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Subject:Re: Come out of the closet, all
From:Mike Miller
Date:Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:37:04 -0800

Except when he looks in the mirror and thinks of my magnificence. Then he's
green, I saw with envy, he says nausea.  Potaatoe, potahhtoe.

BURNINGvAN 07

On 12/27/06 9:23 AM, "BenT Syncro" <syncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> On 12/27/06, Sam Johnson <wrey45@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Edward,
>>           This is Sam who is black, originally from Toronto, Canada now in
>> Palo Alto CA, and am still the first and only proud owner of a 1984 white
>> Westfalia bought at Owasco Volkswagen in Ontario Canada April 7th '84.
>> Presently it has 273,000 miles on the odometer and working on the second
>> engine from a wrecker in San Jose for $89.00.  All miles were personally
>> driven by myself since it has a standard gearbox of which most women are
>> afraid. The dealer has never seen this vehicle since the warranty ran out
>> in
>> 1985 thanks mainly to great tips from "The List"!! A million "Thank Yous"
>> to
>> the brains here - I never could have done it without them!!   Hip! Hip!
>> Hooray!!!
>>
>> Sam
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> Wow, Sam. I've never met a black person. I've only met people in various
> shades or brown or beige. Anyway, welcome to the Bay Area. You ought to
> drive north on 01/27/07 to meet with some of the local Vanagon guys. That's
> Burningvan (bURNINGvAN as Mike Miller writes it).
>
> You'll see some creative destruction by fire created by the VW crazies
> (yours truly not included).
>
> BenT
> "artfully crafting BS for nearly a half century"
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