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Date:         Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:42:10 -0500
Reply-To:     george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Subwoofer
In-Reply-To:  <C6566BAC-1731-4B59-B87C-28BD148F07E1@gmail.com>
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Well the bus has taken a dump on us more than once over the years. And I wouldn't leave home without a portable toilet on board, it's saved my seat bottom a time or two.

Geo/ATL

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:02 PM, TonyCollin <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Or on it :) > > Hehehe > > Tony > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 11, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM> > wrote: > > > > Allistair’s “commode” comment reminds me of the very first Vanagon I > went to look at to purchase. It was 1993 in Berkeley and this ’88 Westy > belonged to a German guy that I would describe as a rather large aging > “euro hippie” with some (ahem) negligence in the grooming dept. Anyway, he > was very excited to show me the van which was in excellent condition. I had > been lusting after a Westy for several years by then and more or less knew > what to look for when looking for one but when I spotted this > factory-looking box located behind the front passenger seat, I had to ask > him about it. He lit up like a Christmas tree and spent the next five > minutes describing the virtues of the Westfalia toilet-box. The first > minute passed with the few polite nods I could manage for the subject, but > it started getting a little awkward when he started telling me about all > the places along the side of the road in America where he had stopped to > take a poop in his beloved Vanagon. > > > > It was a really nice van but I just couldn’t shake the visual. Didn’t > buy that one but I found a nice Syncro a month later, have had it ever > since and have never taken a poop in it. > > > > Jeff > > > > > >> On Dec 11, 2013, at 6:21 AM, Automatic digest processor < > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:24:47 -0800 > >> From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> > >> Subject: > =?utf-8?Q?Re:_your_laugh_for_the_day_-_=E2=80=9CThe_Swellegant_S?= > >> =?utf-8?Q?ubwoofer=E2=80=9D?= > >> > >> My friend Simon immediately named it "the commode". Sheesh. > >> > >> And hey, aren't you the guy who squeezes out things via a big brass > tube? > >> > >> :) > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Alistair >


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