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Post by Amskeptic » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:40 am

pj wrote:I see you are coming on Monday. Let me extend an invitation for 4 July to spend the night and participate in our small neighborhood gathering at our abode. I've even bought diet Coke, though I have sworn off the devil's elixir, you are more than welcome to all you can drink.
Things are tightening up alarmingly. I have a potential fancypants engine break-in appointment on the 4th in the late afternoon, depending on how things work out for him in the meantime.
Colin :compress: :compress: :compress: :compress:
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Post by hambone » Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:49 am

NW in Sept? You'd love it. Dry and warm, bleu skies. Usually.

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Post by skin daddio » Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:21 pm

salute to the bobd. that bus is its own parade. i can see it float.

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Post by Amskeptic » Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:55 pm

skin daddio wrote:salute to the bobd. that bus is its own parade. i can see it float.
Thankee. And I am turned on to that red with grey interior bus. First dibs?
I promise I'd take care of it . . . :flower:
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Post by skin daddio » Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:57 pm

hard to sell something where my wife slept, nursed babies, and glanced at me lovingly but i'll give it thought. cash, right?

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Post by chitwnvw » Sat Jul 10, 2010 7:15 pm

skin daddio wrote:hard to sell something where my wife slept, nursed babies, and glanced at me lovingly but i'll give it thought. cash, right?
Is your wife gone?

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Post by skin daddio » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:41 pm

chitwnvw wrote:
skin daddio wrote:hard to sell something where my wife slept, nursed babies, and glanced at me lovingly but i'll give it thought. cash, right?
Is your wife gone?
which chapter are you on.
which wife do you mean.

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Post by chitwnvw » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:11 pm

skin daddio wrote:
chitwnvw wrote:
skin daddio wrote:hard to sell something where my wife slept, nursed babies, and glanced at me lovingly but i'll give it thought. cash, right?
Is your wife gone?
which chapter are you on.
which wife do you mean.
Start from the beginning. Speak slowly and clearly.

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Post by Amskeptic » Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:33 am

skin daddio wrote:hard to sell something where my wife slept, nursed babies, and glanced at me lovingly but i'll give it thought. cash, right?
Of course . . . I wouldn't dream of it.
But IF you HAD to . . . . . . . .
Colin :flower:
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Post by skin daddio » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:58 am

Amskeptic wrote:
skin daddio wrote:hard to sell something where my wife slept, nursed babies, and glanced at me lovingly but i'll give it thought. cash, right?
Of course . . . I wouldn't dream of it.
But IF you HAD to . . . . . . . .
Colin :flower:
holy pimpin batman i know i'm over the barrel. i'll throw in a full supply of sage and she ain't cheap.

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Post by mylopolis » Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:50 pm

I sense a disturbance in the VW force. Colin must be approaching.

She even started first tick this morning. My poor bus is running scared!
'73 Dual Solex Campmobile

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Where is our intrepid hero?

Post by Sylvester » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:03 am

According to the Itinerary, Colin was just here:

PianoInPahrumpItIs106*!Yes

Where is he?

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Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

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Re: Where is our intrepid hero?

Post by midatlanticys » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:57 am

Sylvester wrote: Where is he?
. . . my hunch is he's playing in some swank piano bar at Pahrump, NV's finest casino . . . . . trying to make up for all those missing 2010 IAC deposits!!! . . . . . jus' a hunch!!
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Post by covelo » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:38 pm

Colin visited with us and our bus in Santa Cruz on Friday. An excellent productive and fun day. The highlight was a carburator rebuild involving a Dremel tool (to free a misaligned idle plunger bore) but we also replaced a completely closed brake hose (with a genuine BobD loaner) and spent some quality time with a variety of head light dimmer relays. It was a very nice and sunny and warm day in Santa Cruz with lots of attractive bikini-clad beachgoers walking by and commenting on our buses (well, mostly on the shiny BobD). It would have made an excellent episode for the IAC reality show, especially with the dramatic discussion of the Great Type 4 Bearing Shortage at the local Volkscafe. I even got Colin to drink two of my home-brewed IPAs. As always, well worth the investment!
‘80 Vanagon Westfalia - 54,400 miles
'91 Toyota Pickup (4WD long bed) - 199,960 miles
1987 Alfa Spider Veloce - 166,400 miles
2017 VW E-Golf - 5,600 miles

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Post by Amskeptic » Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:20 am

covelo wrote:Colin visited with us and our bus in Santa Cruz on Friday. An excellent productive and fun day. The highlight was a carburator rebuild involving a Dremel tool (to free a misaligned idle plunger bore) but we also replaced a completely closed brake hose (with a genuine BobD loaner) and spent some quality time with a variety of head light dimmer relays. It was a very nice and sunny and warm day in Santa Cruz with lots of attractive bikini-clad beachgoers walking by and commenting on our buses (well, mostly on the shiny BobD). It would have made an excellent episode for the IAC reality show, especially with the dramatic discussion of the Great Type 4 Bearing Shortage at the local Volkscafe. I even got Colin to drink two of my home-brewed IPAs. As always, well worth the investment!
Exceptionally fine home-brew beer and good conversation on the deck overlooking the Pacific after a lovely little spin over to the VW parts house in a sprightly Porsche Boxster that I managed to stall more than once and perform a clumsy heel-and-toe double-clutch downshift at 17 mph (wooo race boy here) with unexpected sunshine and beachgoers who did not make me forget to tighten float bowl screws ( . . . Myopolis take note). Good bus, one of my favorites.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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