Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 20:03:31 -0400
Reply-To: Tom and Dana Cates <dcates1@HOME.COM>
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From: Tom and Dana Cates <dcates1@HOME.COM>
Subject: Census
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Name: Tom Cates
Age:34
Gender: Male
Relationship: Dana, the exceptionally wonderful camping wife. She always has the van ready to GO at 5:15 on Friday for weekend trips.
Home: Asheville, NC (Camping Heaven)
Favorite City: Asheville (I never did figure out why I shouldn't live where I want to 8^)'
Born: California, Grew up in Atlanta (Stone Mountain + Lithonia)
Occupation: Corporate Welfare Recipient
List History: About a year and a half or so, maybe two
Hobbies: Playing all those Dreamcatcher games with Dana, Fantasizing about riding again (Tommassini Genius w/Record, Kestrel MxZ with most of the original XT, about ten other frames in various states of disarray), Camping, Feigning ignorance when asked computer questions at work, Renovating our 1917 house, pondering kayaking, Missouri Wines (Norton and Cynthiana), Ordering parts from Ron, Fraternizing at Campouts, and spoiling the hell out of my nephew, Daniel.
Avocation: Working on my own cars, correctly.
Rescued Cats: Mercury (Orange Tabby), Murphy (Grey Tuxedo), Blanche (Tortoise Shell), Heinrich (White), Bethesda (Black), Eeyore (Grey Manx) and Felix (Grey Tabby). We have a cat door, you bet.
VW: Hammurabi, 83 air-cooled Westfalia, 20K on the AVP rebuild and going stronger all the time.
Other Car: 92 Vigor (Dana's ride, to be replaced by a 21 window sunroof 12V, anybody wanna trade?)
Past VW: 83 Rabbit, 73 Westfalia
Past Cars: (Chronologically) 55 Bel Air 2D HT (High School, couldn't break it) Old 70's Dodge Telephone Van (no comment), Rabbit (FI troubles, repair shop scam), Bel Air again (sold), 82 Bonneville (totaled by a fool in a Camaro who ran a stop sign), 82 Cavalier CL (totaled by a Sears Semi Hydroplaning and Jackknifing on I-85, very exciting ride, not recommended) , 86 Le Baron 'talking' GTS (POcompleteandtotalutterandunmitigatedS, traded), 86 Taurus MT-5 (2.5 88HP Pinto engine and a new head gasket every 6 months, let Ford have it back at the end of the lease), 89 SHO (Fast, personal visit from Police Chief, sold), 73 Westy (Gave to Cousin), 80's 4D Le Baron, Aspen style (Gave away for the dignity and dependability of walking), 67 Corvair 500 HT (one of my favorites, sold), 89 Honda Civic LX 4D, (Sacrificed itself for me on the back of a wrecker, the ultimate in convenience, never ever let me down), 87 Mercury Grand Marquis (Drove like it was on four randomly oscillating casters in the snow, sold), 89 Corolla (Sold with a bad tranny at the local Auto Auction to a Dealer, HeHe), Vigor, and Hammurabi.
Tom and Dana Cates
Asheville, NC
83 Air-Cooled Westfalia, 'Hammurabi'
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