On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Derek Drew <derekdrew@derekmail.com>wrote:

> Anyone who has a van because its in their blood and THEY think its
> cool should keep their van.
>

I'm not sure but I think Drew just called me a "junkie"....

>
> I know of many people who sold their vans and regretted having done
> at a very deep level and they did not realize how much the vans meant to
> them.
>

Well documented on the list...

>
> Here is a picture of my dashboard, so you can see that I am in the
> midst of this exact job right along with you guys, so you are not alone:
>
> https://lh6.googleusercontent.**com/-SW-fdOP_6nE/TvzHXjifK9I/**
> AAAAAAAAACg/6OBli2UqA-U/s800/**year-end-2011%252520049.JPG<https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SW-fdOP_6nE/TvzHXjifK9I/AAAAAAAAACg/6OBli2UqA-U/s800/year-end-2011%252520049.JPG>
>
>
Don't let him fool you folks.   I'm sure he drives his van around with the
dashboard this way.....   ;)

>
> The most important thing is to 1) defend the van against the
> instinctual preelections of some spouses to want to stamp the van
> thing out; DON'T let her, and 2)  defend your life with your
> significant other against the van activities ruthlessly..... for
> example.... no van parts should be allowed to encroach on the common
> living areas of the house, no motors under the bed, no smells of oil
> in the house, and limit van artifacts in the regular part of the
> household to no more than two toys.  In other words, SHE needs to be
> protected from your inner van person and YOU are the only one who can
> really police this.
>
No harm was meant to the opposite sex in this post....

>
> WTF is with this list anyway. Somebody posts that they would rather
> shoot themselves than have put a Meyle fan blower motor in there, and
> everybody is like, wa???????...... the only other choice at $150 for
> AEG is 3X the price.
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This thread has sounded more and more like a plea for help on a
psychological level...

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