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Date:         Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:38:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Barbara Sutton/Cris Torlasco <bsutton@GLADSTONE.UOREGON.EDU>
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From:         Barbara Sutton/Cris Torlasco <bsutton@GLADSTONE.UOREGON.EDU>
Organization: University of Oregon
Subject:      Demographics
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Here I go: I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina 32 years ago. A month later I was living in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, the southermost city in the world. My first car was a Renault Gordini, like the ones you see in those 50's french movies. My second car was a Citroen 2CV, my fisrt aircooled! (only these have only two cylinders). After that came another Renault (12 TL). Hitchiked all Argentina and the rest of South America. Did two years of Law school in Buenos Aires, decided it was not my thing and made an abrupt change in my life by coming to study architecture to the States. Lived for three years in the Santa Cruz mountains, CA. (Remember the Big One? I was living two miles away fro Loma Prieta, the epicenter). By that time I already owned a '69 kombi and a '68 bug. In '92 I was part of a group of six that traveled from CA. to Buenos Aires playing music and doing environmental theater for kids in an old school van. Six of the best months of my life, no doubt. Moved to Eugene, OR. to finish my architecture degree at the University of Oregon. Bought a split window bus and a Renault 18i Sportswagon. (I must say that Renaults in the rest of the world are much better than those in the States). Got married to another Argentinian, Barbara. Together, we travelled throughout the States in VW buses. Discover places by day, sleep in a rest area at night, kind of thing. Nowadays I work as an architect in Eugene, for a firm that does residential, commercial and institutional work. Having a steady job has allowed me to buy a small house which we are fixing, and-best of all- "Fafner", a '91 Westie. I still have my old splitty in the garage. About two years ago bought a PC and discovered the internet, and with it the Vanagon list.From that point on you can call me a VW addict... Last year I helped to create two VW organizations in the Pacific Northwest: Volkwagens of Western Oregon (VWofWO) (http://www.peak.org/~maynardj), and The WetWesties (http://members.tripod.com/~torlasco/WetWesties.html) And that's me in a nutshell... Later, Cris.


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