That's exactly the point John! I certainly don't think there will be any
finacial gain waht so ever :)

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 8:38 AM, John Reynolds <kayakjr@comcast.net> wrote:

> " What compensation in the form of the eventual "published book" do the
> patrons of these stories recieve? "
>
> LOL- if the book is published, he'll be lucky if he doesn't owe the
> publisher money at the end!
>
> I think the book idea is a great one, of course I'm biased because I had
> the same idea.  This was after a women in her 50-60's saw my Vanagon after
> trick or treating and told me about how her motor mounts broke, and the
> trailer hitch was holding the engine in.  She also wonder why anyone would
> put a trailer hitch on (splittie or bay) VW van,
>
> Then''s there's my friend Jean who dropped his engine on his 58 in a  rest
> area in Arizona (he's from Mass) to repair it and then re-install it - solo.
>
> Or my friend's family who took a by window van across country with
> something like 6 family members in it and chugging up hill (1970-ish).
>
> No I think you have to be content that your story is out there making
> people laugh - or cringe - or inspiring them and forget about the cash or
> compensation.
>
> My $.02
> John
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
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