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Subject:Re: an attempt at a very long thread....
From:craig cowan
Date:Fri, 7 Oct 2011 14:17:54 -0400

Wow, Sudhir.... really?
Looking up a thread from 2007!?

I've been here to long. I went from describing myself as a completely
inexperienced mechanic dreaming of a syncro westy, to owning/building one
and fixing ppls vanagons left and right!

What a long, strange trip it's been!

-Craig

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com>wrote:

> And maybe another attempt at the "longest thread ever"? :D
> On Jan 16, 2007 3:37 PM, "craig cowan" <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well since our ages is quickly becoming the story of our lives....
>> Lets hear the story of your lives!!!! More importantly, i'd love to
>> hear an indepth story of your history with cars, vw's, vanagons, sweet
>> experiences, love to hate relationships, costs, and analysis of how
>> they have made you the person you are (IE: Insane in some regard).
>> Comeon, clearly we're all a little out of the ordinary, we might not
>> all smell toast all the time.....but we drive and love cars that are
>> debateably the "ugliest thing ever", "A money trap", "unreliable", or
>> "poorly designed". While i know we all tell ourselves (and do a good
>> job at convincing ourselves) that these are not the case, it may be
>> the public's opinion. Therefore, how have your VW influences made you
>> the slightly odd person you are today?
>>
>> As it says.... "An attempt at a very long thread....."
>>
>> -Craig
>> (AMONGST the youngest on the list)
>> (So i was wrong....i didnt "have you all beat there....)
>>
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