Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 21:54:30 -0400
Reply-To: Mike <mayfly95@PAONLINE.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mike <mayfly95@PAONLINE.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon Internet Addiction (F)
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uhhhhhhh......
my... my name is mike,
and I'm a Vanagonholic...
whew! that was easier them I thought, back to surfing the Bus Depot's Member's
Only page for updated specials for the third time tonight.
this internet thing is wonderful especially when it's too stinking hot to
work on my bus outside. Maybe in the cool of the morning I can check out that
leaking power steering fluid line, better go buy more fluid now in case they
aren't open in the morning. And I still need to pull those rotors to get them
ground and then there's that........................
mike
87 westy
remember the first step is admitting you have a problem
Robert Rountree wrote:
> Help for Vanagon Internet Addiction
> ===========================
>
> Hello.
>
> Yes, you. You, looking at this screen for hours on end, online.
> You, bleary eyed. You, a Vanagon Internet addict. Have you looked in the
> mirror lately? Been outside? Know what day of the week it is? Been out from
> under your Van lately? Know the chapters in your Bentley so well, you mumble
> to yourself........ No Cooling #19... not Water Tanks #76?
>
> Your name was given to us by a spouse or family member who is
> concerned about your Vanagon internet addiction. At Vanagons
> Anonymous, we can help.
>
> We're a non-profit society of recovering addicts like yourself
> that provides support and counseling through weekly meetings
> designed to help you cope with your problem.
>
> We feature a twelve step recovery program and in extreme cases,
> interventions. Although it is our firm belief that you are never
> "cured," you most certainly can recover.
>
> We have designed a brief checklist to determine if you are a Vanagon
> addict. Do you:
> 1) Have twitches of the head when you walk by your Vanagon?
> 2) Check Your Vanagon.com e-mail more than 3 times a day?
> 3) Spend more time reading/replying to e-mail than eating or sleeping?
> 4) Surf aimlessly looking for Vanagon related topics?
> 5) Leave your name and information at countless sites if only
> to hope you'll receive a reply one day from a company
> about some new shock, spring rate, trailer hitch or battery?
> 6) Log on before important personal habits, such as meal
> preparation, hygiene or bodily functions?
> 7) Have red, swollen eyes that hang halfway out of your head?
> 8) Spend hours online on a holiday from work, where you'd
> usually be griping about your carpal tunnel syndrome?
> 9) Keep imagining you see a coolant drop on your garage floor, or think
> you feel a slight hesitation under power, Keep asking yourself...... did I
> have to shift into 3rd last time I came up this hill?... is that smell
> antifreeze?
> 10) All of the above?
>
> If you answered yes to four or more questions (or chose #10), you
> have a problem. Please call us at Vanagon Anonymous at:
> 1-800-LOGOFFNOWFORPETE'SSAKE.
>
> We're here, we're free, and we're confidential.
> The first step to recovery is admission that you have a problem.
>
> Call us today.
> If you can power off to free up your phone line,that is.
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