Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 16:02:18 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Torn between two Carats
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dear still torn
ok so it is just about summertime
there is about t be a flood of university kidlits hit the street wanting to
do stuff
but from what i hear you c an hire an experienced person for less to do
stuff
soooo ... an ad goes somewhere ...
Summer Project
See the Continent & Beyond
VW Eurovan (some assembly required)
Battery Included
Follow this ad with a few stories of people who were purposeless until they
got their first Vanagon or VW of anysort and now they own and operate a
fleet of them ...
or they found the love of their life or the place they could not leave ...
that was not home ...
Sell The Dream Not the parts ...
use the money to buy the parts required for your dream
problem solved
hey Still Torn you got a smart wife
:)
yours
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Mark A Kippert <vanagon@kippert.com>wrote:
> Well, she's catching on. I also have a '93 Eurovan Weekender (with 2nd
> '93 GL parts van) I've been working on for a few years. These are
> older pictures <http://www.kippert.com/ev/> but I've not gotten much
> further. It's a project I've decided to call quits and sell. My wife
> says I can do whatever I want with the proceeds of the van but these
> have to be gone before I drag anything else home.
>
> Gee whiz! It stinks when she makes sense. If the Eurovans were gone,
> the dinner might just work...
>
> Mark K
> 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD
>
>
>
> On May 25, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Roger Whittaker wrote:
>
> dear torn
>> take your wife out to a nice dinner slightly up scale from a & w
>> explain to her the benefits of how much less time you will be away
>> from home
>> as having two parts vans will increase the likelihood of having hard
>> to find
>> parts on hand
>> tell her you love her very much
>> tell her how much her support has been valued in your own life
>> how you have been able to achieve much more because you have had the
>> pleasure of her companionship
>> indeed tell her how it is very likely you would not even be able to
>> enjoy
>> life as well as you have with out her valuable input
>>
>> you will also be contributing to the green argument of a smaller
>> carbon
>> footprint as you will not be using fuel to search for parts
>> and that all of the savings combined both real and intrinsic are only
>> possible and will be realized if she joins you on a secret special
>> weekend
>> going in the working van to do stuff she wants to do
>> at least once a month ... twice if she wants to go twice ...
>>
>> be sincere and be truthful ...
>> i tell my wife these things nearly every day
>> good luck
>> yours
>>
>
--
roger w
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servant who becomes king ...
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