Mike, good to see you back here.  You have been missed but I have been keeping tabs on you otherwise.  See you up or down the road somewheres.

On 2012-07-20, at 6:27 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Hi all.  I haven't been on the list for the past three years as I've
> been recovering from my Goodpasture's syndrome.  The kidneys still don't
> function and I am on peritoneal dialysis but at least, this way, I can
> travel and go camping.
> 
> Many of you expressed good wishes via email and I fully intended to
> reply to each individually but "Murphy's Law" got in the way.  My
> computer crashed big time and I had to reinstall the whole system. None
> of my old email could be saved.  I'm really sorry.
> 
> I really missed you guys and all that goes on here on the list.  I was
> somewhat surprised to find, that after reading the mail for a week, it
> is like I never left!  The questions are the same, the answers are the
> same and the off topic banter is no different than it was in 2009.  Love it.
> 
> Mary and I are in Maine right now but we'll be leaving for Virginia in
> about a week.  Sadly, we had to miss busfusion and West River Westies
> this time but we're looking forward to future events.
> 
> Vanagons forever!

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel Trains (Collection for sale)
Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems
BusFusion a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10, 2012