Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search];^) ric On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:08 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > We used to drive to Minnesota every summer in our Dodge van. One year > we were on I-80 west of Salt Lake City when we were caught in a heavy > thunderstorm. When we drove we had a cooler between the front seats > where our dog, Wags, a sheperd-mix, would stand looking down the road > and where she could be petted by the navigator. The thunderstorm was > so heavy that a pond of water formed on the highway. Just as we were > passing a huge semi we hit that pond and a vast quantity of opaque > water was flung up on the windshield, enough so that the wipers took > three swipes to clear it! When we had regained our composure we > discovered that Wags was in the 3rd row of seats having somehow > teleported there. The kids can't remember her moving - she just > appeared there after the water hit the windshield. She didn't join us > up in the front again that day. > > Adam > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: >> We used to have a Woodie type station wagon. We built a platform >> across the back and put a mattress on it for the kids. We drove all >> over the Southeast, traveling at night, with the kids asleep in the >> back. Later we had a Volkswagen van that we did the same thing with. >> We had four kids sleeping on a mattress as we traveled at night. Now >> we are too old to drive all night (both of us fall asleep by 10 >> o'clock), but it was a great way to travel at the time! Once the kids >> woke up and started demanding food and bathrooms, we stopped for the >> day. Nobody had ever heard of seat belts or car seats in those days. >> How things have changed!! (But I never would have dreamed of feeding >> my kids Similac, either, so where is the danger greatest?) >> >> Tina >> >> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Jim Shulman <jshul at comcast.net> wrote: >>> The following is a car safety item from a 1941 Popular Mechanics >>> publication-"Your Car How to Make it Last Longer". Perhaps at the >>> expense >>> of the occupants. >>> >>> >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/child+safety+%231.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> >>> Allowed busy moms more time to trim film for their screwmount Leicas. >>> >>> >>> >>> Jim Shulman >>> >>> Wynnewood, PA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information