you are all talking in strange tongues :-)

Karl
1981 Westy "Jenny"
2000 VW Jetta GLS VR6
Wilmington, DE

On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 2:46 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:

> Also known as a cornice.
>
> John
>
>
> On 6/29/2014 12:31 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>
>> Phil is right, I grew up understanding that a pelmet is the panel or
>> shelf like thing covering the top of a curtain. Hides the rails and
>> hangers. Sometimes the pelmet can be a fabric covered frame, sometimes it
>> is a wood panelled structure.
>>
>> I couldn't think of a better word for the equivalent westy structures.
>> The early westies just had the trough on the drivers side and a little
>> plastic pelmet over the pass side rear window. The later westies have a
>> structure on both sides with integral curtain rail.
>>
>> Phew.
>>
>> It does sound vaguely rude. What a pelmet!
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Jun 29, 2014, at 8:54 AM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> What's a pelmet?
>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds vaguely scatological.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Jun 29, 2014, at 8:03 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've got four warm-white LED striplights gummed up in the van: one over
>>>> the bench seat, one under the "spice rack," another atop the front edge
>>>> of the roof cutout -- forward of the poptop latch, and another atop the
>>>> forward edge of the upper deck. Each has its own controller so I can
>>>> adjust lighting as desired. But it would be swell to have a remote for
>>>> them.
>>>>
>>>> We don't sleep in the upstairs. Mrs Elliott and I are both of small
>>>> stature and fit fine down below.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>>
>>>>  On 06/27/2014 08:19 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:
>>>>> Hang a snakelight or some such thing over the lift bar. Wonder how
>>>>> much longer we're CG
>>>>> On a be able to hop down from the upper berth when we gotta pee middle
>>>>> of the night?
>>>>>
>>>>> Karl Wolz
>>>>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Jun 27, 2014, at 7:35 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
>>>>>> camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want controllers with a remote control. Dim the lights after getting
>>>>>> in bed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>>>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>>>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  On 06/27/2014 05:18 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>>>>>> Jarrett - looks good but to be honest I prefer the long strip of
>>>>>>> LEDs in a channel  on the edge of the pelmet. You saw what I did, works
>>>>>>> well enough to remove the stock galley light.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Neil - you should check out lee valleys led strips. I am impressed
>>>>>>> by the warm white and they now carry anodized channel that accepts
>>>>>>> diffusers. They also have nice connectors that do away with soldering to
>>>>>>> the strip.
>>>>>>> But they don't have good controllers for our applications. I
>>>>>>> recommend the little controller from superbrite led, the controller that
>>>>>>> looks like a iPod shuffle.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alistair
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  On Jun 25, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am constantly using my Dot-It fixture over the stove. Need to
>>>>>>>> install real lighting!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for the blog post and info.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Neil.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  On 6/25/14, Jarrett Kupcinski <kupcinski@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I added a second galley light above the stove and boy does it make
>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> difference. No more popping popcorn in the dark! If you're
>>>>>>>>> interested in
>>>>>>>>> what it looks like, I added a few brief notes and a picture to the
>>>>>>>>> blog. Big
>>>>>>>>> thanks to listmember Harold Teer for helping me source the stock
>>>>>>>>> Westfalia
>>>>>>>>> light.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.kpcnsk.com/?p=598
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -Jarrett
>>>>>>>>> 89 Bostig'd Westy
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Neil n
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>
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