So thom fitzpatrick says:
> 
> Ok,
> 	Well a lot's happened since I sent the last update.

Three cheers for Thom's triumphant return!  :)

  (and brilliant coup at getting a better paycheck to finance his VW!) ;)

> SOTO meet, where it got rave reviews.  It was one of the better looking
> busses there, actually.  Then I took it to Bug-O-Rama, where I think most
> people ignored it.  The _fun_ thing was that I got to show it the the guy
> who orginally sold it to me and his buddy, who couldn't believe it was the
> same bus!

Ahhh, the ultimate compliment....

> 	The big shakedown cruise was the Bodega trip, whereupon the brake
> problem manifested itself.  I knew there was a problem, but I wanted to go
> bad enough that I went anyway, and didn't let it get my spirits down.
> (it did make the trip a bit hairy a few times, and I think the final brake
> episode sent Steve Johnson to the Cardiac Ward!)

It's not really fair..  He hypnotized me with his on-off-on brake light
which had a mind of its own.  ;)

Steven 

sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com