I just read "midnight repairs" again - it's just as good as last time.

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Jim Arnott
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 2:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: A Xmas Gift from the late Bob Hoover

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 December for over a decade, 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.  (Really, the asking was just a
chance to catch up a bit. Bob lived in the part of the world that I call
"home" and we'd been chatting with one another since he got stuck in the
north country one Fall.) We lost Bob to multiple myeloma a couple of years
ago. I can't ask anymore.  I miss that.

I never had his permission to publish it anywhere but on the WetWesties
mailing list, but I don't think Bob would mind that I pointed you to his
blog.

Go read the story.  Read it aloud to your kids.  They WILL remember.

A Xmas Gift from Bob Hoover:

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

(originally published December 26, 1998 on the vintagebus list.)

Thanks Bob.

Merry Christmas my friends.

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