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On 31 Jan 2005 at 19:28, Everett Barnes wrote: > I found out it was pointless a while back though when my boss said she could > tell I worked on my cars a lot because my hands were so scarred up. ;-) They may look down on us a bit, but I think there's a touch of envy there, too. Being able to fix your own problems is a real income booster. Just think how much of their income some of those people must spend just getting other people to screw up their possessions. 2 years ago I spent the most I ever spent on a car, $4500. That was my "bran' new" '71 squareback. At the time it seemed like a fortune to me, but eventually I realized that in today's market that was a trivial amount for a beautiful condition, well running car. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~