Date:         Thu, 29 Apr 1999 10:21:04 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Biggest/Strangest loads carried in a Westy
Comments: To: Brent Christensen <bpchristensen@MINDSPRING.COM>
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You can learn more about the wonders of screech in Farley Mowat's book _The
Boat That Wouldn't Float_.  Fair warning, he's an unreconstructed MCP, but
a great storyteller.

david

At 17:56 4/28/99 -0700, Brent Christensen wrote:
>That must have been one HELL of a BBQ you were headed for!  (Hope they had
>plenty of "screech" on hand...)
>
>
>BTW - for those of you wondering, an friend of mine in Halifax introduced me
>to the wonders of what he called "screech" along with *several* fresh boiled
>lobsters.  Evidently, it is some kind of Canadian moonshine - and I can tell
>you, I have never had tequila that made me feel so badly the next day...  I
>never did find out what it was made from - by the name, I wouldn't be
>surprised if it was distilled from left-over tires...
>
>Brent Christensen
>'89 Syncro Westy "Klaus"
>'91 Taurus SHO (For Sale)
>'95 Cherokee Sport
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bob Norman <B.Norman@THEZONE.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 5:38 PM
>Subject: Biggest/Strangest loads carried in a Westy
>
>
>> The whole Carrying a Washer in a Westy thread, got me thinking.
>>
>> I have driven 25 syrofoam/wax cardboard boxes of moose and caribou meat
>> across an airport ramp in mine.  I don't know the exact weight, but
>> there were two guys with me (crammed into the front) and the van was
>> absolutely chinced full. I remember the tires were sort of bulging at
>> the sides.  Without doubt, the heaviest and strangest load I've ever
>> carried.
>>
>> Anyone else?
>>
>> Bob Norman
>> Gander, Newfoundland
>> Canada

David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net