Date:         Fri, 27 Mar 1998 05:40:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: how to read the Weakly Statz ... :)
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Hi Vanagonauts,

Never mind Joel Walker's self deprecating assessment of how to read
his Weakly Statz. We all know that reading in between the lines
reveals the Meaning Of The Universe. Well, that and reading Kerouac's
"On The Road." :)

Have a good weekend,
Sam


---Joel Walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU> wrote:
>
> since it might NOT be "intuitively obvious to the casual observer",
here's
> some tips on how to decipher the Weakly Statz ...
>
> WHERE you all are ...
> -AUS         1 -YUG         1 IA          1  ND          1  PA.PITT
   3
> -AUS.ACT     2 -ZA          2 IA.CR       1  NE          4  PA.YORK
   2
>
> any abbreviation with a leading - is a "foreign" country (well, *I*
live in
> the u.s., :)  without the -, it's a U.S. state. for example,
> -AUS is Australia, one person there. -AUS.ACT is Australia.Capital
Territory,
> 2 people there. and so forth for -AUS.NSW (New South Wales) and so on.
> -YUG is Yugoslavia, -ZA is South Africa.
> IA is Iowa, IA.CR is Iowa, Cedar Rapids (nearest big city).
> if there's not a city close enough, it may be listed as NJ.S (New
Jersey,
> South) ... meaning they live in the middle between any large cities.
>
> usually, i start splitting out the cities when a state/country gets
over
> about 10 folks ... but it also depends on how many are in a "city
area" and
> whether the taco i had for lunch was any good  :) ... in other
words, there's
> sometimes not a lot of "logic" behind the splits.
>
> -CAN.NB.FRE  2 CA.BA       46 LA          1  NY          2  TX.SAN
   2
>
> CA.BA is one of the earliest separations ... it's the Bay Area
around San
> Francisco, CA.
>
> -CAN.PQ      1 CA.WC        1 MD.BAL     11  NY.NYC      7  VA.FRED
   2
>
> CA.WC in this case is West Central California. i just haven't come
up with
> a better abbreviation. and they're not close enough to a "big city" or
> enough of them to put just the city name. yet.
>
>        Unknown     226      Total       829
>
> that's right: 226 of you haven't told me WHERE you hang out. :)
>
> and for the WHAT portion, well ... it OUGHT to be more obvious ...
>
> 50 Microbus   0, 59 Microbus   2, 68 Bus   8, 80 Vanagon  19, 91
Eurovan   1
>
> NO 1950 buses (gotcha!! they weren't made until 1952 ... but it
makes the
> kludgey program loop better to do it this way). ): TWO 1959 buses,
> 8 1968 buses, 19 1980 buses, and one 1991 bus. pretty simple, right?
>
>  Microbus   44 - Camper  12, Panel    3, Pickup   8, Kombi    4,
Deluxe   6
>
> now, it's a little more complicated. of ALL the 1950-1967 Microbuses
(i had
> to call them something to differentiate from "Buses" which i chose
to call
> the 1968-1979 T2's), and there were a total of 44 of them (on this
Statz.
> each list, Type2 and Vanagon, has its own totals. yup, they do
differ ...
> cause different folks are on each list).
>
> anyway, of the 44 total Microbuses, 12 of them are Campers (of one
type or
> another (Westy, Devon, etc), 3 are Panel trucks, 8 are Pickups, either
> Single-cab or Double-cab, 4 are Kombis, and 6 are Deluxe models.
>
>  Bus       128 - Camper  73, Panel    1, Pickup   6, Kombi    4
>
> samething for the 1968-1979 buses.
>
>  Vanagon   633 - Camper 320, Kombi    3, Pickup  15, Diesel  29,
Syncro 105
>  Eurovan    64 - Camper  27, Panel    1, Pickup   0, Diesel   4,
Syncro   0
>
> and so forth.
>
> then i just redo the totals of each "generation" (T1,T2,T3,T4) with
the
> total lines from the WHERE portion:
>
> Vanagon Mailing List   829 people,   869 vehicles
>     44 Microbus,   128 Bus,   633 Vanagon,    64 Eurovan
>     14 Wanabus,    165 Unknown Sniveling Lurkers :)
>
> and that's 165 of you who haven't told me what sort of bus you have.
if you
> don't have one, but WANT one, that makes you a Wanabus ... which
have their
> own little total. :)
>
> and that's it. the rest is blatant "infomercial advertising" :)
>
> and just so everybody knows (at least once), Unca Joel (me) is NOT the
> list admin for either of the bus lists. the Vanagon list is run by
> Chris Smith and Ron Lussier. the Type2 list is run by Ken Hooper and
> Marc Edwards (or was, before he moved! :)  me? i'm just the dummy who
> got curious about who had what and where they were, and this minor
> curiosity grew and grew into a time-consuming obession, weighing
heavily
> upon my tired old grey-haired shoulders.  :)  yeah, it takes about an
> hour daily to keep this mess updated. yeah, i see SOME of your
messages
> about how to fix this or that on a 1963 Syncro Splitty with 43"
tires and
> eight four-barrel Weber carbs ... but i don't catch ALL of the public
> confessions. :)
>
> anyway, that's the explanation of the Weakly Statz. have a good
Weekend, all!!
> unca joel
>

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