Ed:

The symptoms you describe obviously indicate that you are member of Vanagons
Anonymous.

I used to be a member too - painted the van twice in two years (sseking
perfection etc). But then I got married, and that was that!

Marshall Ruskin
Winnipeg Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed L Lloyd" <elloyd10@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 08:16 PM
Subject: New to List

> 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.
>