To add to this coffee thread, REI makes a human powered coffee grinder for those "Westy Mornings". Joe
>From: "Alan J. Flint" <ajflint@ITSA.UCSF.EDU> >Reply-To: "Alan J. Flint" <ajflint@ITSA.UCSF.EDU> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: The evening's ramblings >Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 19:39:28 -0800 > > Just trying to get some work done tonight, but since I left my >mailbox >open, the recent discussion has bee a pleasant distraction. > When I was contemplating the purchase of a Vanagon with an engine >that sounded like it needed a rebuild, Bob Donalds gave me some good >advise (don't buy it), for free of course. Thanks Bob. I have the good >fortune of living just three towns away from Boston Engine, so when it >comes time for my 2.1 Waterboxer to be rebuilt, I can just drop it into >the (Rabbit) pickup, and take it over. > Good coffee is an important part of Westfalia camping, or any >camping for that matter. I defer to my colleagues in the >Seattle/Vancouver area. Myself, I use the Melita to insulate steel mug >method. Now, who has a bean grinder that runs on 12V power? > We keep no devices on hand for midnight facilities. We are the >ones you hear outside in the middle of the sub-freezing night. > I think the guy in Marin who was looking for a good Vanagon >mechanic actually own a whole fleet of Westfalias (for rent). If he >doesn't have a competent mechanic, is there much hope for the rest of us? > Obviously, I can only remember the threads with minimal Vanagon >content (like my own post). Got to get home to see if my circuit breakers >have arrived by UPS (to wire the barn, to heat the shop, to work on the >Camper, to let it give us another season of cruising around in our VW home >away from home. > >Alan. >Shrewsbury. >'87 Syncro > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com |
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