So Ted Zateslo says:
>  htg@rhea.cray.com (Harold Longley) writes:
> > To be considerate, I take lightly traveled trails.  Sometimes I pass
> > two people going the other way, but usually I see no one before or
> > after making the noise.
> > 
> > BTW, the tuba sounds great in a vanagon, slightly muffled though since
> > the bell shoots straight up into the ceiling.
> 
> Ah, therein lies the virtue of the roof hatch of the Westfalia!  I
> crank mine wide open (or as wide open as it goes), point my
> euphonium (which is a tenor tuba) in that direction, and it
> works great, except when it's raining.
> 
> Hmmm... that makes at least three brass players (Harold, Grungy,
> and myself) on the Vanagon list...
> 

Hot Damn!  I could just see it on the 'da Trip'.  Picture this now:
An open area in some campground.  A bunch of Type II's, beer keg(s),
and a bunch of people doing a polka with the 'Type II (Brass) Trio' 
providing the music!  

It could happen.....

Steven

sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com