One game you could play with the triangles is a big boy's version of
that game you play at the  restaurant or break room table where you
staple together some paper folded up in a triangle and then flick it
back and forth until one gets the edge hanging over and you score
points doing that.

Yeah, it was funnier when I was thinking it up.

DM&FS

  You know when you put a stick in water and it looks bent but it
really isn't?......that's why I don't take baths."  =Steven Wright

At 03:21 PM 9/1/2008, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>One safety item we carry in the glovebox is a bicyclist's 3-LED
>"blinky" light that clips to the belt.  It just might come in handy
>at times like that.
>
>Stephen
>
>--- On Mon, 9/1/08, neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Highway safety warning triangles
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 2:57 PM
>
>Good to know about the flares etc. Ellen. I have some emergency "glow"
>sticks (for lack of a better term). I doubt they would last long
>either.
>
>I think triangles would be a good thing to carry. (I wonder if they
>could also be used for a "ring" toss kind of game at the campsite?
>Kidding. --- ;^)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Neil.
>
>
>
>On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Ellen <elleninoregon@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > As the possibility exists that we may sooner or later find ourselves on
>the side of the road awaiting help, I wanted to share my recent
>experience, and
>the lessons learned.
> >
> > Two weekends ago, I set off with my friend and his 91 year old mother on a
>fairly routine camping trip to the coast.  The RV broke down on Hwy
>6, a fairly
>curvacious route.  The RV was in the right hand lane, which was almost merged
>back into the left hand lane, right after a blind curve.  Needless
>to say, there
>were several "near misses" (one involving a semi which prompted me to
>move granny quite a bit farther up the highway!)  We had flares...15 minute
>flares.  When you are stuck waiting for a tow truck some 2.5 hours, these burn
>out rather quickly.
> >
> > Remembering the triangles I have seen on many occasions (usually in use by
>semi trucks) I went in search of them.  There are many sources on
>the internet,
>but they are heavy, and shipping is expensive.  So I was quite pleased to find
>them locally (at Wilco Farm Stores), and at a decent price.  They
>are made right
>here in Oregon (Tualatin) by James King & Co
>http://jameskingco.com/safety_triangles.php
> >
> > I'm going out right now to put them in the bottom of the closet in
>Lola.  With my upcoming trip, I didn't want to leave home without them.
> >
> > Ellen & Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI
> >
> >
> > Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel; stride down
>there.....and light the bloody thing yourself.' ~Dara Henderson
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