Reminds me of the time when I took my VW bug out on a forest road years ago. I came across a small stream with a couple of beams across it. I checked the distance between the beams against my wheel base and it seemed OK, and was until I got into the middle and the beams slid together leaving me stranded with all 4 wheels suspended above the stream.</DIV><DIV>AAA did come to get me, but charged me for the chain saw work they had to do to get the tow truck close enough to the Bug to get the <SPAN class=misspelled>winch</SPAN> line to me.</DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><SPAN class=misspelled>Dave</SPAN> B.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>P.S. Apologies to the <SPAN class=misspelled>mods</SPAN> for no <SPAN class=misspelled>Vanagon</SPAN> (it is VW at least) content not on a Friday</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid; MARGIN: 5px 0px"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000">On 04/17/13, <SPAN><SPAN class=misspelled>Jim</SPAN> Felder<<SPAN class=misspelled>jim</SPAN>.<SPAN class=misspelled>felder</SPAN>@GMAIL.COM></SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000">This may have been covered before, and it is not strictly <SPAN class=misspelled>Vanagon</SPAN> content,<BR>but I was in a <SPAN class=misspelled>Vanagon</SPAN> last week when it happened to me.<BR><BR>Looking for places to get on a river, I naturally found myself under a<BR>bridge. I was a long day from home on a <SPAN class=misspelled>multi</SPAN>-day <SPAN class=misspelled>Westy</SPAN> trip to research<BR>rivers in part of my state. The surface I was on went from hard-packed to<BR>deep sand in one short moment, and I could not see it coming. The front<BR>wheels dropped down and quickly the back wheels had dug in. I had to dig<BR>out under the muffler for clearance to be <SPAN class=misspelled>extricated</SPAN> by a local who,<BR>because I travel with a very long tow strap, was able to pull me out from<BR>the hard packed road.<BR><BR>While locating a local, I called AAA, which has always provided me with<BR>really good service when I have needed it. "Can the service vehicle get to<BR>you without getting off the paved roadway?" I was asked. I replied that you<BR>couldn't even see the paved road from where I was. "We can't help you,<BR>thanks for choosing AAA today. Is there anything else I can do for you<BR>today?"<BR><BR>I thought that I might ask her to pave the access road, but thought better.<BR><BR>Don't wander farther off the beaten path than your tow strap will reach.<BR>And don't tell me to buy a <SPAN class=misspelled>Syncro</SPAN>. Even the four-wheelers I encountered<BR>would not cross over to me on the soft sand.<BR><BR>: )<BR><BR><SPAN class=misspelled>Jim</SPAN><BR></DIV></div>
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