My favorite bumper sticker: Eschew Obfuscation. 

Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus

On Jan 17, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Don't worry Scott, he just had a momentary sesquipedalian tendency...
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:30 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Now For My Money...
> 
> all good but how many people know what 'avuncular' means..
> I saw it somewhere recently and had to look it up.
> it means 'uncle like' .
> I have never heard the word spoken.
> ah- vunk' - you - larr ..............   I think it is.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Stewart" <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Now For My Money...
> 
> 
>> Thats good to know, we should contact the seller and see if we can get a
>> finders fee!! Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
>>> You'll be pleased to know someone took your advice. There's a Samba
>>> thread from a NoVa Westy looker asking for advice and suggestions and
>>> one of the vans he mentioned was the brown aircooled you were howling
>>> about. I posted about this one as a van he might be better off
>>> considering and he later posted that he'd bought it. Everyone's
>>> congratulating him on the good find and he sounds happy and excited.
>>> Just knowing he's out there should have you basking in an avuncular
>>> glow. Good call.
>>> Stephen
>>> --- On Sun, 1/15/12, J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>>> From: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
>>>> Subject: Now For My Money...
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012, 5:22 PM
>>>> I'd be more inclined to buy this one, kind of hard to tell, but it
>>>> appears the seller would take less than $8,000.00 Don't know if I'd
>>>> consider a clutch "routine maintenance" though!!
>>>> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/cto/2796766799.html
>>>> Jeff Stewart