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  • Drivers, start your kids!
    Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
    Sat, 03 May 1997 22:29:03 -0700
    ...What I'd like to do is start a gallery of kids' drawings of vanagons. Send me your kids' drawings of your bus and...
  • Re: generators.
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Wed, 5 Jul 1995 15:30:49 -0700 (PDT)
    ...has anyone looked into toting > a portable generator around with them? do the benefits of remote > power outweigh (literally!) dragging the generator around??? Kids...
  • Not Friday but....
    Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
    Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:33:28 -0800
    So this kid is driving along in his VW bug and pulls up beside a Rolls Royce at a red light. He looks the...
  • Latest vanagon kid comment
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:58:08 -0500
    This comment is the latest I heard from a kid walking home from the bus stop after school. It's more of a comment...
  • Re: shakedown trip with infant
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 21 May 1997 22:40:56 -0400
    ...We've also divided kids and parents - Dad and oldest kid in top bunk, me and two youngest in bottom. My sister in law...
  • Everybus 2004 Kid's Activities
    Historical mailing list - ncbus
    Fri, 6 Feb 2004 19:04:18 -0500
    From Jamie Auch Hi Folks, I have been appointed the Kid's Activities Czar by Chris. Since Everybus has become such a family oriented...
  • Re: Latest vanagon kid comment
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:41:58 -0400
    ...Chris On 10/25/05, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote: > This comment is the latest I heard from a kid walking home from...
  • Re: Dehydrated Kid, was landscaping with VW's
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:49:48 -0700
    ...After all in the great northwet a kid could die of mildew if ... On 8/14/09, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote...
  • Re: Dehydrated Kid, was landscaping with VW's
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:19:28 -0700
    Austin, I believe, where I spend some of my Air Force years.� Perhaps it's a Texas thing; if the kid survives the sheetmetal...
  • Re: Friendly Waves
    Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
    Thu, 11 Jul 1996 00:58:22 -0400
    Sorry to hear about the kid & lecture from mom... there are uptight, insecure people everywhere. Our kids vawe at all kinds of breadloaves, splitties...
  • Kids at Pfeiffer
    Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
    Thu, 5 Jan 95 14:46:30 PST
    Sorry to take so long to respond, but since one of my kids dropped the laptop and broke the screen, I've been getting...
  • Re: killers parents owned a vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Thing Guy
    Tue, 26 May 1998 14:26:51 EDT
    Somehow owning the VW caused the kid to become crazy and kill his parents? Maybe the parents were listmembers and spent all their time...
  • Re: Barbie Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:04:03 -0400
    Does that Vanagon have Z bench?...... I kid..... I kid :p T. -- 82 Scirocco "Rodolfo" 85 Vanagon "Blubrik, El Guapo"
  • Re: Dehydrated Kid, was landscaping with VW's
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:12:01 -0700
    ...Dehydrated Kid, was landscaping with VW's > Not sure what part of Texas they live in, but I would be concerned about > the interior...
  • Re: Please repost off road sychro site
    Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
    Mon, 10 Sep 2001 06:26:14 -0400
    At 08:42 AM 9/9/01 -0700, DB&KJP wrote: >Your kidding right? No, I'm not kidding.
  • Re: Kid's hammock (Was Are your kids grown?)
    Historical mailing list - Houston Bolles
    Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:58:18 -0700
    ...Kid's hammock (Was Are your kids grown?) > > This reminds me - after camping for 2 1/2 weeks with our 2-yr old, I...
  • Re: Dehydrated Kid, was landscaping with VW's
    Historical mailing list - walkingboss
    Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:19:43 -0500
    ...Forget the Bus how about waste a kid! Not being mean, I'm sure mom is on the job. But it seems every year...
  • Re: pretour (west) info
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Thu, 10 Nov 94 16:41:46 PST
    So martha rubin says: > Dave Kautz wrote: > Is anyone else bringing kids??? > What? Linda and I are the kids!!! ;) Steven sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com
  • RE: Trip Report: Border partings :-(
    Historical mailing list
    22 Jul 96 16:22:33 PDT
    ...My kids are in Seattle with their grandparents. Try getting into Canada with someone else's kids! even if they are your own grandkids...
  • Re: New Wolz
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:31:26 -0500
    Congrats!! Grand kids are wonderful! Looks like my kids are gong to be the last of the line. No grandchildren yet and the oldest...
  • Re: killers parents owned a vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Edward Berlett
    Tue, 26 May 1998 23:00:09 -0400
    On Tue, 26 May 1998, Thing Guy wrote: > Somehow owning the VW caused the kid to become crazy and kill his parents? > > Maybe the...
  • Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:51:58 -0600
    Recommended that kids under 12 stay in the back. Stay classy, Jack. > On Feb 24, 2015, at 10:42 PM, Mudd Not Jack Sparrow...
  • Re: It's still friday, so..
    Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
    Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:51:09 -0400
    ...engine) + Quantum TD engine 74 Bus (Dad's) 72 Wife, 95 Cat, 96 Cat, 98 Kid, 00 Kid, 01 Dog, 02 kid 25 House
  • teenagers and vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
    Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:51:30 -0500
    http://www.break.com/index/kid_cant_drive_stick.html Please tell me that this is someone on the list's kid! Teenagers and...
  • Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy?
    Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
    Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:42:37 -0800
    Well it's a little weird to hang out at your kids elementary school all day. What are you doing? Home schooling the kids...
  • Re: T-Shirts from BusDepot - minor correction
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:54:03 -0500
    > "Crying Bus" T-Shirt > http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=TSHIRT1 > > Toddlers/Kids "Drivers Wanted" Long-Sleeved Jersey > http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber...
  • Re: How to remove tree sap (it's almost Friday!)
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:54:52 -0700
    ...as for kids hair... vegetable oil... On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Raceing Cajun <raceingcajun@communicomm.com > wrote: > Bill, I think...
  • Re: Non-Family Hauler
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:37:14 -0400
    ...The kids like the 84 van but ya know, no shoulder belts, no > > rides. As soon as the kids were out of baby seats...
  • Boudreaux's Butt Paste!!
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:16:59 -0600
    ...And that makes the kid cry, Mom gets cranky, and guess who get to spend some wakey time trying to comfort the kid in...
  • Re: Fuel Gauge
    Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
    Tue, 9 Sep 1997 17:32:39 -0800
    ...He had a couple of kids that would use the last drop of gas in the car (like kids do) when they used it...
  • Re: Recommendations, anyone?
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:44:33 -0400
    On 7/9/2012 10:28 AM, Gab and Em wrote: > -Vanagon GL (what does the GL mean?) Good Luck. (I was just kidding...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - ncbus
    Fri, 6 Feb 2004 19:01:35 -0500
    ...Since Everybus has become such a family oriented campout, we wanted to do something special for the kids (and parents to keep the kids...
  • Re: Careless driver wrecked my van :(
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:23:11 -0800
    At 12/6/2009 01:47 PM, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > > A word of wisdom for all those driving with small kids in the > back...
  • Kid's hammock (Was Are your kids grown?)
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Wed, 14 Jul 1999 08:18:52 -0700
    ...Are your kids grown? > In a message dated 99-07-13 16:32:44 EDT, hhbolles@EARTHLINK.NET writes: > > << Does anyone want to sell...
  • Fwd: Re: Thoughts on Travelling w/ 4 year old
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:52:23 -0500
    > >Be prepared for everything and Nothing will happen! >The kid will get antsy make sure you take coloring books, Favorite >toys. Leapsters are great...
  • Child Safety Seats
    Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
    Wed, 25 Mar 1998 23:16:00 -0500
    ...I'll be attaching the kid seat in the middle seat in my 85 GL till I get my Multivan interior. Then, depending on...
  • Re: swapping middle seat for rear-facing seats
    Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
    Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:34:17 -0700
    ...Especially today when I (unexpectedly) was asked to give three more kids a ride to Kids day at the Acura Classic. (Women's tennis...
  • Re: I finally got a transplant
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 13 Jun 2017 18:09:46 -0700
    No kidneying, that's great! As the Who would say, the kid(ney)s are alright Ok, enough of the piss taking :-) Cheers Alistair...
  • Re: solar panels vs generators vs camping vs kids
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Tue, 1 Nov 1994 11:48:13 -0800 (PST)
    ...or the kids ran you crazy. You could extend the trip by _eating_ the kids! Yummm. Sing along! "my baloney had a first name...
  • Child Safety Seats
    Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
    Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:11:00 -0500
    ...I'll be attaching the kid seat in the middle seat in my 85 GL till I get my Multivan interior. Then, depending on...
  • Re: How to remove tree sap (it's almost Friday!)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:09:40 -0500
    He specifically mentioned damaging the "finish." I think the kid's hair part was just a mention to emphasize how messy the stuff is...
  • Re: Flue Cap?
    Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
    Wed, 16 Aug 2000 05:44:30 -0700
    ...Watch a kid with a drinking with a straw. Kid inserts the straw into the drink, covers end of straw and extracts straw from...
  • Re: Buses By The Depot - Anyone bringing kids?
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:45:13 -0400
    > I'll be at the Buses By The Depot this Saturday and was > wondering if anyone was bringing small kids. I'm most likely...
  • Re: Sweet '89 vanagon carat on Vortex - $1900!!!!!!!!!!
    Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
    Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:40:11 +0000
    yes, kidding:) > > > Oh well, I guess I can buy it, part it out, and cut up the shell in my > > backyard. > > > > > > dont do that...
  • Re: generators vs. camping (opinions and such)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
    Wed, 2 Nov 94 10:11:31 PST
    ...Pete Sellers kids might have fun in the pool or in the game room too. I'm no big fan of KOA type campgrounds...
  • Re: 2 weeks enough to cross country - w/kids?
    Historical mailing list - Serge Laplante
    Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:20:36 -0500
    ...A couple of times alone, another few with my wife and the rest with kids. My short answer is if this is just a...
  • Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:27:23 -0600
    Dumb to let kids ride up front. Easy to install shoulder belts and make things safer. How about keeping the F bombs to yourself...
  • Re: Kid's hammock (Was Are your kids grown?)
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:14:47 -0700
    ...Kid's hammock (Was Are your kids grown?) > One idea is to turn the two front seats to face each other, then build a...
  • Re: address before I forget to
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Wed, 29 Aug 2001 02:20:50 EDT
    In a message dated 8/29/01 12:40:04 AM, MtnGal@SIERRATEL.COM writes: << The kids are doing well here. Dare I mess...
  • Re: in the year 2015......
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:52:26 -0500
    ...Not just kids. Nobody knows what they are called unless they have owned one. I have had schoolkids comment on mine wherever it goes...
  • EveryBus kids events
    Historical mailing list - ncbus
    Sun, 10 Mar 2002 21:04:57 -0500
    Hi, Tootsie Jablonski has kindly offered to coordinate the kid's activities at this years EveryBus. If you have questions, comments or ideas you...
  • Re: Thoughts on Travelling w/ 4 year old
    Historical mailing list - Mike South
    Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:02:07 -0600
    A strategy we used on a long trip was to buy a few things that the kids had had on their wish list for...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 22 Nov 2009 (#2009-1016)
    Historical mailing list - sam mccarthy
    Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:14:33 -0800
    ...When we find the right book, the kids no longer want to stop. And when we have to, bathroom, gas, etc... the kids are...
  • Re: Boudreaux's Butt Paste!!
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:34:49 -0800
    ...And that makes the kid cry, Mom > gets cranky, and guess who get to spend some wakey time trying to > comfort the kid in...
  • Re: Wanted: front child cot/hammock
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Tue, 7 May 2013 16:18:38 -0600
    > what do people do to keep their small kids from = > falling out of the top bunk at night? My kids are 38 and 40...
  • Re: Generation span of the list..........
    Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
    Sun, 17 Feb 2002 00:25:54 -0800
    I'm 55 I bought my first Vanagon (Big Blue) new in '85 to hold the wife, 3 kids, another on the way, and...
  • Re: Dead Yellowtop house battery
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:09:03 -0500
    ...I also have nothing against the kids. They are just being kids, just as we still are as a matter of fact, though some...
  • Re: How to remove tree sap (it's almost Friday!)
    Historical mailing list - Gene P
    Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:27:39 -0700
    ...And what are you using as finish on your kids heads? Most people send their kids to school for that work. Now if that...
  • Bus Boys topic
    Historical mailing list - Chao, Harvey
    19 Aug 1997 12:30:48 -0700
    Being the father of and raising/having raised 8 kids and in addition = having been foster parent with my wife to too numberous others...
  • Re: back on the list
    Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
    Tue, 3 Jun 2003 22:17:41 -0400
    ...engine) + Quantum TD engine 74 Bus (Dad's) 72 Wife, 95 Cat, 96 Cat, 98 Kid, 00 Kid, 01 Dog, 02 kid 25 House