Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 22:57:37 -0700
Reply-To: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: Big Valves for me?
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Rotf, lmao.
Mike
On 4/24/03 6:02 PM, "Will Morris" <wjm6@CORNELL.EDU> wrote:
> Note to listservers....
>
> So my husband read aloud the fiance/Karmann Ghia/big valve story to me...
>
> Ya'll out there are bad people. Bad people who my husband continually
> refers to when he tells me "see, it could be worse". (Like the dude who was
> washing parts in the wife's dishwasher.) William was smart enough to not
> venture past the bathtub- and frankly I think that was a bit of a ruse to
> get me to wholeheartedly endorse the purchase of a parts washer- yes I
> drove 30 miles and picked it up myself.
>
> This is probably the wrong place to share my "poor wife feelings"- but
> somebody out there has to have some sympathy when the guest bedroom for the
> in-laws (meaning MY mother) is half full of toolboxes and cartons of
> "genuine German oil filters" bought on ebay.
>
> The man only had one small toolbox when I married him- so noone can say "I
> should have known what I was getting". Oh- and I almost forgot to mention-
> has anyone else had the Snap-On company offer to come by their house with
> the truck???????? Anyone have any idea how many tools you have to buy
> before Snap-On DELIVERS???
>
> -luv...
>
> liz butler
>
>
>
>> So my fiance' (the same one who i bought the '65
>> karmann ghia with as a "bonding" project car) and i
>> are getting into the swing of shared finances. This
>> morning i asked her for approval for the first time on
>> a significant purchase - a set of big valve heads for
>> the wbx i am rebuilding.
>>
>> "Do you need them"?
>> well, no... it really is more a matter of want.
>>
>> "Can you afford them?"
>> well... kinda
>>
>> "Will they make your life better in some way?"
>> well... maybe
>>
>> "So if you had to accellerate really fast to avoid
>> some SOB in an SUV with a cell phone, you'd be safe?"
>> well... yeah
>>
>> "Get 'em!"
>>
>> Rock on... i'm going to like being married! :-) Big
>> valves it is for me and my van. 2325 displacement
>> with big valves. Should be a good time.
>>
>> Just thought i would share that with the list :-)
>>
>> -Damon
>>
>> =====
>> '84 Westy (Sparky)
>> '65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma)
>>
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