Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:34:12 -0500
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: camper closet removal? Weekenders cheaper?
Comments: To: Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@GMAIL.COM>
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What countries are in what continent is a matter of geography, not whether people have an affinity to the other countries in the same continent or not.

---- Vincent Dow <ianvincentdow@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I got to thinking for awhile that i would be better served by a pop-top
> weekender.
>
> The last five years my westfalia has mostly been a run-about and
> construction hauler. I figured if I did more camping,  could integrate a
> coleman stove, build a little counter from 2x3...
>
> Like guys did back in the 60s. There were a lot of homemade campers back
> then... Freak Bros. stuff.
>
> But after my last cross country trip (Los Angeles to Montreal) in the
> westfalia, I will never part with this rig. We did a lot of stealth camping
> - one night in Iowa, a couple of miles from the Mississippi river, we just
> turned into a cornfield. Set up the curtains, popped the roof up - turned
> the seats, made some tea and played scrabble. We got to really like
> sleeping on the lower bunk, heads to the rear.
> We also slept in a walmart parking lot in Elyra, OH. Again, really subtle
> set-up. Self -contained living space.
>
> This question of North America: Mexicans do not consider themselves North
> Americans. Norte-Americanos are gringos... the culture of the hamburger
> etc. Mexicans are Mexicans - it's a stand-alone culture (and an awesome one
> at that). Centro-Americanos are something different altogether. They do not
> (in my experience) relate themselves to Mexicans - except as *Latinos*.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:
>
> > No, they're in Chicago. :-(. ;-)
> >
> > Karl Wolz
> > Sent from my electronic umbilicus
> >
> > > On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey, Mexico and Canada aren't part of North America, are they? ;)
> > >
> > > Marc
> >

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David McNeely