Andrew:
I corresponded with him many years ago. It didn't take long to figure
out I couldn't deal with him. Too bad,  I'm sure he knows a lot. there's
just something wrong there. One pill from being a normal,  functional
person. (Actually normal is overrated, but  killing 20 million people is
not the only way of getting the trains to run on time. EVEN a genius can
figure that out.)
Al Brase

Andrew Fox wrote:

>In my quest for ultimate van heater knowledge (a subject in which ive
>really done my research) my father and I actually visited Mr.  Mirvis to
>talk about heaters at his home in NJ in the winter of 2002, after he was
>booted off this list.  I can tell you this, Mr. Mirvis is a nutjob and we
>did not feel safe in his presence.  Mr Mirvis expressed his bigotry
>without hesitation declaring the superiority of all things german.  He got
>very upset at my father and I something as simple as parking on wrong side
>of his driveway.  He raised his voice at us several times for no good
>reason.  He offered to sell me a gasoline heater and the price was'nt too
>bad (~500 refurbished by him) but I declined only because I could not do
>business with this guy.  As a person and as a vendor I recommend all of
>you to stay away from this guy.
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>Andrew Fox
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>On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, The Bus Depot wrote:
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>>>the End all is Ark Mirvis "The Heaterman" in NJ, he's a
>>>german technician who specializes in VW gas heaters, and has
>>>a great new digital timer unit that is fairly well priced
>>>(imo) http://members.aol.com/ARKMIRVIS/heaterman.html
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>>FWIW, Mr. Mirvis was booted off of the Vanagon list a few years ago by the
>>moderator at that time, after posting a very unabashed pro-Nazi diatribe to
>>the list.  He enthusiastically applauded Adolph Hitler, expressing remorse
>>that Germany is once again infested with "foreigners who shit and piss in
>>the streets."  It went on from there. I won't dignify it by quoting it
>>directly, but if you feel compelled to read it, it's in the archives at
>><http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9904D&L=vanagon&P=R24407> .
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>>After some of the off-topic rants here recently, I hesitated to mention
>>this, but I think this crosses the line. Especially since Mirvis himself
>>himself made it an issue by posting it to this list. It is a personal
>>decision as to whether a person's views, no matter how bigoted they may be,
>>affect your willingness to interact with that person or patronize his
>>business. I hope that people will make up their own minds privately without
>>feeling the need to turn this into another off-topic thread. But as someone
>>who feels strongly about the issue of bigotry (see
>>http://busdepot.com/help.jsp#DONATIONS), I felt compelled to briefly mention
>>this. Jim, I deeply apologize if you feel that this post is inappropriate.
>>
>>- Ron Salmon
>>  The Bus Depot, Inc.
>>  www.busdepot.com
>>  (215)  234-VWVW
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