I live in Texas, and place sit a fellow's property.  I weld,  and at times
run his tractors, backhoe.  I'm disabled, and have as a hobby a pain relief
generator hobby, which I have sold all over the world.  My latest generator
is actually producing radiation in the amount of 1.25 r/hr.  I am trying to
figure out what I have..still yet.  As for hobbies, I love to sew.. I had to
build pillow cases for my pain relief pillows, had to buy a sewing machine.
I found out I never really had a real hobby I enjoyed before.  I purchased
an old 50 year old Union Special commercial sewing machine which I use all
time.  I thoroughly enjoy sewing.  So I guess this fits in with the artsy..
thing.  Lyle
1985 Vanagon GL
Quinlan, TX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Benny boy" <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: Come out of the closet, all

> Indeed, interesting thread, mostly because this list feel a bit more human
> now...
>
> I see many peoples driving Motorcycle, many of my customers also have
> some,
> is it an art form, i don't think so but still! i have turned 40 this year,
> i
> have owned 19 bike's, so i can relate. I still have one,
> http://www.benplace.com/moto/sv1000s16.jpg
> now heavily modified....  (of course it's a V-Twin)
>
> Good to know about Nevada, next time i'm there with my Bike i know what to
> do :-))) i like that about the USA, each states have a... different taste.
>
> Now, for that "assault rifle" stuff, i will never understand... if you
> would
> owned such a thing in Canada you would be shot on the spot by the Police
> :-)))
>
> Last thing about VW owners, and i see a lot... let me tell you that the
> only
> thing they have in commom it's the outdoor, for the rest, very very
> different peoples, all classes, different taste, some are VERY esthetic,
> some are more practical/mechanical, some cool dudes, some stange one...
> relax, hippies, upper class, poor, family oriented, loner, exotic couple,
> group oriented folks, some travel far, some just locally... and the list
> could go for ever.
>
> I just had a discussion with my girlfriend on the subject yesterday, about
> all the campout i go and our customer's.... and we had NO conclusion about
> who is the typical Vanagon owner!
>
> The one that i can relate the most are the one that buy the van to
> travel...
> travel as far and as long as they can....and those who do care about the
> van
> being as much reliable as possible.
>
> But i don't judge the other one... not anymore :-)))) they are the one
> that
> want a beautiful van, to look good,  the one that want a complete paint
> job
> and esthetic stuff (well over 7K to 9K$ sometime) installed on their van,
> they have money, pay well, so with those folks, i can live! They are very
> nice people also, they are just different.
>
> One day, we should do a poll here, something like:
> What kind of Vanagon owner are you?
> Choice would be:
>
> A-My van as to be the nicest one, mechanic, bahhhh...
> B-Beautiful and mechanically sound
> C-I want a very good engine and to be as reliable as possible, nice body.
> D-All my money goes on the mechanic side, maybe some on the esthetic
> side...
> one day.
> E-I will fix it when it break, when it take more oil than fuel, OR when
> rust
> will make the van structurally unsafe and i have more mouses than human
> inside :-)))
>
> This is a time of joy, enjoy!
>
> Ben
> http://www.benplace.com/
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> I raced roadrace bikes for a while. A Honda Hawk NT 650 was my main track
> bike, run in the middleweight twin class. But after a few crashes I
> switched
> over to sports cars and a Porsche 928..Doesn't hurt so much (only the
> wallet) to go off track in that. I did a few of those Nevada Open Road
> races, too, before going exclusivly track. These are timed events where
> they
> close a section of highway and let you go as fast as you want for a given
> distance. I recently re-drove one of those race courses (the Pony Express
> 100) in the van, Battle Mountain to Austin, a distance of close to a
> hundred
> miles..We did the distance in a bit under 2 hours in the Van..In the
> Porsche, at our target speed of 170mph, we were right at 33 and change
> minutes to cover that distance..The car with the closest finish to each
> target speed was declared the winner. Often the interval between finishing
> positions was measured in 100ths of seconds. Pretty different trip in the
> two vehicles.. Don Hanson
>
> Ya gotta love Nevada...A state where the Cops will close the roads for you
> to go 200 mph for a hundred miles, where prostitution is state supervised,
> where the mainstay of the economy is gambling and you can own an assualt
> rifle or a VW with a small block Chebby motor...