Hey, I diserve some credit too, don't I?...;-)
Although I didn't (luckily) have this kind of real
life experiences, I did have this in mind in my
initial post concerned about inadequately secured
stuff in the van...

Cheers,

   T-man

--- "Horace K. Sawyer" <hksawyer@CATT.COM> wrote:
> Thats a good post.  Im glad you shared that.   What
> an important warning
> that applies to every single person on the list!!
> That info is just too
> important not to be read.   I initially deleted --
> didn't see the IMPORTANT
> part, can you believe that??  All I saw in my mind
> was the insane a/c
> project -- and hit delete.  Then the old "something
> tells me to go back
> into trash and pull that one out" took over.
> I was going to ask you to consider reposting with a
> different subject --
> but I guess you did all that was necessary.  (After
> rethinking, I decided
> to rename the subject myself)  That warning is a
> darn good one and we all
> need to rethink about packing anything in *any*
> vehicle, especially vans,
> where you tend to just throw stuff in because it is
> so large.  Thanks again
> for the reminder.  It is amazing how many people do
> goofy things like
> that.  Not planning for problems.  To me, it shows
> how it can affect more
> than themselves too.  The pole could have easily hit
> him in the head and
> very likely he would have crashed into your van, or
> veered off into
> oncoming traffic, or piled up on the side of the
> road.  Deaths?? No telling
> what might have happened.  Thank goodness for lucky
> breaks, eh!
> hk
>
>
>
> At 07:35 AM 8/26/01 -0400, Jeff Stewart wrote:
> >Here's something else to think about. On the way to
> EveryBus 2001, our
> >caravan had to make a sudden stop due to one bus
> breaking down. The bus
> >behind me stopped about an inch away from my rear
> bumper, but when he had
> >packed for the trip, he had put his tent poles on
> top of a pile of stuff in
> >the back-one of the poles became a missile, missing
> the back of his head by
> >mere inches and going right into the windshield,
> which it cracked! Better to
> >lose a windshield than have a metal pole stuck in
> the back of your head.
> >Pack carefully!
> >Jeff Stewart
> >1977 Westfalia
> >1974 S. Beetle Conv.
> >http://www.geocities.com/busnut4277

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