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Date:         Sat, 6 Jan 2007 07:42:04 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Roadside Troubles while on Vacationing
Comments: To: Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <C1C4BDFF.2ADF%npoole@telus.net>
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Shades of Unca Joel.

Wish it wasn't so true, now can you add the woes of the syncro clan?

Mike

On 1/6/07 2:46 AM, "Nathaniel Poole" <npoole@TELUS.NET> wrote:

> I couldn't resist... > > > The (Wasser)Boxer > > > I am just a poor boy and my story's seldom told > I've squandered my money on a watercooled old vanagon, such is dementia > All squirts and drips, still a man hears what he wants to hear > And disregards the puddles, hmmmm > > Li la li... > > When I left my home on a vacation, It was in an 87 vanagon > with a Bentley manual > It blew out in an intersection, runnin bad > In a fury, seeking out the shops where the waterboxers go > Looking for the techies only they would know > > Li la li... > > Needing only a pair of new heads, I come lookin for a repair, but I get no > respect > Just a comeon from a dealer in the Auto Mall > I do declare, you can have this squirting van; I should have bought myself > an aircooled. > > Li la li... > > But the dealer doesn't want it, he isn't such a fool > I am older than I once was, and regret my puddle van, that's not unusual > No it isn't strange, part after part, it's still a water gusher > 3 thousand dollars later it is more or less the same > > Li la li... > > And Iım laying out some more cash, wishing it was stolen, chopped and burned > And the @#$% mechanic isn't bleedin me, leadin me to bankruptcy > > In the clearing stands a waterboxer, and the owner with his chequebook > And he carries a receipt of every part that let him down or stranded him > and he shouts out in his anger and his shame > I'll get an aircooled an aircooled, as the waterboxer dies > yet again, yet again > > Li la li... > > > > May PS and AG forgive me. > > Nathaniel > > > On 1/5/07 10:43 PM, "Keith Ovregaard" <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > >> Hey, that's good Nathaniel! Janice use to live a few blocks from here >> and is a local legend. >> >> Keith O. >> 90 Westy Syncro "VikingWagen" >> Past VeeDubs in the family >> 1984 Westy "Brownie" >> 1980 PU diesel >> 1979 Rabbit >> 1963? 23 window Splitty >> 1965 Bus >> 1969 Bus >> 1959 Bug >> >> >> On Jan 5, 2007, at 8:15 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: >> >>> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 16:44:51 -0800 >>> From: Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET> >>> Subject: Re: Roadside Troubles while on Vacationing >>> >>> They might last longer, but then you would have to buy more parts. >>> Maybe >>> it's good they often go with a colossal bang and splash, saves the old >>> bank >>> account. >>> >>> Freedom's just another word for having an aircooled van, >>> And a van's not worth nothin' honey but it's aircooled, >>> And feeling good was easy, Lord, with that aircooled sound, >>> Driving one was good enough for me, >>> Good enough for me and my main squeeze. >>> >>> Sung to the tune of Me and Bobby McGee :) >>> >>> Nathaniel > >


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