I retired from the Air Force after 22.5 yrs of service and was hired by L3 Communications in Greenville, Texas. I work on their radar range. Pretty good gig!
We live in Fate, Texas just east of Dallas. We're planning to open a youth sports center there. I've been very fortunate and have scored a ton of equipment from a center that's closing their doors. If we could find the right building we could get started! Bruce Sent from my iPhone On Sep 26, 2016, at 8:28 AM, Mike Morehouse <hokiemik...@gmail.com> wrote: Bruce, I wondered how many of the names I listed from old emails I still have are still on the list! I likewise hope your new business helps you get one back on the road soon. Where are you located? Mike > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:25 AM, 'Bruce Howard' via VintagVW - Air Cooled > Volkswagen Discussion List <vintagvw@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I can't believe it was '98 when you got on the list! You're one of the last > few names I remember from back then. All the best to you until your next VW 😃 > > I'm currently without a VW but have enough parts to put a car together and > then some. Just waiting for the space our new business should bring. > > Later, > Bruce > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 26, 2016, at 7:31 AM, Mike Morehouse <hokiemik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Erin/NQ, > > You are so right and on point. When I got my Bug in Aug. 98; I knew nothing > never having owned one before. This list was a godsend as i expect I asked no > question that someone else had not asked and had answered. It was like a > brotherhood/sisterhood of people who had this unique bond. Whether you had 1 > VW or 20 - whether you had owned them for 10 years or 10 minutes; didn't > matter - you were family and family members are always there to help. > > I think the saddest thing about selling our Bug other than the family link to > my father-in-law was the memories I have of that restoration process where I > knew so little but just took it one step at a time. > > I told my wife the enjoyment I had during the process of restoring it was > almost more than the joy of owning it AFTER I had completed the restoration > if that makes sense. I guess it is thee old saying about the journey being > better than the destination. > > It was a fun car to restore especially since I had never restored an old car > before...it wasn't overwhelming. > > You are right about Google at our fingertips and even youtube but those are > so much more impersonal than the vintagvw list was. You came to know people > on the list as friends even though I've never met one face to face and only > talked to a couple on the phone. > > I just pray God's blessings on each one of you and your vehicles. > > I still think of you all as family and always will - with or without a VW in > my garage. > > Thanks for all your help over these 18 years!!! > > Peace, > > Mike Morehouse > >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 7:04 AM, No Quarter <sil...@beatricene.com> wrote: >> You're sure welcome! I'm still here lurking. Life has taken me on many >> twists and turns, but man you should see my field of VWs I have on my >> acreage north of town. I'm up to about 13 or 14. LOL! I married an Aussie >> lady and we're living in our now one-year-old house. Mr. VW is doing VW >> restorations out in Colorado not too far from where RMMW was I believe. I >> miss the old days of the list. It was all we had in those pre-facebook >> days. Now facebook has kind of taken over and other elements of social >> media which has just about killed off the email lists. The streamlined >> effect of the email list is one that can never compare. I've often wondered >> if a VintagVW forum was created similar to thesamba.com if it would bring >> back some of the old timers, but with thesamba being a huge repository of >> information, it might be redundant. >> >> I'm still thankful that John keeps the list going. I'm kind of bummed that >> the archives of the older stuff are gone. What exists are snippets of the >> various emails that people saved. I find some of my articles scattered >> about online from time to time. I remember Scott Yuppa who perished in a >> plane wreck with his father after being on the list for a short time. >> >> At any rate, when the VintagVW list was going at its strongest, it filled a >> void that we had never had before and that was support from a VW community >> that was so hard to find in our local worlds. All of a sudden we didn't >> feel so alone and had tons of help - the likes of which we never had before. >> The gurus finally had a forum to be appreciated and admired in while they >> shared their wisdom. I think the absolute best part of the whole thing was >> that internet was still in it's infancy in the private sector and so to >> figure out how to get online and more or less configure a computer to get >> online gave you some street cred so to speak, and if you were online, you >> were in-the-know and in good company. Now anyone and everyone can get >> online and it isn't as special as it once was. I remember people thinking I >> was an outright genious with VWs and all I ever really did was read and >> apply what others wrote and then to explain it in simple terms that everyone >> could understand. Now everyone's an expert with the almighty shrine of >> google at their service. >> >> This year we are having our 17th annual campout at Indian Cave State Park in >> Nebraska. I never dreamed it would last this long. Sadly none of my VWs >> run at the moment, but I am feverishly building a small teardrop camper for >> my wife and I to camp in so we don't have to run to a motel as we've done >> the past couple of years. >> >> Please don't spill the beans Glen as I know you're on this list. :) >> >> Nice to hear from you again and sorry you sold the bug, but if it can get in >> the hands of someone who appreciates, that's everything. >> >> >> NQ >> >> -- >> Visit the VintagVW archives at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. 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