Hey, you  guys are going to get me fired!

I�m new to this list, found it from a recent article in the Wash Post
newspaper, and signed on.

It�s amazing to find discussions of things I have dealt with over the
years � flashing oil light, dripping heads, stopped odometer, parking
garage problems, camping equipment questions, trip reports, practical
advice and opinions, etc.

I find myself reading each and every posting, whether about Roo bars in
Australia, leaking heads in Mexico, or brakes and wheels in California or
Canada, and  working through the questions and problems in my mind as I
follow the List comebacks.

Now this is really putting a dent in my E-mail time.  (Wife and  teenage
son are always trying to bump me off the computer so they can use it.)

The solution I found was to forward the unread messages to myself at
work.  Now I spend a good portion of the next morning reading them and
dodging my boss!  Trouble is we recently got  an e-mail �sniffer�, which
will surely nab me soon, but I can�t stop.

This leads to the question of why.  What is so interesting about these
postings?  Why bother to keep the old van running?  (It is a daily driver
since I purchased it new in 87.)

The wife and kids are hinting at trading it in on a new car, but I don�t
want to for some reason.  I am fortunate enough to be able to pay cash
for a new car if I wanted, but I don�t want to.

Does this mean I am becoming a van nut?  Is there a way to have a job, a
wife, and a Vanagon too?  Any ideas on how to deal with this?

Ed in Maryland
87  Westy
The "Van with no Name,"
at least not yet.