he didn't say sanity was here to stay, just that it had returned.

---- B Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET> wrote:
> He ditched the Vanagon and kept the sailboats, one being 37 years old, in
> order to keep sane. Ha ha, hee hee, snicker snicker, grin.....
>
> Bryan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Kevin Gilbert
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 7:41 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Westy sold, sanity returns
>
> Well, I'm tempted to offer a bit of a smart aleck comment, but, as I
> look out on a white and gray landscape and see my breath...
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Jim Cochran wrote:
>
> > Hi list,
> > Today I delivered my '86 Westy to a local buyer here in San Carlos,
> > Sonora, Mexico.
> > It's a pretty good van, now, with 600 miles on a good 2.1 rebuild,
> > fuel tank fixed and front wheel bearings, new fire extinguisher and
> > the usual... new Temp II sensor. Price? $9,000 cash.
> >
> > I still have a 1971 Bay that has a variety of problems, but I'm
> > going to park it until I get back from sailing, sometime in June. In
> > the meantime, I'll be sitting in the cockpit of my Morgan sloop
> > watching the lovelies swim in their tiny bikinis, painting
> > watercolors and playing my guitar, sipping iced beverages down near
> > the Guatemalan border.
> >
> > If I need a car, I will buy a Nissan.
> > If I need a headache, I will buy a Vanagon.
> >
> > Adios, and thanks for helping me get this far.
> > Love and good fortune to you all.
> >
> > Jim C
> > Mexico
> > 71 Bay Window (The Bing)
> > 73 Morgan 33 sloop (Bliss)
> > 87 Morgan 44 sloop (The Green Flash)