It ain't Friday, but yes, I've read the whole contract....the first
time through. It's also a pleasure to work away from the big cities,
with rural lawyers. They have a whole lot less paper work, are a lot
more casual and trusting. The huge legalese is caused by one lawsuit
or another. Witness AOL. In the beginning they had a nice simple
terms of service. Then some folks got unhappy when the service was
unavailble for several hours. Lawsuit, settlement and a change in the
terms of service (where they now explicitly cover that they might not
be available all the time.)

It's been stated that half the lawsuits in the US could be settled
before trial if the defendants would simply say "I'm sorry".  Some
without any monetary awards too.

To get back to a VW thread (if not Vanagon), yes, I used to take my
VWs to the local dealer for service. I paid a bit more, but they had
good mechanics and used the right parts. Then their service
department got "improved". Now I had to schedule appointments up to
2-3 weeks in advance. Costs went up, parts weren't available. Repairs
weren't done right. The answer was simple. I stopped getting service
done there. The parts guys know me for the last 15 years (and some of
them have been there for 20-25 years). I don't know anybody in
service anymore.

On Apr 27, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Richard Green wrote:

need on a contract.
Has anyone read the whole contract on a credit card, house loan, bank
loan. Talk about legalese, you need a lawer to just tell you what all
means.