Just got back from spending a fabulous four days and nights at a local state
park, grilling, kayaking,biking etc. While there I tried to light the fridge
using a tip somebody posted a while ago. I used an electric bicycle pump to
blow air into the drain valve underneath the fridge, and voila the thing lit
up right away. Cooled like a charm. So whoever posted that piece of advice,
thank you very much. BTW when we go on our trips in the summer I leave the
fridge on LPG; runs out of gas usually after two to three weeks, depending
on how much you cook on the stove.
Cheers,
Hermann de Boer
87 Westy
Kansas City, MO

>From: Gary Stearns <gstearns@optonline.net>
>Reply-To: Gary Stearns <gstearns@optonline.net>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Van reactions
>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 08:35:54 -0400
>
>Wow.  We always get the opposite reaction.  Just yesterday a kid in a BMW
>328 passed me at an intersection and gave a big smile and thumbs up.  When
>we're on the highway it's entertaining to watch people's reactions.  Most
>will smile or nod approvingly.  Kids will point and try to get everyone
>else in the car too look.  A few days ago a kid in a gas station asked if
>it was one of them new Microbus things.
>Gary
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: chrisadubs
>   To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>   Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 10:59 PM
>   Subject: Van reactions
>
>
>   Hello all,
>   When returning from our first weekend trip today, Two kids maybe 17-22
>yrs old, watched us pull out from a parking lot when one of them yelled at
>us from a distance of maybe 15 yards,"It's a piece of sh**!"  I was
>speechless as I am not used to having people yelling vehicular descriptions
>at complete strangers.  My wife had the presence of mind to shoot them the
>finger but we all know what kind of altercations that can cause.  Stuff
>like this happen to anyone else out there?  By the way, drove 130 miles
>this weekend in the van and not one bus/vanagon to be seen.
>
>   Chris in Whitehall, PA
>   86 Westy

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