Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 15:23:06 CST6CDT
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: "Dan Houg" <fairwind@northernnet.com>
Subject: Introduction and good-bye
to All--
A while back, alot of folk were doing introductions of themselves.
I'll catch up now. As Gerry can attest, I'm a 37 year old gear head
with a geek-like facination for things automotive. The son of a
retired auto-mechanics instructor (any Dunwoody people out there?),
I've been imprinted with the smell of carburetor cleaner and grease.
Well, also the exhaust smell of a pre-smog V-8... gawd I love that
sweet, acrid quaff. Traveled around alot as a kid, Dad took us over
to Khartoum, Sudan for 2 years while he helped set up the Dunwoody
Industrial Institute there. Settled finally in the land of 10,000
Lakes and in fact now reside on one, having just bought the
house I grew up in as teen. Among things automotive, I also raise
honey bees, grow too large a garden, produce a little maple syrup
with a friend, and brew various fermentable beverages. My family of
2 wonderful kids and an understanding wife is the best hobby of all.
My Volkswagen past is not nearly as colorful as many, having owned my
one and only NEW car, an '86 Jetta GLI that gave me my first bad
taste for Volkswagen reliability. And new cars. I currently have a
total of over 440,000 miles on 2 vehicles, an older Camry and my
current love, an '87 Westy. There was an interim romance with an '85
Weekender but she made me realize I really could only be happy with
the real thing. I and my family heartily recommend them. Problems
and all. Not that my previous afflictions, Fiats and Volvos and
Bultacos and various Detroit Iron have been without strife.
So, it with very mixed trepidation I leave this list. I have
accomplished much through the help of many of you. You all are truly a
community of kind, knowledgeable souls. But the demands of work and
home life are such that I need to prioritize my time, and for the
summer anyway, I am choosing to leave. I may lurk on Digest but that
is so unsatisfying-- perhaps cold turkey is the only route for
addiction. and it makes a good sandwich.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
-dan
ps. my email address will be active and i will post from time to
time when i come across gems that i feel you can't live without. :)
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