I think Erin has a good point,
We all now take the www for granted now. Casually browsing thru we dont
remember days only a few years ago when VW knowledge could only be tapped from
book/mags or local eccentric old timers who talked only after a lot of
pampering.
I remember my brother (Suleman aka Suley) joining the list.....I think
this was in the early or mid nineties. I have no idea how he came to know of
this list. I do remember him asking questions and then relaying all the
showered wisdom via letters (good old snail mail) or on the phone. Back then he
was studying in a city far from our home town. Still have his old letters, one
of which describes in detail how to deal with a broken clutch pedal cable hook.
Helped me come out of the lurch I was in after the pedal went free in the
driveway.
Best regards to all,
Asad.
Karachi, Pakistan.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008
> 07:48:11 -0600> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 1998-2008 VW Bug> > One other thing I
> failed to mention is that I remember when I first signed > on the list, it
> was on my Amiga 1200 computer. We still have it and it > still boots up
> however the hard drive fails to be recognized. I know when > we converted to
> using the PC, the Amiga had emails on it from the PINE email > reader and
> this would have been Feb 1997/1998 time frame. The list had only > been
> online for a few years then. People take this mass communication for >
> granted but back then, it was new and the ability to bounce ideas off of >
> other people from around the globe was just awesome. It make a lot of VW >
> experts overnights from the sharing of all the knowledge.> > Erin > >
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