Years ago I read in Punch, the classic satirical British magazine, that London's upper-classes lives in, then were filled with the new fad, Range Rovers! Since then every damned car manufacturer of note makes one, but then only a few did, including Rover, Jeep, Toyota and Suzuki. Now almost all makes them, even if some, like Saab's, which was a rebadged Japanese car! Some time back a study of where Volvo XC90s sold the most, and it became evident that the further away from the wilderness you got the thicker the crowds of that gas-guzzler became - in posh areas in our capital they shared space with Jaguars, Porsches, BMWs, and other similar-priced vehicles. In the far north there was at that time nil Volvo XC90s, but a lot of pickups, from the US, and Japan! The XC70, much less glamorous sibling, is, to Volvo's surprise, found almost everywhere, but almost all see heavy use, often pulling horse trailers, or boats! Very few XC90s are put to similar uses, but some are used in my town as taxis!!! Another fad that puzzles me are all these camoflage-printed trousers, jackets, hats and whatnots you see nowadays - have everyone become a commandos, hunters or what?! Or are they leftovers from some foreign war, like the US army garb we used as kids during the Viet Nam War years - the more bulletholes the cooler you were!!! We use our tiny Yaris for our transports, often with an equally tiny trailer behind - which has room for our Klepper XXL, tents, folding chairs, while sleeping bags, and clothes goes inside the car's boot! Not at all as classy as, for example, a Porsche SUV, but who cares :-)! -- Be Yourself _at_ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Tord S. Eriksson wrote: >war, like the US army garb we used as kids during the Viet Nam War >years - the more bulletholes the cooler you were!!! > > Really? interesting...... Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Dear Tord and all, People wear camouflage because they don't want to be seen wearing camouflage. Best, Harvey --- On Thu, 8/6/09, Tord S. Eriksson <tord_at_mindless.com> wrote: Another fad that puzzles me are all these camoflage-printed trousers, jackets, hats and whatnots you see nowadays - have everyone become a commandos, hunters or what?! Or are they leftovers from some foreign war, like the US army garb we used as kids during the Viet Nam War years - the more bulletholes the cooler you were!!! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I came back from Vietnam in January 1969 and within a week went out into the back yard, dug a hole, put all my uniforms in it, and burned them. Never worn camouflage since. "Dear Tord and all, People wear camouflage because they don't want to be seen wearing camouflage. Best, Harvey" Greg Dunlap Santa Rosa, CA 38.478156 N 122.754598 W 157 feet above sea level blackey_at_sonic.net Vietnam Security Police Life Member 361 366th SPS K-9 Association Webmaster Da Nang, RVN TET 1968 - TET 1969 Blackie 129X *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Should have added that I wasn't allowed by my parents to get one, but most tough kids had long hair and a used, patched up, US Army jacket - sometimes complemented by army trousers, but always army-style boots, or Wellingtons! Seems to recall that my sister had a US Army jacket, but she was a bit more rebellious, and older (retired now!). A corncob pipe was also part of her attire, as for so many others! What was smoked differed from person to person, though! A friend's mom gave me her son's long, down-filled, Canadian hunter's jacket (my friend had outgrown it and used his dad's, so I got his leftover). It had tough, green cotton canvas on the outside, and a brilliant red liner - I had it for years and years, almost year round, and it didn't look too different from the US Army jackets, but lacked the stripes, bullet holes, though. So I was almost one of the gang :-)! Some actually got hold of genuine Swedish Army clothes (not on sale in those days), but those were rare, and almost got us shot, by nervous American sentries in Denmark near a DEW line radar station - excellent place for bird watching, by the way, and by a Swedish sentry outside another secret radar station, situated inside a Swedish National Park - long story, but it was during the cold war years, and things were so different then! We were just dumb teenage bird watchers, of course, but army garb, cameras, long lenses, telescopes and sturdy tripods can look very intimidating if you have been trained to believe that the enemy might attack any day! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Myers" To: "Tord S. Eriksson" Cc: paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] SUVs and other stuff Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:54:25 -0700 Tord S. Eriksson wrote: > war, like the US army garb we used as kids during the Viet Nam > War years - the more bulletholes the cooler you were!!! > > Really? interesting...... Jackie -- Be Yourself _at_ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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