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Old 11-12-2007, 08:04 PM
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When we were there in 1970 we went into a little store in a little town and found a fellow who knew english from ww2. We were looking for blankets or sleeping bags so we could sleep on the ground (college kids). He didn't have quite the right thing so he loaded us into his fintail diesel and drove us to the next town where he said the store had what we needed. They did and we had a good time talking with him on the way there and back. He called the diesel benz a "poor mans car" but in his opinion a gas mb was a rich mans car!

It was a great adventure. NOBODY in all my travels ever did so much for no particular reason at all, except we were Americans and he liked Americans!

It was a great time and now is a great memory.

Thanks for reminding me of it.

Tom W
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