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Date:         Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:34:43 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net>
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Come on Don, aren't you the guy that "raced" a Porsche 928 with 550 HP & extensive expensive body & chassis mods? Or was that just a story?

Otherwise, I'm thinking that you could have bought a decent '84 GL for the cost of the tires and entry fees for one event!

On 8/2/07, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote: > > Back when I was 20, I worked to barely own my 57 split window 36hp house > on wheels. Fried burgers in Seal Beach, Ca. and washed dishes in Aspen, > Co. > in winter..Lived in the bus, because rent was too steep. Pretty cold in > Aspen.. > > Ah, but now, I can still just barely afford my 84 hippy bus.(smiley > face) > Still live in it for months at a time. Make about the same spendable > income > these days being a master carpenter and cabinet maker as I did flipping > burgers or washing dishes. > > But, would I trade it all for a "real job"? Stockbroker, Oil man, > politician? No..I guess not..in fact.. > He** No!... No Way! > Don Hanson >

-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com


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