Just as good as every time I read it. :')

Cheers, sirs.

Sudhir
On 24 Dec 2012 15:21, "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:

> 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/<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<http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/midnight-repairs.html>
> >
>
> (originally published December 26, 1998 on the vintagebus list.)
>
> Thanks Bob.
>
>
>
> Merry Christmas my friends.
>