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MsTaboo
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these are 
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Hey, I resemble that remark!
Just saw this Paul. 
We took our first long vacation in the Joker over the 4th of July week to Idaho with the Syncro Safari group. Great fun.
Love the van.
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Microbusdeluxe 
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Thought about this topic the other day. As I was fixing a few things on the '81 in front of the house I had 2 (TWO!) pairs of women stop and chat me up about the vanagon. Came in and told my wife, she just laughed at me!
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Flash Kaleo
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Passed a car full of college girls and their grandmother the other day. They pulled back up smiling and waving... all except the grandmother. She wouldn't look my direction! I politely smiled back...
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andafiro
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Cute guys are drawn to these like bees to honey, btw. 
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Racerrojo
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| Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Cute guys are drawn to these like bees to honey, btw. |
You are just having to much fun
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skier
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Location: Durango, CO
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| Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 3:28 pm Post subject: Proper Magnet |
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Living in a college town with a Westy (in the mountains), is highly recommended for shy people. I had a '59 Splittie in 1969 which was mostly full of climbing and camping gear in another college/mountain town, and I'm pleased to learn that the Magnet Effect still works. Beer in the Truckfridge is always a plus, a mountain bike on the back is often noticed as well, but it seems that many women hanging around at altitude are attracted to the Westy. I'm just gonna go with it, much to the chagrin of my grown daughters who often notice the phenomena...its really upsets them when girls there age come up to me/the Westy
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Goldie86
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| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:51 pm Post subject: Re: Proper Magnet |
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[it seems that many women hanging around at altitude are attracted to the Westy]
Very true. I had no idea until I bought one of these things. A couple of winters ago some lady noticed me having lunch in my Westy in the parking lot at Mount Hood Meadows. She came right up to me and asked if I was single and then while ogling the interior of my van she went on to explain how she had a friend who would love to meet me. Meet me or just use me for my Westy...?
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PDXWesty
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Has no one posted this yet? http://youtu.be/OTqPT0Wt7Ws
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Goldie86
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That's hysterical. Who knew they made a music video out of me and my Westy lifestyle...
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t3 kopf
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thats totally how it is when i go out to driveway to get in the van. its totally mysterious. i usually take a clearing stick out there to shoo them away so i can drive to work.
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Tobias Duncan
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thats totally how it is when i go out to driveway to get in the van. its totally mysterious. i usually take a clearing stick out there to shoo them away so i can drive to work. |
Did you make your own or are you using the Gowesty version?
I made my own out of an old ski pole. I put a tennis ball on the end for safety. Its not as slick as the Gowesty one but there is no way I am paying 700 bucks for a degirling stick. |
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andafiro
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Did you make your own or are you using the Gowesty version?
I made my own out of an old ski pole. I put a tennis ball on the end for safety. Its not as slick as the Gowesty one but there is no way I am paying 700 bucks for a degirling stick. |
Degirling stick. 
You do know that the van-cafe one comes with cookies, right?
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specialev
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| My Syncro is pretty much a dude magnet. |
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campism
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That Westy is like the aunt's Airstream trailer on "Grimm," vastly more spacious on the inside than it appears from the outside.
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mr. c
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| specialev wrote: |
| My Syncro is pretty much a dude magnet. |
Truth.
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t3 kopf
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| NavyVW wrote: |
thats totally how it is when i go out to driveway to get in the van. its totally mysterious. i usually take a clearing stick out there to shoo them away so i can drive to work. |
Did you make your own or are you using the Gowesty version?
I made my own out of an old ski pole. I put a tennis ball on the end for safety. Its not as slick as the Gowesty one but there is no way I am paying 700 bucks for a degirling stick. |
its a hockey stick with BCG glasses and a pair of crocs hanging on it.
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dhaavers
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| ... there is no way I am paying 700 bucks for a degirling stick. |
Thanks for this one! I almost spit my coffee...
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Neptuno
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I think the horse bit one of the girls....
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Tobias Duncan
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| Between this thread and the "van is a rockin" thread, I cant help but feel I am not getting the most out if my westy.... |
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campism
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| Between this thread and the "van is a rockin" thread, I cant help but feel I am not getting the most out if my westy.... |
You need to get more into your Westy.
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