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Subject:Re: Fri. Generator rant.
From:Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
Date:Fri, 6 Feb 2015 07:36:53 -0800

Honda Generators are great. Dissing them is just a way to hide being cheap. 

Kelly has one. Or did. 

The real problem is having a place to put them. 

My name is Mudd

> On Feb 5, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> That's the best advice from this thread don :)
> 
> Alistair
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 5, 2015, at 6:17 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Oh boy, I've seen those and had some margs made in one of those.  But real
>> Margs, they don't even need ice...Upsidedown Margs are easiest... You tilt
>> back your head, over the bar, open your mouth and the bartender pours in
>> some tequila, some Triplesec and you swallow... Then  chew some
>> lime....There...DONE!
>> 
>> ....and....silent, uses no gas, you can make em with a dead battery even.
>> A few of those and that steenkin generator won't bother you.
>> On Feb 5, 2015 5:24 PM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> For the margaritas he should have one of these engine driven blenders.
>>> 
>>> http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/outdoors/grilling/tailgator-gas-powered-blender.asp
>>> 
>>> Dennis
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>>> Of J B
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2015 7:35 PM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Re: Fri. Generator rant.
>>> 
>>> While we were camped at Buses By the Bridge this year, there was an older
>>> bay window camped in front of us that had a generator on during the day (to
>>> blend his margaritas of all things). Our issue wasn't so much the noise
>>> (even tho it was annoying) but the exhaust that it was emitting. It
>>> actually got to the point where it was setting off our CO detector. Our
>>> little girl was taking her afternoon nap at which point I had to ask him to
>>> turn it off after showing him the readings off our detector display.
>>> 
>>> I specifically wanted to have my 80Watt solar panel and aux battery set-up
>>> properly for BBB so I wouldn't be annoying others with noise (and other
>>> pollution)
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "Don Hanson" [dhanson928@GMAIL.COM]
>>> Date: 02/05/2015 11:43 AM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Fri. Generator rant.
>>> 
>>> Again I must comment on how selfish it is to "camp" with your generator
>>> on.  Plug your ears, stick out your tongue and yell "La LA LA..." at high
>>> volume so you don't have to "hear" what I'm saying here, but there it is!
>>> 
>>> Deny deny deny, but your generator noise DOES completely eliminate the
>>> peace and quiet that many people go camping to find.  Is it fair to impose
>>> your noise on everyone around you?  No it is not.
>>> 
>>> I know that most people don't even get out into the country very often
>>> and fewer yet think their generators make any noise at all, but they really
>>> do.
>>> The natural world is getting full, I know, but dang!...There's Solar and
>>> batteries that do not impose on others who may value no unneeded noise, and
>>> nobody NEEDS to listen to a generator.
>>> 
>>> OK you all who Generate....You can unplug your ears and stop going "LA
>>> la LA LA LA!" now, my annual anti-generator rap is done...hit the starter
>>> button and go outside by your exhaust pipe and enjoy your camping...
>>>