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Re: [T3] Over-cleaning a car will put you in the hospital, not bri...


Toby,
	From a dad that has coached his wife during the birth of both our
sons, CONGRATULATIONS !!
Tom
'68 FB (Thumper)
'70 Bug

On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 07:36:00 -0700 "Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>
writes:
>Subject: Over-cleaning a car will put you in the hospital, not bring 
>rain!
>
>Hey Volks!
>Well, I missed the Bug Show in Hood River, OR.  Why?  Lemme tell 
>you...
>
>I spent the greater half of Saturday detailing my baby, and I do mean
>detailing.
> Door jambs, interior niches, engine, even wiping down the bottom of 
>the
>engine
>(clean enough to eat from, wow, on a VW engine!).  I was going to show 
>those
>people what a clean, custom Type III really is, let me tell you!  
>Welllll,
>at
>3:45am on Sunday I awoke to a phone call from my friend, Lisa, to the 
>words,
>"...my water broke...".  Come again?  Oh!  Ten minutes later I was at 
>the
>hospital pacing the hall waiting for her to show up (her cousin was in
>charge of
>her that particular night).
>
>Well, to make the story short, at 3:12pm on Sunday she gave birth to a
>healthy,
>6-lbs 3-ozs, 19-inch baby girl!  Am I sorry I missed the car show?  
>Well, I
>was
>hoping to see if those official VW parts list were still available, 
>but,
>being a
>birthing coach was a helluva lot more exciting and I'd miss two shows 
>to
>help
>out again.  Watching a baby being born was a great experience and any 
>of you
>dudes out there expecting, soon to be expecting, or trying really hard 
>so
>you
>can expect ;), I highly recommend you be their to assist -- it's a 
>moving
>experience!  I was doing fine, fascinated by the biomechanics of it 
>all (the
>function), until I looked up and saw all the women crying...it got me 
>all
>choked
>up as well (the emotional reality).  Okay, okay, sometimes my brain 
>leads
>more
>than my heart but at least it doesn't take much to have them switch
>positions.
>
>Ah well, at least my car was the cleanest one in the entire parking
>structure :)
>
>   "Honorary Uncle" Toby Erkson
>   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
>   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
>   '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
>   Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/
>
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