on 10/5/06 2:50 PM, Joy Hecht at jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU wrote:

> Gee, this could lead to a really good thread - how to annoy the people in
> the campsite next to you!

And that's why a volk friend of moi used to post a "no bongos" symbol on his
bus.

Tom-prefer tablas myself
>
> Like at Buses by the Beach last May when I camped next to some folks - no,
> they appeared and camped next to me! - who set up a tent off their van and
> decorated it with blinking Christmas lights. When I suggested that perhaps
> it would be gracious if they did not leave those things blinking all night
> long, they seemed really surprised!
>
> Yah, I coulda used that BB gun!  But actually they did unplug the lights.
> And then I moved my van anyway.
>
>
>
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> Joy Hecht
> now living in a real house in northern Virginia
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
> now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
> lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
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>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> :::Of John Bange
> :::Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 10:55 AM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: camping accessories?
> :::
> :::> #4 Propane lantern. Throws out nice bright light for 20 yards in
> :::> every direction.
> :::
> :::heh. My most important bit of camping equipment is the BB gun for
> :::shooting out that propane lantern in the campsite 10 yards away.
> :::
> :::--
> :::John Bange
> :::'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"