

| Subject: | Re: Was: I'll bite...diesel- safety...flipped off. Now: reactions to Westies/Vanagons |
| From: | Steven Johnson |
| Date: | Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:13:30 -0800 |
Oh Neil, She plays the flute for crying out loud. How bright can she be?.... ;) Shields Up! Steven --- neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA> wrote: > At work I was chatting with one of the flute players > about my Westy. Her reaction to finding out that I > owned one was that of (and I'm paraprasing here): > > 'I hate those people!' (Westy owner/drivers) > 'They're > too wholesome with their outdoorsy camping....' etc > etc. Couldn't quite understand where she was going > with her mini-rant, but since she's quite the amazon > (6' +) and looked like she had a long reach, I let > her > unravel her tale. --- ;^) > > Of course we were just joking around, but I think at > some level she really felt that Westy owners were > not > her "cup of tea". Of course I couldn't give a R'sA > about her reaction, (she will never set foot in my > van!!) just thought it funny/unusual. Me still being > somewhat of a newbie to Westies. > > Cheers, > > Neil. > > --- Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > > > I think it is now hard wired into most peoples > heads > > that the vanagon is > > just slow. Even though few remember them,or ever > saw > > one,it is the > > slowness of the origional Vw buses where this must > > come form. Man has > > evolved since that time, and it is just known that > > VW things are slow. > > Knowledge that one is now born with.When I pullout > > form anintersection, I > > dont get messages from other drivers.They just > > somehow know I am doing all > > I can. Either that,or they just gave up > > justering.Dosent work. I have seen > > that appoligic bumper sticker on diesels saying > > "Caution 48 horsepower at > > work" , or how about the one that says" yes,the > line > > begins here" > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
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