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mikec4193
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I was on the Vintage VW Facebook page and this video popped up...not sure who has seen it but it seems very cool...the video is only like 5 minutes long...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GwtGyiiGl4
So I guess instead of prescription drugs...go buy a vintage VW...now that is cool...
the drug companies finally have some stiff competition...
MikeC
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Cali_Army_Guy
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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I take my vintage Volkswagen to go buy prescription drugs. Never been happier 
Edit: Tried watching the video. Turned it off at 1:05. Give me a fucking break 
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Just us buses
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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Some folks have shrinks; others have their garage
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:42 am Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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Didn't Herbie have a sunroof?
Poser.
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Sharp64
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:14 am Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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| Cali_Army_Guy wrote: |
Edit: Tried watching the video. Turned it off at 1:05. Give me a fucking break |
Agreed.
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:17 am Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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Edit: Tried watching the video. Turned it off at 1:05. Give me a fucking break |
Agreed. |
X2. Maybe he'll finally grow a pair.
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Sharp64
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:37 am Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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| Sharp64 wrote: |
| Cali_Army_Guy wrote: |
Edit: Tried watching the video. Turned it off at 1:05. Give me a fucking break |
Agreed. |
X2. Maybe he'll finally grow a pair. |
Next time I drag another car home I’ll just tell my wife I’m depressed over the election...
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CarlosZ
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:37 am Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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| Pussy snowflake. I did like the cameo with the HK hat guy. Must of made him even more depressed about the election. Maybe he’ll move to Canada? |
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Q-Dog
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:53 am Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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I bet any clean 1963 Beetle gets similar reactions without the herbie stripes and numbers. 
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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I actually like the story it's nice...
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| ...or the PO envied the terrorists' bus in "Back to the Future". |
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ach60
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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Many times with depression or mental illness, simple things like The Election, or a new boss at work, can straw that breaks the Camel's back.
I take pill to help my brain process chemicals, you may take a pill to keep your blood thinner, cholesterol or blood pressure down.
Neither one of us is a Pussy.
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HippyTom
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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My VWs, garage time, and the social time with my VW buddies are huge parts of my stress management. The Bugs keep me connected to a simpler time in life, keeping me grounded to where I came from.
My '63 L87 Pearl White Sunroof bug was my Dads car when I was growing up. My parents brought me home from the hospital in it when I was born. Several years After restoration, I turned it into Herbie for 12 years. It was cool, and people connected with it, and I did years and years of volunteer work taking Herbie to visit sick and special needs kids.
But now it's back to original and how I remembered it as a kid. And people actually look at it now for what it is and seem to appreciate it more.
If it helps him, and brings smiles to people, I get it. And I'm glad he's experiencing and spreading the love of old VWs. |
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esde
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 7:58 pm Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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my stress management program:
go into shop
turn off phone
turn on music
work on bus, or beetle, or whatever is needing attention. Usually till I'm tired, and then an hour or three longer.
Shower, eat ice cream, sleep.
Repeat as needed. Better than pills or therapy
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HippyTom
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:07 am Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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my stress management program:
go into shop
turn off phone
turn on music
work on bus, or beetle, or whatever is needing attention. Usually till I'm tired, and then an hour or three longer.
Shower, eat ice cream, sleep.
Repeat as needed. Better than pills or therapy |
Amen, brother!!!
I substitute sipping a couple ounces of good bourbon for the ice cream when I'm done. VW therapy is great medicine. |
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:17 am Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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The driver's door never looks like it's closed all the way.
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:02 am Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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| Sharp64 wrote: |
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Edit: Tried watching the video. Turned it off at 1:05. Give me a fucking break |
Agreed. |
Thanks for the warning! 
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| Pussy snowflake. Must {have} made him even more depressed about the election. Maybe he’ll move to Canada? |
The Garaj Mahal being behind the house is the best! People need to give me a call to let me know they are either on their way or out front! 
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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| Sharp64 wrote: |
| Cali_Army_Guy wrote: |
Edit: Tried watching the video. Turned it off at 1:05. Give me a fucking break |
Agreed. |
Thanks for the warning!
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| Pussy snowflake. Must {have} made him even more depressed about the election. Maybe he’ll move to Canada? |
The Garaj Mahal being behind the house is the best! People need to give me a call to let me know they are either on their way or out front! |
Nice little video. Depression is impossible to explain to someone that’s never had it. Rather than key in on one sentence or thought @1:05 why not consider all that is said and the spirit in which it’s given. I agree that driving and working to maintain an older car can be beneficial for mental health. I’ve taken cars that have been discarded and returned them to service and it makes me happy.  congratulations on a job well done. |
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scottyrocks
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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| Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
| Rather than key in on one sentence or thought @1:05 why not consider all that is said and the spirit in which it’s given. I agree that driving and working to maintain an older car can be beneficial for mental health. I’ve taken cars that have been discarded and returned them to service and it makes me happy. congratulations on a job well done. |
I appreciate what the car has done for him, but sometimes It's tough not to dwell on something that you not only disagree with, but appears to be so irrelevant to the overall theme of the piece. And instead of just a mention, which was completely unnecessary, anyway, unless he wanted to make a political statement, which is so prevalent these days from one side, he went on about it.
Why not list everything that causes his depression, which I'm sure began election night, November 2016 <insert sarcasm emoticon here>? Or do you wanna talk about your illness and how the car helps you? It's pretty obvious what that was all about.
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iowegian
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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| Rather than key in on one sentence or thought @1:05 why not consider all that is said and the spirit in which it’s given. I agree that driving and working to maintain an older car can be beneficial for mental health. I’ve taken cars that have been discarded and returned them to service and it makes me happy. congratulations on a job well done. |
I appreciate what the car has done for him, but sometimes It's tough not to dwell on something that you not only disagree with, but appears to be so irrelevant to the overall theme of the piece. And instead of just a mention, which was completely unnecessary, anyway, unless he wanted to make a political statement, which is so prevalent these days from one side, he went on about it.
Why not list everything that causes his depression, which I'm sure began election night, November 2016 <insert sarcasm emoticon here>? Or do you wanna talk about your illness and how the car helps you? It's pretty obvious what that was all about. |
I don't believe he specified which election depressed him..........maybe it was a local school-board or mayoral contest.  |
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Sharp64
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 5:21 am Post subject: Re: the 1963 beetle that stopped depression |
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| Rather than key in on one sentence or thought @1:05 why not consider all that is said and the spirit in which it’s given. I agree that driving and working to maintain an older car can be beneficial for mental health. I’ve taken cars that have been discarded and returned them to service and it makes me happy. congratulations on a job well done. |
I appreciate what the car has done for him, but sometimes It's tough not to dwell on something that you not only disagree with, but appears to be so irrelevant to the overall theme of the piece. And instead of just a mention, which was completely unnecessary, anyway, unless he wanted to make a political statement, which is so prevalent these days from one side, he went on about it.
Why not list everything that causes his depression, which I'm sure began election night, November 2016 <insert sarcasm emoticon here>? Or do you wanna talk about your illness and how the car helps you? It's pretty obvious what that was all about. |
I don't believe he specified which election depressed him..........maybe it was a local school-board or mayoral contest. |
Yeah because those are the elections the pussy snowflakes are upset about. They’re local school board elections. As Scotty said, it’s hard not to focus on something so blatantly ridiculous.
BTW, I have suffered from depression, so I’m aware of what can set it off.
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