I am so sorry that was all so upsetting for you Loren.
It's not Friday so can't say much.
I did think about how I'd feel getting the 'extras' about the area that
I sent.
I would have liked that  a lot.
I would have even felt cared about and connected to people more.
Some people don't see the opportunity for relationship evidently.
Getting the dang van fixed is just a small part of it, vanagon-family
wise, IMO.

On 5/29/2013 9:09 AM, Loren Busch wrote:
> I'm not a moderator on this list so maybe I'm out of place with this but
> I'll say it anyway.
> PLEASE stay on topic, especially when someone is in trouble on the road and
> looking for help!
> A recent (last night) call for assistance almost instantly turned into a
> series of stories about past road troubles, philosophy of travel and
> personal exchanges.  All of which provided little or no help to the
> gentleman seeking information.  Think about how you would feel if you were
> in that situation and trying to glean some help from all the excess
> verbiage.
> Okay, off my soapbox, but I was really irritated.
>