Hey Miller,

We all just about froze our arses off last year after the promised
firewood never showed up - can we make that happen for real this year,
please? and has anyone sorted out a block to burn yet? Paul at VWW?

(not sure about anyone else, but BenT's buRNiNGvaN comments came
through as gobbledegook in both the digest and the archives...)

Jeff in Marin

On Jan 4, 2009, at 9:02 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Sun, 4 Jan 2009 20:01:00 -0800
> From:    Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
> Subject: bURNINGvAN
>
> Well Folks, here it is again!
>
> Yes. You guessed. The world famous, uh, California famous, maybe
> well known
> to the those in the SF Bay Area famous, or at least some van owners:
>
> BURNINGvAN!
>
> Saturday, January 17, from mid afternoon, say 2 or 3 or so, until
> after
> dark.
>
> Gather. Share food, drink, lies about mileage, dreams about
> upgrades, hopes
> about reliability. Modifications, both real, planned and well, just
> plain
> pie in the sky.
>
> Hear about my interesting attempt to improve my abysmal gas mileage.
> Listen
> to BenT [whenever he shows up] talk about one or another or all of
> his 329
> vans, past and present.
>
> Bring stuff to sell, sway, give away, or abandon. I myself have
> scored lexan
> headlight covers and Pensioners chili. Yum. [The chili not the
> headlight
> covers]
>
> Tom Lalanne says he'll show. Christian should say he'll show,
> possibly with
> Persephone. Marco. Pensioner, Unca Joel [OK that's just a wish but
> then so
> are the others]  And a cast of thousands!
>
> Not to be missed.
>
> RSVP
>
> Really Sweet Van Party
>
> [Top that Unca Joel!]
>
>
> Mike from Marin