What a scary thought!  and lose all of that insulating anonymity?

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Buettner, Peter" <PGB@DOLBY.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 9:08 AM
Subject: meeting Steve Sandlin

> Yesterday I had the chance to meet with Vanagon List locksmith Steve
> Sandlin.  I had bought already several keys from him and had my Syncro gas
> cap rebuild.  He always did excellent work and had a very fast turnaround.
> A few weeks ago we discovered that we both have a background in Radio and
> that we both go to the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters)
convention
> in Las Vegas this week.  So we met for lunch yesterday.  We had burgers at
> The Dive, a pretty funky restaurant on The Strip that looks like a
submarine
> on the inside.  Of course we talked lots of Vangonese, about '84 Woflsburg
> Westys and '90 Syncro Westys, about the Texas way of camping (take on big
> generator on a trailer and several portable AC units that you distribute
on
> the participating campers - very interesting approach), about Radio and
> Sound and DJ's, about engine swaps and busted head gaskets...you get the
> picture.
> I think I'm writing this to encourage everybody to meet some other list
> members.  During the year I've been on the list I must have met 20-30 of
you
> and it's been always a pleasure.  So go ahead, get to know the face behind
> that email address :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>