Heh,

Yep Zeno is the name of my van.  He's named after Zeno of Elea <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno_of_Elea> who is the Greek philosopher who
invented the dialectic and, in context, wrote several paradoxes of motion
including "the arrow paradox".

"If everything when it occupies an equal space is at rest, and if that which
is in locomotion is always occupying such a space at any moment, the flying
arrow is therefore motionless."

This is supposed to make me feel better when we're all stationary on the
side of some road together.  I could be stationary at any moment regardless
of vector or momentum.

And yes, I do sometimes drive with the blinds closed.  Not sure if its legal
or not, but no one's bothered me so far and if they do I'll happily offer to
open them to the view.

MT
http://zenoswagen.wordpress.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Michael Sullivan
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:07 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: /Window Tinting. Cut the curtains

Hey, dave...Zeno is a listmembers van that was posted recenetly with the new
solar panel setup and the pics showed it in the windfarm...you
member..right?  Anyhoo...I see LOTS of GM conversion vans wth the shades
pulled on the road and I am not saying it is legal, just...what was it we
were discussing??? :-).
BTW-I work about 80 hrs a week and my clients are really getting me worked
up today so sorry if I can't elaborate more.  Back to work.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:02 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> What is Zeno?  however, others have convinced me that some do drive
> without rear or side visibility, except for mirrors.  I have seen many
> panel vans, and of course, large trucks (and motor homes) lack rear
> and side window visibility.  That doesn't mean that those of us who
> have it shouldn't keep it.  I'd certainly feel handicapped without as
> wide a range of vision as possible.  DMc
>
> ---- Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>  > < But aren't the shades that folks use "see through"?
> > > David McNeely
> >
> >   Didn't we just see Zeno with the shades in the back (the vertical
> blinds)?
> > Michael in San Antonio
> > 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
>
> --
> David McNeely
>