Well, the oldest bus was a 65 westy and a 65 single cab. Sammie Smith <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: A what? That's Baja from the resident Nacogdoches Baja expert who has put over 100,000 miles on a Baja. And I've got Will beat if we can insert a Type I. It's 55 this year. At 03:47 PM 2/17/2006, you wrote: >the oldest vw I ever had was a 61 baha > >Sammie Smith wrote: >Well, guess Will has us beat, though I do have two busses that are 46. > >At 01:59 PM 2/17/2006, you wrote: > >I was only being general. my bus is only 22 > > > >Will Wood wrote: > > > >40 Years? Ahem, try 52.. ;-) > > > > > > > >---------- > >From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behal > >f Of Mark Sawyer > >Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 1:50 PM > >To: >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [tcb] Re: @SPAM+++++++++ Re: Inviting folks to the list > > > >If we can take 40 year old busses and have the guts to run with the > >traffic of today with old technology, I would call that "going beyond the > >limits" and "rising above" the temptation of a newer and fancier mode of > >transportation. To "triumph over the negative or restrictive aspects" of > >no t being able to run 70mph shows the amount of character that any VW > >transporter owner has. > > > >KatrinaMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >Yes I am.... I looked on the dictionary it means: > >1 a : to rise above or go beyond the limits of b : to triumph over the > >negative or restrictive aspects of : > >OVERCOME c : to be prior to, > >beyond, and above (the uni verse or material existence) > >2 : to outstrip or outdo in some attribute, quality, or power > >intransitive senses : to rise above or extend notably beyond ordinary limits > >synonym see EXCEED > > > > > > > > > >Katrina & Dan Martin > >71'bus "Homer" > >http://homepage.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin > >http://ical.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/Volks32Shows > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Denis Dodson > >Date: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:54 am > >Subject: [tcb] Re: @SPAM+++++++++ Re: Inviting folks to the list > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > What are we Transcending? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: KatrinaMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:50 AM > > > Subject: @SPAM++++++++ + [tcb] Re: Inviting folks to the list > > > > > > > > > Ya that sounds good Mark. > > > > > > Katrina & Dan Martin > > > 71'bus "Homer" > > > http://homepage.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin > > > http://ical.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/Volks32Shows > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > >; From: Mark Sawyer > > > Date: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:39 am > > > Subject: [tcb] Re: @WL Re: Inviting folks to the list > > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > Transcendental Coalition of Busses > > > > > > > > Denis Dodson wrote: Some of them asked what > > > TCB > > > > stands for. I told them Texas Coalition of > > > > Busses, but since we have members in Illinois, Arkansas, > > > Oklahoma > > > > and Texas, > > > > I am not sure what it means anymore. > > > > > > > > Is it still bus owners? If it is many of these folks aren' t > > > > eligible. We > > > > could call it The Cavalier Bandaleros. or Terrible Caveman > > > Ballbusters > > > > Discuss. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Dan Martin" > > > > To: > > > > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:30 AM > > > > Subject: @WL [tcb] Re: Inviting folks to the list > > > > > > > > > > > > >I am sure at least 1 of them will be both of the types you > > > > mention Sammy. > > > > > I have always held a open door policy for the list. > > > > > I am of the opinion that you can't keep the assholes out and > > > let > > > > the cool > > > > > people in. > > > > > If any of you have a proven system for this I nominate you > > > to be > > > > king of > > > > > the world. > > > > > It seems to me that natural selection is the best list > > > ; moderator. > > > > > I say sign them all up! > > > > > Or better yet send them here: > > > > > > > > > > //www.freelists.org/list/tcb > > > > > > > > > > And let them do it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 17, 2006, at 9:00 AM, Sammie Smith wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Well that depends Denis! Are they hillbillies and did they > > > have > > > > >> anything to do with the awards at Eureka last year? > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> At 08:49 AM 2/17/2006, you wrote: > > > > >>> I went to the Volksmiesters meeting last night (in > > > Murray!) > > > > and they > > > > >>> were asking me a bunch of questions about Psycobilly/Nob > > > Hill > > > > show. I > > > > >>> told them that I have some committees and I named at least > > > one > > > > >& gt;> committee head last night. I think he was Ch airman and > > > > President of the > > > > >>> Committee to make a Volksmiester' Trophy. Any way I was > > > > telling them > > > > >>> that it was a TCB show as much as anything and I told them > > > > about this > > > > >>> here list. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> I told them that we even allow Vanagons. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> They want me to give them the info on joing this list. I > > > gave > > > > one guy > > > > >>> Dan's add ress and the list address. I think it would be > > > fun to > > > > get some > > > > >>> new people to read all of I am cool Fred's plans on > > > getting a > > > > bus on > > > > >>> the road. One of the guys last night is going to put a > > > rotary > > > > engine in >&g >t; > > >>> a bus. He an d IAC Fred can talk together about what they > > > will > > > > never > > > > >>> actually do. No working bus = firecrackerpants. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Does anybody object to 6 or 10 new list members? > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >