intro Libby & Andrew

[Libby <libbyo@interact.net.au>]

Decided I should join in the fun.

My name's Libby & my other half is Andrew.  He'll intro himself later. 
We just bought a '70 FB, & I'm having a great time learning about these
creatures they call VW.  We got hold of the manual for 'Compleat idiots'
by John Muir, because in the realm of VW I am precisely that: complete
idiot.  Not for long.  (Does anyone else use this manual?)

One of the reasons we looked at VWs is because we live in Canberra,
Australia, where the winters are freeeeeezing.  Not snow-freezing, but
still pretty cold, & the air-cooled thing seemed sensible.

I work freelance in TV in various capacities (floor-manager, studio
camera, library/archives), do book reviews for the local paper, edit for
a local literary mag, & do a lot of my own stuff (short film, short
stories, wedding photography).  I don't really know what I am, but I
have fun doing it.  :)  

...

I am the other half.  We got the vw from a little old lady believe it or
not.  She was the second owner
and had looked after it really well.  Everything checked out fine with
the car except for a set of
new brake pads and (with the help of the suggestions we got from this
mailing list!!!!) it looks like
we need to clean up one of the carbs and replace the gasket.  I am a
student, which I have been for
quite a while, but I tend to alternate between working and studying.  I
have just started a Phd in
computer science and I work part-time writing computer programs etc... 
Contrary to what this might
suggest, computers actually annoy me quite a bit, so I am trying to edge
my studies away from them.
I used to play around with minis and mazdas when I was younger plus a
few other various jalopies that
Lib and I have nursed along until the very end.  The vw is cool (I guess
I won't be getting many
arguments there), the design is really compact and neat