[tcb] Re: side bar on trip report
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:21:10 -0700 (PDT)
Sammie , I didn't know you knew my daughter .She
graduated from T.U. .One Thursday evening we were
dining at Gueros on South Congress.The Air Koolers
Kruise up Kongress Ave. on the first Thursday of the
month.. I caught the VW'S and some buses out the
corner of my eye , jump up from the table to watch the
kruise .. when I got back the folks at the table
weren't happy with me . Snoddy nose brat ,yes , very
nice young lady ,yes... I still can hardly believe she
moved to Brooklyn , might have something to do with
the incident at Guero's .
--- sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey, the Aggie in that was meant in a positive note.
> Denotes clean cut, smart, well dressed, detail
> oriented, and all of the other GOOD things that
> personify A&M engineers. My oldest daughter is an
> Aggie. Was not meant in any way as a derogatory
> comment towards Aggies. I would never demean
> anyone! The Aggie description was meant only in a
> positive way, you know as opposed to those spoiled
> snotty nosed brats who sip tea and go to that low
> level school in Ausitn.
>
> a1992cabbygirl@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: I'm sorry, the
> apologizing to everyone has finally gotten to me.Â
> If we become too policitally correct this forum list
> is going to go downhill very fast. We need to be
> ourselves and have fun with it. I am Texan, Aggie
> fan, and a blond(sort of) lefty. I get it from all
> sides. The only topics that should be left aloneÂ
> are politics and religion. Those two subjects
> could be disasterous. Just my opinion.
> EmÂ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sammie smith
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, 24 May 2007 9:04 am
> Subject: [tcb] Re: side bar on trip report
>
>
> His bus looks like you would find a backwoods
> Swedish hippy driving it. But the guy looks and
> talks like an Aggie engineer with a degree in
> philosophy. No beard, short haircut and clean
> clothes. The reason for the Swede comment was not
> meant to offend anyone, but John the owner is a
> Swede. His dad was a Swedish immigrant.
>
> Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How to be a stankfoot hippy?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Brian Denning
> >Sent: May 24, 2007 7:55 AM
> >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [tcb] Re: side bar on trip report
> >
> >what's the title of the book? sounds great, wish i
> could of made it to mtn
> >view.
> >
> >
> >>From: sammie smith
> >>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [tcb] side bar on trip report
> >>Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 16:02:09 -0700 (PDT)
> >>
> >>Went to the Mtn View show. Saw the greatest bus
> ever, even better than
> >>Murray. Sorry that everyone on the TCB list did
> not get to see this bus.
> >>Driver/owner John Lago from Oshkosh WI. Quote from
> sign on windshield.
> >>"Daily Driver for 40+ years. Totaled twice, on
> fire 3 times, and dropped
> >>through the ice once. How many miles? Only the
> Shadow knows. From
> >>Florida to the Yukon, and close to both coasts.
> Been through 2 trannys,
> >>many motors. Recently a 2000 mile two-week trip to
> Georgia. Before that,
> >>a 5,000 mile ride to Newfoundland. Was there ever
> trouble? Sometimes
> >>you're the bug and sometimes you are the
> windshield."
> >>
> >> The bus is a 62 Kombi that the owner bought as a
> youngster in 1966. He
> >>has modified this bus for roughing it in the Yukon
> and ice fishing in
> >>Wisconsin. It has a wood stove made from stainless
> steel to heat the
> >>interior and cooking when camping. It has a
> stainless steel trap door in
> >>the cargo floor for drilling through the ice and
> ice fishing. There is no
> >>interior in the rear except for a home made bunk
> along the left rear wall
> >>of the bus. Front seats, driver and passenger, are
> aluminum and web lawn
> >>chairs. Interior toilet is a hardwood seat with
> hole that holds a zip lock
> >>baggy. Fishing rods are mounted on the interior
> roof. Roof rack for
> >>carrying canoe. No front bumper cept for spare
> tire that hangs on the
> >>nose. Rear bumper home made from heavy steel. Rope
> pull start mounted on
> >>crank pulley of engine as taken from a 4 cylinder
> snow mobile. Works like
> >>a charm and starts on first pull as demonstrated
> by the owner. Every nook
> >>and cranny of the interior of the
> >> bus is designed to hold something useful for the
> owner who takes extended
> >>trips and literally lives out of the bus and off
> of the land.
> >>
> >> Owner has also written a book about the bus,
> philosophy of life, and
> >>whatever else came to mind. Read it completely at
> almost one sitting. If
> >>you are interested it is $15 and available at
> Lunchbreak Press, PO Box 703,
> >>Oshkosh WI 54903. Appears to be a self published
> book and has no ISBN on
> >>the book. Worth the read for guys who like busses.
> Not sure about the
> >>gals. Book written under name of John Bock.
> According to John, because
> >>that's his favorite beer.
> >>
> >> He is supposed to be at the Funfest in Effington
> IL in a couple of weeks
> >>if anyone on the list is going and want to catch
> some interesting
> >>conversation with John, buy his book and look at
> his bus. Should have his
> >>traveling companion with him, very large brown
> Collie mix dog.
> >>
> >> Meeting John and the bus made the trip, even
> without all of the other
> >>things that you normally get traveling a long way
> in a VW and though the
> >>mountains of hillbilly hollow AR to a VW show.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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