Mike,

        I think it is the confined space.  But the Westfalia has much more room
on the interior than any of the living quarters I was assigned to about
any of our great naval vessels.

Jason M Yasment (former AG2 '94-'98)
'84 Westfalia
Troy, NY

At Fri, 18 May 2001 11:26:09 -0700, "Pedersen, Michael" <MRPEDERS@pacifica-
papers.com> wrote:

>
> On 17 May, Holly and Chris Mills wrote "Also spent 3 years in Italy
>where
>we always had a few unregistered cars on the road. That's life with
>$14K a
>year Navy pay."
>
> On 18 May David Beierl wrote "But a couple fellow sailors in Pensacola
>back
>in '70 did that and got mugged, and if my foggy memory is correct, the
>muggers went off with their car, leaving them with the broken one.
>Of
>course that may have been a sea story to escape the consequences of
>being
>late for duty; I knew the people but not the circumstances."
>
>I myself did 11 years in the US navy (submarines).  Is there some connection
>between Westfalias and ex-squids?  Maybe it's wanderlust...or the constant
>maintenance...or maybe just living in a confined area... Any ideas?
>How many
>of you are out there?
>
>Happy Friday!  Long weekend in Canada...
>Mike Pedersen
>'88 \X/ Westie GL Automatic
>
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