Larry - thanks for the nice write up. I can't get over how dead the listserv is these days. I just still love the expediency of the list as opposed to web forums. I find them slow and tedious to navigate and really enjoy just getting emails. It's like reading a good book. I miss the glory days where the list was flying with so many posts, people unsubbed because they couldn't handle the volume. BTW: Who runs the list these days? I can't believe it's still up and running after all these years.
I've forgotten the names of many of the old crowd on here but a few come to mind. Gilbert Sy Chan, Mr. VW (Jeremy Vreenman), Rob Kuhn, Scott Yuppa (killed in a plane crash), Bill May, and even Larry and Henry. I've been No Quarter or NQ for years and some of my old tech posts can still be found online. I managed to save a few of them and have some emailed back to me. FWIW: I've been driving Li'l Red again. I don't drive him much...wanting to save his tired old sheet metal body for as long as I can. I've been driving a dreaded Ford Contour I got from an impound yard but nothing carries the same internal sense of joy as cruising around in an old VW. Looking back on things, internet was a way to connect and get information that wasn't readily found up until it became available. I think the excitement of finding others who shared the same passion was what made the list very popular. Unfortunately, I think things have become ho-hum in many areas because we kind of all take it for granted. I still love my good old email and the simpler and faster way to use the net. I'm really an old-fashioned kind of guy and doing things the older and simpler way suits my style. Heck, I even have an old Motorola V60 digital phone which I've rebuilt 3 times an replaced the antenna on about 6 times. Verizon only lets me have it as I'm grandfathered in and they just can't figure out why my little old phone won't die. I have a stash of about 5 of them that I pull parts off as needed. :) Our annual VW Bus event is the end of the month. It's www.bustoberfest.com and if anyone would like to come in whatever they have, they are more than welcome to. Thanks again for taking the time to post your story and photos Larry. That was really great of you to take the time. _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
