I'm still working on that one - weather forecast here says 1 or 2 degrees below freezing. Maybe I'll keep the heater on at a low thermostat setting if it gets any colder than that. Don't want to spoil the drinking water with antifreeze. Maybe I'll add some Austrian white wine - they used to put antifreeze in that :-) Robin "Groff, Montgomery" wrote: > Do you have anti-freeze in the water tank?? Won't pump if its a block of > ice. > > Monty > '89 Westy > '62 Sunroof Bug > Denver, CO > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robin Oomkes [SMTP:robin.oomkes@SWIFT.COM] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 9:15 AM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Millennium-Proof Westy > > > > Listies, > > > > As I'm in the IT/telecomm business, I will be working over the New Year > > period; > > night shifts in fact. Although I don't consider myself paranoid, I will > > have my > > Westy outside the office, with a full diesel and propane tank, charged > > batteries, full water tank, empty porta-potti, and lots of instant food in > > the > > kitchen cabinets. > > > > This should make me pretty self-sufficient for a few days, should push > > come to > > shove. Is there anything I've overlooked (apart from lead-cladding the > > whole > > thing to protect against nuclear accidents)? Is anyone else planning on > > using > > their Westy as an emergency Y2k-shelter? Or you do you think I'm insane? > > > > Robin / the Netherlands > > 90 Vanagon Westfalia Atlantic TD > > 84 Vanagon Westfalia Joker D (for sale; buy it before the Millennium, it's > > got > > the heater and dual batteries!) |
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