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Subject:Re: Rear Glass Shattered!
From:Peter T. Owsianowski
Date:Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:58:53 -0400

A buddy of mine was stressing the importance of seat belts to his 12
year old and said:  "...because your face will smack right into the
glass!"  And smacked the glass for emphasis.  The whole windshield
shattered like a Bugs Bunny cartoon.  The 12 year old said "Whoa."

On 6/28/07, Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@comcast.net> wrote:
> I think the latter, a Viking ghost!
>
>
> On Jun 28, 2007, at 3:58 PM, BenT Syncro wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On 6/28/07, Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@comcast.net> wrote: Weird
> > thing just happened: after doing some weed trimming and blowing
> >> off the driveway I looked up towards the back of my van and noticed
> >> the
> >> glass was completely shattered!!! It was bulged out about an inch and
> >> a
> >> half and looked like it was punch from the inside in two different
> >> places! What's with that? There were not previous cracks or chips in
> >> the glass either.
> >>
> >> That ever happen to anybody on the list?
> >>
> >> Keith O
> > Are there any entry wounds in any of the other windows? Did you maybe
> > have a window open where a rock could have entered? Did you have a
> > wild boar with sharp tusks locked up in the bed section of your Westy?
> > Probably a Viking ghost.
> >
> >
> > BenT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > BenT

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Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
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