On Nov 9, 10:01 pm, ChrisKlinger > wrote:
> KWW wrote:
> > On 10/28/2012 1:11 AM, ChrisKlinger wrote:
> >> KWW wrote:
>
> >>> WOW! What do I get for being too busy at work and not
> >> scrolling down to
> >>> the newsgroups? Missed all the fun! It is great to see
> all
> >> y'all back!
> >>> Old age makes us soft, that is for sure. Well, actually
> >> business
> >>> meetings at multiple work sites and living in a climate
> with
> >> triple
> >>> digit summer temperatures (in degrees F). Two needy dogs
> >> (Bichon Frise &
> >>> Yorkypoo) go spastic when I leave them in the house while
> I
> >> try to work
> >>> in the garage.
> >>> I still have my '64 and my '63/65 Frankenbug and at
> least
> >> get out to
> >>> go to the local monthly VW club meeting. I have been on
> the
> >> verge of
> >>> selling the Frankenbug daily driver for the past 2 years.
> I
> >> want to
> >>> focus all of my bug funds/garage space on the '64.
>
> >>> I hope everyone keeps up the threads. It was/is fun to see
> >> everyone's
> >>> adventures.
>
> >>> KWW
> >>> '63/65 Beetle - The Inside Out Cow (Jenny)
> >>> '64 Beetle - The Blue Wave
>
> >>> On 10/6/2012 7:49 PM, ChrisKlinger wrote:
> >>>> Whaddya mean, she won't start? Have you spoken kindly to
> >> her?
>
> >>>> Chris
> >>>> '65 ghia (lowered kiddie-car 2100 dual Weber 44 and a
> total
> >>>> PITA)
> >>>> '60 (Sept '59) fully original except for spade-terminal
> >> brake-
> >>>> light switch
> >>>> Kept in the Miami rain. Started just fine after cleaning
> >> points
> >>>> and 50ml of gasoline in the carb. Not bad for 6 years
> >> sitting in
> >>>> the rain...
> >>>> maybe I should change the oil
>
> >>>> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Some of you might remember me, John. I had two Bugs and
> a
> >> kit
> >>>> car. One of
> >>>>> the Bugs was a '58 I bought from Mikah.
>
> >>>>> Well, it is like coming back from somewhere else to be
> >> posting
> >>>> here and I
> >>>>> hope I am welcome to do some more.
>
> >>>>> After a couple heart attacks and other health
> >> interruptions, I
> >>>> finally
> >>>>> retired and just a month ago I went to the storage place
> >> and
> >>>> took the
> >>>>> wraps off the '58 and all four tires were cracked,
> broken
> >> and
> >>>> collapsed.
> >>>>> That's how long it has been. Of course the engine will
> not
> >>>> start. WTF?
> >>>>> A neglected 54 year-old car won't start?
>
> >>>>> The paint is very badly oxidized. It was covered by a
> very
> >>>> good cover
> >>>>> which tells you how log it was put away.
>
> >>>>> So now it's in the driveway on blocks shaming me every
> >> time I
> >>>> leave the
> >>>>> house.
>
> >>>>> Oh, and look at what I found way in the back of the
> shed.
> >>>>>http://www.digoliardi.net/skirts1.jpg
>
> >>>>>
>
> >>> --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints:
> >> ---
>
> >> KWW - good to know your double-digit temps are in F (LOL).
> >> Jeez - double-digit in C or K would leave your dogs even
> more
> >> stressed
>
> >> Don't know when you came to RAMVA; don't recognize your
> nic,
> >> but i assure you, the pleasure's mine. Long live RAMVA, and
> >> everyone who bothers to scroll down
>
> >> Chris
>
> > Chris, Search back in the RAMVA archives and you should find
> my posts in
> > the late '90s and early 2000s. Things slowed down as the
> '0x's
> > progressed (for various reasons) but it is good to see that
> things are
> > finally picking up and are cordial.
>
> > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints:
>
> ---
>
> I will most certainly do so. Good to see you here, the
> pleasure's mine.
> Chris

I still come around once in a while, it's been over 10 years since I
had to say good bye to RAMVA, but lurk from time to time, and have
kept in contact with a few old-timers (no disrespect intended) like
Jan...