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Re: My Bug

Postby Brando14100 » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:15 pm

Got this canvas painting from a shop in Boscastle in Cornwall yesterday

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cool 8-) looks great on me wall
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This is what happens when Fozzer, Uhhm F, tries to go on vacation. Sorry Paul had to say it. Couldn't help myself. It was either going to be you or my 8th grade Tech. Teacher, and sice you guys don't know him, well, you get it.

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Re: My Bug

Postby commoner » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:24 am

....mmm.....Great place to take your driving test....."Turn right just beyond that tree SIR!"......commoner :P
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Re: My Bug

Postby Fozzer » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:10 am

Do you know what...

I have only ever been in a Volkswagen Beetle once in my life, as a passenger from Hereford to London, a journey of some 130 Miles.

During the whole of that journey it was impossible to carry out a normal conversation due to the noise from that Flat-4, fan-cooled, engine in the back!

Imagine flying in a Cessna 152 without a communication, noise-cancelling headset, and that will give you some idea of the incessant clatter of riding in a Beetle....
...a form of long distance Water Torture... :o....!

Never again!... ;)...!

F...G-BPLF... ;D
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Re: My Bug

Postby commoner » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:50 pm

...mmmm..must totally agree about the Beetle, but I have had more than one holiday in one of these which looks to me like a VW Caravette......brings back great memories of the open road and farmyard campsites........ ::)

...Ah!, the glorious smells of rural England...wonderful.

.......commoner :o ;D
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Re: My Bug

Postby Fozzer » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:57 pm

...mmmm..must totally agree about the Beetle, but I have had more than one holiday in one of these which looks to me like a VW Caravette......brings back great memories of the open road and farmyard campsites........ ::)

...Ah!, the glorious smells of rural England...wonderful.

.......commoner :o ;D


...and San Francisco, during the Flower Power Season, circa 1968?... ::).... ;D....!

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Re: My Bug

Postby BigTruck » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:31 pm

...mmmm..must totally agree about the Beetle, but I have had more than one holiday in one of these which looks to me like a VW Caravette......brings back great memories of the open road and farmyard campsites........ ::)

...Ah!, the glorious smells of rural England...wonderful.

.......commoner :o ;D


...and San Francisco, during the Flower Power Season, circa 1968?... ::).... ;D....!

F... ;D... ;D...!


They're still everywhere out here, flower power season or not, a lot of San Franciscans are still trying to keep the hippy days alive...
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Re: My Bug

Postby Groundbound1 » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:34 pm

Our fam. had a '79 VW bus that we bought new, and I'll tell ya what, it was the MOST reliable vehicle we had ever owned, before or since! When we sold it in '91, it had 200,000+ miles on it, and it still ran like a champ. (was a little rusty though) I'd give my left "marble" to have it back.
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Re: My Bug

Postby Fozzer » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:52 pm

...mmmm..must totally agree about the Beetle, but I have had more than one holiday in one of these which looks to me like a VW Caravette......brings back great memories of the open road and farmyard campsites........ ::)

...Ah!, the glorious smells of rural England...wonderful.

.......commoner :o ;D


...and San Francisco, during the Flower Power Season, circa 1968?... ::).... ;D....!

F... ;D... ;D...!


They're still everywhere out here, flower power season or not, a lot of San Franciscans are still trying to keep the hippy days alive...


....good for them!... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!

Volkswagen Caravettes, Flower Power, and Free Love should never be allowed to die..;)...;)..!

F... ;D... ;D...!
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Re: My Bug

Postby Hagar » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:58 pm

...mmmm..must totally agree about the Beetle, but I have had more than one holiday in one of these which looks to me like a VW Caravette......brings back great memories of the open road and farmyard campsites........ ::)

...Ah!, the glorious smells of rural England...wonderful.

.......commoner :o ;D


...and San Francisco, during the Flower Power Season, circa 1968?... ::).... ;D....!

F... ;D... ;D...!


They're still everywhere out here, flower power season or not, a lot of San Franciscans are still trying to keep the hippy days alive...


....good for them!... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!

Volkswagen Caravettes, Flower Power, and Free Love should never be allowed to die..;)...;)..!

F... ;D... ;D...!

My neighbour had one. We went on holiday to the West Country in it once. They're a pig to drive, especially with 4 adults & 4 kids on board. :o
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Re: My Bug

Postby Wii » Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:50 pm

I imagine this picture as in the ice cap has melted and that is the last place to vacation to??? Fail! ;D
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Re: My Bug

Postby NitroPower » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:53 pm

Got this canvas painting from a shop in Boscastle in Cornwall yesterday

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This raises the question, how did it get there?
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