Aren't bedroom supposed to be dark?

Mike

On 9/9/06 11:45 AM, "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Thanks for the warning, George.  The PO actually had a cover for her - now
> if I can find it, I might use it.  But at the moment she's my bedroom, so I
> can't exactly cover her!  Maybe I'll do some serious cleaning and make room
> for her in the garage - I guess that would be sensible.  But not very nice
> as a bedroom, the garage is kind of dark.
>
>
>
> Meanwhile I'm having serious withdrawal!  Living in a house is certainly
> convenient - love that shower, and being able to run water in the sink
> without worrying where the gray water is going or whether my water tank is
> empty is sure nice.  But I really don't want to get settled in, buy
> furniture, and get anchored by all that stuff I worked so hard to get rid of
> when Matilda and I set out together.
>
>
>
> And my tenant (also an old friend of mine, though maybe not any more?) left
> all kinds of crap in my house, which she keeps telling me I should keep,
> because it's "useful."  Not to mention all the crap of hers that she forgot,
> the stuff she didn't realize was there and doesn't want me to discard (who
> knew she had a Barbie doll?), the stuff she just didn't get around to moving
> out yet, and the things that are just plain weird.  Like the 50 one-gallon
> jugs of tap water in the basement, the twenty or thirty five-gallon white
> plastic buckets in the garage, the big plastic bags full of foam rubber,
> etc. etc.  She seems to think she's going to have an ongoing role gardening
> my backyard, too - but I want that huge compost container gone!  Not to
> mention the tomato plants that are not providing tomatoes, etc. etc. etc.
>
>
>
> Sorry for the rant!  Not much Vanagon content here.  But not much bass
> content, either, though, so I guess it's okay.
>
>
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>
> Joy
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> p.s.  At least I did meet a fellow vanagonaut today, at an "antiques" fair
> that sets up in Arlington every Saturday.  She and her husband are new to
> Westies - they only adopted a week ago! - so we chatted, and I gave them
> lots of useful references, especially this list, Larry's mechanics list on
> roadhaus.com, and suggestions about Vanagon get-togethers.  So that slightly
> eased my withdrawal pains.
>
>
>
> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> now living in a real house in northern Virginia
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
> now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
> lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
>
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>
>
> _____
>
> From: George Thorburn [mailto:thorgk@accesscomm.ca]
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 10:34 AM
> To: jhecht@alum.mit.edu
> Cc: Vanagon Mailing List
> Subject: Parking Matilda
>
>
>
> Joy wrote;
>
>> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>> now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
>> lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>
>
>
> Joy,
>
> Try and fing some where under cover to keep Matlda.  From my experience
> nothing ages these cars faster than sitting out in the sun and weather
> without being used.  All the plastic, fiberglass and rubber parts seem to
> deteriorate.  The canvas and the inside of the pop top get damp and
> discolour.  Westies like to sleep somewhere dark and dry.
>
>
>
> Also;
>
>>> Oh, yeah, and a few weirdos - but hey, you can
>>> tell that from cyberspace!
> Care to name names?  Just kidding.
>
> George
>
> '85 Westfalia  (that spends the winter in a big cold garage)
>
>