Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 22:58:08 -0400
Reply-To: Derek Drew <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
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From: Derek Drew <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
Subject: Re: Derek's Advice Requested
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That's funny.
We could also go in the personal direction instead of technical!....
How about adding these fields....
[ ] check here if you feel your personal relationship with a significant
other was put under severe stress because of your bonding to the van
[ ] check here if you feel that your van actually was part of the cause
why you broke up or got divorced form someone
[ ] estimate here the estimated annual dollar value you feel you have
forfeited in earnings because you devoted time and energy to the van
instead of to your job. Estimate this figure for the the last 20 years and
put the dollar amount in this space _______________ for the worst of those
20 years, but do not include any losses from adjacent years.
[ ] check here if you have ever thought, "This is *crazy* for me to be so
obsessed with this!"
[ ] check here if you have ever thought,
[ ] I can't believe I am actually taking the transmission out
(instead of hiring someone else to do it)
[ ] I can't believe I am actually taking the exhaust off
[ ] I can't believe I am actually ____________________ fill in the blank
[ ] I can't believe these people on the Internet actually work on
their cars themselves, and then five years later, you noticed you were
doing everything that they were doing.
[ ] check here if your father (or father figure in your life) or family
ever had a vw van before you got yours
[ ] check here if your dad has had to endure you storing vehicles or
parts at his house or on his property
[ ] check here if you installed a map pocket on the front right door and
installed it in such a way that you could not open the glovebox when the
door was closed and you had to remove it and reinstall it a little further
back.
[ ] check here if you ever ran out of gas and then discovered that your
car would not run (because the fuel pump had been destroyed)
[ ] check here if you definitely plan to drive your van until you lose
your drivers license because of old age
[ ] check here if you have ever dreamed that you would leave your van to
your son if you do so, or after you die, so that he can keep driving it.
and so on....
At 02:35 PM 5/4/2005, you wrote:
>In a message dated 5/4/2005 6:44:22 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>derekdrew@rcn.com writes:
>This sounds like super fun.
>
>In fact, it would be a ton of fun for me to spend maybe 5 hours thinking
>of the fields and the way they interrelate.
>
>Thanks! I appreciate your input.
>
>I'm almost afraid to see what you'd come up with if you had more than a
>few minutes!
>
>Regards,
>Jim
_______________________________________________
Derek Drew
CEO & Co-Founder
ConsumerSearch, Inc.
New York, NY & Washington DC
derekdrew@rcn.com
202-966-7907
(cell) 703-408-1532
http://www.ConsumerSearch.com/
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