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Subject:Re: Light ladder
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Wed, 11 May 2005 12:47:38 -0700

On 5/11/2005 12:31 PM bueses wrote:

>>My lovely wife and are are both short. I'm 5' 6'' and she is 5' 2''.
>>Snicker and point if you wish, but the two of us fit very cozily into
>>the lower bunk. What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in
>>luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without
>>clambering all over the counter.
>>
>>We could use some kind of very lightweight leanable collapsible or
>>otherwise easily-stowed ladder. Hangable from the upper bunk like on a
>>bunk bed; and leanable against the outside so a short guy could fuss
>>around with luggage without needing to hold on for dear life like I have
>>to do when I stand on a seat.
>>
>>Anything like that out there?
>>
>>
>
>I'm not real short (5-11") but I still need something to get up there also.
>We either use a cooler or our porta potty as the step to get up into the
>"guest room".  I have taken the cooler along empty for just this purpose. It
>normally sits behind the front passenger seat, as I don't find that the
>fridge is big enuf to carry what we need to keep cold, so we need the cooler
>in any event.
>
>Tom Buese-no stepping on the sink for moi
>
>
Mama taught us not to climb on the furniture, too.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
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