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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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