Date:         Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:38:25 -0600
Reply-To:     Allen Hill <route66rider@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Allen Hill <route66rider@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: age of listees?
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Does it count if you actually DID die?  Even if it was just for a very short
while, and as a result of a dumb motorcycle accident.  I am one of those few
who can claim that distinction!  My DOD was May 25, 1965.  Does that also
mean that I have two birthdays?  What do I have put on my gravestone?

Just food for thought.
Route 66 Rider!
Ramon Hill
Live Long and Be Free

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Runberg
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:20 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: age of listees?

>> How about considering how close to that dreaded "end" you are?
I completely failed to die in my 20s so have resolved simply not to. We'll
see if that works.


Usually, I forget how old I am, but we'll say 33. Doesn't seem much
different than when that first digit was a 2, although maybe i'm a bit
slower.

VW credentials:
'01 Golf TDI (god, I love this car)
'96 Jetta Wolfy (totalled, very uncomfortable and lousey powerband)
'91 Vanagon Carat (miss her, looking for another in Orly blue)
'87 Golf
'83.5 Westy (will need rust attention soon, but would drive her anywhere)
'82 Vanagon diesel (bright yellow. At least people could see it before they
ran it over)
'79 Champagne Bus (given by a client ? sent to Europe for live near the
homeland)
'78 Champagne Westy (didn't fit :( )
'78 Westy
'72 Beetle (bought w/ my dad @ 16. Overheated on the way home, and that was
the best it ever ran)
'71 Ghia (towed home for $300. My first car, but no rockers or front beam
after a couple years)

Besides my wife's Jeep and previous 4-runner, this is all we've owned.

john