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Date:         Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:51:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Patrick Hatcher <PHatcher@BIOPOP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Patrick Hatcher <PHatcher@BIOPOP.COM>
Subject:      introductions please (longish)
Comments: To: "vanagon list (E-mail)" <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
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Hi all. I'm Patrick Hatcher hailing from Radford, Virginia. That's in the Southwest part of the state, if you are wondering. I've always lived in the mountains and love the scenery.

My association with VWs started in the '70s. My dad had two bugs that he drove around in the summer. In the summer of '79 mom and dad bought a Type II Westy (yes, the green one) and we camped around the country for a couple of months (West Virginia to Florida to TX/Mex to Calif to Washington to Canada to N. Dakota to Mich. to New England states and back to West Virginia). There were five of us: my mom and dad, me, and my older brother and sister. Being the young one (9 years old), I was the only one that would fit in the roll-up cot over the front two seats. I secretly envied the other members of my family that slept in the pop-top or the fold out bed. It was a two-month adventure I'll never forget.

In high school I drove a bright yellow Ghia. I loved that car! It had speed and corner hugging qualities that I'd never experienced before. During this time, my sister had a baby blue bug, and my brother had a tan bug (met with a tree after break line failure).

Then came college and grad school and along with it a dry spell when I drove whatever I could afford.

Finally, four months ago I bought an '85 Westy GL with 61,000 original miles. I've been terribly happy tinkering with it since then.

I basically have two jobs. I've got a regular job as a Web Developer/Technical Writer for an Intellectual Property holding company. My other job is a little different: I'm the youth director at our church. I'm still not quite sure which of the two take more energy, but I definitely know the second it much more rewarding.

I have a beautiful brown-eyed wife that is my best friend in this world. We have also been blessed with our 5 month old girl, Lauren Grace. The other member of our family, an Old English Sheep Dog named Pepper, is a big goofy hairball, but we love her.

If anyone on the list ever needs a place to park their van overnight and get a cup of coffee, I've got a whole church parking lot as my back yard (we live in the parsonage).

I've already received a wealth of information from respective list members, and I hope I'll be a little more on the giving end in the future.

-Patrick Hatcher

Radford, Virginia '85 Westy GL Vicki '86 Toyota Van LE (For Sale)


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