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Date:         Mon, 4 Dec 2006 20:07:34 -0500
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Stranded - my first heartbreak
In-Reply-To:  <de48c0be0612041536p3f62ec5axf1e99712d667ee54@mail.gmail.com>
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Welcome to the honored league of stranded vanagonauts, Mordo! You have finally arrived...

BTW, Sam Walters, on this list, lives in Baltimore.

Joy

**************************************************************** Joy Hecht now living in a real house in northern Virginia and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years lugging Joy and her stuff around...

For musings about life traveling in the van or living in one place: http://www.joyhecht.net

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:::-----Original Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf :::Of mordo :::Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 6:36 PM :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Stranded - my first heartbreak ::: :::It finally happened: my first breakdown. I'm currently stranded on a :::busy thoroughfare in Baltimore. ::: :::I had just rounded an exit ramp, uphill and the engine sputtered to :::stop. I am low on fuel and the previous owner had indicated that the :::fuel gauge is untrustworthy when it's low. ::: :::I put two gallons in and it still won't start. I had my wife crank the :::engine while I checked a couple of things. Fuel pump runs. Nothing :::else obvious comes to mind. Perhaps a clogged fuel line if it was :::sucking debris. ::: :::Waiting for a tow truck now to carry me a mile and a half home. ::: :::In a peculiar coincidence, minutes after I came to a stop, a grey :::Westy drove blithely by me. I expect it is one of perhaps four :::Vanagons I've ever seen in Balto. ::: :::I feel strangely honored to be a part of the legions of stranded :::Vanagon drivers all over the world. ::: :::Mordo ::: :::-- :::mordo :::1990 Carat


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