Date:         Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:53:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Lee Peterson <iridewheelies@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Lee Peterson <iridewheelies@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus
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 "Eat Desert First" became my credo.

where did you race your 928, The Baja 1000?

sorry, it's friday night



On 8/3/07, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:
>
> Right, that's me.  I took a pre-emptive retirement and spent my savings
> and some inherited money on the Porsche racing interlude.  "Eat Desert
> First" became my credo, after I watched my father (among many others) work
> his butt off for 50 years so he could retire, then he died..Also, I had a
> close call myself with a truck hitting me as I waited for a flag person
> at  a construction delay...Doing everything right, and I still lost a few
> years of my life as I recovered.  I vowed then that if I ever got back to
> normal, I wouldn't waste my precious time "working, so I could retire
> sometime and do what I wanted"..
> You musta missed my "smiley face"..Actually, it is a bit easier to sustain
> the 84 hippy bus than back when I flipped burgers for the 36hp 57 South
> African panel van...But a carpenter's wage now is pretty dismal...
> Don Hanson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jake de Villiers
> To: Don Hanson
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 10:34 AM
> Subject: Re: When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus
>
>
> 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
>