Date:         Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:48:07 -0500
Reply-To:     Donald Baxter <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
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From:         Donald Baxter <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon List Profiled In Washington Post Today
Comments: To: Derek Drew <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010830091404.058728c0@pop.rcn.com>
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Any possibility of getting this article scanned for distribution?  I
have it online but would love to see the whole article as it appeared in
print.
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Donald Baxter  Iowa City, Iowa
(319) 337-0494
www.mindspring.com/~onanov

"I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education."
       -- Wislon Mizner.



-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Derek Drew
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 8:36 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Vanagon List Profiled In Washington Post Today


Don Oldenburg, Washington Post Staff Writer who I believe is also on our
list, profiles the Vanagon List in a huge (by newspaper standards)
article quoting numerous list luminaries this morning, including Joel
Walker, Steve Schwenk, yours truly, and list founder Gerry Skerbitz.
There is even a giant picture of current listmaster Tom Carrington and a
picture of his daughter climbing into his vanagon pickup.

In giant quotes that scream off the page Carrington says, "Vanagons
appeal to independent thinkers who don't feel the need to drive a car
that fits in with the crowd." That's the good way of putting it. Then,
in equally accurate but thankfully smaller type he says, "Let's face it.
We are sick, sick, sick individuals. There is something about this
Vanagon obsession that makes us act a bit goofy."

I burst out laughing when the article mentioned the silver socket -- to
see that phrase actually taking up space in the Washington Post.

The URL where the article resides today is here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16710-2001Aug29.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16710-2001Aug29.html>
html
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16710-2001Aug29.html>





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Derek Drew                              New York, NY & Washington, DC
derekdrew@rcn.com                     212-580-6486
Email me for viscous couplings
'90 Syncro Westfalia...
...seen off-road at
http://users.rcn.com/derekdrew/Syncro_Madness_Area.htm
Note: most valuable Vanagon sites on the planet (for owners) are:
      http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=vanagon
      ftp://gerry.vanagon.com/pub/
      http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Syncro
      http://www.vanagon.com <http://www.vanagon.com/>
      http://www.syncro.org <http://www.syncro.org/>
My refrigerator article:

http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/Refrigerator/Reefer_Madness.htm
My article that shows how to deal with insurance companies:
       ftp://gerry.vanagon.com/pub/auto-insurance-madness.html
To view Wolfgang's incredibly informative wheel article
       http://users.rcn.com/derekdrew/fitbigtiresonvanagon.htm
To view Tim Smith's incredibly useful gearing calculator
       http://users.rcn.com/derekdrew/syncrotireandgearratios.xls
To view some 16" Trailing Arms that enable much larger tires see

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syncro-org/files/Wheels%2C%20Tires%20%26%2
0Gearing/Wheel%20%26%20Tire%20Photos/16_Inch_Trailing_Arm.jpg
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syncro-org/files/Wheels,%20Tires%20%26%20
Gearing/Wheel%20%26%20Tire%20Photos/16_Inch_Trailing_Arm.jpg>



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