Though you seem like a nice guy... maybe follow the link at the bottom of every mail you get?
http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] List reminiscing > How can I get off this list? I do not need to be part of this discussion. > > Thanks > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter van der Zanden <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:21:15 > To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List<[email protected]> > Reply-To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] List reminiscing > > List, > > I was off on Friday (receiving the mails on a company account) and quite > surprised to find the sudden uplift in traffic. > Reading through some of the mails sent on Friday made me want to > contribute my own :) so here is a little story from a currently VW-less > Dutchie: > > I joined this list before I even owned a VW. I can not remember who > pointed me towards it but it must have been around the time I got > "infected" with the VW-virus. Must have been around 1999. The list was > rather high-volume at that time and so I quickly pick up a lot about VWs > and automotive tech in general. Most things were new to me, having a job > in software support at that time. It was not until my wife and I went out > to get our own VW that I realized most of my knowledge was from reading > e-mails by NQ, Bill May and all those others. Rob Kuhn comes to mind too, > he sent some great stories talking a lot about the "rice burner" fans in > his area until he left the list since he got himself a Honda :). When > talking about the VW I wanted to buy with the shop owner that had it on > sale I discovered that I knew what a dizzy was but had no idea of the > part's name in my own language, so I ended up pointing at the part! > > I bought a nice European 1967 bug and had a great time with it. By that > time I got to know Pim van Loon, another Dutch guy, who was very active in > the Dutch online and show community. With him I helped getting on-line > exposure for VW-Euro, one of the greatest VW shows in the area in those > days. That show attracted people from the Netherlands (were it was held), > Belgium, Germany, the UK and even Finland. By that time Assad asked quite > a lot of questions, working on his own VW with limited means, and at one > point I sent off a CD with technical information to him which was much > appreciated. > > Unfortunatly, when my son was born in 2001 I found it harder to spend the > time needed to maintain the VW. In 2006 I had to admit that keeping the VW > was not going to be good for the car since I no longer managed to work on > it. As a result I sold the VW to a young man who seemed very eager to work > on it and drive the VW. It is still on the road today which feels good > since that is what they were meant for. For a while I received no more > messages from the list, thinking I had unsubscribed, but suddenly the > posts began to re-appear in my inbox. Since I still enjoy reading them > (and quietly hope to drive a VW again when I can find the time to care for > it) I decided to stay on (mostly as a lurker). > > Peter. > -- > The information contained in this communication and any attachments is > confidential and may be privileged, and is for the sole use of the > intended recipient(s). Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. Unless explicitly stated otherwise in the > body of this communication or the attachment thereto (if any), the > information is provided on an AS-IS basis without any express or implied > warranties or liabilities. To the extent you are relying on this > information, you are doing so at your own risk. If you are not the > intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to > this message and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. > ASML is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the > information contained in this communication, nor for any delay in its > receipt. > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
