[tcb] Re: Mirrors
- From: Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:33:59 -0500
Very good idea Chuck!
I take back all the bad things I said about you yesterday.
On Oct 20, 2006, at 9:01 AM, Chuck Blue wrote:
You could always step up to the new technology and install a camera
and video screen.That way you wouldn't have anything upsetting the
classic line of the VW bus.The camera probably would be easier to
get than mirrors.
ole blue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Albarian"
<pcalbar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:28 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Mirrors
Hey Denis,
The purist side of me, who drove my stock '62 Bus every day for 5
1/2 years, is thinking "suck it up you pansey!". My realist side
is saying I look forward to seeing you this weekend, and hope to
see you around and driving Murrey for many many years.
You hold the pink slip (I hope) so the choice on your Bus is yours,
Peter the purist..........
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-----Original Message-----
From: coocoo@xxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:23:03
To:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Mirrors
I just came in from driving from Wiesenhiemer Road and 610 here in
the happy town of Houston and I gotta tell you that, as I was
crossing two lanes of traffic in the friggin' dark, and everyone
doing 90 while I am doing a brisk 65 and I'm having to force my
way into lanes because...well, it's Houston, I remembered fondly
that in 1972 I was driving a 1960 bus that had these big stable
vertical mirrors, called California or truck mirrors. The only
knock I've ever heard about them was that you had to drill holes
into you doors to install them. Well, as I am looking into the
passenger side elephant ears and trying to will my brain into
reading the wiggling distortion of headlights and trying to decode
the distance and speed of the hazardous asshole who won't let me
come over. I was hearing a voice in my head saying "FOR THE LOVE
OF GOD GO TOMORROW AND BUY SOME DAMN TRUCK MIRRORS SO YOU WON"T
DIE IN A FLAMING ORGY OF TWISTED METAL AND BROKEN GLASS!!!"
So? Go ahead all you purists and tell me how I am going to mess up
what little stock is left to my bus. I have always said that as
long as the "new" stuff was not an improvement, I wouldn't use it,
but I am afraid that this is a safety improvement that is
undeniable. If I am going to drive my bus for the net 30 or so
days, many times, on major highways, I may need to improve the
visability.
So, there.
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