My friends,

Many years ago, we had a storyteller in the VW community. You may have
heard of him. Bob Hoover (no, not the airplane guy. The other one.)
Bob could really spin a tale.  He also was reasonably knowledgeable in
things mechanical. If you are inclined, you can read a bunch of his
stuff here: <http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/>

Every year, I would write Bob and ask his permission to repost the
following. It got to the point where he would send permission before I
remembered that it was time to ask.  We lost Bob a year and a half
ago. I can't ask anymore.  I miss that.

I don't have his permission to post on these lists, just on
WetWesties, but I don't think Bob would mind that I pointed to his
blog entry.

Go read a story.  Read it aloud to your kids.  They WILL remember. (http://badgopher.com/search/hoover
)

A Xmas Gift (originally published December 26, 1998 on vintagebus.):

http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/midnight-repairs.html

Merry Christmas my friends.

Jim Arnott
WetWesties
Union, OR