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  #31  
Old September 30th 12, 12:59 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
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Clicked on the link Jan provided on Facebook, and it opened as a sub page thru Facebook.
I will try it just thru google app
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  #32  
Old September 30th 12, 12:21 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
Olli Lammi[_2_]
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On 30.09.2012 00:37, Jan Andersson wrote:
>
> I'll post a quick Ramva-invite on my FB page in case they want to come
> by and say hi


Saw that, here now.

Hello all. Olli from Finland. I still have the same -73 metal grey
standard Beetle with self made sunroof I bought 2002 (when I started
lurking at RAMVA). Due to weather it is driven only between May and
October. I use it mostly to drive to work on sunny days.

We also have an annual two nighter weekend trip with my friend, we call
"Kuplareissu" (Beetletrip). Three Beetles (-70, -72 and my -73) running
some planned round trip including two cities that will have the pleasure
to provide us accommodation, good food and some bewerages... This year
was the trip number 8. Initial plans are that trip number 10 would be to
Wolfsburg, Germany. We will see about that.

A picture taken on our trip this year. I am not in the picture (behind
the camera )

http://olammi.iki.fi/olammi/kupla/kuplareissu_2012.jpg

What else? Wife, 2 kids (8 yo girl and 5 yo boy), bank's house with a
garage.

---
Olli

  #33  
Old October 1st 12, 12:13 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
P.J.Berg[_9_]
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:21:51 +0200, Olli Lammi
> wrote:

> On 30.09.2012 00:37, Jan Andersson wrote:
>>
>> I'll post a quick Ramva-invite on my FB page in case they want to come
>> by and say hi

>
> Saw that, here now.
>
> Hello all. Olli from Finland. I still have the same -73 metal grey
> standard Beetle with self made sunroof I bought 2002 (when I started
> lurking at RAMVA). Due to weather it is driven only between May and
> October. I use it mostly to drive to work on sunny days.
>
> We also have an annual two nighter weekend trip with my friend, we call
> "Kuplareissu" (Beetletrip). Three Beetles (-70, -72 and my -73) running
> some planned round trip including two cities that will have the pleasure
> to provide us accommodation, good food and some bewerages... This year
> was the trip number 8. Initial plans are that trip number 10 would be to
> Wolfsburg, Germany. We will see about that.
>
> A picture taken on our trip this year. I am not in the picture (behind
> the camera )
>
> http://olammi.iki.fi/olammi/kupla/kuplareissu_2012.jpg
>
> What else? Wife, 2 kids (8 yo girl and 5 yo boy), bank's house with a
> garage.
>
> ---
> Olli
>


Good to see you back here Olli.

J.
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  #34  
Old October 5th 12, 04:06 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
ChrisKlinger
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Olli Lammi wrote:

> On 30.09.2012 00:37, Jan Andersson wrote:
>>
>> I'll post a quick Ramva-invite on my FB page in case they

want to come
>> by and say hi

>
> Saw that, here now.
>
> Hello all. Olli from Finland. I still have the same -73 metal

grey
> standard Beetle with self made sunroof I bought 2002 (when I

started
> lurking at RAMVA). Due to weather it is driven only between

May and
> October. I use it mostly to drive to work on sunny days.
>
> We also have an annual two nighter weekend trip with my

friend, we call
> "Kuplareissu" (Beetletrip). Three Beetles (-70, -72 and my

-73) running
> some planned round trip including two cities that will have

the pleasure
> to provide us accommodation, good food and some bewerages...

This year
> was the trip number 8. Initial plans are that trip number 10

would be to
> Wolfsburg, Germany. We will see about that.
>
> A picture taken on our trip this year. I am not in the picture

(behind
> the camera )
>
> http://olammi.iki.fi/olammi/kupla/kuplareissu_2012.jpg
>
> What else? Wife, 2 kids (8 yo girl and 5 yo boy), bank's house

with a
> garage.
>
> ---
> Olli


Though you're _way_ after my really active days here, good to
meet you, and best of luck. Hope you stay (posting and not only
lurking), and bring your friends.

Chris
  #35  
Old October 5th 12, 04:08 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
ChrisKlinger
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Jan Andersson wrote:

> On 9/29/2012 7:52 PM, P.J.Berg wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 01:49:44 +0200, Jan Andersson
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/29/2012 7:47 PM, wrote:
>>>> Hola!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> Wahoo!
>>>
>>> Terry, is this through Iphone?
>>>

>>
>> If so, how did you do that?
>>
>> J.
>>
>>

>
> Ok for anyone wanting to try, this should work for iphones as

well, no
> news server or reader required:
>
>

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fro...s.vw.aircooled

OK - whole new can of worms. If my iphone can communicate with
the real internet, I'll bow down and thank the usenet gods

Jan - I don't have time to try it right now, but thanks a
million.

Chris
  #37  
Old October 12th 12, 04:55 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
VWGirl
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On Saturday, September 29, 2012 10:17:46 AM UTC-4, Jan Andersson wrote:
> On 9/27/2012 8:01 PM, ChrisKlinger wrote:
>
> > Jan Andersson wrote:

>
> >

>
> >> On 9/12/2012 8:51 PM, ChrisKlinger wrote:

>
> >>> Hello Group. Back after 13 years. Sad to have noted Bob

>
> > Hoover's

>
> >>> passing.

>
> >>>

>
> >>> Beside Veeduber, missing SpeedyJim, VWgirl (became Jan's

>
> >>> wife), and a few dozen that I can't recall at the moment -

>
> > Sorry

>
> >>> if you belong on my list and were not mentioned by name.

>
> >>>

>
> >>> Happy to be back

>
> >>>

>
> >>> Chris

>
> >>

>
> >>

>
> >> Hi Chris and welcome back! I often wondered what happened to

>
> > you!

>
> >> Minor correction though: VWGirl is Lauren and someone else

>
> > snatched her

>
> >> up, I married LittleVWGoddess (the one you let me use your

>
> > car to go

>
> >> date in 1999-2000, thanks again!) and we got divorced 2

>
> > years ago, after

>
> >> having 2 kids. We all moved to Virginia. My girl is 3 and my

>
> > son 5.

>
> >>

>
> >> I still have my black convertible bug, at my parents house

>
> > in Finland.

>
> >> Here in the Us I have a 2001 Jeep and a 1970 Nova, currently

>
> > undergoing

>
> >> surgery. :P

>
> >>

>
> >> Now let's knock down some more cobwebs and bring Ramva back

>
> > alive, OK?

>
> >> It's dead quiet here.

>
> >>

>
> >> Jan

>
> >

>
> > Jan - I confess, I feel silly to have confused the

>
> > littleVWgoddess with VWGirl but, in my defense, it has been a

>
> > long time. Sorry to hear about the divorce; hope things are

>
> > amicable, and I hope both the goddess and VWgirl are well.

>
> >

>
> > I'm preparing to go through a divorce (though we've been

>
> > separated for 11 years; I believe you met my wife and father

>
> > IRL).

>
> >

>
> > I still have the '59 type 1 which, after 20 years outside,

>
> > needs another resto, but right now, I'm focused on bringing my

>
> > new wife-to-be and our two daughters (aged 3 and 7) to the US.

>
> >

>
> > As for usenet, it seems hard to compete with web-based forums.

>
> > On the plus side, forums can go away; on the other hand, there

>
> > mey be no one left in usenet

>
> >

>
> > On an aside - and maybe I'm beating a dead horse, as there

>
> > seems to be no mention of the great man... I miss Bob

>
> > (Hoover). I was saddened to hear of his passing. I would hope

>
> > that this (dare I say our?) group would have recognized the

>
> > event. Maybe that ocurred, and it was agreed that it wouldn't

>
> > be touched upon again; if I'm out of line, may the group

>
> > forgive. But between Bob and SpeedyJim, RAMVAC has lost two

>
> > incredibly knowledgeable people, one permanently, one perhaps

>
> > not.

>
> >

>
> > I confess, it's hard to keep a party going with only a

>
> > handful of people. Were you close to Jim? Any chance of

>
> > cajoling him to rejoin us?

>
> >

>
> > Where are the godessess and the Girls? Moved on?

>
> >

>
> > Either way, glad to hear you're well. How are you liking

>
> > living in the US?

>
> >

>
> > Note to all: everyone here is, and has always been admitted

>
> > as, an equal. Some, like Jim and Bob, have gained the respect

>
> > of the group through their knowledge and forthcoming help. I

>
> > personally encourage all, including - or perhaps, especially -

>
> > lurkers, to post.

>
> >

>
> > I felt glad to be welcomed back.

>
> >

>
> > Hope to stay this time.

>
> >

>
> > Chris

>
>
>
>
>
> The other Goddess gave up on VW's, but not before trying a New Beetle
>
> for a while. That thing started falling apart after a few years in the
>
> Florida heat, everything plastic just kept breaking. I believe she now
>
> drives a Pacifica.... 2 teenage kids and all that.
>
> My ex "thelittlevwgoddess" is not a VW person anymore either. Drives
>
> <shivers> an F350. Still has a Windstar I bought her, slowly falling
>
> apart. In the divorce, she ultimately told me to choose which car to
>
> keep for myself: the 2000 windstar or the 1970 Nova. Well... tough
>
> choice but I got the Nova
>
> VWGirl then.... she got married and still is VERY much into aircooled
>
> VW's, I think she still has like 15-20 of them??? And the last two
>
> fairly recent additions to the family are a Prius (!!!) and a later
>
> model Jetta Wagon just weeks ago. She does a lot of long distance
>
> traveling with the Prius, right now she's in Canada (again).
>
>
>
> I'm keeping an eye out for a Thing near my house, seems to be in need of
>
> some TLC and I haven't seen any progress since I spotted it a few months
>
> ago. Missing a headlight so it's definitely not driven. If I get a
>
> little extra money, I might see if they'd let it go cheap.
>
> But I need to get the Nova done first. And my real goal VW wise is to
>
> get my black vert here from Finland. The Thing might be a project to
>
> quickly fix up and sell at a massive profit... means to an end. My
>
> problem of course is that I get attached to them and then they never leave.


What do you mean I am VERY much in to vw's still? I only have 26 of em!

So just to clarify, yes, I was dumb and hopped on the marriage bandwagon... but I am sitting here happily staring at my divorce papers not that I feel like putting the effort in to filling them out, but I want to be divorced already! What was I thinking not marrying a VW guy????!?!?!?!?! So now I am jumping on the divorce bandwagon lol. At least there are no children involved!

So, yeah, the prius isn't really mine even though it is in my name, it is his... I am still 100% true in my vw ownership. I have never personally bought anything but a vw for myself...

And yes, I was in Canada AGAIN... visiting another RAMVAite Todd... I would have also visited Peter, but he was in BC... I would stay in Canada forever if they would only let me I keep in touch with Peter and Kirin. I believe Kirin is also in touch with Anna. I guess since Jan is the only other person I really keep in regular touch with then I am only keeping in touch with the foreigners eh?

Glad to see some more familiar names... seems harder to keep up with this now than it was 10-15 years ago.

  #38  
Old October 13th 12, 02:48 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
ChrisKlinger
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VWGirl wrote:

> On Saturday, September 29, 2012 10:17:46 AM UTC-4, Jan

Andersson wrote:
>> On 9/27/2012 8:01 PM, ChrisKlinger wrote:
>>
>> > Jan Andersson wrote:

>>
>> >

>>
>> >> On 9/12/2012 8:51 PM, ChrisKlinger wrote:

>>
>> >>> Hello Group. Back after 13 years. Sad to have noted Bob

>>
>> > Hoover's

>>
>> >>> passing.

>>
>> >>>

>>
>> >>> Beside Veeduber, missing SpeedyJim, VWgirl (became

Jan's
>>
>> >>> wife), and a few dozen that I can't recall at the

moment -
>>
>> > Sorry

>>
>> >>> if you belong on my list and were not mentioned by

name.
>>
>> >>>

>>
>> >>> Happy to be back

>>
>> >>>

>>
>> >>> Chris

>>
>> >>

>>
>> >>

>>
>> >> Hi Chris and welcome back! I often wondered what

happened to
>>
>> > you!

>>
>> >> Minor correction though: VWGirl is Lauren and someone

else
>>
>> > snatched her

>>
>> >> up, I married LittleVWGoddess (the one you let me use

your
>>
>> > car to go

>>
>> >> date in 1999-2000, thanks again!) and we got divorced 2

>>
>> > years ago, after

>>
>> >> having 2 kids. We all moved to Virginia. My girl is 3

and my
>>
>> > son 5.

>>
>> >>

>>
>> >> I still have my black convertible bug, at my parents

house
>>
>> > in Finland.

>>
>> >> Here in the Us I have a 2001 Jeep and a 1970 Nova,

currently
>>
>> > undergoing

>>
>> >> surgery. :P

>>
>> >>

>>
>> >> Now let's knock down some more cobwebs and bring Ramva

back
>>
>> > alive, OK?

>>
>> >> It's dead quiet here.

>>
>> >>

>>
>> >> Jan

>>
>> >

>>
>> > Jan - I confess, I feel silly to have confused the

>>
>> > littleVWgoddess with VWGirl but, in my defense, it has

been a
>>
>> > long time. Sorry to hear about the divorce; hope things

are
>>
>> > amicable, and I hope both the goddess and VWgirl are

well.
>>
>> >

>>
>> > I'm preparing to go through a divorce (though we've been

>>
>> > separated for 11 years; I believe you met my wife and

father
>>
>> > IRL).

>>
>> >

>>
>> > I still have the '59 type 1 which, after 20 years

outside,
>>
>> > needs another resto, but right now, I'm focused on

bringing my
>>
>> > new wife-to-be and our two daughters (aged 3 and 7) to

the US.
>>
>> >

>>
>> > As for usenet, it seems hard to compete with web-based

forums.
>>
>> > On the plus side, forums can go away; on the other hand,

there
>>
>> > mey be no one left in usenet

>>
>> >

>>
>> > On an aside - and maybe I'm beating a dead horse, as

there
>>
>> > seems to be no mention of the great man... I miss Bob

>>
>> > (Hoover). I was saddened to hear of his passing. I would

hope
>>
>> > that this (dare I say our?) group would have recognized

the
>>
>> > event. Maybe that ocurred, and it was agreed that it

wouldn't
>>
>> > be touched upon again; if I'm out of line, may the group

>>
>> > forgive. But between Bob and SpeedyJim, RAMVAC has lost

two
>>
>> > incredibly knowledgeable people, one permanently, one

perhaps
>>
>> > not.

>>
>> >

>>
>> > I confess, it's hard to keep a party going with only a

>>
>> > handful of people. Were you close to Jim? Any chance of

>>
>> > cajoling him to rejoin us?

>>
>> >

>>
>> > Where are the godessess and the Girls? Moved on?

>>
>> >

>>
>> > Either way, glad to hear you're well. How are you liking

>>
>> > living in the US?

>>
>> >

>>
>> > Note to all: everyone here is, and has always been

admitted
>>
>> > as, an equal. Some, like Jim and Bob, have gained the

respect
>>
>> > of the group through their knowledge and forthcoming

help. I
>>
>> > personally encourage all, including - or perhaps,

especially -
>>
>> > lurkers, to post.

>>
>> >

>>
>> > I felt glad to be welcomed back.

>>
>> >

>>
>> > Hope to stay this time.

>>
>> >

>>
>> > Chris

>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The other Goddess gave up on VW's, but not before trying a

New Beetle
>>
>> for a while. That thing started falling apart after a few

years in the
>>
>> Florida heat, everything plastic just kept breaking. I

believe she now
>>
>> drives a Pacifica.... 2 teenage kids and all that.
>>
>> My ex "thelittlevwgoddess" is not a VW person anymore

either. Drives
>>
>> <shivers> an F350. Still has a Windstar I bought her,

slowly falling
>>
>> apart. In the divorce, she ultimately told me to choose

which car to
>>
>> keep for myself: the 2000 windstar or the 1970 Nova.

Well... tough
>>
>> choice but I got the Nova
>>
>> VWGirl then.... she got married and still is VERY much

into aircooled
>>
>> VW's, I think she still has like 15-20 of them??? And the

last two
>>
>> fairly recent additions to the family are a Prius (!!!) and

a later
>>
>> model Jetta Wagon just weeks ago. She does a lot of long

distance
>>
>> traveling with the Prius, right now she's in Canada

(again).
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm keeping an eye out for a Thing near my house, seems to

be in need of
>>
>> some TLC and I haven't seen any progress since I spotted it

a few months
>>
>> ago. Missing a headlight so it's definitely not driven. If

I get a
>>
>> little extra money, I might see if they'd let it go cheap.
>>
>> But I need to get the Nova done first. And my real goal VW

wise is to
>>
>> get my black vert here from Finland. The Thing might be a

project to
>>
>> quickly fix up and sell at a massive profit... means to

an end. My
>>
>> problem of course is that I get attached to them and then

they never
>> leave.

>
> What do you mean I am VERY much in to vw's still? I only

have 26 of em!
>
> So just to clarify, yes, I was dumb and hopped on the

marriage
> bandwagon... but I am sitting here happily staring at my

divorce papers
> not that I feel like putting the effort in to filling them

out, but I want
> to be divorced already! What was I thinking not marrying a

VW
> guy????!?!?!?!?! So now I am jumping on the divorce

bandwagon lol. At
> least there are no children involved!
>
> So, yeah, the prius isn't really mine even though it is in

my name, it is
> his... I am still 100% true in my vw ownership. I have never

personally
> bought anything but a vw for myself...
>
> And yes, I was in Canada AGAIN... visiting another RAMVAite

Todd... I
> would have also visited Peter, but he was in BC... I would

stay in Canada
> forever if they would only let me I keep in touch with

Peter and Kirin.
> I believe Kirin is also in touch with Anna. I guess since

Jan is the only
> other person I really keep in regular touch with then I am

only keeping in
> touch with the foreigners eh?
>
> Glad to see some more familiar names... seems harder to keep

up with this
> now than it was 10-15 years ago.


Wow! How great to hear from you! Glad all's well. Wish I'd had
the opportunity to meet you and Jan when you were in Miami,
but hey, that's life.

26 VWs? Wow.

Great to see what seems to be more activity here. Hope we all
keep it up.

BTW - anybody remember the fellow out in Las Vegas? I know he
was a regular poster, and i even met him and his wife IRL when
I was in Vegas (maybe 17 years ago), but for the life of me I
can't remember the nam.
 




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