Date:         Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:17:29 -0800
Reply-To:     Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gone but not unsubscribes. Long-time member is hanging up the
              keys
Comments: To: "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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Hi Jim - I too am saddened to hear of your prognosis and that you are now
writing the last chapter of your life.  Thank-you for your responses,
posts, your wit and thoughts - all truly enjoyed fully by the members of
this list - and they will live on through archived emails on many a subject
which I have saved since 2006.

For some reason I am thinking about you driving your van and making the
first tracks in freshly fallen snow.

Warm thoughts,

Bruce Todd

On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 5:58 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

>  I have been a member of the diesel and general Vanagon groups since
> around 2003 when I acquired my diesel Westy. I had already been in the
> gerry group because of my ownership of a red 1990 Carat bought new.
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> A very alert few of you will know me though Felder Industries, purveyors
> of superior Vanagon parts to the gentry mostly though the stiff competitive
> alternatives to the offerings of A. Bell.
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> Today I was handed a bill of health that cuts short my tenure in this
> business (and all others). I have known I have mesothelioma first over a
> year, but today I discovered that it will all be over in a matter of weeks.
> It was a good run and I enjoyed it with you so much. Wish it could continue.
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> Best regards,
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> Jim Felder
>