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Subject:Re: SA Vanagon in Adventure mag
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:16:14 -0700

LOL!!!   =)

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Don Spence <dkspence@telus.net> wrote:

> I'm sure the Xhosa , Zulu, and Sepedi folks enjoy a  dip in the
> swimming pool before settling in the gazibo to enjoy a Saturday
> gathering around the "bryfleish" up in Soweto Township.  Heck I bet
> Nelson Mandela and the good reverend Tutu host a great Fleish Fry
> before they set off on a weekend crime spree....  Probably to steal a
> vanagon, oops Microbus or two.
>
>
> On 28-Apr-09, at 11:45 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>  Date:    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:01:42 -0700
>> From:    Zolly <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
>> Subject: Re: SA Vanagon in Adventure mag
>>
>> In South Africa there are no "Vanagons" by that name.  It is a
>> Microbus.
>> And they don't have any Westfalia campers made of it.  Although the
>> population is very outdoorsy.  Typically, they have a swimming pool
>> in the
>> yard, a gazibo for the barbeque, or "bryfleish" as they call it
>> commonly in
>> Dutch, many have tennis courts too.  And for sport they are very often
>> golfers.  Youngsters are into cricket and rugby or running and
>> cycling.  No
>> Westfalia campers yet in South Africa.  And its a "no rust"
>> country.  Cars
>> last forever there.
>> The country is pretty much a mix between US and Europe with a large
>> African
>> black population, which is not the same as the American black
>> population.
>> When the economy is down, the crime is way up.  Probably what's
>> happening
>> right now.
>> I guess, I gave a little more info than you needed.
>> Zoltan
>>
>>

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Jake

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