Date:         Fri, 5 May 2006 15:52:07 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: spiffing up my ride
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On 5/5/06, Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> I say take FOUR... skip all those projects, and just travel!!!


Hah! In my dreams....in my dreams. I have a recurring fantasy involving a
Syncro, a dog, and a very lucky lottery ticket (and I guess the wife, if she
wants to come), but so far nothing yet.

I only get two weeks off myself, these days... I've got to live vicariously
> through *someone*.


Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I had to harass by boss like crazy to get my two
weeks CONSECUTIVELY; and after he retires in July and I buy the business off
him, I will probably never get another vacation again.... I feel like I
wasted my ignorant youth driving around in boring cars held together with
permatex and hose clamps when I could have been just as foolhardy a jackass
driving a Vanagon held together with permatex and hose clamps, and not spent
as much time trying to sleep in a tent. If I can keep one of these running
till I can afford to retire, I know what I'LL be doing then.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"