On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy
days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic


I am sure you can appreciate what the bus is like. At least the Bug had a
bit of aerodynamic design to it.

The Bus is like driving a big block of Styrofoam with an engine down the
road.

Eisboch

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic



After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:28:17 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic



After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

I'm sure that'll go over real good here.
I bought a passenger seat recliner hinge setup at Warshawsky so I
could sleep in mine when I traveled to Portland, OR.
Tall as I am and endowed as I am it would be impossible to do anything
useful in the back of a bug.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:28:17 -0400, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly windy days,
you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go off the
road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic


After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

I'm sure that'll go over real good here.
I bought a passenger seat recliner hinge setup at Warshawsky so I
could sleep in mine when I traveled to Portland, OR.
Tall as I am and endowed as I am it would be impossible to do anything
useful in the back of a bug.

--Vic


I'm about 6'/2.5" now. I used to be 6'3"...but who knows where that half
inch has gone?

Columbia, Missouri was "the" place to go for a road trip in those
days...lotsa gals at Mizzou, plus Christian College and Stephens
College, in those days, women students only. My KC girlfriend in those
days went to Mizzou for her degree, so I spend considerable time Friday
nights getting there, and then coming back so I could at work by 4:30
Sunday afternoon.

On Fri, 29 May 2009 09:59:18 -0400, HK wrote:



I'm about 5'8" Think I used to be taller, but maybe the wife is just
wearing different shoes.

Columbia, Missouri was "the" place to go for a road trip in those
days...lotsa gals at Mizzou, plus Christian College and Stephens
College, in those days, women students only. My KC girlfriend in those
days went to Mizzou for her degree, so I spend considerable time Friday
nights getting there, and then coming back so I could at work by 4:30
Sunday afternoon.

You'd best keep your mind off of all that.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 09:59:18 -0400, HK wrote:



I'm about 5'8" Think I used to be taller, but maybe the wife is just
wearing different shoes.

Columbia, Missouri was "the" place to go for a road trip in those
days...lotsa gals at Mizzou, plus Christian College and Stephens
College, in those days, women students only. My KC girlfriend in those
days went to Mizzou for her degree, so I spend considerable time Friday
nights getting there, and then coming back so I could at work by 4:30
Sunday afternoon.

You'd best keep your mind off of all that.

--Vic


You're probably right.

I had a wonderful time the years I worked at The Star. Both the
afternoon and night city/assignment editors were "old school"
journalists, the newsroom had *no* financial budget, and those reporters
who wanted to get "out there" for feature stories in Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Iowa, and Nebraska could propose just about anything and get
it approved.

HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly
windy days, you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go
off the road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic


After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back seat
of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

Where haven't you got laid? Does your landlady know what a slut you are?

jim785 wrote:
HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly
windy days, you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go
off the road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic


After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the assignment
editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the sort of color
feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of two lane roads,
lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I thought the Bug was
going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back
seat of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

Where haven't you got laid? Does your landlady know what a slut you are?

Call her and ask her yourself. Need the number?

D K wrote:
jim785 wrote:
HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2009 08:18:16 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Had an afterthought. If you want to feel unsafe in even mildly
windy days, you should try driving the '65 VW bus.
If someone sneezes in a car beside you with an open window, you go
off the road.

Don't doubt that. Even the '64 bug I had was the diciest thing I ever
drove in the wind. A semi passing would move it a foot.

--Vic


After my MGA died when I worked at the KC Star, I bought a new Bug.
Might have been a 65. $1350 including FM radio. Anyway, the
assignment editor had me running to small towns in Missouri for the
sort of color feature stories the paper liked in those days. Lots of
two lane roads, lots of trucks coming the other way. Many a time I
thought the Bug was going to go into low earth orbit.

I can report, however, that it was possible to get laid in the back
seat of a VW. In Columbia, Missouri, in the parking lot of a dorm at
Christian College.

Where haven't you got laid? Does your landlady know what a slut you are?

Call her and ask her yourself. Need the number?
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