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Just us buses Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2004 Posts: 195 Location: Where the nuthatch winters
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:35 am Post subject: Famous people I have met. |
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In '73 I was in Guatemala doing a Peace Corps gig in forestry and natural resources and one weekend I go down to Panajachel on lake Atitlan (popular stop on the hippie circuit). Down by the lake one morning I see a couple squarebacks and buses and some older guy with his head in the back end of a bus. Now, I owned a panel in college so I went over to check 'em out. "Having trouble?" I ask and the old dude says something like "Aw, these people drive 3000 miles from home but they're unable to adjust their valves. So they're helping me with my trip and I'm taking them for a ride." Years later I read in the Idiot Book how he used baling wire for an accelerator cable in '73 'cause they don't sell Type 3 parts in Guatemala and realized the arrogant bastard was John Muir. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12454
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:36 am Post subject: |
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That's great I still like John and his book. lucky for those people he was there to help at all, who else would? |
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RichElliott Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2015 Posts: 14 Location: Beaverton, OR
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 10:35 am Post subject: Re: Famous people I have met. |
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Just us buses wrote: |
In '73 I was in Guatemala doing a Peace Corps gig in forestry and natural resources and one weekend I go down to Panajachel on lake Atitlan (popular stop on the hippie circuit). Down by the lake one morning I see a couple squarebacks and buses and some older guy with his head in the back end of a bus. Now, I owned a panel in college so I went over to check 'em out. "Having trouble?" I ask and the old dude says something like "Aw, these people drive 3000 miles from home but they're unable to adjust their valves. So they're helping me with my trip and I'm taking them for a ride." Years later I read in the Idiot Book how he used baling wire for an accelerator cable in '73 'cause they don't sell Type 3 parts in Guatemala and realized the arrogant bastard was John Muir. |
Pretty cool. _________________ Previously Owned VW's:
1972 Yellow Super Beetle
1971 Baby Blue Beetle
1969 Yellow Ghia (aka Mr. Rusty)
1972 Yellow Ghia
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grandpa pete Samba Member
Joined: July 06, 2008 Posts: 6426 Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Too many to list.....
I work for a company that puts on corporate annual meetings for groups up to 16000 people.
The featured inspirational speaker can be anyone from Ex President Busch to Army General Swartzcoff.
Then for entertainment you might have Circ Du Solet or Jeff Foxworthy or another Name band..Kiss...Michel Boublais...tommy and the who.........
Note ; Jeff Foxworthy is one of the nicest people I have ever met backstage.
17 years LOTS of meetings .
It's funny ; moving equipment into some of the fanciest hotel/convention centers in the country , and it's the same old smelly dumpster and loading dock
One time in NEW York I put a 32000 pound truck into an elevator to get to the lower loading dock _________________ 63 two fold rag
66 sedan delivery Type 6
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=569619&highlight=sedan+delivery |
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Maineak1970 Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2004 Posts: 42 Location: Arlington, tx
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Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Traveling through Bristol TN back in the 90's. Its a bout 1am and I'm at a roadside diner. After eating we walk outside and there is a NASCAR rig out front. I walked up to the guy standing there and started talking about the car inside. Asking questions and stuff. He just stood there answering them with this puzzled look on his face. We talked for about 10 minutes and then I left.
Got to Texas the next day and there he is on TV. Dale Earnhardt. He was puzzled because I had no idea who he was and all I wanted to do was talk about the car and nothing else. _________________ -----------------
'68 Cuda
'67 Dart
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Steelflash Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2015 Posts: 6 Location: Western US
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 7:22 am Post subject: |
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That's a pretty cool story about John Muir. My dad once met the boxer Danny Lopez. Closest thing I got. |
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