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Subject:Re: [VIDEO] The Dempster Highway in a Vanagon Westy
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:47:04 -0700

Outside my house will do fine - very spotty cellphone service.  Nothing in
my workshop...

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:48 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Jim Felder<jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, the cops can triangulate on you if they want to. It has to be on,
> > except for the new iPhone which has a locator feature that even works
> > when it's off. But who would dedicate an iPhone to be a babysitter for
> > a vanagon? (the people on this list, that's who). But it would work.
> > That is a smart idea that guy had. Those devices will be cheap and all
> > over the place in a few years. It will be impossible for folks to
> > steal a car and get away with it unless they pull it into a
> > lead-covered trailer and find the device before they sell the parts.
> > Of course then they'll have to start stealing stuff from INSIDE your
> > house. Or your gasoline.
> >
> > Jim
>
>
> Yah I thought it was clever too.
>
> But if not a lead covered garage, just take it up in the mountains
> outside of cell service. ;)
>
> Neil.
>
>
> --
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>
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>
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>

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Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
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Crescent Beach, BC

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