> From: Leif Paulsen [SMTP:lpaulsen@cmcflex.com]
>
> I think I might be more obsessed than you.  My wife has threatened to
> leave
> me because of my Vanagon gawking, she'd probably subscribe to Playboy for
> me
> if she thought it would help.  What ticks her off the most are the times I
> have followed some van for miles just to ask the owner a question or check
> some unique piece of equipment installed.  There are "stalker" laws to
> protect the public from people like me.  I need help, I'm not normal,
> >
> > Am I alone on this: when I am driving my bus or bug, & I see an oncoming
> > vanagon I check it out, similar to how a guy will check out a
> > chick, I mean,
> > woman.  I try to determine the type (syncro, westy, gl, etc),
> > year, anything
> > cool about it, and most of all, make eye contact with the driver and
> give
> > them a thumbs-up or a peace sign.  On the open road, all vanagons
> > wave back,
> > but in town, it is about 1 out of 15 or 20 that wave back. That's the
> bay
> > area for you.
> >
> > back to the grind
> > -Matthew jelly legs
> > p.s., I'm doing my part, I biked to work today. 16 miles ( uphill
> > both ways,
> > with 12 feet of snow. )
> >