BenT,

I think perhaps you're giving too much of the blame for your bumper woes to
your neighbors.  If you could really attribute it to parking by feel, you'd
need as many front bumpers as you do rears, but as you well know, rear
bumpers outsell front ones about five to one.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Tan" <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: Need Read Bumper

> In a message dated 8/30/01 5:04:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, weber@owc.net
> writes:
>
> << Heck spell check wouldn't even stop on "read", since it's a valid word.
>  Proof-reading!!! Now there's what we need. Oh, by the way, is it Friday
yet?
> >>
>
> Besides that, smellchecker doesn't work on subject lines. At least on AOL
it
> doesn't.
>
> Heck, Stan, those rear bumpers don't even come perfect from the factory.
You
> must live in a rural area. Otherwise you wouldn't care too much if your
> bumper is banged up. They don't stay in good shape if you subject your
> Vanagon and/or Westy to San Francisco's daily Braille parking ritual.
>
> BenT