On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:59:01 -0300, you wrote:

>In 76 while sleeping in a 'Rotary International' roadside pull-off in
>Guatemala to be awoken at 1:00 am. by banging on rear window. It was
>earthquake time so the wheels were chocked. Peering out the window I
>saw 7-8 Machetes glinting in the moonlight.
>        Speaking no Mayan I stumbled through an explanation in
>Spanish that I was a tourista and not the local military. They
>stepped back a few yards to mull over our fate. I slipped into the
>drivers seat, and sent my wife out the passenger window to remove the
>chocks and await the campesinos decision. 

So ... how did you dissuade her from the notion that she should be in
the driver's seat while you slip out the passenger window ... ?

B (would *not* get out of the van in the presence of machetes) &S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal