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Date:         Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:42:29 -0800
Reply-To:     developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: Poptop Alarm was Re: ebay car?
Comments: To: Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
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OK, even with an alarm a few of us would still forget to close that pop top. But with a cut off switch how can one forget? One would really have to have a brain made of mush.

William

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Palmer" <jpalmer@MTS.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:33 PM Subject: Re: Poptop Alarm was Re: ebay car?

> Well, it's true that i am young, idealistic and feel invincible (don't you > have to believe that to own a Vanagon?) and i am somewhat familiar with > mistakes. I'm just afraid that my brain will get even mushier than it > already is and I'll rely too heavily on warning lights. I cannot get > complacent! That's when the real mistakes are made. > > Jeff > Young, Idealistic, and a mistake waiting to happen. > > > > Yah, of course, if one was always perfect and never made a mistake. But > the > > fact of life is that one does get distracted for many reasons. To depend > on > > being clever enough to remember to put that pop top down is easy if you > are > > still young, and still full of romantic idealism and the feeling of > > invincibility, but when you have lived life you KNOW that mistakes happen. > >


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